Addressee | Number of PFDs sent | Number of responses* | Response rate (%) |
NHS organisations | 22 | 10 | 45 |
Trusts | 5 | 2 | 40 |
NHS England | 4 | 2 | 50 |
NHS Hospitals | 4 | 3 | 75 |
CCGs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Health and Social Care Partnerships | 2 | 1 | 50 |
NHS Pathways† | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Ambulance services | 1 | 1 | 100 |
GPs | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Government | 11 | 7 | 64 |
Public Health England | 3 | 3 | 100 |
Department of Health and Social Care | 2 | 1 | 50 |
Local authorities | 3 | 2 | 67 |
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Service† | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Secretary of State of Health | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ministry of Defence | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Professional bodies | 4 | 2 | 50 |
CQC | 2 | 2 | 100 |
General Pharmaceutical Council | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MHRA | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 6 | 3 | 50 |
Care homes/providers | 2 | 2 | 100 |
Water board | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National Park | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Legal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pharmacy | 1 | 1 | 100 |
*Recipients of PFDs have 56 days from the date of the report to respond to the coroner under Regulation 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013.
†NHS Digital responded on behalf of NHS Pathways and the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Service.
CCG, Clinical Commissioning Group; CQC, Care Quality Commission; GPs, general practitioners; MHRA, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; NHS, National Health Service.