Freedom of Information request (FOI 22/1036)
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3rd November 2022
FOI 22/1036
Dear
Thank you for your email dated 12th October 2022, where you requested data regarding reporting rates of various hospitals within the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in the past year.
Further to your request, I am pleased to provide you with the below data which has been extracted from our system using the specific hospital names and post codes provided. The data shows the total number of spontaneous suspected Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports which have been received from New Cross Hospital (WV10 0QP), Cannock Chase Hospital (WS11 5XY) and West Park Hospital (WV11 4PW) in the past year. The MHRA has received a total of 27 ADR reports between 01/10/2021 and 30/09/2022. However, all of these reports have been reported from either New Cross Hospital or West Park Hospital, we have not received any reports originating from Cannock Chase Hospital. It is important to note that address is an optional field when completing a Yellow Card report, so reporters may have only provided details such as email addresses when submitting a report, therefore the number of reports received could be higher.
Please see Table 1 which details the number of ADR reports received in each quarter, where Q4 refers to October 2021 through to December 2021. Table 2 demonstrates the number of ADR reports received respective to the reporter qualification. This has been broken down into nurses, pharmacists, physicians and other. Please also note that the qualification field is not always filled out accurately by the reporter.
Table 1. All direct UK spontaneous suspected ADR reports received between 01/10/2021 and 30/09/2022 from New Cross Hospital and West Park Hospital, broken down by quarter.
| Quarter | Number of cases |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 5 |
| Q1 2022 | 6 |
| Q2 2022 | 6 |
| Q3 2022 | 10 |
Table 2. Direct UK spontaneous suspected ADR reports received between 01/10/2021 and 30/09/2022 from New Cross Hospital and West Park Hospital, broken down by reporter qualification.
| Reporter Qualification | Number of Cases |
|---|---|
| Nurse | 6 |
| Pharmacist | 9 |
| Physician | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
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Yours sincerely,
FOI Team,
Safety and Surveillance Group