Cardiac Pacemakers and Devices (FOISA Request)

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Dear Highland NHS Board,

I would be grateful if you can respond to this Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act request for your Health Board regarding insertion of cardiac pacemaker devices.

For your: cardiology, clinical governance, finance departments
Request: any already calculated data in the form of summary reports, audit reports, research reports or held information which may help respond to the questions below.

Many thanks,

QUESTIONS BELOW

Question 1: Can you provide the insertion numbers for basic bradycardia pacemakers (i.e. single and dual chamber pacemakers) at your centre?

Time Period: Can you provide this data for the years 2011 to 2017. Can you provide this for the individual years. (where you have recorded this data)
• If this data is not recorded over a calendar year (eg. Jan-Dec 2011) but instead over a fiscal or training year can you still provide this.

Question 2: Can you provide the insertion numbers for implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices at your centre?

Time Period: Can you provide this data for the years 2011 to 2017. Can you provide this for the individual years. (if you have record of this data)
• If this data is not recorded over a calendar year (eg. Jan-Dec 2011) but instead over a fiscal or training year can you still provide this.

Question 3: Can you provide the insertion numbers for cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices (CRT) at your centre?

Time Period: Can you provide this data for the years 2011 to 2017. Can you provide this for the individual years. (if you any record of this data)?
• If this data is not recorded over a calendar year (eg. Jan-Dec 2011) but instead over a fiscal or training year can you still provide this.

Question 4: Can you provide the overall complication rate for implantation of these devices?
• Complication rate for simple bradycardia pacemaker devices
• Complication rate for ICD device implantations
• Complication rate for CRT device implantations

Time Period: Can you provide this data for the years 2011 to 2017. Can you provide this for the individual years (if you have any record of this data)?
• If this data is not recorded over a calendar year (eg. Jan-Dec 2011) but instead over a fiscal or training year can you still provide this.

Question 6: Do you regularly undertake clinical governance meetings regarding cardiac pacemaker devices? If the answer is yes:
• How frequently?
• Since which year?

Time Period: Can you provide this data for the years since 2011 .

Yours faithfully,

Chris Kinnaird

FOIRequestsHighland (NHS HIGHLAND),

Dear Mr Kinnaird

Thank you for your FOI request.

I will seek the information you request and respond in due course. This will be within the 20 working days target specified by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Please note if you have any further queries regarding this FOI please email at [NHS Highland request email] quoting the above reference.

Yours sincerely

Anna

Anna McInally
Freedom Of Information Administrator
NHS Highland
Larch House, Stoneyfield Business Park, Inverness, IV2 7PA

Ext 4927

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MCINALLY, Anna (NHS HIGHLAND),

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Dear Mr Kinnaird

 

Please find attached our response to your recent Freedom of Information
Request.

 

If you have further queries regarding this please email
[1][NHS Highland request email] quoting the above reference.

 

 

Anna McInally

Freedom of Information Administrator

 

On behalf of

 

Ruth Daly

Board Secretary

 

NHS Highland

Larch House

Stoneyfield Business Park

Inverness

IV2 7PA

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