Written question WQ85277
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister confirm the endoscopy services currently available at Llandough Hospital, and confirm the total amount spent on mobile endoscopy services at the hospital in the past 6 months?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
The University Hospital Llandough has four endoscopy theatres and provides sigmoidoscopy, gastroscopy and colonoscopy for inpatients and outpatients. The unit provides oesophageal and colonic stent procedures, and screening colonoscopy, for the health board’s population. The unit is also a national referral centre for the assessment and management of complex polyps and a regional centre for oesophageal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s Oesophagus (RFA).
The Welsh Government does not hold information on expenditure by the health board on mobile endoscopy facilities over the past six months.