Patients with dental problems at A&E departments
Hello,
Please can I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1) In the financial year 2018-19, how many patients presented at your A&E departments (to include major A&E departments, minor injuries units and walk-in centres) with dental health problems?
Of these:
a) Of the patients presenting with dental health problems, how many received treatment at the hospital during that visit?
b) Of the patients presenting with dental health problems, can the numbers please be broken down by type of problem e.g. toothache, loss of teeth, bleeding from the mouth.
c) Of the patients presenting with dental health problems, can the numbers please be broken down by age of the patient e.g. 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90+
d) Of the patients presenting with dental health problems, how many were not registered with an NHS dentist?
2) Can we please get the figures above, but for the following financial years (separately):
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2019-20 to Jan 1st 2020.
If the above request cannot be accommodated within cost limits, please can you provide me with advice and assistance on how I may refine my request.
Kind regards,
Claire Wilde
Dear Ms Wilde,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 010-2021
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response attached. Unfortunately this does not relate to Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Can we therefore suggest that you contact Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who should be able to provide this information.
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/about-u...
Many thanks,
Danielle Simons
Legal Services Officer (Legal Services)
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: [email address] Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
Hello,
Thanks for your response.
Can I please confirm that you also do not have any minor injuries units or walk-in centres, which my request includes? The reason I ask is that according to NHS Digital data, your predecessor trust Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust treated 77,980 patients in A&Es, minor injuries units or walk-in centres in 2018/19.
This data is on this webpage, in the file called 'Provider Level Analysis':
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-informat...
Many thanks in advance for your clarifications,
Claire Wilde
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Good afternoon Claire,
Thank you for your email.
We do have Minor Injuries Units which we are responsible for and as you state was our predecessor Trust Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust.
One of our services that we offer in addition to the Minor Injuries Units is the Out of Hours (OOH) Dental Emergency Treatment. All patients who would have entered into one of the minor injuries units for dental pain would have been automatically signposting to the emergency OOH treatment.
Would the figures from the emergency OOH treatment be something that you want from your original FOI request? As this hasn't been requested if you did require the information I can raise your request as a new FOI Request and look to get the information back to you within the 20 days.
Kind regards,
Danielle Simons
Legal Services Officer (Legal Services)
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: [email address] Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
Hello,
Thanks for your response.
I'd just be after data from general minor injuries units or walk-in centres, not specialist dental units.
Many thanks
Claire Wilde
Dear Ms Wilde,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 010-2021
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response attached.
Kind regards,
Danielle Simons
Legal Services Officer (Legal Services)
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: [email address] Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
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