People diagnosed with tinnitus

​​Request ​794563079

I would like to know, if possible, the number of people officially diagnosed with tinnitus in Jersey over the last five years.

It would also be great to know the median age of people diagnosed with tinnitus in Jersey over the last five years.

Response

Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) do not hold records on the number of people diagnosed with tinnitus in Jersey, and therefore, are unable to provide data on incidence, prevalence or demographic information.

Individuals with tinnitus diagnosed and / or managed within primary care will have their diagnoses recorded in the EMIS system. Primary Care services in Jersey are private businesses, and as such, their records are not held by HCJ; information in EMIS is held by GPs, rather than by the Government. Whilst the Government of Jersey may be able to interrogate the EMIS system, information is not routinely collated outside of 12 conditions recorded under the Jersey Quality Improvement Framework (JQIF). 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.