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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8597
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
As such, can I request the following, broken down by the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (most recent): 1. What are the policy guidelines/arrangements in your Health Board for providing antivirals or prophylaxis to patients with a COVID-19 infection? 2. How many people with a COVID-19 infection have been prescribed a) antivirals or b) prophylaxis? 3. How many people with a COVID-19 infection have been prescribed Molnupiravir a) within 5 days of Covid symptoms or b) after 5 days?
Date of Response: 24/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8596
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
What is the current average waiting time for cataract removal surgery within Lothian NHS? Waiting time being the time between initial referral and the cataract operation being carried out.
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8595
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
I would be grateful if you could answer the questions below in relation to the number of patients treated with specific medicines between the start of Oct 2023 to the end of Dec 2023, or the latest three-month period for which data is available. Please include data for all hospitals in the Health Board. BREAST CANCER Q1. How many patients were treated in total, regardless of diagnosis, with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q2. How many patients received abemaciclib (Verzenios) for early breast cancer in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q3. How many patients received abemaciclib (Verzenios) with the following treatment intent in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q4. How many patients were treated with the following medicines in combination with fulvestrant in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available PROSTATE CANCER Q5. How many patients were treated in total, regardless of diagnosis, with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q6. How many patients were treated with docetaxel specifically for prostate cancer (ICD-10 code = C61) in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q7. How many patients were treated with the following medicine combinations in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available OVARIAN and ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS Q8. How many patients were treated in total, regardless of diagnosis, with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Please provide data for the latest 3-month period, if Oct to Dec 23 is not available Q9. How many patients were treated for ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancers, with the following medicines as monotherapy or in combination, in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Q10. How many patients were treated for endometrial cancer with the following medicines as monotherapy or in combination, in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023?
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8594
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
The total number of cancelled CAMHS appointments in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
Date of Response: 25/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8593
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
Can you please advise me on the expected waiting time for adult mental health services in NHS Lothian (specifically ADHD referrals). Can you tell me the shortest and longest waiting times in NHS Lothian?
Date of Response: 19/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8592
Date Received: 26/03/2024
Summary:
• Does your organisation commission any services for people with DMD? o If no, does your organisation expect to commission services for DMD in the future? o If yes, what services for people with DMD does your organisation commission? • How many people with DMD does your organisation serve? • Does your organisation have any DMD-specific (or muscle-wasting disease-specific) policies or guidance? • Do any of your organisation’s strategies, objectives, plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections, or similar, cite DMD (or any muscle-wasting disease) or use either as a metric? • Is your organisation aware of the work of DMD Care UK (https://dmdcareuk.org/)?
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8591
Date Received: 25/03/2024
Summary:
• A copy of any referral form used to refer patients to weight management programmes. o If it is not possible to provide the full form, please provide the exact wording of any exclusion criteria i.e. any criteria/questions that would exclude someone from being referred to the programme, such as BMI, age or eating disorders.
Date of Response: 19/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8590
Date Received: 25/03/2024
Summary:
1. The total numbers of patients who have been prescribed PREGABALIN in the each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. 2. The total numbers of patients who have been prescribed GABAPENTIN in the each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. 3. The total numbers of patients UNDER THE AGE OF 25 who have been prescribed PREGABALIN or GABAPENTIN in the each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8589
Date Received: 25/03/2024
Summary:
1. All processes that the health board has in place to specifically record the death of child patients. 2. The number of child patient deaths the board has been notified of broken down by type of notification process (the list of which you will have provided in response to request 1). I am looking for this figure to be broken down by year in the last five calendar years [2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024* so far] OR whenever the board began to record it. 3. The number of child patient deaths the board has gone on to investigate as a result of being notified through one of the processes. I am looking for this figure to be broken down in the last five calendar years. [2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2022 and 2024*so far] OR whenever the board began to record it.
Date of Response: 13/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8588
Date Received: 22/03/2024
Summary:
How many patients are currently waiting (a) 0-18 weeks, (b) 19-35 weeks, (c) 36-52 weeks and (d) 53 weeks or more for CAMHS treatment. How many patients are currently waiting (a) 0-18 weeks, (b) 19-35 weeks, (c) 36-52 weeks and (d) 53 weeks or more for an appointment to be assessed for CAMHS treatment. What is the longest length of time a current patient has been waiting for assessment for CAMHS.
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8587
Date Received: 25/03/2024
Summary:
Please confirm the current wait time for adult diabetes patients in NHS Lothian to receive closed loop technology (insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor).
Date of Response: 14/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8484
Date Received: 28/02/2024
Summary:
Based on this please provide the following information: 1. The number of people with a learning disability that the health board recognises as eligible for a health check. 2. The number of people with a learning disability who have been offered a health check between 1st April 2023 to present [within current reporting period] 3. The number of people who have received health check upon accepting an offer of one between 1st April 2023 to present [within current reporting period] 4. The number of people with a learning disability between 20th May 2022 and 31st March 2023 were offered a health check. 5. The number of people with a learning disability between 20th May 2022 and 31st March 2023 received a health check upon accepting an offer of one. Clarification: For reference for requests 4 and 5 the Annual Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities (Scotland) Direction 2022 it states, “As of 20 May 2022, Annual Health Checks will be live in Scotland… the expectation is that these annual health checks will have been offered by 31 March 2023.”
Date of Response: 13/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8586
Date Received: 22/03/2024
Summary:
Please advise how many GP appointments took place in the Healthcare Centre at HMP Edinburgh between Monday 4 and Friday 8 March 2024 inclusive. For each of the GP appointments taking place between 4 and 8 March 2024, please indicate the date on which (a) a nurse referral form was submitted (if such a form was submitted); and (b) the date on which the appointment was booked. Please provide all and any information constituting a target, expectation, or standard applying within prisons where health care is provided by NHS Lothian Board as to waiting times to be seen by: (a) a nurse undertaking triage; and (b) a GP with whom an appointment has been requested by a prisoner patient. Please provide me with all and any information constituting a target, expectation, or standard applying within the community in general where primary health care is provided by NHS Lothian Board as to waiting times to be seen by: (a) a nurse undertaking triage for GP services; and (b) a GP with whom an appointment has been requested by a patient living in the community. Please provide me, additionally, with any information held by your authority in relation to prioritisation of activity within the Health care Centre at HMP Edinburgh insofar as this affects clinical appointments. It has been pointed out to me by LLO/FLM Mr Ross Simpson that SPS management and NHS healthcare centre management require to balance activity within the healthcare centre to accommodate drug testing as well as clinical priorities.
Date of Response: 02/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8585
Date Received: 22/03/2024
Summary:
1. The new RIE opened in 2002. Since then a number of other new capital projects have come along - including but not excluded to Midlothian Community Hospital, East Lothian Community Hospital, the redeveloped campus at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. How many of these were funded from the public purse - via direct Capital from the Scottish Government, and how many required to be funded via public finance initiatives or NPD? It is well known that both RIE and RYCYP were privately funded, but what of the others? 2. What has been the annual revenue cost implications for NHS Lothian of meeting the various contracts covering maintenance and other issues as part of any PFI/NPD project - broken down by project please? And the expected total cost of each project taking these contracted liabilities into account.
Date of Response: 30/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8584
Date Received: 22/03/2024
Summary:
I request a review on the grounds that many other health boards are able to provide the number of patients transferred from NHS Highland to NHS Lothian in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023. So surely NHS Lothian should be able to.
