Joint replacement surgery (FOI)

​Request

A

Please list the current number of people who are waiting for joint replacement surgery (hip, knee, and so on).

Of these, please state:

• how many are listed as overweight, and

• how many are listed as obese

Of those in the latter two categories, please say

• how many are under the age of 30

• under the age of 18.

B

Please provide the number of Islanders listed as overweight or obese who have had joint replacement surgery over the last five years broken down by year.

Response

As at 23 January 2019 there were a total of 86 patients awaiting joint surgery (made up of hip, knee and shoulder).

No further information is held for the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Articles applied

Article 3 Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 10 Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information,

it must inform the applicant accordingly.