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Date: 13 February 2009

Hywel Dda NHS Trust

West Wales General Hospital

Information and IT Department

Carmarthen SA31 2AF

Tel:01267 239215

Mail to: [FOI #6434 email]

Dear Mr Clark

Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information regarding chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia which we received on the 21st January.

I am pleased to enclose information relating to your request.

D70 neutropenia as

Number of patients admitted

Number of deaths

Principle diagnosis

86

0

2nd diagnosis

62

1(principle diagnosis Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

3rd diagnosis

14

0

4th diagnosis

6

1(principle diagnosis Bronchopneumonia)

5th diagnosis

3

1 (principle diagnosis Malignant neoplasm of rectum)

6th diagnosis

1

0

Total

172

3

Only 1 case within the Hywel Dda NHS Trust was clearly marked as chemotherapy induced neutropenia

I would however draw to your attention that this information has been provided for your own private use and not for any further commercial purposes. You are not therefore automatically entitled to re-use the information.

Unless otherwise stated, the Carmarthenshire NHS Trust owns the copyright in all the material which has been provided to you. Any extraction, utilisation, or publication of the material or any substantial part of it is likely to constitute an infringement of The Carmarthenshire NHS Trust's rights pursuant to the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1989.

Whilst the Carmarthenshire NHS Trust is not obliged to allow re-use of the information it may be willing to do so pursuant to the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2004. Please contact the Carmarthenshire NHS Trust for further details

Should you not be satisfied with the information supplied, you have a right to complain and request a review. You should forward your complaint to:

Mr N Morris,

Finance Director,

Hywel Dda NHS Trust,

Parc Dewi Sant,

Jobs Well Road,

Carmarthen SA31 3BB

Should you wish to take your complaint further, if you are still unhappy with the decision after review, you can contact the:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

If you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address above.

Yours sincerely

Bob Mander

Information Governance Manager

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