FOI_8377

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8377

Date Request Received: 10/01/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 27/01/2025 00:00:00

This response was sent via: By Email

Request Summary: giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Request Category: Researcher


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 response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Pharmacy have checked with Rheumatology and can confirm they do treat patients with GCA and have used tocilizumab in the past but not in the last 3 months To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 12699 - FOI_8377 - Giant Cell Arteritis.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: Pharmacy have checked with Rheumatology and can confirm they do treat patients with GCA and have used tocilizumab in the past but not in the last 3 months, therefore no response can be provided.

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: Any disease 50 RA 45 GCA 0

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: Zero

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: Zero
Please see Attachments:


To return to the list of all the FOI requests please click here

Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.