Freedom of Information Request: 0331 2019/20
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust this response has been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
I am working on an ophthalmology project and would like to know the following information within your ophthalmology units;
1. How many “clean rooms” exist within your ophthalmology units? 0, all injections are done in Theatre within Outpatients
2. What proportion of ophthalmology 1st and follow-up outpatient appointments were associated with a diagnosis of:
We do not hold this information, please note that we do not record diagnosis against outpatient appointments
a. primary open angle glaucoma
b. age-related macular degeneration
c. diabetic macular oedema
in the years 2016/17 & 2017/18?
3. How many SLT (selective laser trabeculoplasty) machines do you have in your ophthalmology units – 1
a. how many procedures were performed in 2016/17 & 2017/18?
Fiscal Year Ops
2016/2017 5
2017/2018 68
4. How many C69.3 (injection into anterior chamber of the eye) procedures were performed in 2016/17 & 2017/18 and what was the split between theatre & clinic?
Fiscal Year Ops
2016/2017 80
2017/2018 53
Please note that all procedures take place in theatre, so there is no split.
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
1. How many “clean rooms” exist within your ophthalmology units? 3, one at each site
2. What proportion of ophthalmology 1st and follow-up outpatient appointments were associated with a diagnosis of:
a. primary open angle glaucoma
2016/17:
GHH: 270
HH:30
SH:119
Total: 419
2017/18:
GHH: 265
HH: 34
SH: 141
Total: 440
b. age-related macular degeneration
2016/17:
GHH: 612
HH: 487
SH: 2248
Total: 3347
2017/18:
GHH: 625
HH: 217
SH: 413
Total: 1255
c. diabetic macular oedema
2016/17:
GHH: 169
HH: 544
SH: 177
Total: 890
2017/18:
GHH: 123
HH: 159
SH: 212
Total: 494
in the years 2016/17 & 2017/18?
3. How many SLT (selective laser trabeculoplasty) machines do you have in your ophthalmology units? – 2
Fiscal year Ops
2016/17 3
2017/18 1
4. How many C69.3 (injection into anterior chamber of the eye) procedures were performed in 2016/17 & 2017/18 and what was the split between theatre & clinic?
Fiscal Year Ops
2016/17 3
2017/18 2
Please note there is no split between theatre and clinic.
