
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9350
Date Request Received: 17/04/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/04/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Oncology patient numbers
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding private oncology services and prescribing within the Trust. When referring to a private patient this is a patient treated within NHS facilities but not funded by the NHS. Oncology Services Please confirm the number of patients treated for cancer by patient type for the calendar year (2025). Please see attached response sheet | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see response to Q1 attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: | |
| Question Number 2: Prescribing of specific Immuno-oncology products. For the latest calendar year (2025), please provide the number of patients treated with the following Immuno-oncology products: Please see attached | |
| Answer To Question 2: We have had no privately funded patients on these three drugs. For NHS there were 81 patients on pembrolizumab, 29 on Zanubrutinib and 17 on acalabrutinib. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: | |
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