Internal Reference Number: FOI_8027
Date Request Received: 02/07/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/07/2024 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Prostate Biopsies
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – UROLOGY (PROSTATE) ULTRASOUND I would be very grateful if you could please provide information on the following: Number of annual Transperineal prostate biopsies undertaken in the Trust? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to Q1-4 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8027 - Prostate Biopsies response.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Number of annual Transrectal prostate biopsies undertaken in the Trust? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to Q1-4 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 3: Number of annual targeted prostate biopsies undertaken in the Trust? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to Q1-4 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 4: Number of annual prostate biopsies undertaken in an Outpatient setting? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to Q1-4 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. | |
| Question Number 5: Which groups of staff are performing prostate biopsies? E.g. Urologist, Radiologist, Associate Physician, Nurse Practitioner etc. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Only Urologists perform prostate biopsies in SFT. | |
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