re: Radiology enquiry
Dear King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
I am hoping that you can help me with my enquiry.
Could you please let me know the patient numbers for the following procedure codes and where applicable the hospital within your trust that carries them out?
Please also break these down for 2020, 2021 and ytd 2022 or by months should that would be easier.
Procedure code Description
XCEMB Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Both
XCEML Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Lt
XCEMR Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Rt
Yours faithfully,
Mr Roger Turnkey
Dear Mr Turnkey
I am writing to confirm receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act), dated Tuesday 6 December 2022.
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Freedom of Information Officer
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS
020 3299 9000
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Dear Mr Turnkey
Further to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the
Act) dated Tuesday 6 December 2022, I am writing to confirm the
information that the Trust does and does not hold.
The text of your request is repeated below in bold, followed by the
Trust’s response.
Request
Could you please let me know the patient numbers for the following
procedure codes and where applicable the hospital within your trust that
carries them out?
Please also break these down for 2020, 2021 and year to date 2022 or by
months should that would be easier.
Procedure code Description
XCEMB Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Both
XCEML Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Lt
XCEMR Contrast enhanced spectral mammography Rt
Response
Information not held. This procedure is not carried out at any of the
sites of King’s College Hospital or Princess Royal University Hospital or
other south sites.
You can find out more about the Act and other information resources
released by the Trust on our website at: [1]www.kch.nhs.uk
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the first instance. For contact details and a copy of our FOI appeal
process, please see our website or email us at [2][King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust request email]
If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right under section 50 of the Act
to apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the
matter. Further details can be found on their website at
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Kind regards,
Freedom of Information Officer
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS
020 3299 9000
[5][King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust request email]
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[6]http://kingsdocs/docs/kchdocs/King's...
King’s College Hospital is part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health
Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King’s College
London, Guy’s and St Thomas’, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation
Trusts. For more information, visit [7]www.kingshealthpartners.org
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