FOI_7944

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7944

Date Request Received: 21/05/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 03/06/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: AMU

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Based on data from the last financial year: Please state what percentage of your total discharges from the Acute Medical Unit are discharged home/to usual place of residence without support

Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI_7944 - AMU.xlsx

Question Number 2: For those patients, what was the average length of stay in the Acute Medical Unit?

Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.

Question Number 3: Please state what percentage of all admitted patients from A&E waited more than 12 hours from decision to admit to actual admission (12hr+ trolley waits)

Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.

Question Number 4: Please state what percentage of cancelled elective operations for non-clinical reasons were due to: a. unavailable ward beds b. unavailable surgeon c. unavailable anaesthetist d. unavailable theatre staff

Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached.
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