FOI_8382

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8382

Date Request Received: 15/01/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 20/01/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: PIFU and virtual wards

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: I’d like to request the following records under the FOI act. Virtual wards • The total number of virtual ward beds you had open as of 15 January 2025 • The total number of VW beds, broken down by the different specialties served by those virtual wards • The beds occupancy rate as of 15 January 2025, broken down by specialty

Answer To Question 1: Salisbury Foundation Trust does not currently have any virtual ward beds.

Question Number 2: Patient initiated follow-up • A list of the specialities for which you offer patient initiated follow-up • The proportion of outpatient attendances discharged to PIFU pathways, as of 15 January 2025 (or the most recent data point – please specify the date if different from 15/1/25). • The names of each technology supplier and the product used by the trust to run its PIFU pathways

Answer To Question 2: Please see information in the spreadsheet attached. The technology supplier used to run PIFU pathways is our EPR (Lorenzo) which is supplied by Dedalus. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: FOI_8382 - PIFU and virtual wards.xlsx
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