Internal Reference Number: FOI_8154
Date Request Received: 11/09/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/09/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Heart failure Diagnostic tests in Community Diagnostic Hubs
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Diagnostic tests for heart failure are being used in Community Diagnostic Hubs - I would like you to provide this information in the following format: • In an Excel spreadsheet with information broken down by each CDC in your area Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: Availability of NT-proBNP testing • How many Community Diagnostic Centres are currently operational in your area? • Is NT-proBNP testing for suspected heart failure currently available within local Community Diagnostic Centres? (please specify if any local Community Diagnostic Centres do not offer NT-proBNP testing) • If NT-proBNP testing for suspected heart failure is not currently available, are there any plans to introduce it in future? | |
| Answer To Question 1: This is run by community services. Please visit their website https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/ | |
| Question Number 2: Testing Volume • How many NT-proBNP blood tests have been performed by the local Community Diagnostic Centre between January 2021 to August 2024? • How many BNP blood tests have been performed by the local Community Diagnostic Centre between January 2021 to August 2024? • How many patients with a suspected diagnosis of heart failure have accessed the local Community Diagnostic Centre between January 2021 to August 2024? | |
| Answer To Question 2: This is run by community services. Please visit their website https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/ | |
| Question Number 3: Guidelines • What guidelines are in place for the local Community Diagnostic Centre to follow in relation to administering BNP and or NT-proBNP tests for patients with a suspected diagnosis of heart failure? • What referral pathways should be followed by the local Community Diagnostic Centre in relation to patients with a suspected diagnosis of heart failure? | |
| Answer To Question 3: This is run by community services. Please visit their website https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/ | |
| Question Number 4: Targets/metrics • What assessment has the local Community Diagnostic Centre made of local population need and the likely demand for BNP and/or NT-proBNP testing for patients with a suspected diagnosis of heart failure? • Based on local demographics, what assessment has the local Community Diagnostic Centre made of the number of patients with a suspected diagnosis of heart failure that should be seen by the centre on an annual basis? | |
| Answer To Question 4: This is run by community services. Please visit their website https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/ | |
| Question Number 5: Scaling up • What assessment has the local Community Diagnostic Centre made of the need to increase access to BNP and/or NT-proBNP testing – including projections of growing need and increases in the number of people at risk of heart failure? • What assessment has been made of the barriers that may impact the ability of local Community Diagnostic Centres to meet future demands for access to BNP and/or NT-proBNP testing? • What assessment has been made of additional resources required by local Community Diagnostic Centres to meet rising demand for BNP and/or NT-proBNP testing over the next 12 months; 18 months; and 5 years? • What resource has been allocated to local Community Diagnostic Centres for the acquirement of point of care testing capabilities and administration of BNP and/or NT-proBNP tests? | |
| Answer To Question 5: This is run by community services. Please visit their website https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-information/ | |
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