Referrals to specific departments within University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Dear University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust,
Please provide data for the following:
1. Number of referrals to hospitals or secondary care provider in your trust
2. Number of referrals to cardiac departments or cardiologists within hospitals in your trust
3. Number of referrals to neurology departments or neurologists within hospitals in your trust
4. Number of referrals to paediatric departments or paediatricians within hospitals in your trust
5. Number of referrals for Tilt Table Tests or autonomic testing at hospitals within your trust
6. Number of referrals to CFS or CFS/ME services within your trust
7. Number of referrals to psychiatrists, psychologists or mental health services, including CAMHS, at hospitals or secondary care providers within your trust
8. Accident and Emergency visits at hospitals within your trust
Please provide the information as follows:
- by year from 2000 to present
- for girls aged 12-19 at time of referral
- for boys aged 12-19 at time of referral
Please include in the data, all referrals to hospitals and services within your trust, from patients in area and out of area
Please include referrals from primary care eg from GPs and also from within secondary care eg from paediatrician to cardiologist etc
I believe this information should be readily accessible from computerised systems, so I do not anticipate this request exceeding the time/cost limit for FOI requests, however, if the time/cost limit is exceeded, please provide as much information as possible within the time/cost limit, prioritising the requested information from top to bottom of the list and I shall request the remainder of the data after 60 days.
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Caron Ryalls
Dear Ms Ryalls
Trust ref: FOI-15/497
Thank you for your request for information about referrals. Your request was received on 15 November 2015 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
If you have any queries about this acknowledgement please contact the FOI office on the details below.
Kind regards
FOI Office
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
email: [Wythenshawe Hospital request email]
Dear Ms Ryalls
I have been asked to clarify with you: does your request for data by year from 2000, for girls aged 12-19 at time of referral, for boys aged 12-19 at time of referral relate to each question or only to Q9 re Accident and Emergency.
Kind regards
FOI Office
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
email: [Wythenshawe Hospital request email]
Dear UHSM FOI,
To clarify, my request for data by year from 2000, for girls aged 12-19 at time of referral, for boys aged 12-19 at time of referral DOES relate to each question and NOT only to Q9 re Accident and Emergency.
Yours sincerely,
Caron Ryalls
Thank you for your clarification.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Radahd
FOI Administrator
T: 0161 291 3747
F: 0161 291 5066
Dear Ms Ryalls
Please find attached the response to your recent FOI request.
Kind regards
FOI Office
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
email: [Wythenshawe Hospital request email]
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