Treatment waiting list
Dear Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to submit an FOI concerning waiting times for consultant-led treatment, for both inpatient and outpatients.
Firstly I would like to give some context to aid in the interpretation of my request. I am familiar with the NHS England Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times statistics that are published monthly, and am looking for more specific figures about patients who leave this waiting list. I know leaving the waiting list could be because of a range of scenarios - the patient has had the scan/procedure/appointment they were waiting for, they have refused treatment, they have failed to show up and therefore been removed from the waiting list etc.
My request:
I would the following data broken down by month for between December 2018 to January 2023:
1) How many patients left the waiting list for whatever reason. Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one waiting list.
2) Of these, how many left the waiting list because they were admitted as an emergency and treated for the condition their referral related to during their emergency stay, therefore ending the treatment waiting pathway? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one waiting list. Please note that the Welsh government has outlined how this may occur on page 8 of this guidance here: https://senedd.wales/media/ycspv5fr/hosp...
3) And of these (patients in question 1), how many left the waiting list because they died? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they were on more than one waiting list when they died.
A patient could be subject to multiple different referrals, so I would like data based on the referrals rather than individual people ie If a person dies while on three waiting lists for instance, I would like them to be counted as three referral waiting periods/RTT pathways ending due to death.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston, NationalWorld
Dear Harriet Clugston
Thank you for your email requesting information regarding treatment
waiting list.
We are treating your correspondence as a request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You should normally expect to receive a further reply from us within 20
working days from the day when your request was originally received by
this Department.
The Trust will endeavour to process your request. However, in light of
the national emergency and the Trust prioritising Covid-19 staff time is
at a premium to provide and support clinical services and we may not be
able to provide a timely response.
Kind regards
Carol Embriaco on behalf of
Mark M. Underwood
Head of Information Governance
IM&T Department, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
The White Building, Littlemore MHC, 33 Sandford Road, Oxford, OX4 4XN
direct dial: 01865 902554
email: [1][email address]
From: NationalWorld <[FOI #953037 email]>
Sent: 21 February 2023 11:38
To: Foiarfi (RNU) Oxford Health <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Treatment waiting list
This email originated from outside of Oxford Health. Please consider
carefully when choosing to open attachments, click links or deal with
unexpected or unusual requests.
Dear Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to submit an FOI concerning waiting times for consultant-led
treatment, for both inpatient and outpatients.
Firstly I would like to give some context to aid in the interpretation of
my request. I am familiar with the NHS England Consultant-led Referral to
Treatment Waiting Times statistics that are published monthly, and am
looking for more specific figures about patients who leave this waiting
list. I know leaving the waiting list could be because of a range of
scenarios - the patient has had the scan/procedure/appointment they were
waiting for, they have refused treatment, they have failed to show up and
therefore been removed from the waiting list etc.
My request:
I would the following data broken down by month for between December 2018
to January 2023:
1) How many patients left the waiting list for whatever reason. Please
ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one
waiting list.
2) Of these, how many left the waiting list because they were admitted as
an emergency and treated for the condition their referral related to
during their emergency stay, therefore ending the treatment waiting
pathway? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more
than one waiting list. Please note that the Welsh government has outlined
how this may occur on page 8 of this guidance here:
[2]https://senedd.wales/media/ycspv5fr/hosp...
3) And of these (patients in question 1), how many left the waiting list
because they died? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they
were on more than one waiting list when they died.
A patient could be subject to multiple different referrals, so I would
like data based on the referrals rather than individual people ie If a
person dies while on three waiting lists for instance, I would like them
to be counted as three referral waiting periods/RTT pathways ending due to
death.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston, NationalWorld
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On behalf of:
IM&T Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, The White Building,
LMHC, Sandford Road, Littlemore, Oxford, OX4 4XN
Email: [1][email address]
From: NationalWorld <[FOI #953037 email]>
Sent: 21 February 2023 11:38
To: Foiarfi (RNU) Oxford Health <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Treatment waiting list
This email originated from outside of Oxford Health. Please consider
carefully when choosing to open attachments, click links or deal with
unexpected or unusual requests.
Dear Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to submit an FOI concerning waiting times for consultant-led
treatment, for both inpatient and outpatients.
Firstly I would like to give some context to aid in the interpretation of
my request. I am familiar with the NHS England Consultant-led Referral to
Treatment Waiting Times statistics that are published monthly, and am
looking for more specific figures about patients who leave this waiting
list. I know leaving the waiting list could be because of a range of
scenarios - the patient has had the scan/procedure/appointment they were
waiting for, they have refused treatment, they have failed to show up and
therefore been removed from the waiting list etc.
My request:
I would the following data broken down by month for between December 2018
to January 2023:
1) How many patients left the waiting list for whatever reason. Please
ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one
waiting list.
2) Of these, how many left the waiting list because they were admitted as
an emergency and treated for the condition their referral related to
during their emergency stay, therefore ending the treatment waiting
pathway? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more
than one waiting list. Please note that the Welsh government has outlined
how this may occur on page 8 of this guidance here:
[2]https://senedd.wales/media/ycspv5fr/hosp...
3) And of these (patients in question 1), how many left the waiting list
because they died? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they
were on more than one waiting list when they died.
A patient could be subject to multiple different referrals, so I would
like data based on the referrals rather than individual people ie If a
person dies while on three waiting lists for instance, I would like them
to be counted as three referral waiting periods/RTT pathways ending due to
death.
Yours faithfully,
Harriet Clugston, NationalWorld
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