re: Radiology enquiry

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Dear University Hospitals Sussex 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 be simpler.
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

FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Roger Turnkey,

 

Please find attached the Trust’s response to your recent Freedom of
Information request (our reference FOI220702).

 

We hope you are happy with the processing of your request and find the
information provided helpful.

 

If you require clarification or if we can be of any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact us at: [1][UHSussex request email]

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Office

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Rd

Worthing BN11 2DH

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