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: ![]() | |
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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