Nipple Tattoo Request

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Dear NHS Wales Informatics Service,

I’m looking for information about Nipple and Areola Complex tattoos that are offered to breast cancer patients following mastectomy surgery.

The specific information I’m looking for is as follows;

1. What training requirements will a potential practitioner have to endure

before they are considered qualified and capable of providing Nipple or areola tattoos for patients who have lost their Nipple or Areola Complex

(NAC).

2. What is the individual cost to the NHS per unilateral nipple Tattoo.

3. What is the individual cost to the NHS per bilateral nipple Tattoos.

5. How many nipple tattoos were performed in total in 2019 and In 2020.

I appreciate there are additional strains now due to the pandemic so I'm happy to wait longer for responses. This data is important though, therefore I won't be withdrawing any requests at this time. Thanks in advance for the help.

Yours faithfully,

Lucy Thompson

NWISFOI, NHS Wales Informatics Service

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Dear Lucy,

Thank you for your request for information in which you asked:

“1. What training requirements will a potential practitioner have to
endure before they are considered qualified and capable of providing
Nipple or areola tattoos for patients who have lost their Nipple or Areola
Complex (NAC).

2. What is the individual cost to the NHS per unilateral nipple Tattoo.

3. What is the individual cost to the NHS per bilateral nipple Tattoos.

5. How many nipple tattoos were performed in total in 2019 and In 2020.”

We hold some of this information as set out below.

1. What training requirements will a potential practitioner have to endure
before they are considered qualified and capable of providing Nipple or
areola tattoos for patients who have lost their Nipple or Areola Complex
(NAC).
- The NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) does not hold information on
regulatory standards. Whilst we are uncertain who may hold this
information, under our duty to advise and assist under the Act, this
information may be held by the Health Boards in Wales. Details on how to
contact these organisations can be found here:
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/...

2. What is the individual cost to the NHS per unilateral nipple Tattoo.
- We do not hold this information. As above, this information may be held
by the Health Boards in Wales.

3. What is the individual cost to the NHS per bilateral nipple Tattoos.
- We do not hold this information. As above, this information may be held
by the Health Boards in Wales.

5. How many nipple tattoos were performed in total in 2019 and In 2020.
- We hold this information subject to the interpretations within the
attached spreadsheet.

I hope this helps.

This response has been provided in the spirit of the Freedom of
Information Act. If you are not satisfied with my response or the process
followed, you have a right to complain and request a review. You should
forward your complaint to:

Darren Lloyd
Head of Information Governance
NHS Wales Informatics Service
Tŷ Glan-yr-Afon
21 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9AD

Should you wish to take your complaint further, if you are still unhappy
with the decision after review, you can contact the:-

Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
2nd Floor,
Churchill House,
Churchill Way,
Cardiff,
CF10 2HH

Telephone: 0330 414 6421
Fax: 029 2067 8399
Email: [email address]

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours Sincerely,

Marcus Sandberg
Arweinydd Cenedlaethol Sicrwydd a Chefnogaeth Llywodraethu | National
Information Governance Assurance and Support Lead
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth | Information Governance
Gwasanaeth Gwybodeg GIG Cymru | NHS Wales Informatics Service

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