Internal Reference Number: FOI_9126
Date Request Received: 05/01/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 13/01/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: DVT Ultrasound Pathway Data
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Any format is fine. If exact breakdowns are not available, please provide whatever waiting time data your systems hold with a brief note on what is measured. Please provide the following information for December 2024 to November 2025, financial year 2024/25, or the most recent 12 month period available: Scan volume Total number of lower limb duplex or Doppler ultrasound scans performed for suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT). | |
| Answer To Question 1: Response from Vascular Scan Volume: 2005 | |
| Question Number 2: Waiting times a) Average time from order to completion, or request to scan completion, whichever your systems record. b) If recorded, the number or percentage of patients who received their scan within: i. 4 hours ii. between 4 and 24 hours iii. between 24 and 48 hours iv. more than 48 hours after request (for example: X% within 4 hours, Y% between 4 and 24 hours, Z% more than 48 hours, etc). | |
| Answer To Question 2: a) Not recorded. | |
| Question Number 3: Overnight admissions Number admitted overnight specifically to await their scan, if recorded. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Not recorded, however no admissions are made if patient just needs a DVT scan. Patients are discharged from ED and scan is arranged as outpatient. | |
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