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8583
Date Received: 21/03/2024
Summary:
Please can you provide responses to the following questions in regard to your MRI systems used within the Trust. 1. How many MRI Scanners do you currently have in the trust/health board? 2. How many MRI scans are requested each year? 3. How many MRI scans are done in a year? 4. Which make and model of MRI Scanner do you have installed across the trust/health board? 5. What is your ‘Do not attend’ rate? 6. What is your failed MRI scan rate i.e. scan abandoned midway during an investigation? 7. What percentage of your failed and DNA rates are due to claustrophobia? 8. What is the number of patients per month referred to an open MRI scanner? 9. The cost per patient to refer to an open MRI scanner (tariff you’re charged). 10. What was the cited reason as to why the patient was referred to an open scanner? 11. What is your Projected MRI demand within the trust/health board (% increase)?
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8582
Date Received: 21/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide me, under FOI if necessary, with a copy of any correspondence between the Rota Compliance team and the following persons.
Date of Response: 19/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8581
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Please could you confirm how many people have made contact with health board HQ over the last five years regarding difficulty registering with an NHS dentist? I appreciate that it might not be possible to conduct such a specific search in your records - in which case, please provide the information for queries regarding dentistry in general. I would be grateful if this information could be broken down by a) financial year and b) type of contact - phone, email or in-person.
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8580
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
Request in relation to Gynaecology Surgical Instruments and Consumables.
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8579
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
For those patients who have had titanium/titanium alloy clips inserted to repair ruptured brain aneurysms, it is important to know the clip serial numbers to determine whether any of these patients could safely undergo an MRI scan at some future date. Given the importance of knowing these serial numbers, I wish to ask, please: 1. Since May 2000 what rules/guidance/protocols have NHS Lothian had in place to ensure that the serial numbers of titanium/titanium alloy clips used to repair ruptured brain aneurysms are recorded in patients' notes and/or elsewhere for future reference? 2. Do NHS Lothian's current rules/guidance/protocols differ in any way from the rules/guidance/protocols that were in place in May 2000 in relation to ensuring that the serial numbers of titanium/titanium alloy clips used to repair ruptured brain aneurysms are recorded for future reference? 3. Can I view NHS Lothian's current rules/guidance/protocols in relation to recording these serial numbers?
Date of Response: 25/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8578
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
Between December 2019 and December 2023, how many operations were undertaken in NHS Lothian that involved the insertion of titanium clips to repair ruptured brain aneurysms?
Date of Response: 25/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8577
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
1. From January 2018, a list of all digital security incidents in your health board. a. This should include a description of the exact nature of the incident b. This should include the time the incident occurred and the duration of the effect c. This should list any cost directly and indirectly incurred as a result of the security incident d. This should list the data that was potentially compromised as a result of the incident e. If any payment/ransom was provided to attackers, the total amount provided and the means of payment f. This should include the location of the incident, if applicable g. This should include any other information that a reasonable person would judge pertinent to understanding the nature and impact of the digital security incident
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8576
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
I wish to make a Freedom of Information Request for the organisations maintenance costs in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8575
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
1. Does Craiglockhart Medical Group, have sufficient landlines to handle incoming and outgoing calls at the am morning peak calling time.? Why is there not a Queuing system with callers being advised as to there position in the queue.? 2. Is there a League Table of GP practices, as regards complaints and performance, and service to Patients? Assuming so How does Craiglockhart Medical Group compare with other Edinburgh City Practices? 3. How many full time Doctors are employed at the Group? 4. How many part time Doctors are employed at the Group? 5. How many of the latter also have part time employment in private medical or care work? 6. How many appointments are available daily? 7. and what ratio is this to their overall patient numbers in this practice 8. How does that compare with other City Practices? 9. On a number of occasions Craiglockhart Medical Group has sent SMS messages to its patients advising that limited doctors were available and requesting them to use other resources or come on later days. How do the Frequency of these SMS messages compare with other practices? 10. How many ‘incidents’ are recorded resulting from a of lack of appointments, or Doctors being unavailable? 11. Is Craiglockhart Medical Group advised By NHS Lothian that appointments should be limited and if so in what circumstances?
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8574
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
As such, can I request the following, for each of the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 – most recent): 1. How many a) nurseries and b) schools have applied to participate in the Toothbrushing Programme? 2. How many a) nurseries and b) schools have been accepted to participate in the Toothbrushing Programme? 3. How many a) nurseries and b) schools have participated in the Toothbrushing Programme? 4. How many children in your health board have taken part in the Toothbrushing Programme?
Date of Response: 18/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8573
Date Received: 20/03/2024
Summary:
1. Do community pharmacists in your Board area have any access to view digital clinical systems?: a. No b. Yes 2. If yes, which systems can community pharmacists view? E.g. Emergency Care Summary; Key Information Summary; clinical portal; SCISTORE; laboratory results; imaging results; Care partner; Morse; Badgernet; EMIS/Vision; HePMA; Trakcare a. Are there any restrictions to the access e.g. partial access to the system? Please expand. b. How many community pharmacist users have view only access? 3. Do community pharmacists in your Board area have any access to write to digital clinical systems?: a. No b. Yes 4. If yes, which systems can community pharmacists write within? E.g. Emergency Care Summary; Key Information Summary; clinical portal; SCISTORE; laboratory results; imaging results; Care partner; Morse; Badgernet; EMIS/Vision; HePMA; Trakcare a. Are there any restrictions to the access e.g. partial access to write in certain fields? Please expand. b. How many community pharmacist users have write access? 5. If no to Q1, are there any current workstreams with community pharmacist access to digital clinical systems as a desired output in progress within your Health Board? a. No b. Yes. Please expand. 6. If community pharmacists have access to digital clinical systems in your Health Board, how many of these have accessed any system(s) in the most recent 4 month period? a. What proportion of these episodes of access occurred during the out of hours period i.e. after 5pm Monday to Friday and weekends? 7. How many accounts have been opened for community pharmacists and then deactivated due to non-use in the most recent 4 year period? 8. If community pharmacists have access to digital clinical systems in your Health Board, what proportion of these are pharmacist prescribers? 9. How many community pharmacies in your Health Board area are registered as a provider of the Pharmacy First Plus Service? a. What proportion of these have access accounts for any digital clinical systems in your Health Board area?
Date of Response: 18/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8572
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Can I request the following, for each of the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 – most recent): 1. What was the median (in days) for a punch biopsy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed? 2. What was the longest wait (in days) for a punch biopsy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed? 3. What was the median (in days) for a needle biopsy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed? 4. What was the longest wait (in days) for a needle biopsy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed?
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8571
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Can I request the following, for each of the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 – most recent): 1. What was the median (in days) for a colonoscopy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed? 2. What was the longest wait (in days) for a colonoscopy test result, from the point of the test being carried out to the test results being analysed?
