
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8734
Date Request Received: 01/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/08/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Cath labs
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. Please may you provide me with: • The total number of cath labs in your Health Board | |
| Answer To Question 1: 6 | |
| Question Number 2: • The number of cath labs are in each Trust | |
| Answer To Question 2: 2 Labs | |
| Question Number 3: • The age of each cath lab | |
| Answer To Question 3: Lab 1 - 5 years Lab 2 - 2-3 years | |
| Question Number 4: • Any plans to refurbish any of these cath labs | |
| Answer To Question 4: The Trust currently has no plans. | |
| Question Number 5: • The volumes of private cardiology activity done in these NHS cath labs | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see our response to Q5, 7 and 8 in the attached. To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below: | |
| Question Number 6: • Any trusts within the Health Board considering procuring managed cardiology services | |
| Answer To Question 6: Currently no Trusts within the BSW Hospital Group are considering procuring managed cardiology services. | |
| Question Number 7: • Volume of NHS Cath lab and Outpatient Cardiology Activity last three years, broken by HRG code | |
| Answer To Question 7: See answer to Q5 | |
| Question Number 8: • Volume of Private Activity last three years, broken by CSSD code | |
| Answer To Question 8: See answer to Q8 | |
| Question Number 9: • Revenue of total NHS cath lab activity, last three years | |
| Answer To Question 9: The finance data is not readily available at the level of detail required for Q9, Q12 and for Q21 the information is not held by specialty. This would require manual searches and verification with the clinical and operational teams. To provide the information for these 3 questions alone would exceed the 18 hour exemption. Please find exemption notice attached. | |
| Question Number 10: • Revenue of total Private cath lab activity, last three years | |
| Answer To Question 10: Private and overseas income for: 24-25 £348k 23-24 £383k 22-23 £442k | |
| Question Number 11: • Private pricing schedules for all private cardiology activity, cath lab and outpatients | |
| Answer To Question 11: Disclosure would prejudice the commercial interests of the Trust, sharing pricing could give competitors insight into how NHS hospitals price services, providing a competitive advantage. Please see exemption notice attached | |
| Question Number 12: • Profit & Loss last three years for private cath lab activity | |
| Answer To Question 12: As per response to Q9 | |
| Question Number 13: • Waiting list time by HRG code for cath lab procedure as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 13: The Trust are unable to answer this as waiting list snapshots are not held with this information. | |
| Question Number 14: • Waiting list time for New Patient Consultation as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 14: The Trust are unable to answer this as waiting list snapshots are not held with this information. | |
| Question Number 15: • Waiting list time for Cardiac CT as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 15: Answer based on DM01 census date of 31/05/2025 Answer: Average waiting time of 4 weeks | |
| Question Number 16: • Waiting list time for Cardiac MRI as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 16: Answer based on DM01 census date of 31/05/2025 Answer: Average waiting time of 6 weeks | |
| Question Number 17: • Waiting list time for Transthoracic Echo as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 17: Answer based on DM01 census date of 31/05/2025 Answer: Average waiting time of 4 weeks | |
| Question Number 18: • Waiting list time for ambulatory monitor fitting as of 1st June 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 18: The Trust are unable to answer this as waiting list snapshots are not held with this information. | |
| Question Number 19: • 12 month and 24 month re-do rate of Atrial Fibrillation procedures | |
| Answer To Question 19: 12 month rate = 1.76% 24 month rate = 1.21% This is based on the most common AF procedure code which is for Direct Current Cardioversion | |
| Question Number 20: • 12, 24 and 36 month Morbidity and Mortality rate for PCI | |
| Answer To Question 20: Unable to accurately determine this data. | |
| Question Number 21: • Residual book value of all cardiac assets in current inventory | |
| Answer To Question 21: As per response to Q9 | |
| Question Number 22: • Any Outsourced work to IS providers and if so, the volumes of activity you outsource, and the revenue values of outsourced activity, on a line-by-line basis | |
| Answer To Question 22: No Outsourcing. | |
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