FOI_7506

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7506

Date Request Received: 23/10/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 08/11/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Medical information

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Does your trust or health board treat giant cell arteritis (GCA)? If not, please provide the name of the hospital or trust that you refer GCA patients to.

Answer To Question 1: Please see our Excel spreadsheet attached containing our response to all parts of this FOI. For questions 3 - 5 we have assumed this is asking about patients still with a primary diagnosis of GCA or RA (same as question 2). To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 11770 - FOI_7506 - Giant Cell Arteritis v1.xlsx

Question Number 2: In the past 3 months, how many patients with a primary diagnosis of GCA (ICD10 codes M31.5 or M31.6) were: Admitted as an inpatient Treated in A&E

Answer To Question 2: See attachment in Q1 for response

Question Number 3: How many patients were treated by the rheumatology department in the past 3 months with the following: Tocilizumab – for any disease Tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) only Tocilizumab for giant cell arteritis (GCA) only

Answer To Question 3: See attachment in Q1 for response

Question Number 4: How many patients were treated by the ophthalmology department (for any disease) in the past 3 months with Tocilizumab?

Answer To Question 4: See attachment in Q1 for response

Question Number 5: How many patients were treated in A&E in the past 3 months for giant cell arteritis (GCA) with Tocilizumab?

Answer To Question 5: See attachment in Q1 for response
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