Internal Reference Number: FOI_7255
Date Request Received: 22/06/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 26/06/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Audiology/Tinnitus
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: Follow on from FOI 7229 Would it be posisble please to clarify your response to the functional neurological disorder (FND) part of the request to which you answer - "1C: N/A - Our Trust does not have a Neurology Department." [1] While I think FND is most often diagnosed in neurology, I think it is also sometimes diagnosed in other departments, including in partcular rheumatology which I think you have a dept for. Would it therefore be possible to clarify whether you have any policies, procedures etc etc in the hospital which cover the diagnosis and/or management of FND. | |
Answer To Question 1: We do not see or diagnose FND in Rheumatology. | |
Question Number 2: [2] Similarily, could you clarify whether the following departments in SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ have policies etc etc which cover (even briefly) the diagnosis or management of FND: (a) clinical neurophysiology (b) clinical psychology. | |
Answer To Question 2: Neurophysiology - We do not treat or manage patients with functional neurological disorders. Clinical Psychology - We does not treat Functional Neurological Disorder. | |
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