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8570
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
I'm getting in touch regarding members of staff who have been suspended from their duties over the past five years, between between January 2019 and December 2023 If you could please confirm the length of each suspension and confirm if they were on full-pay it would be much appreciated. I'd also like to know how much was paid out in wages during the periods that staff members were suspended
Date of Response: 30/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8569
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
1) How many referrals were made to your CAMHS services from 2018-2024? Please give individual figures for each year. 2) How many (already) diagnosed autistic children/teenagers were referred to your CAMHS services from 2018-2024? Please give individual figures for each year. a. If possible, could you also please provide the proportion (%) these referrals made up of the total number of referrals each year? 3) How many referrals were ‘rejected’ (i.e. not accepted by CAMHS/referred to another service) from 2018-2024? Please give individual figures for each year. a. If possible, could you also please provide information on why the referrals were rejected? 4) How many referrals of diagnosed autistic children/teenagers were ‘rejected’ from 2018-2024? Please give individual figures for each year. a. If possible, could you also provide the proportion (%) these rejections made up of the total number of rejections for each year please. Please could you provide all of this information in calendar years.
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8568
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Original question: Does your health board have a hand hygiene audit target compliance rate (e.g. 90% or 95% compliance)? Response from NHS Lothian: The compliance target is based on historical targets set by the Scottish Patient Safety Programme. A risk rated scoring system is used based on IPS audit methodology Further questions: I have tried, and failed, to find any information on historical targets set by the Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Therefore: • What is the hand hygiene audit target compliance rate (%) for NHS Lothian? • Can you provide me with details of the historical targets set by the Scottish Patient Safety Programme, please?
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8567
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide the following information for acute settings in the last five financial years (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24). 1. The number of children referred for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic 2. The median ongoing wait for children referred for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic 3. The longest ongoing wait for children referred for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic 4. The median completed wait for children referred for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic 5. The longest completed wait for children referred for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic 6. The number of children who have had an emergency tooth extraction under general anaesthetic
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8566
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
Please advise, for each of your hospital sites: - Whether Anaesthetic Associates and/or Physician Associates perform central venous or arterial cannulation - If so, how many Anaesthetic Associates and/or Physician Associates have been trained, at each site, to undertake central venous or arterial cannulation
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8565
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
1. How many patients with any Ehlers Danlos Syndrome variant have any of your spinal or neurosurgeons operated on in the last five years? 2. How many of your neuro surgeons and how many of your spinal surgeons have operated on any patient with any Ehlers Danlos Syndrome variant in the last five years? 3. How many patients had cervical stabilisation surgeries has the trust performed in the last five years? How many of these were for patients with craniocervical and for patients with atlantoaxial instability (or both)? How many of these patients had any Ehlers Danlos Syndrome variant? Did any of the patients also have a documented PMP 22 deletion?
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8564
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
• The topic of my request is Long Covid spending in Lothian. • The date range associated with my request - 01.04.23 - 31.03.25. FOI request below: Please a detailed and itemised breakdown on how the £383,097 from the Scottish Government's Long Covid Support Fund was spent 2023/24 and on what and how funding for 2024/25 has been pre allocated and for what. Please also detail what funding was not spent in 2023/24 from said fund.
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8563
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
1) How many GP practices in your health board are currently providing an online appointment service? 2) How many GP practices in your health board are NOT currently providing an online appointment service? 3) How many GP practices in your health board are currently providing an online repeat prescription service? 4) How many GP practices in your health board are NOT currently providing an online repeat prescription service?
Date of Response: 15/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8562
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
1: Please provide the following data relating to both "NHS Lothian" and NHS Scotland as a whole. The wait times from referral to appointment for "Adult ADHD Assessment" for the last 5 years. 2: Please provide the following data relating to both NHS Lothian and NHS Scotland as a whole The current, and historic (5 years expressed yearly) availability of ADHD medication as licensed, and where there is no availability, the expected restocking period. To include: methylphenidate lisdexamfetamine dexamfetamine atomoxetine guanfacine
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8560
Date Received: 19/03/2024
Summary:
1. What framework are you associated with for sterile service agency supply? 2. Who is responsible for agency usage on framework and off framework in the Sterile Services/Decontamination department at all hospitals associated with the Trust? 3. Please can you provide the contact number and email address for the manager(s) in questions 1 and 2. 4. Have you used off-framework agency staff between March 2023 and March 2024 in Sterile Services? 5. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for Sterile Services between March 2023 and March 2024? 6. Do you currently outsource your Sterile Services/Decontamination department, if yes, who do you outsource it to?
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8559
Date Received: 14/03/2024
Summary:
1. What software do you use for your payroll, hr and finance solutions, how much annually do you spend on each, when does each contract expire? 2. Do you manage your payroll in-house or do you outsource it if so, who do you outsource it to? 3. How many people do you pay each month using your payroll solution? 4. How many pensioners do you pay using your payroll solution? 5. Do you use Microsoft power platform technologies such as Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents? 6. What is the employee count in your organisation? 7. Do you collaborate with other organisations in the delivery of HR & Payroll shared services? If so which organisation? 8. Do you work with any industry experts such as ATOS, KPMG, EY, Accenture etc? 9. Who in your organisation is the head of service for HR and Payroll software or services and what is their role?
Date of Response: 01/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8558
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. How many patients in your local NHS area have been referred for treatment via Lothians Long Covid pathway? (as of the date of this submission). Q2. How many patients in your local NHS area have been referred for treatment via the Lothian Long Covid pathway? Q3. How many staff do you have working specificially funded by the Scottish Goverments Long Covid Service fund? Q4. Please priovide a breakdown of staff/sevices funded by the Scottish Governments Long Covid service fund: FTE (full time equivalent) brokendown by job title of: a) doctor; b) nurse; c) physiotherapist; d) occupational therapist; e) clinical psychologist/psychiatrist/ CBT practitioner; f) other, please specify. Q5. For any doctors employed under the Long covid service fund or working under /with Lothians Long Covid service pathway , please specify their specialism e.g. GP, cardiologist, neurologist. Q6. Via the Long Covid treatment pathway/Long Covid service funding do medical staff in Lothian have the ability in-house to prescribe medications to long Covid patients? Q7. If so, please list the 3 most common drugs prescribed for Long Covid patients in Lothian or via the Long covid treatment pathway? Q8. Under it's Long covid pathway does NHS Lothian the have the ability to order tests and scans for patients referred? - also tests in Lothian are funded by the Scottish Governments Long Covid service funding if so please detail by type? Q9. Please list the 3 most commonly ordered tests/scans/diagnostic questionnaires for Long Covid patients funded by the Scottish Government Long Covid service fund or routed via Lothians Long Covid pathway? Q10. Please provide figures for how many patients have been referred to clinics/service via the Long Covid pathway and/or received the following type of treatment paid for by Scottish Government Long Covid service funding: a) A wellbeing programme; b) physical rehabilitation; c)psychological support; d) A brain retraining or Neuro Linguistic Programming-based course such as the Lightning Process, Gupta Programme or Nuffield programme (please specify which); d) drug treatment; e) other, please specify. Q11. which of the following types of services does the Lothian Long Covid pathway refer patients on to ? a) A wellbeing programme; b) physical rehabilitation; c) psychological support; d) A brain retraining or Neuro Linguistic Programming-based course such as the Lightning Process, Gupta Programme or Nuffield programme (please specify which); d) drug treatment; e) other, please specify. Q12. How does Lothian measure the number of Long Covid patients/ prevalence of Long covid sufferers in Lothian and what steps has it taken to review service provisions to ensure these are fit for purpose and scaled to need within the board across the period of designated Long Covid service/pathway funding?
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8557
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
• How many people in the months between June - December were having bloods done for a Lithium assay. (how many people in NHS Lothian are on Lithium having their bloods monitored) • Would it be possible to know the age distribution of this group o 18-25 o 26-35 o 36-45 o 46-55 o 56-65 o 66-75 o 75-... (years of age) • Can the distribution of this group be broken down by gender and grouped by health board Is it possible to get this information for Scotland wide or is there a different process for this?
