Internal Reference Number: FOI_7506
Date Request Received: 23/10/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/11/2023 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Medical information
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: Does your trust or health board treat giant cell arteritis (GCA)? If not, please provide the name of the hospital or trust that you refer GCA patients to. | |
Answer To Question 1: Please see our Excel spreadsheet attached containing our response to all parts of this FOI. For questions 3 - 5 we have assumed this is asking about patients still with a primary diagnosis of GCA or RA (same as question 2). To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 11770 - FOI_7506 - Giant Cell Arteritis v1.xlsx | |
Question Number 2: In the past 3 months, how many patients with a primary diagnosis of GCA (ICD10 codes M31.5 or M31.6) were: Admitted as an inpatient Treated in A&E | |
Answer To Question 2: See attachment in Q1 for response | |
Question Number 3: How many patients were treated by the rheumatology department in the past 3 months with the following: Tocilizumab – for any disease Tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) only Tocilizumab for giant cell arteritis (GCA) only | |
Answer To Question 3: See attachment in Q1 for response | |
Question Number 4: How many patients were treated by the ophthalmology department (for any disease) in the past 3 months with Tocilizumab? | |
Answer To Question 4: See attachment in Q1 for response | |
Question Number 5: How many patients were treated in A&E in the past 3 months for giant cell arteritis (GCA) with Tocilizumab? | |
Answer To Question 5: See attachment in Q1 for response | |
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