ECG Monitors - FOI Response Register

1. The number of ambulatory ECG monitors fitted at each hospital within the Health Board in 2024.

Approx 600

2. The manufacturer(s) of ambulatory ECG monitors used at each hospital.

Spacelabs

3. The current waiting times for patients to have an ambulatory ECG monitor fitted at each hospital.

Up to 12 weeks for a routine.  A few days for a Category 1 urgent.  2 weeks for a Category 2 urgent.

4. The number of patients currently on the waiting list for ambulatory ECG monitoring at each hospital.

83, some are due to patient unavailability however.

5. The number of ambulatory ECG recordings awaiting analysis at each hospital.

35

6. The current wait time for an ECG recording to be analysed once the patient has returned the monitor at each hospital.

Same day to 1 week (urgent)

5 weeks (routine)

7. The target timeframe within which each hospital aims to analyse routine ECG recordings after the monitor is returned.

6 weeks