Date of Response: 15/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8556
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. Total Cost Improvement Plan (£millions) 2021-22 Q2. Actual Cost Outcomes (£millions) 2021-22 Q3. Total Cost Improvement Plan as a proportion of controllable operating expenditure (%) 2021-22 (excluding Private Finance Initiatives -PFI costs, for example) Q4. Actual Cost Outcomes as a proportion of controllable operating expenditure (%) 2021-22 (excluding PFI costs, for example) Q5. Total Cost Improvement Plan (£millions) 2022-23 Q6. Actual Cost Outcomes (£millions) 2022-23 Q7. Total Cost Improvement Plan as a proportion of controllable operating expenditure (%) 2022-23 (excluding PFI costs, for example) Q8. Actual Cost Outcomes as a proportion of controllable operating expenditure (%) 2022-23 (excluding PFI costs, for example)
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8555
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide information on the following for the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24): 1. A list of all outline business cases (or equivalent) relating to capital infrastructure projects that have been a) approved; b) rejected. 2. A list of all full business cases (or equivalent) relating to capital infrastructure projects that have been a) approved; b) rejected.
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8554
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide information on the following: 1. Copies of all correspondence or briefings between the health board and the Scottish Government regarding capital infrastructure spending for the financial year 2024/25. 2. Copies of all correspondence or briefings between the health board and IJBs regarding capital infrastructure spending for the financial year 2024/25.
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8553
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
First Vaccinations Information - Approx November/December 2020 to early 2021 Date that first Covid19 vaccinations were delivered to health board Date of first vaccination being given in health board area Date of first vaccination to care home resident in health board area Date of last vaccination to care home resident in health board area Overall Vaccination Data (All Vaccines to Date) Covid vaccination percentage rates for health board population for those in the most deprived areas compared to those in the least deprived areas Covid vaccination percentage rates overall compared to the percentage vaccination rates for those impacted by alcohol and drug issues
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8552
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide information regarding the following systems and how long is left on each contract: 1. Clinical Portal 2. EPR 3. Finance BI and analytics system 4. HR 5. Medicine management/EPMA 6. Patient Engagement Portal Please enter 'No System Installed' or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department: a) System type – b) Supplier name - c) System name - d) Date installed - e) Contract expiration - f) Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No g) Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No h) Procurement framework - i) Other systems it integrates with? – j) Total value of contract (£) – k) Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
Date of Response: 01/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8551
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
1. How much did the organisation spend on Recruitment Employment Agency spend within Digital between March 2023/March 2024 specifically for temporary workers. 1b. Please list the agencies used and procurement frameworks 2. How much did the organisation spend on consultancy services within Digital between March 2023/March 2024 2b. Please list the consultancies used and procurement frameworks
Date of Response: 15/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8550
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide information on the following for the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24): 1. How many GP practices have commenced applications for GP sustainability loans? 2. How many GP practices have completed and submitted applications for GP sustainability loans? 3. How many practices have been awarded the loans/received the first round of finance from the GP Sustainability Loan scheme since its introduction? 4. How many GP practices that have submitted applications for GP sustainability loans have not been successful?
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8549
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
1. NHS Lothian's guidance for healthcare providers making entries in TRAK between November 2019 and March 2020. 2. NHS Lothian's guidance regarding the documentation of discussions between patients and clinicians, healthcare providers in the medical records/TRAK. 3. NHS Lothian's guidance for clinicians and other healthcare providers documenting a patient's physical examination and their findings. NHS Lothian's referral process between November 2019 and March 2020 1. What guidance was available to support clinicians in NHS Lothian who referred a patient from one speciality to another speciality for routine assessment between November 2019 and March 2020? 2. What guidance was available to support clinicians in NHS Lothian who referred a patient from one speciality to another speciality for urgent assessment between November 2019 and March 2020? 3. What, if any, documents were to be completed when referring an outpatient to another speciality for routine assessment? 4. What documents must be completed when referring an outpatient to another speciality for urgent assessment, if any? 5. What method of delivery was specified when sending routine referrals between specialities and hospitals within NHS Lothian, such as internal mail, email, or TRAK? 6. What method of delivery, if any, was specified when sending urgent referrals between specialities and hospitals within NHS Lothian, such as internal mail, email, or TRAK? 7. What written or published guidance was available from NHS Lothian to support the receiving team triage the referral? 8. What was NHS Lothian's policy for logging or documenting the date the receiving team received the referral? Vascular Referrals 1. What guidance, if any, was available to support clinicians in NHS Lothian referring a patient to the vascular team for routine assessment between November 2019 and March 2020? 2. What guidance, if any, was available to support clinicians or other health practitioners in NHS Lothian referring a patient to the vascular team for urgent assessment between November 2019 and March 2020? 3. What guidance, if any, was available to support clinicians and other health care practitioners in NHS Lothian seeking advice on the urgency of a referral to the vascular team between November 2019 and March 2020? For example, was there guidance on calling the vascular registrar to advice? Was a call to the vascular registrar common practice? 4. On what date was the Ref Help App (providing referral guidance) launched by NHS Lothian? 5. On what date was the information regarding vascular referrals launched on the Ref Help App? 6. How do the current referral guidelines differ from the referral process in November 2019 through March 2020? 7. What procedures and protocols did the vascular team follow to triage referrals between November 2019 and March 2020? 8. Which member of the vascular team i.e., secretary, specialist registrar, consultant was responsible for determining the urgency of a referral? 9. Please provide the waiting time for routine assessment by the vascular team between and including the months of November 2019 and March 2020. Please give the waiting times for each month. 10. Please provide the waiting time for urgent assessment by the vascular team between November 2019 and March 2020. Please give the waiting times for each month. Radiology/vascular 1. Please provide a copy of NHS Lothian's guidance for clinicians wishing to refer a patient to radiology for a routine and urgent ultrasound scan (USS). 2. Please provide a copy of NHS Lothian's guidance for clinicians wishing to arrange a (i) routine and (ii) urgent duplex ultrasound scan of the leg to detect clots, arterial plaques and stenosis. 3. In the absence of any guidance, please describe accepted practice across NHS Lothian for ultrasound scan referrals between November 2019 and March 2020. 4. Please provide the NHS Lothian's waiting times for a routine referral for an ultrasonic scan of the leg to detect clots, arterial plaques, and stenosis between November 2019 and March 2020. 5. Please provide the NHS Lothian's waiting times for an urgent referral for an ultrasound scan of the leg to detect clots, arterial plaques, and stenosis between November 2019 and March 2020. 6. Please provide the NHS Lothian waiting times for a routine duplex ultrasound scan of the leg between November 2019 and March 2020. 7. Please provide the NHS Lothian waiting times for an urgent duplex ultrasound scan of the leg between November 2019 and March 2020. Acute and critical limb ischaemia 1. Please provide copies of NHS Lothian’s guidance and assessment tools to support health care providers recognise and manage or refer patients with suspected acute limb ischaemia between November 2019 and March 2020. 2. Please provide copies of NHS Lothian’s guidance and assessment tools to support health care providers recognise and manage or refer patients with suspected critical limb ischaemia between November 2019 and March 2020. 3. Please provide copies of all guidance and assessment tools for NHS Lothian health care providers for treatment of acute limb ischaemia between November 2019 and March 2020. 4. Please provide copies of all guidance and assessment tools for NHS Lothian health care providers for treatment of critical limb ischaemia between November 2019 and March 2020. Pathology/Haematology 1. Once blood is taken from an outpatient, what was the timescale for completing and reporting a vasculitic screen between November 2019 and March 2020? 2. Once the blood was taken from an outpatient, what was the timescale for completing and reporting a Lupus screen between November 2019 and March 2020?
