Costs for revisions to overseas surgeries

​​​Request 737679585

How many revision surgeries are carried out in Jersey due to patients flying abroad for cheaper surgery and being botched?

Response

Whilst there may be documentation within individual medical records which details where care has been required in Jersey following surgery abroad, no central record is held that can identify this information for cases which fall in scope. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article 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.