Monday 01 June 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9398
Date Request Received: 08/05/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/05/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: surgical nerve-monitoring equipment & EMG tubes
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Plain-English context for the FOI Manager: This request covers two product groups commonly used together in ENT, head & neck, thyroid/parathyroid, and similar operations to monitor nerve activity during surgery. Theatres or Biomedical Engineering usually procures them. Specifically: • Capital equipment — small wheeled or table-top monitor consoles used in theatre (often called "nerve monitors", "IONM systems", or "nerve integrity monitors"). Listed in Section 1 attached • Disposables — single-use specialist endotracheal (breathing) tubes with built-in electrodes that detect nerve signals, and related single-use nerve-detecting electrodes/tubes. Listed in Section 2 attached. To make the request as quick as possible, I have set out the form with the main UK manufacturers and products pre-populated. The Trust simply needs to fill in the numbers in the empty cells, and add anything not listed in the "Other" rows. Most of this should be answerable directly from the procurement system in well under an hour. Time period: capital equipment as currently in use (with year of acquisition); disposables for calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026 to date. 1. Surgical nerve-monitoring systems (capital) — installed base These are the monitor consoles used in theatre. Please enter the number of consoles / systems currently in use for each model and the year(s) they were acquired (a year, or a range — e.g. "2019" or "2018 & 2022"). If a system in use is not listed, please add it in one of the rows at the bottom (manufacturer + model name). Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 1: See attached document - only one response as we do not use all listed To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9398 - Q1.pdf | |
| Question Number 2: EMG endotracheal tubes & nerve-monitoring disposables — units purchased These are the single-use specialist tubes and electrodes purchased to use with the systems above. Please enter the number of units purchased in each calendar year (2024, 2025, and 2026 to date) for each product. If a product purchased is not listed, please add it in one of the rows at the bottom (manufacturer + product name). Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 2: See attached To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 9398 - Q2 Complete.pdf | |
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