Radiotherapy treatment (FOI)Radiotherapy treatment (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
28 May 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
On average over the last three years:
A
How many patients have been out of the Island for radiotherapy
B
How much is the annual cost of travel in total
C
What has been the average annual total cost of living accommodation for patients and family
D
How many trips on average does each patient make
E
On average how many oncology patients are too weak or ill to travel for radiotherapy treatment not currently available on Island
F
If known how many oncology patients could continue to work if they could have radiotherapy treatment on Island
G
The CLG were informed that there was no current provision for radiotherapy treatment here, why not?
Response
A to D
Request | Full 3 year period | Annual average |
| A | 603 | 201 |
| B | £421,207.30 | £140,402.43 |
| C | £416,406.20 | £138,802.06 |
| D | 2,450 (total trips) | 4 per individual |
E
Information is not held. It is not possible to determine how many patients are too weak or ill to travel because the service is not on island.
F
Information is not held. It is not possible to determine how many patients would continue to work.
G
We do not have the population standards for a radiotherapy unit. For example one element of the guidance is population size which advises 1 unit per 180,000 population.
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