Bowel Care - spinal cord injured patients
Dear Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,
I am sending a separate Freedom of Information request to every NHS Trust, and would request that Freedom of Information Coordinators send (via the WhatDoTheyKnow website) a discrete and separate response for either their own Trust, or for each of the individual Trusts they are responsible for.
I work for the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), the leading national user-led charity supporting spinal cord injured people and their families. Being a user led organisation SIA understand the immense challenges of living with a spinal cord injury (SCI). We strive to support all SCI people to access the services and support they need to stay healthy and live fulfilled and active lives.
As a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I’d be grateful if you could provide the following information about the provision of bowel care for adults.
Q1. Does the Trust have a formal written policy for digital rectal examination, digital rectal stimulation and the digital removal of faeces in spinal cord injured and other patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q2. Is your policy based on the policy template that the Spinal Injuries Association circulated to your Trust in August 2018?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) No bowel assessment and management policy in place
Q3. If admitted to the Trust, will a person with neurogenic bowel dysfunction receive the following bowel care intervention – Digital removal of faeces?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q4. If admitted to the Trust, will a person with neurogenic bowel dysfunction receive the following bowel care intervention – Digital rectal stimulation?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q5. If admitted to the Trust, will a person with neurogenic bowel dysfunction receive the following bowel care intervention – Trans anal irrigation?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q6. Do you have ward-based staff skilled in supporting patients with neurogenic bowel care interventions, including the digital removal of faeces?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q7. Are staff available seven days a week to undertake these bowel care interventions?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q8. Does the Trust have a policy that allows for the personal care assistants/carers of spinal cord injured patients to assist with the bowel care element of the patient's care?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q9. Does the Trust have an appropriate clinical leader in place (such as a Continence Manager) to manage the overall delivery of bowel care interventions to patients?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q10. What are the contact details for this clinical leader (i.e. name, job title, telephone number and email address)?
Thank you for your help with this request; if you have any queries then please let me know as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Brian O'Shea
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FOI REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information received on 3 January 2023. It
has been allocated the reference number FOI 22/23 6832 and is being dealt
with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Trust still is facing unprecedented challenges relating to the
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the current time. Understandably, our
resources have been diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are
working tremendously hard to provide care for our patients, and to those
in need of our services.
We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible, and hope you appreciate
that we do not wish to place any additional burden on our teams at this
time.
If you require further information as to the process or have any queries
in relation to your request, please contact me quoting the reference
above.
Kind Regards
Response Issued on behalf of
FOI Lead on behalf of The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Pinderfields Hospital,
Aberford Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DG
Tel: 0844 811 8110
Email: [1][email address]
Re : Freedom of Information Act request - 6832
Thank you for your freedom of information request. Please find attached
our response.
We are still experiencing increased pressures on the Trust and it's staff
at this present time, so some responses may be delayed and some
information may not have been provided as per your request.
We have endeavoured to supply as much information as we can at this
present time, but if further information is required, may we suggest that
you submit another request at a later date.
Response Issued by
FOI Lead on behalf of The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Pinderfields Hospital,
Aberford Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DG
Email: [1][email address]
From: FOI (MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST) <[Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust request email]>
Sent: 04 January 2023 14:40
To: Brian O'Shea <[FOI #932597 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 22/23 6832
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FOI REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information received on 3 January 2023. It
has been allocated the reference number FOI 22/23 6832 and is being dealt
with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Trust still is facing unprecedented challenges relating to the
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the current time. Understandably, our
resources have been diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are
working tremendously hard to provide care for our patients, and to those
in need of our services.
We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible, and hope you appreciate
that we do not wish to place any additional burden on our teams at this
time.
If you require further information as to the process or have any queries
in relation to your request, please contact me quoting the reference
above.
Kind Regards
Response Issued on behalf of
FOI Lead on behalf of The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Pinderfields Hospital,
Aberford Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DG
Tel: 0844 811 8110
Email: [2][email address]
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