Information relating to surgical procedures (FOI)Information relating to surgical procedures (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
15 September 2015.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
We would appreciate your help in finding the most accurate data for the Channel Islands.
If your government is able to provide data on any of the following, it would greatly facilitate the development of country specific recommendations for surgical systems strengthening.
A.
Surgical Workforce
Number of qualified, licensed surgeons actively working in your country? This includes all surgical specialties, but excludes generalist physicians providing surgery and non physician clinicians.
Number of qualified, licensed anaesthetists actively working in your country. This includes all anaesthetic specialties, but excludes generalist physicians providing anaesthesia and non physician clinicians.
Number of qualified, licensed obstetricians actively working in your country? This includes all specialist obstetricians, but excludes generalist physicians providing obstetric care and non-physician clinicians.
B.
Surgical volume and perioperative mortality
Total surgical volume in your country (number of surgical procedures per year)?
C.
Number of caesarean sections, laparotomies, and open fracture repairs performed per year in your country?
D.
Number of people who die each year in your country following any surgical procedure (please specify either in hospital deaths or deaths within 30 days of procedure)?
E.
Cost of a caesarean section, laparotomy, and open fracture repair at a first level hospital and at a tertiary hospital in your country?
F.
Locations of all hospitals in your country providing all of these three procedures?
G.
Sources of the above information (for example, Ministry of Health or professional societies)?
Response
A.
Surgical Medical Staff as at 20 July 2015:
Dental/Oral Surgery
One oral surgeon
One restorative dentistry
One consultant in Orthodontics
One associate specialist in oral surgery
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
Three consultants
One associate specialist
General Surgery
Three consultants
Two associate specialists
Two staff grades
Ophthalmology
Three consultants
One associate specialist
One staff grade
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Three consultants
One associate specialist
Four staff grades
Urology
One consultant
Anaesthetics
Six consultants
Two associate specialists
Nine staff grades
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Four consultants
One associate specialist
Five staff grades
B.
Average of 10,800 per year in 2012 to 2014 (Data source: TrakCare).
C.
| Procedure | 2014 |
| Open fracture repairs | 300 |
| Caesarean delivery | 312 |
Laparotomies | All OPCS for procedures that can be performed via a laparotomy would include codes for all types of surgeries, such as, but not limited to: choleystectomy, appendicetomy, hemicolectomy, hysterectomy, salpingoophrectomy, myomectomy, and adhesiolysis. This information is not collected. To answer this question as specified would take more than 12.5 hours of work; therefore the department is unable to provide the answer to this question. |
D.
To answer this question as specified would take more than 12.5 hours of work; therefore the department is unable to provide the answer to this question.
E.
| Obstetrics | Caesarean delivery | 4,175 |
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Primary reduction of fracture of neck of femur and internal fixation | 10,110 |
Laparotomies | All OPCS for procedures that can be performed via a laparotomy would include codes for all types of surgeries, such as, but not limited to: choleystectomy, appendicetomy, hemicolectomy, hysterectomy, salpingoophrectomy, myomectomy, and adhesiolysis. This information is not collected. To answer this question as specified would take more than 12.5 hours of work; therefore the department is unable to provide the answer to this question. |
F.
In Jersey, there is only one hospital:
Jersey General Hospital, The Parade, St Helier, JERSEY JE1 3QS.
G.
The information above has been provided by the States of Jersey’s Health and Social Services department.
Exemption(s) and Regulations
Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information. To answer this question as specified would take more than 12.5 hours of work; therefore the department is unable to provide the answer to this question.
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