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FOI Request

Disclosure ID

FOI 02750

Request Date

October 5, 2018

Subject

Diabetes Insulin Pumps

Description

How many patients with Type 1 diabetes are treated in each Hospital?

How many patients with diabetes treated in each Hospital are on an insulin pump?

How many insulin pump renewals are planned for 2019 in each Hospital? A renewal is an individual who is ready to have their pump replaced following the 4yr warranty. For example, individuals who commenced their pump in 2015 will be due for a renewal in 2019

How many new insulin pump starts are planned for 2019 in each Hospital? New pump starts are individuals who are new to pump therapy. i.e. they were using injection therapy prior

How many Diabetes Specialist Nurses work in each Hospital? How many of these specialise in insulin pumps?

Response

To determine if we hold this information and retrieve it would require a manual trawl of patient case notes which would exceed 18 hours. This information is therefore exempt on the grounds of cost (Section 12(1)).

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We can confirm there are 11 patients due to have renewal devices in 2019

Non known at present.

We can confirm our Trust has two part time DSNs who specialise in insulin pumps.

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