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FOI 0653 Ulcerative Colitis 2019/20

Freedom of Information Request: 0653 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

  1. In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Ulcerative colitis?

790

a. Of these patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?

2

  1. In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Crohn’s disease?

774

a. Of the patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?

3

Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals

  1. In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Ulcerative colitis?

a. Of these patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?

  1. In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Crohn’s disease?

a. Of the patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?

Due to differences in the systems used, we do not hold data in a way that allows us to identify numbers of patients treated by condition.

We can identify that 77 patients in total were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab) regardless of condition (February 2019 to January 2020 inclusive)

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