Date of Response: 10/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8548
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
a) At what point is an individual on the CAMHS waiting list considered to be 'taken off' the waiting list? (ie is it once they have received a date for an initial appointment/assessment, after this initial appointment has taken place, once they have started treatment or at another stage) b) Is the first CAMHS appointment/assessment ordinarily carried out over the phone, online or in-person?
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8547
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
A delayed discharge occurs when a person in hospital who is clinically ready for discharge from inpatient hospital care continues to occupy a hospital bed beyond the date they are ready for discharge. Please provide the following information under the FOI (Scotland) Act 2002 in your health board area for the calendar year 2023. 1. The longest delayed discharge wait for a patient 65 and over for health and social care reasons 2. The longest delayed discharge wait for a patient with dementia for health and social care reasons 3. The number of delayed discharge waits longer than a) six months b) one year, for those 18 and over for health and social care reasons 4. The number of delayed discharge waits longer than a) six months b) one year, for those 65 and over for health and social care reasons 5. The number of delayed discharge waits longer than a) six months b) one year, for those with dementia for health and social care reasons
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8546
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
From 2014 to present day in relation to all Painters(Estates Workers) in respect of: All Job descriptions/person specifications All Contracts of Employment All Re-banding request applications All Re-banding application outcomes All Matched Job Reports All Grievances raised linked to job evaluation/re-banding of post including applications, outcomes and minutes of the hearings All correspondence, applications and outcomes, including extensions (Scottish terms and Conditions Committee) in relation to Recruitment and Retention Premia for NHS Lothian Estates
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8545
Date Received: 18/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide details of the 10 most recent building safety incidents* reported to your health board’s estates department, including when it was reported; where it occurred; what happened.
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8544
Date Received: 15/03/2024
Summary:
1. The number of women diagnosed with postnatal depression in your health board area each year from 2018 until 2023 (inclusive). a. Can these be broken down into statistics for each year. 2. Of those women diagnosed with postnatal depression in each of those years (2018 to 2023), how many have been admitted for inpatient treatment? a. Can these be broken down into statistics for each year 3. Of those women diagnosed with postnatal depression in each of those years (2018 to 2023), how many received outpatient treatment including counselling, CBT, medication etc? a. Can these be broken down into statistics for each year
Date of Response: 16/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8543
Date Received: 14/03/2024
Summary:
1. On children with long term pain for any reason, approximately how many in numbers does your pain service see in a year a) inpatient and b) outpatient? 2. Has there been an increase or decrease in the last five years? 3. If an increase, please give idea of numbers or percentage increase and if the reasons are known. 4. Have you had referrals of children/youths with Long Covid who suffer pain - if so, approximately how many in numbers or percentage of all child pain patients? 5. Do you have specialist staff or facilities dealing with child pain outside of your main facility? If so, please name areas. 6. What are your staffing levels for aiding children with chronic/long term pain for any reason? Specialist Clinicians WTE hours weekly Other doctors WTE hours Nurses. WTE hours Physiotherapists WTE hours Educational or occupational therapist. WTE hours Any other staff involved. WTE
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8541
Date Received: 14/03/2024
Summary:
As a reminder, the Question 1 is as follows: In 2022/2023 (or for the last recorded year with data available), in your Trust/Health Board, how many of the following did you record? Please provide your response based on the specified ICD10 codes: a) Paediatric patients with septic arthritis in native joints - M00.9 b) Paediatric patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) - T84.5 + Y83.1 c) Adult patients with septic arthritis in native joints - M00.9 d) Adult patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) - T84.5 + Y83.1
Date of Response: 05/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8540
Date Received: 14/03/2024
Summary:
I would like to request statistics of waiting times for patients awaiting a Hysterectomy at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Specifically, the waiting times over the past four years for (a) urgent cases (b) non-urgent case and (c) referrals from the recurrent miscarriage clinic. If you are unable to provide this data can you please detail the reasons why and provide the average wait times instead.
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8539
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
Can you provide me with the following information? 1. Agency spend in 2023 on psychiatrists with a breakdown of spend by supplier 2. Agency Spend in 2023 on psychologists with a breakdown of spend by supplier 3. Person who manages the framework agency suppliers list for medical staffing 4. Person who manages the framework agency suppliers list for psychologists
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8538
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
Lindsay and Gilmour Pharmacy, Crewe Road North, Edinburgh, EH5 2NS (contractor code: 2229) I would be obliged if you could provide me with the following information - Since 2020, up to and including the present month (March 2024) Items Dispensed Pharmacy First Payment MCR Payment EHC Items Methadone Items Smoking Cessation Final Payment
Date of Response: 25/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8537
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
1. Does the board offer clinical attachments for international medical graduates? 2. How long do these attachments last? 3. Does the board charge international medical graduates to undertake a clinical attachment? If so, how much? 4. What does this fee pay for/cover? 5. Are international medical graduates paid while undertaking clinic attachments? 6. Please share an example application form for the clinical attachments you offer.
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8536
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
1) The minimum length of wait time to see a gynaecologist post-pandemic from 2021- 2023 (2024 if figures are available at all) 2) The minimum length of wait time to see a gynaecologist pre-pandemic from 2018 - 2020 3) The number of patients seen by gynaecologists and sexual health healthcare workers broken down by year from 2018 to 2023 4) The number of gynaecologists and doctors specialising in sexual health specifically from 2018 to 2023
Date of Response: 25/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8535
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
1. How many staff are employed in dealing with complaints? Please break this down by role. 2. What is the total amount spent by the health board on employment of staff in question 1? 3 How many vacancies are there currently within the complaints department (or equivalent)? Which roles are these vacancies for?
Date of Response: 22/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8534
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
all joint working agreements in place in your health board over the last 5 years, dated today, including the payment amounts and which companies they were from, and for what purpose. This may include education, staff, clinics, and physical resources. Any donations, gifts, funding from any pharmaceutical or devices company in the last 5 years, and the purposes these were put to.
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8533
Date Received: 13/03/2024
Summary:
1. Does the Trust have a Managed Service (MSP) or MV or an external Bank supplier for the recruitment of agency staff? Please break this down into Doctors, Nursing & AHP if appropriate. 2. If yes, who is that contract with and when does it end? 3. If yes, how did the Trust review whether the supplier followed ethical business practices, what ethical insights did they gather? 4. What steps do the Trust take to ensure suppliers are paying their fair share of taxes and acting with integrity. 5. Who is responsible within the Trust, for ensuring that suppliers follow ethical business practices?
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8532
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
I am looking for a list of the top 10 OPCS-4 codes, by number recorded, by Edinburgh Dental Institute between 6th April 2022 - 5th April 2023. If 10 have not been recorded during this period I am looking for the OPCS-4 codes that have been recorded and the number of each recorded.
