FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00970
- Request Date
- May 16, 2016
- Subject
- Pre assessment clinic
- Description
- Number of patients seen per year in the pre-operative assessment clinic (average or 2015-16 figures if available)
- Number of consultant PAs for pre-operative assessment broken down as follows:
- PAs for pre-operative assessment lead consultant
- PAs for notes review / routine enquiries
- PAs for high risk clinic
- Do you run a cardiopulmonary exercise testing service?
- If yes, how many consultant PAs are dedicated to this. Are they included in the figures above?
- How many WTE trained nurses do you employ in the pre-operative assessment clinic?
- How many WTE untrained/support staff do you employ in the pre-operative assessment clinic?
- What was the budget for your pre-operative assessment clinic in 2015-16?
- How much income was generated by the preoperative assessment clinic in 2015-16?
- Response
1. 7049 between April 2015 – 2016.
2.Number of consultant Pas:
2. a) 1 SPA (+1.2 for CPEX list)
2. b) No set time – included in pre/post op time (0.5 PA)
2 c) 1 PA per week – team rotate through
3. Yes
4. 3.5 per week
5. 9.3 WTE nurse practitioners (to cover general, orthopaedic, gynae, ENT, ophthalmology, and urology)
6. 2 WTE band 2 HCA + 1 WTE band 3 HCA + 2 WTE band 2 clerical staff (clinics over 2 sites + 0.8 WTE band 4 PA to nurse practitioners)
7. £8,390.00 (non-pay)
8. £602,469.00