Monday 29 April 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7495
Date Request Received: 16/10/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 01/11/2023 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am seeking detailed information regarding endoscopy procedures, hydrogen breath tests, and waiting times for patients suspected to have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) at your NHS Trust. I would like to request the following information: The number of patients currently on the endoscopy waiting list with suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  11760 - FOI_7495 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease - For issue.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: The number of patients with suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease who have been on the endoscopy waiting list for more than six weeks. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached | |
| Question Number 3: The number of patients with suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease who have been on the endoscopy waiting list for more than six months. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached | |
| Question Number 4: The number of endoscopy procedures conducted for people with suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the years 2023 (to date), 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached | |
| Question Number 5: The average time a person with suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease spent on the waiting list for an endoscopy in the years 2023 (to date), 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached | |
| Question Number 6: The number of people with suspected Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) on the waiting list for a hydrogen breath test. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. | |
| Question Number 7: The number of people with suspected Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) that have been on the waiting list for a hydrogen breath test for more than six weeks. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. | |
| Question Number 8: The number of people with suspected Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) that have been on the waiting list for a hydrogen breath test for more than six months. | |
| Answer To Question 8: Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. | |
| Question Number 9: The average time a person with suspected Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) spent on the waiting list for a hydrogen breath test in the years 2023 (to date), 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. | |
| Answer To Question 9: Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. | |
| Question Number 10: The number of hydrogen breath tests conducted for people with suspected Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in the years 2023 (to date), 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. | |
| Answer To Question 10: Please note that we are unable to answer questions 6 - 10 as we do not perform these tests here. | |
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