Diagnostic Endoscopy Waiting Times in the South East

Crohn's & Colitis UK

Dear Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK to request the following information:

1. What is the average waiting time in weeks, by month from end August 2022 – end August 2023 or the most recent month available and the preceding 12 months , for a) red flag, b) urgent and c) non-urgent diagnostic colonoscopy referrals?

2. What is the average waiting time in weeks, by month from end August 2022 – end August 2023 or the most recent month available and the preceding 12 months, for a) red flag, b) urgent and c) non-urgent diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy referrals?

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.

Yours faithfully,

Chloe Hutchinson
Crohn's & Colitis UK

oxford@infreemation.co.uk, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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oxford@infreemation.co.uk, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Crohns & Colitis UK
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is writing to respond
to your request, F23-9829, sent 19/09/2023.
Please see below the Trust’s response below.
We have reviewed this request and suggest that the requester is directed
to the available external data:
[1]Statistics » Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (england.nhs.uk)
Anything outside of the data available externally will require extra work
and validation time, which would exceed the threshold of an FOI request.

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Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9DU

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