Monday 29 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7477
Date Request Received: 10/10/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 19/10/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Migraine
Request Category: Researcher
| Question Number 1: We are seeking to understand the funding and delivery of Botox and anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody treatments (Ajovy, Aimovig, Emgality, Vyepti, Vydura & Aquipta) for migraine. Could you please answer the following: • Does the trust commission/fund Botox treatment for migraine (Y/N)? • Does the trust commission/fund anti-CGRP treatments for migraine (Y/N)? • Does the trust actively provide Botox/anti-CGRP treatments for migraine as opposed to sending patients to another trust (Y/N)? In case the trust does not provide these treatments, please provide the name of the trust to which you refer migraine patients for these treatments? • In case the trust actively provides Botox/anti-CGRP treatments for migraine but does not commission/fund them, then please provide the name(s) of the other NHS organisations that commission/fund these treatments at your trust. | |
| Answer To Question 1: We are seeking to understand the funding and delivery of Botox and anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody treatments (Ajovy, Aimovig, Emgality, Vyepti, Vydura & Aquipta) for migraine. Could you please answer the following: • Does the trust commission/fund Botox treatment for migraine - No • Does the trust commission/fund anti-CGRP treatments for migraine - No • Does the trust actively provide Botox/anti-CGRP treatments for migraine as opposed to sending patients to another trust - No In case the trust does not provide these treatments, please provide the name of the trust to which you refer migraine patients for these treatments? These treatments are provided for patients in our catchment by the Neurology Service, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton (UHS). • In case the trust actively provides Botox/anti-CGRP treatments for migraine but does not commission/fund them, then please provide the name(s) of the other NHS organisations that commission/fund these treatments at your trust - Funded by usual commissioning arrangements by local ICBs. | |
| Question Number 2: How many patients have been treated with the following drugs in the past 4 months: • Atogepant (Aquipta) – any disease • Erenumab (Aimovig) - any disease • Eptinezumab (Vyepti) – any disease • Fremanezumab (Ajovy) - any disease • Galcanezumab (Emgality) - any disease • Rimegepant (Vydura) – any disease • Botulinum Toxin (i.e., Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) - migraine ONLY | |
| Answer To Question 2: None for all – patients in our catchment may be receiving these treatments from UHS but no data held on this at SDH | |
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