Under the Freedom of Information Act, we would like to request information as detailed below from your Trust. We would appreciate all the information you can provide in answer to our questions. If you cannot complete any of the questions, please continue where possible with the remaining questions.
Please provide the information in the prepared answer template attached.
If your trust does not provide Hysteroscopies, please reply to this email stating this. Thank you.
Number of hysteroscopies
1. Please provide the total number of hysteroscopies performed at your Trust annually between 2013 and 2023 (inclusive). If annual breakdowns are not available, please provide the reporting period and numbers.
a. Of those hysteroscopies, what is the total number per year (2013-2023 inclusive) conducted in an “outpatient setting” (not requiring overnight stay)?
b. Of all hysteroscopies performed, how many were performed each year (2013-2023 inclusive) without General Anaesthetic?
c. Of those performed without General Anaesthetic what is the number of hysteroscopies per year (2013-2023 inclusive) attempted that failed (the procedure was attempted but not completed, rather than a ‘did not attend/missed appointment’)
d. What is the total number of ‘did not attend/missed appointments’ for all hysteroscopies per year (2013-2023 inclusive)?
Hysteroscopy information delivery
1. Do you routinely provide patient information about hysteroscopy in advance of the procedure? Y/N
- For the following, please feel free to select multiple options if applicable:
a. How is this information provided to the patient (via post, via email, in the waiting room, etc.)?
b. When is this information provided (i.e. at the hysteroscopy appointment, sent with their appointment letter, etc?)
c. What format does the information come in (verbal, written, video, etc.,)?
d. Please provide us with a copy of the standard patient information leaflet or give a link to your Hysteroscopy information
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