
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9183
Date Request Received: 26/01/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 20/02/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: Could you please provide details of the providers you commission to deliver POTS services? We are currently aware of the following providers: SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hospital. | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust are no longer seeing patients with a diagnosis of POTS as it is a diagnosis that can be made in primary care and managed in primary care. It is not a cardiac diagnosis but one of dysautonomia. | |
| Question Number 2: Do any of your providers use the Electronic Referral Service (ERS)? If so, could you please provide the details? | |
| Answer To Question 2: The Trust do not see people out of area therefore ERS referrals are rejected. | |
| Question Number 3: Are there any providers that accept Out of Area (OOA) referrals? If so, could you please provide specifics? | |
| Answer To Question 3: The Trust do not see people out of area. | |
| Question Number 4: What are the exclusion criteria that your providers use to reject patients? | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
| Question Number 5: What are the inclusion criteria that your providers use to accept patients? | |
| Answer To Question 5: N/A | |
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Our staff at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.