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CCG 874 Please supply me with your most up to date wound care formulary.

Request 1

Please supply me with your most up to date wound care formulary (please indicate if you do not work from a formulary).

Response 1

Available on the CCGs web-site

http://www.rotherhamccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Medicines%20Management/Therapeutic%20guidelines/Wound%20Care%20formulary%20guide.pdf

Request 2

Please can you outline how compliance with your formulary is enforced?

Response 2

Wound care products are purchased via a contract, only formulary products are kept. TVN’s have to authorise the use of non-formulary products. 

Request 3

Please indicate where possible what your average monthly usage of each product is.

Response 3

This data is not available as dressings are not prescribed. 

Request 4

Can you list the number of wound care products used that are not currently on the formulary?

Response 4

This data is not available as dressings are not prescribed. 

Request 5

Can you provide usage levels for non-formulary wound care products in each of the last twelve months?

Response 5

This data is not available as dressings are not prescribed. 

Request 6

How often do you review your wound care formulary and when was this last undertaken?

Response 6

Constantly reviewed. 

Request 7

Can you provide an overview of the information you assess when reviewing your formulary?

Response 7

Evaluation of new products is undertaken by TVNs. 

Request 8

Can you supply the number of tissue viability nurses employed in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Response 8

CCG is a commissioning organisation and does not employ nursing staff.

 

Request 9

Can you supply the number of leg ulcer nurses employed in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Response 9

CCG is a commissioning organisation and does not employ nursing staff. 

Request 10

What percentage of your practice nurses received specialist training in wound management in:

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Response 10

Rotherham CCG do not hold this information. 

Request 11

Can you supply us with the figures for your total spend on wound care products in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Response 11

Data only available in financial years

2016 2015/16           =          £457,639

2015 2014/15           =          £1,110.075.76

2014 2013/13           =          £1.057,642

2013 2012/13           =          £946,983

2012 2011/12           =          £956,449.

 

Request 12

Can you supply us with the figures for your total spend on compression bandages in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Response 12

Data via EPACT is not available as dressings are not prescribed in Rotherham. 

Request 13

Can you supply us with the figures for your total spend on Anti-Microbial wound care products in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012. 

Response 13

Data via EPACT is not available as dressings are not prescribed in Rotherham.

 

Request 14

Can you supply us with the figures for your total spend hosiery products in

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012.

Response 14

Data via EPACT is not available as dressings are not prescribed in Rotherham. 

Request 15

Do you have a strategy in place to implement NICE Guideline 179- Pressure ulcers: prevention and management of pressure ulcers

Response 15

Assurance would be obtained from the provider trust. 

Request 16

Can you provide details on how the NICE Guidelines is implemented and how you monitor compliance?

Response 16

NICE guidance is reviewed at the CCGs Medicines Management Committee.  If relevant to the CCG action is taken or assurance obtained from the provider trust. 

Request 17

Can you supply the total number of patients in each of the last five calendar years that had

Level 1 pressure ulcers

Level 2 pressure ulcers

Level 3 pressure ulcers

Level 4 pressure ulcers

Response 17

Rotherham CCG do not hold this information.