Number of penile prosthesis operations in UK for 18-30s

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Dear NHS England,

Hope you're well. Could you please tell me:

- How many penile prostheses operations have been done in England in the last 10 years for men aged 18-30? Could I have this as a year on year breakdown e.g. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 etc.
- If this information cannot be given out for some reason (e.g. being too expensive), please could you give me recommendations on how to amend my request so it is permissible?

Thanks so much.

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24), NHS England

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FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24), NHS England

Dear [Name Removed],

We are writing with regard to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request
dated 20 February 2020.

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Dear FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24),

Hope you're well. I understand it will have been very difficult to complete this request given the circumstances - but I just wanted to message to keep this request live and recent. Let me know if there are any updates on this.

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]

FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24), NHS England

Dear [Name Removed],  

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 20 February
2020.

Your exact request was:

“Could you please tell me:

- How many penile prostheses operations have been done in England in the
last 10 years for men aged 18-30? Could I have this as a year on year
breakdown e.g. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 etc.”

NHS England holds some information in relation to your request.

NHS England does not hold data broken down by age from 2010.
 
However, NHS England does hold data from April 2014 broken down by
financial year but not broken down by age. We also have similar data for
the current financial year, up to November 2019.
 
This data has been extracted from Secondary Uses Service (SUS) data using
the following HRG codes:

• LB48Z: Intermediate Open Penis Procedures
• LB74Z: Implantation of Penile Prosthesis

Time Period Number of Patients Undergoing Penile
Prosthesis Surgery in England
April 2014 to March 2015 475
April 2015 to March 2016 531
April 2016 to March 2017 457
April 2017 to March 2018 414
April 2018 to March 2019 464
April 2019 to November 2019 319

 
 

Data predating April 2014 and data broken down by patients specifically
falling into the 18–30 age range may be held by NHS Digital. As such, you
may wish to redirect your request to NHS Digital directly. We have
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Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Corporate Communications Team
Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate

NHS England
PO Box 16738
REDDITCH
B97 9PT

Tel: 0300 311 22 33
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