Date of Request
August 23
Request
Dear Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service,
I’m from LBC Radio.
Please can you provide the following information.
How many times were you called out for bariatric assists / bariatric incident in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (broken down by year, and, if possible, by month)
Yours faithfully,
Response
Dear X,
Thank you for your request for incident information which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm the requested incident summary information is held.
Please find the table below which details the number of incidents involving bariatrics broken down by Year and Month for the period 01/01/2019 – 31/07/2023.
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Year |
Month |
Grand Total |
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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2019 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
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2020 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
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|
2021 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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2022 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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2023 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Grand Total |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
25 |
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