Outpatient Hysteroscopy/Biopsy - Pain control and Patient Choice

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Katharine Tylko-Hill

Dear Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust,

Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) please would you supply
the following information relating to your Trust’s practice of

OUTPATIENT HYSTEROSCOPY/BIOPSY – PAIN CONTROL AND PATIENT CHOICE

1. The current patient information leaflet

2. The current consent form

3. The current surgical protocol

4. Does the leaflet advise the patient to ask her GP to prescribe
gynae-specific painkillers to be taken BEFORE the procedure - Y/N?

5. What type and dose of painkillers does your Trust advise
patients to take before the procedure?

6. Are ALL your hysteroscopy/biopsy patients given the following
choices BEFORE the procedure is attempted:
a) General Anaesthesia – Y/N?
b) spinal anaesthesia – Y/N?
c) conscious sedation – Y/N?

7. For each of the last 3 financial years, how many of your
hysteroscopy/biopsy patients had
a) GA with overnight stay?
b) GA day-case ?
c) spinal anaesthesia?
d) conscious sedation?
e) local anaesthetic?
f) no anaesthetic?

8. What width hysteroscopes do you use? Rigid or flexible?

9. For each of the last 3 financial years what % patients DNA
outpatient hysteroscopy/biopsy?

10. For each of the last 3 financial years what % OP
hysteroscopy/biopsy patients had a failed procedure that had to be
repeated with epidural, GA or conscious sedation?

11. All audits of adverse events, e.g. infection, perforation
during the last 3 financial years

12. All surveys of patients’ experiences during the last 3
financial years

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Tylko-Hill
Macmillan CancerVOICE

LG Foi (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Dear Ms Tylko-Hill

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information received by the
Trust on 18 November 2013. Your request will be dealt with under the terms
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you should expect your response
by 16 December 2013.

 

Should we require further clarification from you, we will contact you
about this as soon as possible.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will then be issued to you, and you will
be required to pay before we proceed to deal with your request.

 

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting the
above reference number in any communication.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Alison Benson

 

 

Alison Benson

Freedom of Information Officer

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Knowledge, Governance and Communications

 

Lewisham Hospital, Estates Building, First Floor

Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

For queries relating to Freedom of Information Requests please email:
[1][email address]

 

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Katharine Tylko-Hill

Dear LG Foi (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST),

Please is my request re Outpatient Hysteroscopy being processed?

Yours sincerely,

Katharine Tylko-Hill

Katharine Tylko-Hill

Dear Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Outpatient Hysteroscopy/Biopsy - Pain control and Patient Choice'.

My request was made on 17 November. I've not received a response.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...

Yours faithfully,

Katharine Tylko-Hill

LG Foi (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Dear Ms Tylko-Hill

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by the Trust on 28 February 2014. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 your email will be treated as a complaint and you should expect your response by 28 March 2014.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting the above reference number in any communication.

Yours sincerely

Alison Benson
Freedom of Information Officer
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Knowledge, Governance and Communications

University Hospital Lewisham, Estates Building, First Floor
Te: 020 8333 3000; Ext. 8199
For all Freedom of Information matters please email [email address]
Our Publication Scheme can be found on our website

Check out our Twitter and Facebook pages online.

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Katharine Tylko-Hill

Dear FOI (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST),

Please would you send me the response to my seriously delayed FOI request about OUTPATIENT HYSTEROSCOPY.

If you do not have all the information, please send me the information that you have already gathered.

This is part of an important nationwide survey of Outpatient Hysteroscopy, analysis of which is going to the Department of Health.

Yours sincerely,

Katharine Tylko-Hill

LG Foi (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Tylko-Hill

 

Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request
with accompanying information.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Alison Benson

 

 

 

Alison Benson

Freedom of Information Officer

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Knowledge, Governance and Communications

 

University Hospital Lewisham, Estates Building, First Floor

Te: 020 8333 3000; Ext. 8199

For all Freedom of Information matters please email [1][email address]

Our Publication Scheme can be found on our [2]website

 

Check out our [3]Twitter and [4]Facebook pages online

 

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LG Foi (LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST), Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Tylko-Hill

 

Please find attached the response to your complaint regarding the handling
of your Freedom of Information request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Alison Benson

 

 

Alison Benson

Freedom of Information Officer

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

T: 020 8333 3000 ext: 8199

W: [1]http://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk

 

Information Governance, Lewisham Hospital, Estates Building, First Floor,
Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

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[2][email address]

 

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