FOI_6608

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6608

Date Request Received: 27/05/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 16/06/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Hypoxic challenge tests

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Does the Trust provide hypoxic challenge testing services?

Answer To Question 1: The trust does not offer hypoxic challenge testing services

Question Number 2: If yes, is HCT testing provided as an NHS service or as a private service?

Answer To Question 2: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 3: If HCT testing is offered as a private service, what is the fee?

Answer To Question 3: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 4: Do patients need a GP referral or consultant referral to access hypoxic challenge testing?

Answer To Question 4: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 5: How is the HCT/fitness to fly service "marketed" to GPs and private patients?

Answer To Question 5: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 6: Which patient groups / morbidities typically require HCT testing? e.g. patients with long Covid, COPD etc.

Answer To Question 6: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 7: How many hypoxic challenge tests have been completed in the last year?

Answer To Question 7: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 8: What is the current waiting time to access an HCT test?

Answer To Question 8: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 9: Has the emergence of long Covid added to demand for fit to fly assessments in recent months?

Answer To Question 9: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

Question Number 10: For patients referred for a fitness to fly assessment, what outputs does the patient receive? e.g. a letter from a respiratory consultant advising whether they will need supplementary oxygen when flying, a consultation, any other intervention.

Answer To Question 10: As per questions 1, trust does not offer this service

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