FOI/25/017
| Reference | FOI/25/017 |
|---|---|
| Description | Urinary Catheter/Associated Urinary Tract Infections |
| Date requested | 10/04/2024 |
| Attachments | N/A |
Request
Please could you provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
- How many patients received a urinary catheter in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- How many Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections were recorded in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- How many urinary tract infections were recorded in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- What was the total cost of urinary tract infections in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- How many prescriptions were dispensed in relation to Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- How many patients received antibiotics in relation to Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- How many patients received two or more antibiotics in relation to a single Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in each of the following calendar years:
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
Response
Exemption under Section 12(1)
The Trust applies Section 12(1) for this part of your request. Section 12(1) of the Act states that ‘Section 12(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit’. The costs are calculated at £25 per hour per person at a cost limit of £450 for public authorities. The Trust estimates that the cost of complying with this request would significantly exceed the above limit. Thus meaning it would exceed the 18 hour time limit and therefore engages Section 12(1) for this part of your request.
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust can confirm that, It will be extremely difficult to provide this information across the Trust because:
- Patients with catheters are seen in their own homes, in bedded services, in walk in clinics, or urgent care centres, in community clinics and in hospital therefore there is no database for recording these numbers.
- Deliveries are mostly on DAC – (Dispensing Appliance Contractor) home deliveries or from hospital urology or A&Es (Accident and Emergency) - we have no record of these. Most of these records would be on GPs repeat prescription data.
- The total number of infections will be difficult to estimate based on the first point above and sometimes patients are put on antibiotics by GPs without the knowledge of the clinicians, so GP records might be the most appropriate place to find this.