Chemotherapy

I am currently off on sick leave so please contact Kelly Sykes on 01704 704783 if your message is urgent. Thank you Matthew King External Communications Manager Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 01704 704714

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Dear Mr Clark

Thank you for your email which I have picked up in Matthew King's absence. We will respond as soon as the required information is to hand.

Sandy Cribb
PR & Communications Manager

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Dear Mr Clark,

With reference to your request for information about the number of
patients who have received chemotherapy at Southport & Ormskirk Hospital
NHS Trust in 2008 the answer 67. Most of these were haematology patients
although a small number were urology patients.

Although chemotherapy for other types of cancer is administered to other
patients at our hospital, this is done in partnership with Clatterbridge
Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust whose staff come to our hospital
one or two days a week to give the treatment to patients who live
locally. Because of this, the patients come under the Clatterbridge
Consultants and I have therefore referred your request to them to provide
you with the numbers you asked for.

I hope this is satisfactory.

Yours sincerely,

Matthew King

Freedom of Information Manager

Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Clark,

Please find below the response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

Could I get the number of people who received any chemotherapy in 2008.

During calendar year 2008 some 4,354 different patients received
chemotherapy from CCO. This includes patients completing a course that
started in 2007 (or earlier) as well as those starting a course that will
finish in 2009 (or later). In total they attended for 29,240 appointments.

Kind regards,

Gemma Herbertson

Document Control Manager/FOI Lead

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust

Clatterbridge Road

Bebington

Wirral

CH63 4JY

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If you have any questions about this process please contact Gemma
Herbertson, Document Control Manager/FOI Lead at Clatterbridge Centre for
Oncology NHS Foundation Trust.