Internal Reference Number: FOI_6510
Date Request Received: 09/03/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 31/03/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Emergency department information
Request Category: Campaigning organisation
Question Number 1: What is the name of your hospital / Trust? | |
Answer To Question 1: SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ | |
Question Number 2: How many acute inpatient beds did this hospital have for 2021? | |
Answer To Question 2: The daily average for inpatient beds for 2021 was 427. | |
Question Number 3: How many emergency (unplanned) admissions did this hospital have under the acute general surgery services in 2021? | |
Answer To Question 3: The trust had 2,402 emergency admissions under general surgery | |
Question Number 4: How many cases did this hospital submit to the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) in 2021? | |
Answer To Question 4: For the context of this answer please be advised that data for the full year has not been finalised as of yet, with only quarter 1 and 2 being locked and available for reference. The data runs alongside the financial year from April to April. Quarter 1 and 2 of 2021 (April 1st to sept 30th 2021) had 34 cases entered to the NELA database. I can also say that from 01/01/21 to 31/12/21 there were 72 cases entered. | |
Question Number 5: Which of the following organisation systems describes how emergency general surgical admissions are organised in this hospital? a. Mixed general surgical take under a non-specific general surgery consultant b. Daily allocation of acute admissions to a general surgery subspeciality (Upper GI / Colorectal / Hepatobiliary) c. Dedicated Emergency General Surgery consultants / service during weekdays only (Monday to Thursday, or Monday to Friday) d. Dedicated Emergency General Surgery consultants / service weekdays and weekend e. Other (please state) | |
Answer To Question 5: a. Mixed general surgical take under a non-specific general surgery consultant | |
Question Number 6: If your hospital runs a dedicated emergency general surgery service (answers c or d above), how many dedicated emergency general surgery consultants form the rota for this service? | |
Answer To Question 6: n/a for this hosptial | |
Question Number 7: If this hospital does not already have an emergency general surgery service, does it plan to change it’s service to this form in the next 5 years? | |
Answer To Question 7: The answer is no, we do not plan to change our service to this form within the next 5 years. | |
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Our staff at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.