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Communications: Medical Equipment

FOI 3062 Crutches and walking frames

Published: May 22, 2014

The response to your query is detailed below:   1)      How many crutches, walking frames and walking sticks were purchased by your trust in 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (please can you break this down by equipment type e.g “27,000 walking frames”)   We have purchased, in the main, Single Adjustable Standard Elbow Crutches and […]

FOI 3043 Tranexamic Acid and Bleeding Trauma Deaths

Published: April 25, 2014

  1a. Does your trust’s trauma protocol include administration of tranexamic acid to bleeding trauma patients? Yes   1b. If yes, at what date was administration of tranexamic acid added to your trust’s trauma protocol? Feb 2011 included in trauma clinicians guide for ED staff   2a. In 2013, how many acute trauma patients received […]

FOI 3009 Excema

Published: April 25, 2014

FOI 3009   Does your trust provide PUVA (psoralen combined with ultraviolet A) treatment ?   Please state as fully as possible the number of patients on the following drugs regardless of diagnosis; •       Acitretin (Soriatane) •       Alitretinoin (Toctino) •       Azathioprine (Imuran) •       Ciclosporin (Neoral) •       Methotrexate •       Potent Topical corticosteroids (such as betamethasone dipropionate) […]

FOI 2974 Beds and A & E attendances

Published: April 3, 2014

Please could you supply the following information: – The total number of beds at each Trust Hospital (Heartlands, Solihull, Good Hope), including break down by speciality, – The total number of emergency department attendances at each hospital site during 2013.   The response to your query on A and E attendances is detailed below and the […]

FOI 2868 Pharmacy

Published: February 28, 2014

The Trust has not prescribed/dispensed any of the products listed from January to December 2013   Under the Freedom of Information Act can you supply details on how many units of the following products were prescribed/dispensed within your hospitals from January to December 2013   Tolterodine 2mg/5ml – Pack Size: 100ml Venlafaxine 37.5mg/5ml – Pack Size: 100ml Triclofos 500mg/5ml – Pack […]

FOI 2853 Bed numbers and capital spend

Published: February 28, 2014

Q1. How many beds does your hospital or hospital trust group have?  Please see attached spreadsheet HEFT Funded Beds – January 2013 (2)   Q2. How is the overall first half 2014 capital equipment spend trending compared with spend in the first half of 2013? Do you expect it to be similar or will there be a percentage change up or down? Are […]

FOI 2847 Pharmacy

Published: February 28, 2014

  How many units of the product below was prescribed or dispensed within your NHS Trust from January to December 2013 Levinan®  (levomepromazine) 6mg tablets in packs of 30 from Archimedes Pharmaceuticals   None    

FOI 2842 Sterilisation methods

Published: February 28, 2014

FOI-2842 1)      The total number of units/departments in hospitals covered by the Trust. The attached spreadsheet shows all hospital wards 2)      The number of units/departments in the Trust that as of December 2013 currently use glutaraldehyde for sterilisation purposes. None 3)      The number of units/departments in the Trust where glutaraldehyde has been used for sterilisation purposes in the last five years. […]

FOI 2726 Radiotherapy

Published: February 28, 2014

The Trust does not have a radiotherapy department, we therefore do not have the equipment referred to below, and we have no radiotherapy patients.   1. How many linear accelerator (LINAC) radiotherapy machines does the Trust have and how many have the following capability: a) IMRT (Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy) b) CT based IGRT (Image Guided […]

FOI 2717 Diabetes funding

Published: February 28, 2014

Please find attached two documents, one relating to adult diabetes funding and one to paediatric. We understand that these processes may change in the future, but these are the current processes. Paediatric Insulin Pumps FOI Proforma Adult Insulin Pumps FOI Proforma

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