Giant Cell Arteritis - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2024-097
Subject
Giant Cell Arteritis
Date Received
07/05/2024
Request and Response
  1. Does your trust or health board treat giant cell arteritis (GCA)?  If not, please provide the name of the hospital or trust that you refer GCA patients to.

Yes

  1. In the past 3 months, how many patients with a primary diagnosis of GCA (ICD10 codes M31.5 or M31.6) were:

•     Admitted as an inpatient

Nil

•     Treated in A&E

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested as patients treated in A&E are not ICD 10 coded.

  1. How many patients were treated by the rheumatology department in the past 3 months with the following:

•     Tocilizumab – for any disease

6

•     Tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) only

3

•     Tocilizumab for giant cell arteritis (GCA) only  

Unknown

  1. How many patients were treated by the ophthalmology department (for any disease) in the past 3 months with Tocilizumab?

0

  1. How many patients were treated in A&E in the past 3 months for giant cell arteritis (GCA) with Tocilizumab? 

See answer to Q2.