Internal Reference Number: FOI_8389
Date Request Received: 20/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/01/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Hernia Patients
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: What are the total number of ¾¨Ó㴫ý referrals for primary inguinal, femoral, umbilical and epigastric hernia repairs at your trust in the last 3 years with a year on year breakdown? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8389 - Hernia Patients response.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: What are the total number of primary inguinal, femoral, umbilical and epigastric hernia repairs performed for the ¾¨Ó㴫ý at your trust in the last 3 years with a year on year breakdown? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 3: How many of these ¾¨Ó㴫ý Hernia patients were treated by Open repair? And how many by Laparoscopic repair? Of these treated by Open repair, how many were done under a Local Anaesthetic? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 4: What proportion of these ¾¨Ó㴫ý hernia patients required an overnight stay during the period above or for what period you are able to provide this? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 5: What is the average wait time for an ¾¨Ó㴫ý hernia patient to be seen in an outpatient clinic? | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 6: What is the average time between an ¾¨Ó㴫ý hernia patient being listed for surgery to the operation being performed? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 7: How many ¾¨Ó㴫ý hernia patients have required readmission following any type of hernia surgery outlined above? | |
| Answer To Question 7: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 8: How many patients developed a post operative infection within 10 days of surgery? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 9: How many patients developed chronic pain after the Hernia repair? | |
| Answer To Question 9: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 10: How many patients developed a recurrent hernia within one year of Surgery? | |
| Answer To Question 10: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
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Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of ¾¨Ó㴫ý Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
