I write in response to your Official Information Act request received by us 15th September 2020 you requested the following information:
Please note that all my questions relate only to endoscopy procedures:
1. In the last five years how many endoscopy consents were undertaken by nurses and could I please get a breakdown of the procedures these consents related to (e.g, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, etc? I also want to know who conducted the procedure.
2. In the last five years how many endoscopy consents were done by doctors and could I please get a breakdown of the procedures these consents related to? I also want to know who conducted the procedure.
3. For the last five years, can you please state how many high-risk endoscopy procedures (based on what you classify as high-risk procedures) nurses consented patients to?
4. In the last five years, how many deaths have been attributed to endoscopy procedures?
5. What is best practice in terms of who (i.e. doctors or nurses) should be consenting patients to endoscopy procedures? Should consent be obtained by the clinician conducting the procedure?
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