Therapeutic Guidelines Myocardial Infarction

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Dear University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to make a Freedom Of Information requests as follows.

In 2016 you responded to a separate FOI request with the document "TherapeuticGuidelinesMyocardialInfarction 2016.pdf" (Your FOI reference 149-1617).
I would like to know if these guidelines have been updated since then. Could you please either confirm that this is the current guidance, or provide a copy of any updated guidelines including the dates they were active; i.e. if the document was updated in 2018 and then again in 2020 please provide both versions and the corresponding dates.

Yours faithfully,

R Jukes

FOI, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Our reference: FOI 1041 2020/21

Dear R Jukes,

Thank you for your request for information. The Trust's response is provided in the attached document. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018.

UHB is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We employ 20,000 staff and have an annual turnover of nearly £1.5 billion.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review of our decision, you should email [email address] or write to the Information Governance Lead, Corporate Affairs, 3rd Floor, Nuffield House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2GW

If you are not content with the outcome of your review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by our Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45 or www.ico.org.uk

Kind regards,

FOI Officer

Information Governance Team
University Hospitals Birmingham
Email: [email address]

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