Endomyocardial Biopsy (EMB)

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Denise Amstrong

Dear Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Please can you provide me with the following information with regards to this procedure at your Trust.

1. Does your Hospital perform Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures?

2. If yes, How many Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures were performed in:
a. 2014
b. 2015

3. What was your Trust’s spend on Endomyocardial Biopsy in:
a. 2014
b. 2015

4. Does your Hospital perform Biopsy to diagnose Amoeloid Cardiomyopathy?

5. If yes, How many Amoeloid Biopsy procedures were performed in:
a. 2014
b. 2015

Yours faithfully,

Denise Amstrong

Tarleton, Katie, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Ms Armstrong

Please find attached the Trust's response to your Freedom of Information request, our reference 6514.

Best wishes

Katie

Katie Tarleton              
Communications Assistant
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email address]
Tel: 01733 678024
PO Box 405

www.peterboroughandstamford.nhs.uk

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