Date of Response: 04/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8531
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
The number of patient deaths that have occurred over the past ten years, in both the REH, as well as in overall NHS Lothian MH care; The causes of death of those REH and the other NHS Lothian MH patients; The number of reported incidents of sexual assault in both the REH and in overall NHS Lothian MH care over the past ten years; The number of prosecutions and/or convictions for sexual assaults within the REH and in overall NHS Lothian MH care over the past ten years; The number of REH/NHS Lothian staff that have been disciplined or struck-off professional registers in light of misconduct toward patients over the past ten years. I should have specified that we're interested in in-patient areas only i.e. the REH and the other in-patient areas at St John's etc. It might be good to have info on deaths and assaults in custody, remand and prison though too, if possible, as we understand that NHS Lothian/REAS staff have responsibilities in those areas too.
Date of Response: 11/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8530
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
Could you please seek answer to the final follow-up questions below? I have worded these carefully. Please don’t cut back the questions as the context is important to them being understood. Children under 18 years Day programmes: I realise that the intensity of treatment will vary depending on patient need, but is it possible for patients to attend the day programmes full time (for 8 hours per day for 5 days per week)? If not, what is the maximum hours/days that it is possible for a patient to attend? [Please note that we are trying to gauge the maximum intensity of treatment that the service is able to provide]. Regarding supervised meal support, what is the maximum that the service is able to provide in terms of the number of meals supported per day (in your answer please outline the meals/snacks that can be supported with)? [Please note that we are trying to gauge the maximum intensity of treatment that the service is able to provide]. As the Health Board was unable to answer question 8 in the FOI, in line with the principles behind section 15 of the FOI (Scotland) Act, could the service please disclose an approximate typical number of patients with eating disorders that it would expect to be on the day programme caseloads at any one time? Community Assertive Outreach service: Can you please ask the service to provide answers to FOI questions 3-8 for this service, and highlight the need to outline the maximum intensity of treatment that it can provide when answering question 3? If it is not possible to provide an answer to question 8, in line with the principles behind section 15 of the FOI (Scotland) Act, could the service please disclose an approximate typical number of patients with eating disorders that it would expect to be on the Community Assertive Outreach service’s caseloads at any one time? Adults Would 5 contacts of 1 hours duration each represent the maximum that the service is able to provide when needed? Regarding supervised meal support, what is the maximum that the service is able to provide (please outline the meals/snacks that can be supported with)? [Please note that we are trying to gauge the maximum intensity of treatment that the service is able to provide]. As the Health Board was unable to answer question 8 in the FOI, in line with the principles behind section 15 of the FOI (Scotland) Act, could the adult eating disorders community team please disclose an approximate typical number of patients that it would expect to be receiving more intensive treatment (such as that which it outlined in its answer to question 3) at any one time?
Date of Response: 12/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8529
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
Does your health board reimburse patients using wheelchair accessible taxis to attend scheduled appointments. How much has your health board spent in each of the last five years on reimbursing patients using wheelchair accessible taxis to attend scheduled appointments. In the event that your health board does not reimburse patients using wheelchair accessible taxis to attend scheduled appointments, what provision does your health board have in place to allow these patients to attend.
Date of Response: 05/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8527
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
What training has been delivered to staff within the Health Board relating to religion and religious beliefs, within the period 1st August 2022 to 1st August 2023? I would like a list of all the sessions delivered to staff. If a course has been delivered multiple times, please list each instance separately. For each one, I would like to know: · What was the session title or topic (if known)? · Was the session delivered (even if only partially) by someone external to the Trust? o If so, who? o How much was paid to them for this? o If payment is made, please specify if VAT was applicable, and if VAT is included in your figure(s). For “religion and religious beliefs”, please include any training which is likely to include a significant amount of content about the needs of religious people.
Date of Response: 10/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8526
Date Received: 12/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. How many patients were treated in the past 3 months for gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (any stage) with: · CAPOX (Capecitabine with Oxaliplatin) · FOLFOX (Folinic acid, Fluorouracil and Oxaliplatin) · Lonsurf (Trifluridine - tipiracil) · Nivolumab in combination with Platinum (Cisplatin or Oxaliplatin) and Fluoropyrimidine (5-Fluorouracil or Capecitabine) · Pembrolizumab in combination with Platinum (Cisplatin or Oxaliplatin) and Fluoropyrimidine (5-Fluorouracil or Capecitabine) · Any other systemic anti-cancer therapy · Palliative care only Q2. How many early-stage (non-metastatic or Stages 1-3) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were treated in the past 3 months with: · Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) · Durvalumab (Imfinzi) · Nivolumab (Opdivo) · Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) · Chemotherapy · Radiotherapy · Chemotherapy AND Radiotherapy Q3. In the past three months, how many advanced renal cell carcinoma patients received the following first-line treatments: · Avelumab + Axitinib (Bavencio + Inlyta) · Cabozantinib (Cometriq) · Nivolumab (Opdivo) · Nivolumab + Cabozantinib (Opdivo + Cometriq) · Nivolumab + Ipilimumab (Opdivo + Yervoy) · Pembrolizumab + Lenvatinib (Keytruda + Kisplyx)
Date of Response: 10/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8525
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
For each of the past five years, how much has the health board spent on developing patient portals? For each of the past five years how many people has the health board employed in e-health/ Digital Health/ IT and what has the annual wage bill been? For each of the past five years, what measurable cost savings have been identified through developing patient centred digital solutions?
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8524
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
1. From 1st January 2024 to 1st March 2024 how many shifts has your Trust/Health Board used Scottish Nursing Guild (SNG) for? 2. Within this timeframe please list the number of shifts by ward or department that SNG was utilised in. 3. From 1st January 2024 to 1st March 2024 how many shifts has your Health Board/Trust utilised Icare 24 in? 4. Within this same time frame please list all wards or departments that utilised this agency 5. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 day charge rate of over £55 per hour that have been booked for the Trust in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024) 6. Please list any suppliers with a general Band 5 night charge above £65 per hour that have been booked for the Trust in this time period (01/01/2024- 01/03/2024) 7. Please list any suppliers with a critical day rate charge (Band 5 or 6) ITU/A&E above the rate of £80 per hour
Date of Response: 03/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8523
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information concerning the provision/delay of care at the Gender Identity Clinic in Edinburgh, which is commissioned by the NHS and operates out of the Chalmers Sexual Health Centre: I. Monthly figures for the period inclusive of July 2022 - March 2024 detailing: a. Total number of persons on the service’s waiting list; i. Of this total, the number on the ‘Standard’ waiting list; and ii. Of this total, the number on the ‘Priority’ waiting list. b. Number of new persons added to the service’s waiting list: i. Of this total, the number placed on the ‘Standard’ waiting list; and ii. Of this total, the number placed on the ‘Priority’ waiting list. c. Total number of persons seen for first appointments i. Of this total, the number seen at first appointments from the ‘Standard’ waiting list; and ii. Of this total, the number seen at first appointments from the ‘Priority’ waiting list. d. The number of patients who, at the time of their first appointment, had already received a diagnosis of Gender Incongruence/Gender Dysphoria previously— for example, from a licensed physician practicing privately within the United Kingdom or a licensed physician practicing in a person’s former country of residence. II. For persons assessed at the service from the ‘Standard’ waiting list, please provide the mean and/or median number of days between the following: a. Placement on waiting list and first appointment; b. First appointment and confirmation of diagnosis; c. Confirmation of diagnosis & prescription of HRT; d. Confirmation of diagnosis & referral for ‘top surgery’; and e. Confirmation of diagnosis & referral for ‘lower surgery.’ III. While understanding that individual wait times are variable, lease provide the service’s current best projection of when a person placed on the ‘standard’ waiting list in the first quarter of 2024 (January – March) can expect to be seen for a first appointment. IV. Given patients’ right under the NHS Constitution to a no-greater-than 18-month wait between a GP’s referral and treatment for ‘non-urgent’ conditions; and given recent Prevention of Future Deaths Reports in which coroners identify very long wait times for youth and adult GIS services as probable contributory factors in the deaths of several transgender persons, please provide details of the plans the Trust / GIC will implement to abide by these patient rights and decrease the time persons spend on the service’s waiting lists. Please provide details of when these plans will be put into effect. Please quantify, if possible, their projected effects on waiting times.
