Long Covid clinic statistics

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Hello,
I hope whoever is reading this is keeping well. My name is Yohannes Lowe. This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If this is the incorrect address for this request, please would you be so kind to forward it onto the right one and cc me into the email.
1) What day (DD/MM/YYYY) did your trust's 'long Covid centre/clinic' become operational? (Your trust was one of 69 which had set up long Covid clinic's last autumn, according to this NHS England release: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/12/long-...)
Please could you break down the following information per month between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021:
1a) How many (suspected long Covid) patients were referred to this clinic by their GP over this period?
1b) How many of the (long Covid) patients assessed/seen over this period at your trust's clinic were ones who needed such help after being discharged from hospital?
Please could you break down the following information between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021 (its entirety rather than per month as before):
1c) What was the average waiting time (in days) to be seen for long Covid assessment/specialist help at the clinic?
1d) What was the longest time a person referred to/discharged (from hospital) into the clinic had to (first) wait to be seen in days. For Q1d, if such a person is still waiting to be seen, as of the current day, please say: 'X' (specify number) amount of people are 'still waiting' on the list.
If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could please contact me by email ([email address]) and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
I am aware that staff and resources are limited at this time, so I appreciate your help with this.
Kind Regards,
Yohannes Lowe

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Freedom of Information Request – FOI1255

24 November 2021

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Thank you for your request received under the Freedom of Information Act
to which I can provide the following response on behalf of Harrogate and
District NHS Foundation Trust.

 

1) What day (DD/MM/YYYY) did your trust's 'long Covid centre/clinic'
become operational? (Your trust was one of 69 which had set up long Covid
clinic's last autumn, according to this NHS England release:
[2]https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/12/long-...)
We held our first Long Covid MDT on 22.12.20 but had been running a post
discharge service since 16.6.20

Please could you break down the following information per month between 1
December 2020 and 28 February 2021: For the below answers, please see the
attached spreadsheet. The Trust is exempting certain information under
Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the low numbers
involved (five or fewer) may allow personal details of individuals to be
identified.

1a) How many (suspected long Covid) patients were referred to this clinic
by their GP over this period?

1b) How many of the (long Covid) patients assessed/seen over this period
at your trust's clinic were ones who needed such help after being
discharged from hospital?

Please could you break down the following information between 1 December
2020 and 28 February 2021 (its entirety rather than per month as before):

1c) What was the average waiting time (in days) to be seen for long Covid
assessment/specialist help at the clinic?

1d) What was the longest time a person referred to/discharged (from
hospital) into the clinic had to (first) wait to be seen in days. For Q1d,
if such a person is still waiting to be seen, as of the current day,
please say: 'X' (specify number) amount of people are 'still waiting' on
the list

 

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