Lothian NHS Board
Waverley Gate
2-4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
Telephone 0131 536 9000
Fax 0131 536 9088
www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Simon Murphy
simon.murphy1989@gmail.com
Date
Your Ref
Our Ref
08/10/12
Enquiries to Richard Mutch
Extension 35687
Direct Line 0131 465 5687
Email
richard.mutch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Dear Mr Murphy
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – GASTRIC BAND / BALLOON
I write in response to your request for information in relation to gastric band / balloon
procedures carried out by NHS Lothian.
I have been provided with information to help answer your request by Ms Mhairri Duxberry,
Bariatric Specialist Nurse – NHS Lothian.
Question:1. How many gastric band operations have been carried out over the past three calendar
years? Please could you break this down year by year. Please could you provide the
age and gender of each patient. Please could you also state which hospital the
operation took place in.
Answer:Laparoscopic Gastric
Gender
Age Range
Band ’s inserted
2012
0
N/A
N/A
2011
<5
*
50 to 60 years
2010
<5
*
50 to 60 years
*It is not possible to provide gender, due to the small numbers involved this would
lead to identification
Year
Question:2. Please could you provide the cost of gastric band operations over the past three
calendar years? Please could you break this down year by year.
Answer:Year
2012
2011
2010
Costs (£)
N/A
£1,500 approx
£1,500 approx
Headquarters
Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG
Chair Dr Charles J Winstanley
Chief Executive Tim Davison
Lothian NHS Board is the common name of Lothian Health Board
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Question:3. How many gastric balloon operations have been carried out over the past three
calendar years? Please could you break this down year by year. Please could you
provide the age and gender of each patient. Please could you also state which hospital
the operation took place in.
Answer:Year
Gastric Balloons BIB ’s inserted
Gender
Age Range
2012
0
N/A
N/A
2011
0
N/A
N/A
2010
6
<5 male and <5
female
34 to 64 years
To protect the identity of the individuals involved any figure of 5 or less has not been shown in
this response. Since we do not have their consent to release this data from their records, the
information is exempt under section 38 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act i.e. to
provide it would breach the 7th Principle of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Question:4. Please could you provide the cost of gastric balloon operations over the past three
calendar years? Please could you break this down year by year.
Answer:Year
2012
2011
2010
Costs (£)
N/A
N/A
£7,500 approx
I hope this information helps with your request.
If you are unhappy with our response to your request, you do have the right to request us
to review it. Your request should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter,
and we will reply within 20 working days of receipt. If our decision is unchanged following
a review and you remain dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal
complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner.
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If you require a review of our decision to be carried out, please write to Mr I Whyte, FOI
Reviewer at the address at the foot of this letter. The review will be undertaken by Mr
Whyte as he was not involved in the original decision-making process.
FOI responses (subject to redaction of personal information) may appear on NHS
Lothian’s
Freedom
of
Information
website
at
:http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/FOI/Pages/default.aspx
Yours sincerely
ALAN BOYTER
Director of Human Resources
and Organisational Development
Cc: Chief Executive