Annual cholecystectomy operations (FOI)

Request

From 1980 to date (if possible), please confirm the number of cholecystectomy operations performed annually for residents of Jersey. Also include operations to Jersey residents completed abroad, if known.

Response

The table below shows the number of cholecystectomy operations performed at Jersey General Hospital each year since 2012. It is not possible to produce data from before this period as the data is not held in an accessible format. In order to fully answer this question it is estimated that it would take longer than the time permitted under the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014, therefore Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Data extracted for cholecystectomies are those coded to OPCS category J18 (J18.1 – J18.9) Procedures are only coded in the facility where they were carried out, so no Clinical Coding data will be available locally for anyone whose procedure took place off island.

Data Source: Jersey General Hospital Patient Administration System

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.

Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.