Endomyocardial Biopsy (EMB)
Dear Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,
Please can you provide me with the following information with regards to this procedure at your Trust.
1. Does your Hospital perform Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures?
2. If yes, How many Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures were performed in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
3. What was your Trust’s spend on Endomyocardial Biopsy in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
4. Does your Hospital perform Biopsy to diagnose Amoeloid Cardiomyopathy?
5. If yes, How many Amoeloid Biopsy procedures were performed in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
Yours faithfully,
Denise Amstrong
Dear Madam,
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Sophie Cole
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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital | Mytton Oak Road | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | SY3 8XQ
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Dear Madam,
Thank you for your FOI request sent on 27^th June 2016. You asked:
1. Does your Hospital perform Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy
procedures?
2. If yes, How many Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures were
performed in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
3. What was your Trust’s spend on Endomyocardial Biopsy in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
4. Does your Hospital perform Biopsy to diagnose Amoeloid
Cardiomyopathy?
5. If yes, How many Amoeloid Biopsy procedures were performed
in:
a. 2014
b. 2015
Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust holds
information that falls within the definition in your request which is set
out below:
1. Does your Hospital perform Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy
procedures? No
2. If yes, How many Endomyocardial (EMB) Biopsy procedures were
performed in: N/A
a. 2014
b. 2015
3. What was your Trust’s spend on Endomyocardial Biopsy in: N/A
a. 2014
b. 2015
4. Does your Hospital perform Biopsy to diagnose Amoeloid
Cardiomyopathy? N/A
5. If yes, How many Amoeloid Biopsy procedures were performed
in: N/A
a. 2014
b. 2015
Please also find attached a briefing which explains your rights to request
a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust, and an
outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information.
We are also grateful for your feedback on your experience of submitting a
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Kind regards,
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