Chemotherapy treatment (FOI)

Request

A

Does your organisation provide a chemotherapy service, this may include inpatient, outpatient or a community service? Yes / No

B

In the past financial year, how many doses of chemotherapy did you deliver between April 2016 and March 2017?

C

In the past financial year, how many doses of anthracyclines did you administer between April 2016 and March 2017?

D

In the past financial year, how many anthracycline extravasations have been reported due to chemotherapy between April 2016 and March 2017?

E

In the past three financial years, how many patients have submitted a claim for medical negligence and / or damages against the Trust / Health Board due to an anthracycline extravasation injury?

F

In the past three financial years, how much compensation has the Trust / Health Board had to pay to those claimants who have suffered an anthracycline extravasation injury and have been successful in their medical negligence and / or damages case?

G

i) Does your Trust / Health Board have in place guidelines as to how to recognise and manage an extravasation injury?

ii) If not, is this available via your Cancer Alliance / Network or another source?

iii) If other, please state source

Trust / Health Board Guidelines - Yes / No

If yes, when were they last updated?

H

Does your Trust / Health Board stock or have readily available any of the following extravasation treatments for chemotherapy? (If yes, how often used in the past financial year?)

• Sodium Thiosulfate

• Hyaluronidase

• DMSO

• Dexrazoxane (Savene)

I

In the past three financial years, how many annual reconstruction operations have been carried out by the Trust / Health Board due to an extravasation injury?

J

Does your Trust / Health Board's plastics and / or nursing team have the expertise / core competency to undertake the wash-out / flush-out technique if an extravasation occurs?

K

If you answered yes to question 'J', in the past three financial years, how many wash-out / flush-out procedures have been carried out by the Trust / Health Board due to an extravasation incident?

Response

Please note that the Health and Social Services Department are governed by the States of Jersey and as such NHS Trust protocols are not applicable.

A

Yes - Outpatient service

B

3419

C

235

D

Nil

E

F

G

i) Yes

ii Not applicable

iii) Not applicable

Health board guidelines – Yes

Last updated September 2016

H

I

J

No, we would use dexrazoxane (savene), as per Health and Social Services Department policy.

K