1. The number of people with epilepsy currently in prisons in Wales
2. The number of people with epilepsy who have died whilst in prison in each of the last ten years
3. The number of people with epilepsy who have died whilst in prison as a direct result of their epilepsy in the last ten years
Thank you for your recent request.
Public Health Wales do not hold this information.
Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and other NHS Wales organisations. This means we frequently do not have access to the data that they produce.
For question one; I have provided contact details for all the Health Boards below, you would need to contact them individually for the information they hold.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
For questions two and three, all details on deaths in custody, including cause of death are published on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) website:
Fatal Incident reports | Document Types | Prisons & Probation Ombudsman (ppo.gov.uk)
I have also provided contact details for the PPO below if you wish to request further information relating to questions two and three:
Contact us | Prisons & Probation Ombudsman (ppo.gov.uk)
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of the decision, you should write to the Corporate Complaints Manager, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, 3, Number 2, Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner for Wales
2nd Floor
Churchill House
Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk