Nasojejunal Tubes      

FOI REFERENCE: 24529  FOI DATE: 19^th November 2024    

Nasojejunal tube placement procedures: 

The number of nasojejunal tube (NJ) placement procedures completed within the last 12 months / financial year – whichever is easiest to identify (please specify the period covered). This information should be easily accessible from the endoscopy department database.

In May we implemented the new endoscopy scheduling booking system EMS and Unisoft became obsolete which means we now have no opportunity to pull any reports or information from it. Since the implementation of EMS May 24  – to date we have undertaken 44 NJs

Brands and suppliers of nasojejunal tubes: 

The manufacturer brand(s) of nasojejunal feeding tubes used by endoscopists within the Trust within the last 12 months. This is likely to include: Fresenius Kabi, Cook, Avanos, GBUK Group, Medicina etc.

The supplier of nasojejunal feeding tubes used by endoscopists within the Trust e.g. NHS Supply Chain.

Vendor: NHS Supply Chain

Manufacturer: Fresenius Kabi

Brand: Freka

Purchasing data for nasojejunal Feeding Tubes

Please supply the quantity of each NJ tube brand purchased in each of the last three years, broken down by year (e.g., 2021, 2022, 2023).

Please specify whether the number purchased relates to the number of tubes or box quantities. If the number of boxes is provided, please specify the quantity per box.

Brand	2021	2022	2023
Fresenius Kabi	75 Each	84 Each	114 Each