Vascular surgery

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Dear Kent Community Health NHS Trust,

I would be grateful if you would provide the following information
under the FOI Act.

Regarding vascular surgery reconfiguration in your area:

1. Currently how many vascular surgeons are working at your trust, please include wte for consultants and numbers of junior doctors?
2. What on call rota do the vascular surgical consultants cover currently?
3. What catchment area do they cover?
4.Is a review planned or has one been performed regarding vascular surgery reconfiguration in your area, please provide dates of review?
5. If a review has occurred what was the outcome?
6. Will there be centralisation of services in your area?
7. If there is centralisation which will be the hub hospital, how many consultant vascular surgeons will be employed (wte), what rota will be employed and what catchment area will be covered?

Yours faithfully,

P Singh

foi (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS TRUST), Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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From: P Singh [[FOI #106595 email]]
Sent: 19 February 2012 19:01
To: foi (KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS TRUST)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Vascular surgery

Dear Kent Community Health NHS Trust,

I would be grateful if you would provide the following information
under the FOI Act.

Regarding vascular surgery reconfiguration in your area:

1. Currently how many vascular surgeons are working at your trust,
please include wte for consultants and numbers of junior doctors?
2. What on call rota do the vascular surgical consultants cover
currently?
3. What catchment area do they cover?
4.Is a review planned or has one been performed regarding vascular
surgery reconfiguration in your area, please provide dates of
review?
5. If a review has occurred what was the outcome?
6. Will there be centralisation of services in your area?
7. If there is centralisation which will be the hub hospital, how
many consultant vascular surgeons will be employed (wte), what rota
will be employed and what catchment area will be covered?

Yours faithfully,

P Singh

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