Information Governance Department
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY3 8NR
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
14/04/2022
Our ref: FOI/05039
Dear Mr Thompson,
Your Request
Please can you provide the total number of patients that have been referred to the Heart
Failure Diagnostic Clinic within your trust for the following years:
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 (to date)
Our Response
2018
213
2019
172
2020
63
2021
603
2022 up to the end February
104
Prior to 2018 this data is not readily available and would require a manual trawl
through paper records which would constitute a disproportionate effort to retrieve
and would exceed 18 hours. This information is therefore exempt on the grounds of
cost (Section 12(1)).
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