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FOI 4763 Acupuncture

 

  1. The names of the hospitals, clinics or other settings in which you provided acupuncture treatments.

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital

 

  1. The number of acupuncture treatments provided and the number of patients treated at each of these locations.

Number of treatments:

Year Pain Service Physiotherapy Service Grand Total
2011 2,538 2,538
2012 2,553 2,553
2013 2,239 2,666 4,905
2014 2,523 3,303 5,826
2015 1,658 2,971 4,629
2016 1,238 1,934 3,172
Grand Total 7,658 15,965 23,623

 

Number of patients

Year Pain Service Physiotherapy Service Grand Total
2011 807 1345
2012 797 1267
2013 477 903 1380
2014 450 1088 1538
2015 336 988 1324
2016 272 746 1018
Grand Total 3331 5330 8661

 

 

  1. The types of clinicians who provided these treatments, eg physiotherapists, doctors, acupuncturists.
    Physiotherapists.
  2. The total cost of providing acupuncture treatments at each of these locations.

We do not hold this information, as acupuncture is a normal part of Musculo-skeletal out-patient Physiotherapy services for pain relief.

 

  1. The cost of acupuncture needles purchased included in the total cost.

The cost of acupuncture needles from 1 April 2012 to 29th September 2016 was £10,311 + VAT. We do not hold this information in an accessible form for 2010-March 2012.

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