Non-Emergency Stretcher Transfers 2015-2025 (2) (FOI)Non-Emergency Stretcher Transfers 2015-2025 (2) (FOI)
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28 March 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request 691703097
I would like the data for the following questions for each month of the calendar years from 2015 to the current calendar year 2025.
Non-emergency Stretcher Transfers are to include any transfer to routine appointments, from routine appointments, a discharge or admission to any Health and Community Services departments/wards.
How many extra bed days have been caused at any Health and Community Services buildings due to the refused or or had to be rebooked for a later date non-emergency Stretcher Transfers through the patient transport service each year?
How many patients have been kept in hospital overnight due to the delay in the response to the non-emergency stretcher Transfers of the Emergency Ambulance Service?
Response
No central record is available to support reporting of the requested data.
Whilst the need for a stretcher transfer via patient transport or ambulance services and any delays encountered with these which affect discharge would be documented within individual patient records, no category option is available within the Electronic Patient Record system to capture unavailability or delays in patient transport services against a delayed transfer of care (DTOC) / patient discharge.
Identifying any cases in scope and the impact to bed days of any such delays would require manual review of individual case notes. Performing such manual examination of records available and collating any relevant data would exceed the timescales prescribed in the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. Therefore, Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
Article applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
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