Hand therapies data

Summary

The requester asked for hand therapy referral data from 2004 to 2017, but the Department of Health and Social Care only provided statistics for the period between October 2011 and October 2017 due to the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

Key Facts

• The request covered the period 2004-2017, but data prior to 11 October 2011 falls under a different Code of Practice.
• The response provided a breakdown of 1,563 total referrals received between 11 October 2011 and 9 October 2017.
• Orthopaedic consultants were the largest source of referrals with 843 cases.
• The request was handled by the Department of Health and Social Care on the Isle of Man.
• The outcome was classified as 'All information sent' for the applicable period.

Data Disclosed

• 2004 - 2017
• 11 October 2011
• 09-October-2017
• 69
• 843
• 167
• 173
• 123
• 12
• 29
• 54
• 52
• 41
• 1563

Data Tables (2)

Full Response Text

Department of Health and Social Care

Rheynn Slaynt as Kiarail y Theay

Page 1 of 2 FOIA/DHSC/rvsd/01 Chief Executive: Malcolm Couch By email:

Freedom of Information Team Department of Health & Social Care Chief Executive’s Office Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 3QA Tel: Email: Website: Date: FOI Reference: (01624) 642621 foi.dhsc@gov.im www.gov.im/dhsc 16 December 2017 IM110-339i Dear

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your request to the Department of Health and Social Care, dated 14 November 2017 Your request You asked for: Question 01: “Please supply details of the number of patients referred to the Hand Therapy service at the Physiotherapy Department, Noble's Hospital during the period 2004 - 2017, including their source ie referring authority.” Response to your request A freedom of information request can only be made in respect of information created on or before 11 October 2011. As your request for information is for both information before and after 11 October 2011 our response is as follows:
In respect of that portion of the information requested, created before 11 October 2011, under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information which can be found at www.gov.im/media/881974/access-code.pdf; and
In respect of that portion of the information requested, created on or after 11 October 2011, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 please see the table below for the total referrals received between 11-October-2011 and 09-October-2017: Referring authority/source Numbers of referrals received Consultant 69 Orthopaedic 843 Rheumatology 167 UK
173

Page 2 of 2 FOIA/DHSC/rvsd/01 GP and GP suggested self-referral 123 Occupational therapists in IOM and; UK; and Specialist Nurses 12 Self
29 Physiotherapist
54 A and E
52 Other
41 Total
1563

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Freedom of Information Team Department of Health and Social Care