Information department - coding and activity information request
Dear The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust,
Please could you provide the following information:
Have you audited your coding in the last year?
If so, what percentage of the records required re-coding or coding re-validation?
How many e-referrals do you process - per month and year?
How many ERS bookings are made - per month and year?
How many appointment cancellations are processed - per month and year?
Do you have an automated process for updating General Practitioner information changes?
If not, how are the updates managed and what is the average delay in the updating process?
How many whole time equivalent team members process incorrectly delivered letters?
Yours faithfully,
Clive Townsend
Dear Clive
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Dear Clive
Thank you for your request for information dated 19 December 2019 under
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the FOI Act).
Decision:
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust does hold the information that you have
requested and has decided to release the information requested;
Your request: Our response:
Have you audited your coding in the Yes
last year?
2%
If so, what percentage of the
records required re-coding or coding
re-validation?
How many e-referrals do you process Approximately 2,600 average per month
- per month and year? with a total of referrals made by
Rotherham GP’s via ERS last year of
approximately 31,200
How many ERS bookings are made - per
month and year?
Targets
Month Referrals Standard Referrals
Jan 882 3107
Feb 827 2719
Mar 850 3065
Apr 810 2882
May 1009 3002
Jun 908 2972
Jul 1073 3226
Aug 858 2695
Sep 850 2819
Oct 997 3214
Nov 799 2474
Dec 788 2188
Total 10651 34363
Total Referrals received over the
year 45,014
How many appointment cancellations Average 56000 per year, 4600 per
are processed - per month and year? month – this includes all patient and
hospital cancellations
Do you have an automated process for Yes
updating General Practitioner
information changes?
If not, how are the updates managed
and what is the average delay in the
updating process?
How many whole time equivalent team One person deals with this on an as
members process incorrectly and when basis.
delivered letters?
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