Alderhey and Great Ormond Street Medical Negligence

Summary

The requester asked for statistics on Manx children referred to Alder Hey and Great Ormond Street hospitals since 2010, including instances of harm or medication overdoses. Manx Care responded that the information is not held due to a lack of reliable data from 2010 and an inability to identify children born to Manx parents.

Key Facts

• Manx Care does not hold reliable data regarding referrals dating back to 2010.
• There is no existing reporting system to identify children born to Manx parents.
• Data on children cared for by tertiary hospitals is submitted via the Contracts Team.
• The authority suggests the requester contact Alder Hey and Great Ormond Street directly.
• Tertiary hospitals cannot advise whether referred children were born to Manx parents.

Data Disclosed

• January 2010
• 9 July 2025
• 24 July 2025
• 4784637

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held

Original Request

Can you please tell me how many Manx children or children born to Manx parents have been sent to AlderHey Childrens Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital since January 2010? I would also like to know how many if any of these children have suffered harm at the hands of either of these hospitals. For example how many children have had medication overdoses since January 2010 until today.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 4784637 24 July 2025

Dear

We write further to your request received 9 July 2025, which states:

"Can you please tell me how many Manx children or children born to Manx parents have been sent to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital since January 2010? I would also like to know how many if any of these children have suffered harm at the hands of either of these hospitals. For example how many children have had medication overdoses since January 2010 until today?"

Response

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

Unfortunately we do not hold reliable data that goes back to 2010. Additionally we do not have any existing reporting that would identify Manx children born to Manx parents, which would be required to identify children who may have been referred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Data for children who have been cared for by Alder Hey and Great Ormond street is submitted by the tertiary hospitals via the Contracts Team. We would suggest that you may be best approaching Alder Hey and Great Ormond Street for this information. Unfortunately the Tertiary Hospitals won’t be able to advise whether the children were born to Manx parents.

Please quote the reference number 4784637 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely