Average waiting times for colonoscopy investigations across the UK
Crohn's & Colitis UK made this Freedom of Information request to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust as part of a batch sent to 213 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
To request and FOI from all Trusts, Health boards & equivalents across the UK:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK to request the following information:
To know the average wait time for colonoscopy investigations (in weeks) in the year 2022 for patients on a non-urgent pathway (i.e. people not on the suspected cancer pathway).
Please could this information be provided in an Excel spreadsheet.
If it is not possible to provide this information due to exceeding the cost of compliance limits, I would be grateful if you could advise how this request could be refined.
If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact me via e-mail.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Greg Collins
Crohn's & Colitis UK
University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk
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University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk
Our Ref: FOI/2350
Date: 3 February 2023
By email only
Dear Requester
We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received 6 January 2023. We have set out your request,
together with our response below.
To know the average wait time for colonoscopy investigations (in weeks) in
the year 2022 for patients on a non-urgent pathway (i.e. people not on the
suspected cancer pathway).
Please could this information be provided in an Excel spreadsheet
The average waiting time in weeks for colonoscopies during 2022 for
routine, un-planned patients was 6.6 weeks
This is also attached in an excel sheet as requested.
As we have provided the information that we do hold your request is now
closed. We trust that this is satisfactory but if you are dissatisfied
with the way that it has been handled you have the right to ask for an
internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and
should be addressed to: David Walsh, Director of Corporate Affairs,
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge
Road, Coventry CV2 2DX.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.
Yours sincerely
Andrea Phillips
FOI & Access to Health Records Manager
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