FOI Ref: 0032FOI2021

17^th July 2020

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request

Could I please request the following information from you:

Number of septoplasty, septo-rhinoplasty and rhinoplasty procedures performed in the years 2012-2019.

Number of individual funding requests made for these procedures in the same period.

Number of individual funding requests that were rejected for these procedures in the same period.

Response

Please see table below for Rhinoplasty – Septoplasty procedures: 

Financial Year	Inpatient	Outpatient	Total	IFRs made	IFRs rejected
2013/14*	277		277	15**	12**
2014/15	241		241
2015/16	242		242
2016/17	225		225
2017/18	221		221
2018/19	236	12	248
2019/20	249	5	254
Total	1691	17	1708

*We have provided data from the time the CCG became an organisation in April 2013 and hold data for.

**Due to small numbers (i.e. less than 5) per year we have provided just overall figures.