2131314 Heart Attacks/problems 2015-2021

Summary

The requester asked for monthly totals of all cardiac events on the Isle of Man from 2015 to 2021, including community cases. Manx Care disclosed monthly discharge episode data with 'Cardiac Event' as the primary diagnosis for Noble's and Ramsey hospitals but withheld community data due to lack of collation and excessive compilation costs.

Key Facts

• Community cardiac data is not currently collated by Manx Care.
• The provided data covers discharge episodes with 'Cardiac Event' as the primary diagnosis only.
• The data excludes archived patients and private patients.
• There is a significant backlog of uncoded consultant episodes from 2020 affecting the accuracy of that year's figures.
• Manx Care cited Section 8(3) and Section 11(3)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 to refuse the full request.

Data Disclosed

• 2015 total: 1277
• 2016 total: 1039
• 2017 total: 994
• 2018 total: 955
• 2019 total: 649
• 2020 total: 102
• 2021 total: 729
• Request received: 2021-12-07
• Response date: 2022-02-10
• Case ID: 2131314

Exemptions Cited

• Section 8(3) - Substantial compilation or collation of information
• Section 11(3)(b) - Information not held

Original Request

Pls provide the number of all cardiac events per month for the years 2015-2021. No need to separate into the types of heart issues, just the total numbers per month for the years requested. Thx Response to clarification 16/12/21: This is relating to all incidences on the island for the past 5 years. Not just Nobles, but outside and in the community also pls.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 2131314 10th February 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 7th December 2021 which states: "Pls provide the number of all cardiac events per month for the years 2015-2021. No need to separate into the types of heart issues, just the total numbers per month for the years requested. Thx” And, following request for further clarification on 16th December 2021: “This is relating to all incidences on the island for the past 5 years. Not just Nobles, but outside and in the community also pls." Our Response While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, complying with your request for information would require Manx Care to undertake substantial compilation or collation of information that it holds, which Manx Care is not required to do under the Act1 1 Section 8(3) (things a public authority is not required to do by the Act S11(3)(b) Unfortunately community data is not collated at this time. However, below is a breakdown of all discharge episodes that have “Cardiac Event” coded as the PRIMARY diagnosis. This covers Nobles & Ramsey and does NOT include Archived or Private Patients Please note: there is a considerable backlog of uncoded, finished consultant episodes from 2020 which could contribute to lower numbers being seen in these results during this period. Manx Care is actively working to develop a sustainable, accurate and timely clinical coding function to address this situation. Discharge Episodes with Cardiac Event Month / Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2015 115 96 112 124 104 101 97 107 123 119 100 79 1277 2016 90 109 113 93 84 64 82 69 82 75 93 85 1039 2017 82 71 83 74 89 85 98 80 90 95 79 68 994 2018 78 75 63 84 84 72 93 88 78 87 81 72 955 2019 67 68 97 87 86 62 36 50 28 30 26 12 649 2020 13 18 6 17 8 7 5 9 6 3 5 5 102 2021 5 9 32 91 91 97 73 83 98 72 56 22 729

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