FOI_8549

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8549

Date Request Received: 31/03/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 08/04/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: amputation surgeries

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with: How many amputation surgeries have been performed at your NHS trust since 2017?

Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We are unable to answer Q4 as the primary causes of amputation are not digitally recorded, only clinically coded diagnoses. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 12881 - FOI_8549 - Amputation surgeries.xlsx

Question Number 2: How many upper limb amputation surgeries have been performed at your NHS trust since 2017?

Answer To Question 2: Please see attached

Question Number 3: How many lower limb amputation surgeries have been performed at your NHS trust since 2017?

Answer To Question 3: Please see attached

Question Number 4: Please provide a breakdown of the primary causes for amputation surgeries at your NHS trust since 2017.

Answer To Question 4: Unable to answer Q4 as the primary causes of amputation are not digitally recorded, only clinically coded diagnoses.

Question Number 5: 5. How many active amputation cases were managed by your NHS trust between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024? Please provide the figure broken down by gender and the following age groups: • Baby (up to 1 year) • Toddler (1 to 3 years) • Child (4 to 12 years) • Teenager (13 to 19 years) • Young people (20 to 24 years) • Adult (25 to 64 years) • Older people (65 and over)

Answer To Question 5: Please see attached
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