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Freedom of Information requests for May 2009 - contact FOI team for responses

Log number   Request Date received   Response  Date sent
 9  Please can you provide me with information on the services you provide for adults, young people and children who are blind or partially sighted. Please include services that are provided jointly with other agencies. 01/05/2009    01/05/2009
 11  1. How much money was spent by your organisation on the provision of all translation into languages other than English - including translating and publishing documents, as well as interpreting services, in the financial years 2003/4, 2006/07 and 2008/09?
2. Did you engage with other authorities to share resources concerning the translation of documents in the financial year 2008/09?
3. For translated documents made available online during the financial year 2008/09, could you please provide a breakdown of how many times these were accessed?
4. What languages in 2008/2009 were translated?  Can you please submit this list in descending order from the most translated language down to the least.
I have listed questions 1-4 in order of priority - i.e., question 1 is the most important - so I would appreciate it if you could please reply to this address in as much details possible within the allocated time frame set out for FOI requests, without, ideally, incurring costs that I might need to pay for.
 14/04/2009   05/05/2009
 14  1/ Please could you tell me how much the PCT has spent on external consultants and legal and professional fees since 1 April 2006. Please could you break down the response by financial year (ie Apr 06-Mar 07, Apr 07-Mar 08 and Apr 08 – Mar 09), and for each expenditure detail how much was spent, who was hired and summarise what the money was spent on.2/ With specific regard to the Equitable Access in Primary Care procurement for GP-led health centres and practices in under doctored areas, please can you tell me:a/ In what way did the PCT conduct the procurement for the Equitable Access in Primary Care programme – ie was this done internally, through a commissioning hub or with external support, and if so who?b/ How much has the PCT spent on the procurement/tendering process so far?c) How much more does the PCT anticipate spending on the procurement/tendering process?  15/04/2009   11/05/2009
 21 Could you please give me an update on the Beating the Blues programme (a cCBT package recommended by NICE).
Has East Sussex Downs Weald PCT successfully implemented the programme to the areas it serves?
National targets at this time specify licences should cover 50% of the population, how many licences does the Trust hold? 
 21/05/2009

 

13/05/2009
 22  How many applications were heard by the Individual Patients Funding
Panel/Fundings and Appeal Panel between April 2008 and March 2009.
How many of those applications were refused?
How much money did the panel approve to spend on "exception" cases over
that time?

 21/04/2009

   18/05/2009
 25  Could I please request an electronic copy each of Human Resources Strategy, Training & Development Strategy as well as copies of the HR policies and any information on the organisation/structure of the HR Team's that you have?  23/04/2009

 

 

 15/05/2009
 30  Could you please email me a copy of the following document. Vital Signs” Report - for each individual dental contract/practice within your area [latest copy available please]  29/04/2009

 

 07/05/2009
 31  We are unable to find a UK-wide list of the Pain Management Services or Clinics run in the NHS so we are trying to compile this information by contacting each individual trust.If you can provide this information, it would be appreciated, otherwise please forward within your trust to the relevant person or department.  30/04/2009    06/05/2009
 32  I am unable to find a national list of District Nurse Locality Managers so I am trying to compile this information by contacting each individual trust.  30/04/2009   11/05/2009
 33  We are aware in some NHS trusts they have Diabetes Specialist Nurse Educators, specialist diabetes nurses that oversee the training of diabetes nurses.
Do you have such people in your trust?
We are seeking to compile a national list of these people in order to ensure we limit our contact to appropriate staff.
 30/04/2009   26/05/2009
 34  I would like to ask a series of questions relating to GPs' out-of-hours service and wages.
1. Firstly, I would like to know the highest amount a GP was paid for an evening or overnight shift in 2008 and the exact number of hours this shift comprised.
2. I would also like to know the highest amount  a GP was paid for a weekend shift in 2008 and the exact number of hours this comprised.
3. I would also like to know the highest amount a GP was paid for any shift undertaken during festive or holiday period in 2008 and the exact number of hours this comprised.
 30/04/2009   05/05/2009
 35  Please can you tell me what Practice Manager Networks/Forums are currently in operation throughout your PCT and provide me with details i.e Practice name, Chair, members, contact details etc. The reason we are asking for this information is in an attempt to unite and link all existing smaller PMgr Networks to this national group to share best practice and ensure sustainability for all.  06/05/2009    20/05/2009
 36  Please can you tell me how much of the NHSBudget of your PCT is spent on treating hypertension, what % this is of the whole budget and looking at a GP Practice, for example Riverlodge in Malling St. Lewes, how much of their budget is spent on treating hypertension and what this is as part of their whole budget? 07/05/2009   20/05/2009
 37  1) Who (individuals and organisations) does East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT employ to cover “GP out-of-hours”?2) What does East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT do to ensure that the doctors employed are working within the Eurpean Working Time Directive and is account taken of travelling time? Or does the PCT use some other standard and if so what?3) Does East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT allow initial contractor(s) to subcontract and who is the employer of the doctors employed by the PCT to cover “GP out hours” and locum?Given that “Before any doctor is allowed to treat a patient, he or she must be registered with and approved by the General Medical Council, which regulates the profession.” But while some independent ¬healthcare providers are regulated and obliged by law to register with the GMC, "primary care out of hours services ¬provided by doctors to NHS patients are not required to be registered, even where those services are provided by a locum doctors' agency."4) Does the East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT ensure that all doctors and locums are registered with the General Medical Council? Or does it make some other check or use another standard and if so what? If the situation at present involves unregistered doctors are plans in the pipeline to change this and to inform patients if doctors are not registered? 07/05/2009   15/05/2009
 39  All eligibility criteria for access to NHS care for assisted conception (including IUI, IVF, ICSI and OD).This should include all of the criteria used in consideration of tertiary care referral. 11/05/2009

 

 13/05/2009
 40  We would welcome any information you are able to provide on your PCTs allocation and spending plans to fund planned respite breaks for carers. 13/05/2009   13/05/2009
 47 Please can you give me details of all the APMS contracts you have with providers covering medical or nursing services; Including the name of the provider, details of the service(s) the contract covers and  its location or area.  20/05/2009    21/05/2009