Gender Services - Children and Young People referred by the GIDS at the Tavistock
Dear University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
1. What is the average waiting time in weeks for referral from GIDS to first treatment or assessment appointment for patients whose referral was received between July 2022 and June 2023?
2. How many patients have had their first assessment appointment with UCL Endocrinology Department having been referred by GIDS in each of the months between July 2022 and June 2023?
3. How many patients who were approved to start GnRH analogues by the UCL Endocrinology Department have been referred by GIDS since July 2022? Can you provide a total for the period and a tabulation for each months between July 2022 and June 2023?
Yours faithfully,
Tammy Hymas
Dear Tammy Hymas
Ref No: FOI/2023/05056
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Dear Tammy,
[FOI-0506-23]
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request and please see below for
our response.
Your Question: 1. What is the average waiting time in weeks for referral
from GIDS to first treatment or assessment appointment for patients whose
referral was received between July 2022 and June 2023?
Our Response: 8.53 Weeks
Your Question: 2. How many patients have had their first assessment
appointment with UCL Endocrinology Department having been referred by GIDS
in each of the months between July 2022 and June 2023?
Our Response: Please see table below. This data shows the number of
patients that were referred by the Tavistock and Portman, in each month
listed, who went on to have an appointment with the UCLH GIDS liaison
clinic. The data does not show the month in which first appointments took
place. A first appointment is an information and education session.
Referral Received Date Total patients referred in this month, that
subsequently
had a first assessment appointment with the UCLH
GIDS liaison clinic
Jul 2022 ¡Â5
Aug 2022 ¡Â5
Sep 2022 8
Oct 2022 7
Nov 2022 ¡Â5
Dec 2022 9
Jan 2023 ¡Â5
Feb 2023 ¡Â5
Mar 2023 6
Apr 2023 10
May 2023 ¡Â5
Jun 2023 ¡Â5
We¡¯ve anonymised low numbers, (¡Â5) indicates where the numbers are five
or below. It is the NHS Digital standard not to provide data where the
numbers are smaller than five as it may be possible to identify individual
people. For this reason and in accordance with Section 40(2) and Section
40(3a) and Section 41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we have
declined to provide this information. The disclosure of personal data or
easily identifiable data would be unfair, thus breaching GDPR Principle
(a): Lawfulness, fairness and transparency. As this is an absolute
exemption, we do not have to apply the Public Interest Test when applying
this exemption.
Your Question: 3. How many patients who were approved to start GnRH
analogues by the UCL Endocrinology Department have been referred by GIDS
since July 2022? Can you provide a total for the period and a tabulation
for each months between July 2022 and June 2023?
Our Response:
Please see table below. This data shows the number of patients that were
referred by the Tavistock and Portman, in each month listed, who went on
to consent for treatment with GnRH analogues. The data does not show the
month in which consent was taken for individual patients.
Referral Received Date Total patients referred in this month, that
subsequently consented to start GnRH analogues
Jul 2022 ¡Â5
Aug 2022 ¡Â5
Sep 2022 8
Oct 2022 ¡Â5
Nov 2022 0
Dec 2022 9
Jan 2023 ¡Â5
Feb 2023 ¡Â5
Mar 2023 ¡Â5
Apr 2023 ¡Â5
May 2023 0
Jun 2023 ¡Â5
Total 40
We¡¯ve anonymised low numbers, (¡Â5) indicates where the numbers are five
or below. It is the NHS Digital standard not to provide data where the
numbers are smaller than five as it may be possible to identify individual
people. For this reason and in accordance with Section 40(2) and Section
40(3a) and Section 41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we have
declined to provide this information. The disclosure of personal data or
easily identifiable data would be unfair, thus breaching GDPR Principle
(a): Lawfulness, fairness and transparency. As this is an absolute
exemption, we do not have to apply the Public Interest Test when applying
this exemption.
I hope this response is to your satisfaction but if not you can request an
internal review of your request or if not satisfied with the internal
review you can contact the ICO through the contact details below.
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK95 5AF, [1]http://www.ico.org.uk
Daniel Scott-Davies
Record and Archive Manager
UCLH NHS Foundation Trust
Digital Healthcare
[2][email address] |
[3]www.uclh.nhs.uk
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