§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health the deaths of how many people have been found to have been caused by failures of NHS care in each of the past six years. [26479]
§ Mr. MilburnThe information is not available in the format requested.
Mortality statistics are collected by the Office for National Statistics, but the information on cause of death is taken from death certificates which specify only the precise illness or injury. It is impossible to identify from that whether there was any indication of the death resulting from a failure in care or treatment.