Nipple Tattoo Request

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust,

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’ll look forward to hearing from someone about my request!

Best wishes

Yours faithfully,

Lucy Thompson

Freedom Of Information,, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Thompson

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides adult specialist mental health, addiction, learning disability and community health services.

We provide specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction services and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside. We provide community physical health services in Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.

Your FOI request specifically relates to “nipple tattoos”, therefore we are unable to respond to your FOI request on this occasion.

Regards

The FOI Team
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Offices
V7, Kings Business Park
Prescot, Merseyside
L34 1PJ
Phone – currently working from home so not available by phone
Email - [email address]
www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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