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Friday 11 April 2025
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8389

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8389

Date Request Received: 20/01/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 29/01/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Hernia Patients

Request Category: Health



 
Question Number 1:
What are the total number of NHS referrals for primary inguinal, femoral, umbilical and epigastric hernia repairs at your trust in the last 3 years with a year on year breakdown?
 
Answer To Question 1:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.

To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI_8389 - Hernia Patients response.xlsx
 
Question Number 2:
What are the total number of primary inguinal, femoral, umbilical and epigastric hernia repairs performed for the NHS at your trust in the last 3 years with a year on year breakdown?
 
Answer To Question 2:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 3:
How many of these NHS Hernia patients were treated by Open repair? And how many by Laparoscopic repair? Of these treated by Open repair, how many were done under a Local Anaesthetic?
 
Answer To Question 3:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 4:
What proportion of these NHS hernia patients required an overnight stay during the period above or for what period you are able to provide this?
 
Answer To Question 4:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 5:
What is the average wait time for an NHS hernia patient to be seen in an outpatient clinic?
 
Answer To Question 5:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 6:
What is the average time between an NHS hernia patient being listed for surgery to the operation being performed?
 
Answer To Question 6:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 7:
How many NHS hernia patients have required readmission following any type of hernia surgery outlined above?
 
Answer To Question 7:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 8:
How many patients developed a post operative infection within 10 days of surgery?
 
Answer To Question 8:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 9:
How many patients developed chronic pain after the Hernia repair?
 
Answer To Question 9:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
 
Question Number 10:
How many patients developed a recurrent hernia within one year of Surgery?
 
Answer To Question 10:
Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
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