Friday 25 September 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9452
Date Request Received: 11/06/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 09/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: NHS laser services, activity and income
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please confirm whether your Trust currently operates, hosts, commissions, contracts, or provides access to any medical laser or light-based service, including but not limited to: • dermatology laser services • vascular birthmark / port-wine stain laser treatment • scar, burns or post-operative scar laser treatment • hair-removal laser treatment • tattoo-removal laser treatment • resurfacing laser treatment • plastic surgery laser services • paediatric laser services • ophthalmology laser services • photodynamic therapy or other light-based treatment services, if recorded under the same service or equipment governance arrangements For each relevant service, please provide: 1. Service name 2. Hospital/site where the service is delivered 3. Specialty or department responsible for the service 4. Whether the service is NHS-funded, private, or mixed NHS/private 5. Type of laser or light-based equipment used 6. Manufacturer and model of each device, if held 7. Number of devices currently in use 8. Year each device was installed or first used, if held 9. Approximate annual treatment/procedure volume for each of the last three financial years 10. For each of the last three financial years, the total recorded income or revenue generated by the laser/light-based service, including NHS-funded, private patient, self-pay, insurer-funded, externally commissioned, contracted, insourced, outsourced, or third-party activity, where held. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Dermatology: 1 Salisbury Laser Clinic (Also covers Scars & Burns as well as Plastics so answers are replicated) 2 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) 3 Dermatology 4 NHS 5 4 lasers 6 a. Cynosure Cynergy b. Cynosure Elite c. Asclepion Nanostar C d. Lumenis Acupulse 7 Four 8 a. 2020 b. 2006 c. 2022 d. 2016 9 a. approx. 60 per month b. approx. 80 per month c. approx. 20 per month d. 50 per month 10. Please see attached file. Vascular: 1 Vascular Dept 2 SFT 3 Surgery Division 4 NHS 5 Diode 6 Two Vasculse 1470 by Angiodynamics 7 Two lasers 8 2012 9 10 per month Scar, Burns or post-operative scar laser treatment: 1-9 All answers same as above in Dermatology– duplicate – same lasers Hair-removal laser treatment: 1-8 included in Dermatology info above 9 80 per month Tattoo-removal laser treatment: 1-8 included in Dermatology info above 9 20 per month Resurfacing laser treatment: 1-8 included in Dermatology info above 9 50 per month Plastic surgery laser services: All answers same as above in Dermatology– duplicate – same lasers Paediatric laser services: All answers same as above in Dermatology– duplicate – same lasers Ophthalmology laser services: 1 Ophthalmology 2 SFT 3 Ophthalmology 4 NHS 5 QS Nd;YAG & Diode 6 The manufacturer is Lighmed and the model is Selector Deux 7 3 lasers 8 2017 & 2021 9 15-30 per week Photodynamic Therapy or other light-based treatment services: Dermatology response: we do not yet have the photodynamic therapy machine. See Dermatology answers above for for UVA and B treatment. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9452 answer.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: If laser service income is not recorded separately, please confirm whether it is recorded within a wider dermatology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, private patient, outpatient procedure, theatre, or other departmental budget. | |
| Answer To Question 2: NHS is recorded within Plastics but Finance are able to report the figures for the Laser Clinic; this covers all of the above apart from Ophthalmology and PDT (last two on list). The monthly income for Laser Clinic is NHS tariffs £30-35K per month and private £10-15K per month. | |
| Question Number 3: If exact figures are not held, please provide the closest available recorded figures, such as cost centre data, service-line reporting data, private patient income data, tariff income data, or departmental finance data relating to laser or light-based activity. | |
| Answer To Question 3: N/A - see answer 2 above. | |
| Question Number 4: If some of this information is not held centrally, please provide the information that is held and indicate which department, cost centre, finance team, or service is likely to hold the remainder. Please also provide the name, role title and contact details/email address of the responsible officer or team responsible for the relevant service, cost centre or financial records, where this information is held and can be disclosed. | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
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