Hip and knee operation data 2023 (FOI)

​Request

A

Please confirm how many elective hip and knee replacement operations have been carried out by Jersey General hospital on public patients during 2023. 

B

Please confirm how many referrals to UK hospitals for hip and knee replacement operations have been made for public patients in Jersey during 2023?

​Response

A

There were 257 admissions for elective procedures coded as hip or knee joint replacement surgery (including revision or maintenance surgery) recorded against patient admissions to Jersey General Hospital between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. 

Cases meeting the criteria for inclusion have been identified by the procedure codes assigned to the episode of care in the Electronic Patient Record. Multiple codes may be assigned for joint replacement procedures. Each admission is counted once only, even where multiple codes have been assigned to a patient in an admission.

B

Records for UK treatment show that fewer than five hip or knee joint replacement surgeries (including revision or maintenance surgery) were performed at UK hospitals in 2023 following referral from Health and Community Services. Disclosure control has been applied to avoid identification of any individuals, and Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.​