Freedom of Information Request: FOI 0431
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
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you answer the following questions:
1. Does your organisation use commercially available Bone Grafts such as Synthetic Bone Grafts or Demineralised Bone Matrix (DBM’s) for Orthopaedic Spine, Trauma or Orthopaedic Surgery?
Yes
2. If so, how much did your organisation spend on bone grafts for the period of 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017?
£112,000
3. If your organisation used commercially available Bone Graft between the period 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017, which brand(s) bone graft did you use?
Vitoss and BioCleanse (Hospital Innovations)
4. How many units of each brand of commercially available Bone Graft did you use?
Vitoss – 351
BioCleanse (Hospital Innovations) -16
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you answer the following questions:
1. Does your organisation use commercially available Bone Grafts such as Synthetic Bone Grafts or Demineralised Bone Matrix (DBM’s) for Orthopaedic Spine, Trauma or Orthopaedic Surgery?
Yes
2. If so, how much did your organisation spend on bone grafts for the period of 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017?
£50,676 plus VAT
3. If your organisation used commercially available Bone Graft between the period 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017, which brand(s) bone graft did you use?
• Cerament
• Hydroset
• Vitoss
• Optecure allograft DBM
• Intergro DBM
• Chondro
• Biologics Bone substitute prodense
• Allomatrix
• Bioready D00110 DBM putty
4. How many units of each brand of commercially available Bone Graft did you use?
Cerament – 7
Hydroset – 16
Vitoss – 1
Optecure allograft DBM – 27
Intergro DBM – 2
Chondro – 2
Biologics Bone substitute prodense – 3
Allomatrix – 19
Bioready D00110 DBM putty – 2
