Internal Reference Number: FOI_8791
Date Request Received: 22/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 30/07/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Digital Pre-Operative Assessment Solution
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to lodge the following freedom of information request with you relating to the use of digital pre-operative assessment solutions. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with the following information: Number of elective operations performed in the financial year 2024/25 | |
| Answer To Question 1: 15,368 elective operations performed | |
| Question Number 2: Surgical specialities involved in elective surgery | |
| Answer To Question 2: Plastics, Trauma & Orthopaedics, General Surgery (including Endoscopy), Urology, Colorectal, Gynaecology, Oral, Ophthalmology, ENT, Spinal, Breast, Maxillo-facial, and Vascular. | |
| Question Number 3: Do you have a centralised pre-operative assessment service? | |
| Answer To Question 3: no, pre-operative assessment assess plastic, T & O, general, urology, colorectal, gynae, oral, ENT, spinal, breast, maxillo-facial, vascular鈥攚e don't assess endoscopy, ophthalmology and interventional radiology. | |
| Question Number 4: Do you use a web based computerised/digital pre-operative assessment questionnaire? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Yes, we do; it was created by the pre-op team. | |
| Question Number 5: If the answer to question 4 is no are you planning to introduce a computerised/digital pre-operative assessment questionnaire? | |
| Answer To Question 5: N/A | |
| Question Number 6: 6. If the answer to question 4 is yes, please answer the following: a. provide the name of the current web based or computerised pre-operative assessment questionnaire supplier. b. confirm whether your Trust is currently under contract for this questionnaire and the length of contract remaining, i.e. what is the renewal date of the contract. c. Name of Clinical Lead and Service Manager for pre-operative assessment service. d. Name of person responsible for the contract for the pre-operative assessment questionnaire. e. Value of current contract for pre-operative assessment questionnaire | |
| Answer To Question 6: a) we currently use the DrDoctor Platform b) c) Clinical Lead Nikki Lee, Service Manager Gary Dawson. d) e) | |
| Question Number 7: Name of Clinical Lead and Service Manager for Gynaecology. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Clinical Lead: Katharine Backhouse Service manager: Chloe Ponsford | |
| Question Number 8: Which Integrated Care Board does your Trust sit under? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB | |
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