University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Please could you answer the following questions for me regarding patients receiving life support.
1. The number of patients who have been ventilated using both invasive and non-invasive techniques for 28 or more consecutive days in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
2015: 38
2016: 52
2017: 40
2. The total cost to the Trust of keeping patients on life support each year in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
Please note: Total spell costs will include the costs of any associated high cost procedures e.g. Transplantation surgery, drugs and devices, hence will vary significantly from individual to individual patient and year to year and should not be used for extrapolating. It is not possible to isolate the costs only associated with life support.
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Please could you answer the following questions for me regarding patients receiving life support.
1. The number of patients who have been ventilated using both invasive and non-invasive techniques for 28 or more consecutive days in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
2015: 9
2016: 10
2017: 8
2. The total cost to the Trust of keeping patients on life support each year in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