Date of Response: 04/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8522
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
Specific to the time period between April 2018 until March 2024. Please break the information down to year-on-year I.e 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 etc. What training on Glycogen Storage Disease was available to NHS Lothian general staff? What training on Glycogen Storage Disease was available to NHS Lothian specialist staff? How many staff took part, which department they came from and when they took part in the training. Please include any evidence or copies of training programmes available to NHS Lothian staff or metabolic specialist staff on Glycogen Storage Disease. Please include any evidence of completion. What information or resources or other learning materials are available NHS Scotland/Lothian staff on glycogen storage disease, of all kinds or each kind? Please include all copies or evidence of policies, guidelines and care pathways, any material that NHS staff have access to that would be used to inform or upskill staff specifically on Glycogen Storage Disease. What is the policy on assessment and treatment of each form of glycogen storage disease?
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8521
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
Specific to the time period between April 2018 until March 2024. Please break the information down to year-on-year i.e 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 etc. How many people have been diagnosed with glycogen storage disease in Scotland since records began? How many people have been diagnosed with each type of Glycogen storage disease (1,2,3,4, 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,) (excluding the sub-types a, b, c or d for now)? How many metabolic centres are there in Scotland? How much Scot Gov funding has been received to the metabolic service at NHS Lothian Who oversees the Inherited Metabolic service in Scotland? Who is the current lead clinician at Lothian? Who was the lead dietetic specialist between April 2018 and March 2024 at Lothian? Who was the lead nurse specialist at Lothian between April 2018 and March 2024? Who is responsible for overseeing each of those professionals? How much funding via donations hase the Metabolic service received between 2018 and 2024? How are government funds distributed across IMD Lothian? Please itemise yea-in-year where possible. Does the sum from Scot Gov cover salaries? If the funds are separate, what is the salary of the Lead clinician? Lead dietetic specialist? Lead nurse specialist?
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8520
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide the following under the freedom of information (Scotland) act of 2002: Any and all information supplied by the below groups to NHS Lothian including any plus all information supplied to the below groups by NHS Lothian. Dignity in dying. Dignitas. Exit UK. Friends at the end. Any other pro euthanasia or assisted dying organisation or advocate. In text, audio, visual or any other data format Between 1/1/2022 - 1/1/2023 to or present within the trust. Please also disclose any financial deposits, property gifts, donations or profitable exchanges between NHS Lothian and the mentioned groups within the same period if such has occurred and is on record.
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8519
Date Received: 10/03/2024
Summary:
I would like to know; The total of people diagnosed with dementia in the Area A breakdown between those under 65 and over by %. A breakdown down by ethnicity; this is routinely reported The total diagnosed with dementia in 2022-23.
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8518
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
I wish to make a Freedom of Information Request for the number of locum Psychiatrists the organisation as used in 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023. With a breakdown of each year.
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8517
Date Received: 11/03/2024
Summary:
Are there any situations outside of intimate examinations, when a consultant in Lothian can bring a manager, lead or clinical director into outpatient appointments? If so, on what grounds, and do they need to notify a patient in advance or seek consent? Keen to know, and soon, what the position is for justification for bringing a manager (even if they have a nursing background), into appointments. Is there anytime this would be justified without giving the patient prior notification, seeking consent or attempting to resolve any issues outside of clinic settings? e.g. if a patient is being difficult, abusive, taking up time, refusing treatment, enforcement of clinic times, to manage expectations, to act as a legal witness?
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8516
Date Received: 08/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. In the past 3 months, how many patients have received the following treatments (for any disease): · Berinert (Human C1-esterase inhibitor) · Cinryze (Human C1-esterase inhibitor) · Firazyr (Icatibant) · Icatibant - any brand except Firazyr · Orladeyo (Berotralstat) · Ruconest (Recombinant human C1-esterase inhibitor) · Takhzyro (Lanadelumab) Q2. In the past 3 months, how many patients have received the following immunoglobulin treatments (for any disease): · Cutaquig · Cuvitru · Gammagard · Gammanorm · Hizentra · Hyqvia · Intratect · Iqymune · Kiovig · Privigen · Octagam · Panzyga · Subgam · Any other normal immunoglobulin
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8515
Date Received: 08/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. The date of the last completed routine / non-urgent vasectomy carried out in the health board. Q2. The number of those currently on a waiting list to receive a vasectomy.
Date of Response: 02/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8514
Date Received: 08/03/2024
Summary:
1) Could you please advise of the Number of staff and AfC Banding (or equivalence) x WTE of these staff (e.g. Physiotherapist - Band 5 x 0.8WTE): i. Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine ii. Clinical Nurse Specialists iii. Healthcare Assistants iv. Prosthetists v. Prosthetic Technicians vi. Occupational Therapists vii. Physiotherapists viii. Clinical and Administrative Support Staff ix. Podiatrists x. Orthotists xi. Psychologists xii. Counsellors xiii. Rehabilitation Engineers 2) Please provide the approximate number of patients registered to the service. 3) What is the model of service operation – in-house/sub-contracted/fully managed?
Date of Response: 15/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8513
Date Received: 08/03/2024
Summary:
I request the following under The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act of 2002: A) Please disclose the full amount in cost in total to keep one person in a hospital bed for one day (24 hours) on 23/09/2022 at The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary intensive care unit. B) Please disclose the number of hospital beds in total on 23/09/2022 at The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary intensive care unit specifically and how many of them were occupied and how many were not occupied for that full 24 hour period. C) Please disclose the number of hospital beds in total on 23/09/2022 at the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary at its intensive care unit that were sought for patients within that 24 hour period. D) Please disclose the same statistics asked at A, B and C for the dates of the 24th and 25th of September 2022 as well.
Date of Response: 02/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8512
Date Received: 08/03/2024
Summary:
1) The total £ amount spent on patient meals for the last 5 years, broken down by year. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2021 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023 2) The average daily cost of meals per patient in £, given as a yearly figure for the last 5 years (i.e how much does it cost to feed one patient for a day) 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2021 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023 3) The amount of food wasted and what % this accounts for of total food served for the last 5 years, broken down by year. I would like the ‘amount’ of food wasted given as a weight measurement if possible. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2020 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2021 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8511
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
Please can you send me the information for the last 3 years including this year to present date. In each hospital in the health board. How many outpatient gynaecological procedures failed and had to be stopped? do you have data on specific procedures? How many patients after coming in for the out patient procedure had to come back at a later date for General Anaesthesia.
