FOI Ref: 0085FOI1920 

28^th August 2019 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information 

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request/ Response  

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request please; 

1. Please state the name of your CCG or Health Board? 

NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group 

2. How many patients currently under the care of your CCG/ Health Board are being kept alive with clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) who are in a persistent vegetative state or minimally conscious state?

The CCG does not hold the requested the information and therefore unable to answer.  

NHS England or providers themselves may be best placed to provide a response.  

3a) How many patients from Q2 have been kept alive for 1 year or more?

b) How many patients from Q2 have been kept alive for 3 years or more?

c) How many patients from Q2 have been kept alive for 5 years or more?

Please see response to Q2. 

4a) How much money did your CCG/Health Board spend on the patients from Q2 in the years;

       2015 - 2016

       2016 - 2017

       2017 - 2018

b) How much money does your CCG/Health Board spend per patient (from Q2) on average?

Please see response to Q2. 

5) How many next of kin of patients from Q2 have asked for the CANH to be stopped and their loved ones be moved into palliative care?

Please see response to Q2. 

6a) In how many patients cases, have you been in a legal battle, whether mediation or court, because next of kin wanted to stop CANH in the last 5 years?

b) What has been the financial cost of these legal battles/mediations?

Please see response to Q2.

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