Thursday 25 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6470
Date Request Received: 10/02/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/03/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Musculoskeletal Services
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Please briefly outline the relevant services within outpatient and/or community physiotherapy that you are commissioned to provide for musculoskeletal conditions, and any services that are specific to back pain? | |
| Answer To Question 1: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 2: What is the current average waiting time for a musculoskeletal physiotherapy appointment for a new referral or self-referral for non-specific lower back pain? (if you are not able to answer this specifically for low back pain please provide the figure for musculoskeletal physiotherapy more generally in your service) | |
| Answer To Question 2: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 3: How has the waiting time for musculoskeletal physiotherapy appointments for lower back pain changed over the historical time period for which you have data? If possible, an annual figure for each of the last 5-10 years would be most helpful. (Again, please answer for general musculoskeletal physiotherapy services if you do not hold specific data for back pain). | |
| Answer To Question 3: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 4: How many patients are currently on your waiting list(s) for physiotherapy services for lower back pain? | |
| Answer To Question 4: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 5: How many patients are currently on your waiting list(s) for physiotherapy services across all musculoskeletal conditions? | |
| Answer To Question 5: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 6: Does your musculoskeletal physiotherapy service(s) accept self-referrals from patients for back pain (as opposed to requiring a GP or primary care referral)? | |
| Answer To Question 6: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 7: What is the contract type by which you are commissioned to provide musculoskeletal physiotherapy services? a. If paid by activity and/or outcomes/results please provide the unit costs used to charge the CCG (e.g. cost per physio appointment) b. If part of a block contract please provide the details of any KPIs (and the associated incentives) within that block contract used to measure/monitor the quality of MSK physiotherapy services | |
| Answer To Question 7: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
| Question Number 8: How does the average healthcare spend per patient for non-specific low back pain break down across different services and costs? | |
| Answer To Question 8: We are unable to answer this as we do not provide MSK Physiotherapy services. These are provided locally by Wiltshire Health and Care. | |
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