Date of Response: 01/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8461
Date Received: 22/02/2024
Summary:
I would be grateful if you could provide information for each year in the last five-year period (from 2019/20) as it pertains to your health board: 1. The total budget spent on food, as distinct from staffing, in each hospital in the board area. 2. The total component of the food budget spent on fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) in each hospital in the board area. 3. The total budget spent on catering staff and kitchen maintenance, as distinct from food costs, in each hospital in the board area. 4. The number of FTE catering posts in each hospital in the board area. 5. The number of vacancies in FTE catering posts in each hospital in the board area. 6. The approximate number of meals served at breakfast, lunchtime, and dinnertime in each hospital in the board area. 7. The number of complaints relating to hospital food and service received per week (on average) in each hospital in the board area.
Date of Response: 08/05/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8510
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
I would be grateful if NHS Lothian could provide relevant information for NHS Lothian or, more specifically, the Western General Hospital as to: 1. In July 2019, whether Lothian/WGH had a protocol for the Emergency Department’s triage of respiratory/lung presentations? 2. In July 2019, whether Lothian/WGH had a protocol for the Acute Receiving Department’s triage of respiratory/lung presentations? 3. In July 2019, whether Lothian/WGH had a protocol for the administration of troponin tests, in terms of timings and repeat testing?
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8509
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
1. How many patients are on dialysis at the hospital and are these seen two or three times per week? 2. What is your current capacity level and what is your maximum capacity level of renal dialysis? 3. What is your current number of dialysis machines and what brand are they? Also, who is the RO plant manufacturer? 4. What is the average cost per patient for renal dialysis within a hospital environment? 5. How old is your RO system and dialysis machines, and are they due for replacement, decant or upgrade any time soon? 6. What is your contingency plan for when you run out of internal dialysis capacity or your machines/RO go down? 7. Where does the primary source of funding for the renal department stem from? Is it directly from the health board or elsewhere? 8. Have you ever considered using a mobile renal dialysis unit to support your services through disaster recovery, decant, replacement or refurbishment?
Date of Response: 01/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8508
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
Please provide the following information: 1. The number of mobile operating theatres in your health board 2. The total cost weekly cost of mobile operating theatres in your health board 3. The weekly cost of each individual mobile operating theatre in your health board 4. The number of mobile scanners in your health board 5. The total cost weekly cost of mobile scanners in your health board 6. The weekly cost of each individual mobile scanner in your health board 7. Total annual expense on mobile operating theatres from 2020 to date 8. Total annual expense on mobile scanners from 2020 to date 9. For each mobile operating theatre and mobile scanner, how long you are contracted to keep it in operation 10. For each mobile operating theatre and mobile scanner, how long you plan to rely on their operation
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8507
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
1. Please provide the details of Staffbank, responsible for recruiting AHP/HSS staff within your Trust.
Date of Response: 27/03/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8506
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
Please could you confirm the total number of hospital porters employed in each of the last five financial years, including 2023/24. Please could you also confirm how many hospital treatments/operations were delayed or cancelled as a result of a lack of availability of hospital porters to transport patients from one part of a hospital to another.
Date of Response: 01/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8505
Date Received: 07/03/2024
Summary:
1. How much money has been spent by NHS Lothian on its historic slavery project, with a full breakdown of costs? 2. How much has NHS Lothian spent on sending executives and staff members abroad in 2021, 2022 and 2023, with a breakdown of where they went, how many went and full costs?
Date of Response: 02/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8504
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
1. Please confirm how many referrals were made in NHS Lothian from General Practice to secondary care services in the calendar years 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019; 2. Of the referrals made during each of the above years, please confirm how many referrals were accepted by secondary care services 3. Of the referrals made during each of the above years, please confirm how many referrals were rejected by secondary care services.
Date of Response: 02/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8503
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
1. How many staff are employed in the Human Resources team (or equivalent department)? Please break this down by role. 2. What is the total amount spent by the health board on employment of staff in question 1? 3. How many vacancies are there currently within the Human Resources team (or equivalent department)? Which roles are these vacancies for?
Date of Response: 28/03/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8502
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
1. How many staff are employed providing press and/or communications support. Please break this down by role. 2. What is the total amount spent by the health board on employment of staff in question 1? 3. How many vacancies are there currently within press and communications support? Which roles are these vacancies for?
Date of Response: 04/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8501
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
To request the following information for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, in your trust: - Please provide the standard inpatient menus and vegan inpatient menus used in February 2024, plus the standard inpatient menus and vegan inpatient menus that will be used in April 2024 (if the vegan menu is incorporated into another special menu please provide that menu) - Please provide information on the consumption of each menu item during February 2024 (how many times was each menu item chosen during this period by inpatients?) - Please confirm how many beds the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has - How many hospital sites do you have, do they all have the same catering providers? - Please confirm who the catering provider is for inpatient menus
Date of Response: 17/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8500
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
1. Between January 2018 and present date, for each time a staff member was given a first and final warning for any of the reasons of performance, inappropriate patient care, breach of confidentiality, error relating to patient care, malice relating to patient care, or verbal absue of a patient or colleague, please provide copies of the individual records/documentation relating to the incident(s). 2. Between January 2018 and present date, for each time a staff member was dismissed for any of the reasons of performance, inappropriate patient care, breach of confidentiality, error relating to patient care, malice relating to patient care, or verbal absue of a patient or colleague, please provide copies of the individual records/documentation relating to the incident(s). 3. If copies of the records cannot be provided in any given case for points 1 and 2, even with redactions, then please provide a detailed description of the offending conduct of the staff member involved
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8499
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
The number of deaths that were considered avoidable* from 1st January 2018 - 31st December 2023? *Avoidable mortality refers to deaths that are preventable or treatable. Of those deaths, how many were due to the following causes: Alcohol-related and drug-related, Congenital malformations, Diseases of the respiratory system, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Pregnancy, childbirth and the perinatal period?
Date of Response: 27/03/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8498
Date Received: 06/03/2024
Summary:
The number of lower limb amputations carried out within the health board in children and adult populations who also have :- 1. A mental health condition, 2. A physical and/or sensory disability, 3. A learning disability, 4. Autism / neurodiverse
Date of Response: 09/04/2024
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Freedom of Information Request Reference: 8497
Date Received: 05/03/2024
Summary:
Q1. How many patients were treated in total, regardless of diagnosis, with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Name of medicine 1.1 Benralizumab (Fasenra) 1.2 Dupilumab (Dupixent) 1.3 Mepolizumab (Nucala) 1.4 Omalizumab (Xolair) 1.5 Reslizumab (Cinqaero) 1.6 Tezepelumab (Tezspire) Q2. How many patients were treated for severe asthma, atopic dermatitis, CRwNP and other indications with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Name of medicine 2.1 Benralizumab (Fasenra) 2.2 Dupilumab (Dupixent) 2.3 Mepolizumab (Nucala) 2.4 Omalizumab (Xolair) 2.5 Reslizumab (Cinqaero) 2.6 Tezepelumab (Tezspire) Q3. How many patients were treated by department in total, regardless of diagnosis, with the following medicines in the 3 months between the start of October 2023 and end of December 2023? Name of medicine 3.1 Benralizumab (Fasenra) 3.2 Dupilumab (Dupixent) 3.3 Mepolizumab (Nucala) 3.4 Omalizumab (Xolair) 3.5 Reslizumab (Cinqaero) 3.6 Tezepelumab (Tezspire)
Date of Response: 01/04/2024
View Response: 8497.pdf
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