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For the 2007/08 and 2008-09 financial years, I would like to request the full expense claims of the following employees of the trust: Chief Executive, the Finance Director, the Clinical or Medical Director, the personnel director and the top three highest-paid employees who are not included on the above list.For expense claims, I would like to request a full list of all claims made broken down to identify each item claimed, the cost of each item claimed and, where available and within FOIA cost limits, copies of all receipts submitted. If any of the individuals hold a credit card linked to the trust then I would request a copy of the bills for the most recent financial year.
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02/06/2009
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20/08/2009
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Can you tell me how many doses of the morning after pill were given to under 16 year olds in the PCT area in the financial year 2008/9? Can you tell me how much the PCT spent on prescribing the morning after pill to under 16 year olds in 2008/9? Can you tell me how many doses of the morning after pill were given as a whole in the PCT area in the financial year 2008/9? Can you tell me how much the PCT spent on prescribing the morning after pill as a whole in the financial year 2008/9?
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16/06/2009
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24/08/2009
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120
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1. How much was your primary care budget for the following services in 2008/09 and what is your projected spending for 2009/10 and 2010/11?
a. GP prescribing
b. Alcohol misuse
c. Smoking cessation
d. Sexual health
e. Mental health
f. Weight management programmes
g. Obesity surgery
h. Fertility
i. Homeopathy
j. Acupuncture
k. Health visitors
2. Do you operate a prescribing formulary for primary care? If yes, was this introduced in the last 12 months? If no, do you intend to introduce one in the next 12 months?
3. How many applications for exceptional funding did you have in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/9, and how many were accepted? Of those that were refused, how many successfully appealed?
4. How many complaints have you had from GPs about rationing decisions for treatments in each of the last three financial years?
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03/07/2009
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02/08/2009
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128
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1. In your PCT, how many (a) people, (b) under 18-year-olds, (c) under 16-year-olds and (d) under 12-year-olds were treated with i) methadone or ii) other opiate-replacement drugs (please specify which) in each of the last five years. 2. In your PCT, how many (a) people, (b) under 18-year-olds, (c) under 16-year-olds and (d) under 12-year-olds were treated for heroin overdose (please specify how e.g. administration of Naloxone) in each of the last five years.
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09/07/2009
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05/08/2009
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129
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We would be very grateful if you could share with us details on currently contracted dental practices (name, whether it is part of a group, number of chairs, 2008/09 contract value, UDA value and volume, and address) spend on dentistry over the last 3 years -number of UDAs (units of dental activity) commissioned over the last 3 years -average UDA value over the last 3 years - number of dental contracts over the last 3 years
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09/07/2009
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06/08/2009
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A photocopy of all receipts pertaining to expenses claimed by the Chief Executive of East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT and Hastings and Rother PCT - and the former organisations before the reconfiguration - Hastings and St Leonards PCT, Bexhill and Rother PCT, Sussex Downs and Weald PCT, and Eastbourne Downs PCT.
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136
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Under FOI Act, could you please provide us with the following information?
Ø Use of independent continuing/complex care providers
• What are the independent continuing care companies that you use to provide complex care packages in clients’ homes? Which segments does each of these companies focus on? (Providers of acquired brain injury care, learning disabilities, palliative care, etc.)
• Do you have an in-house team providing continuing/complex care in clients’ homes? If so, what proportion (as a number of packages) continuing/complex care is outsourced to independent providers? What was it in the previous years and how is it expected to change in the future?
Ø Expenditure on continuing/complex care
• What was the PCT budget for the expenditure on continuing care packages at home for 2009 and what is the projected actual expenditure? What is the PCT budget for the total expenditure on continuing care packages at home for 2010? What proportion of this is the 100% NHS funded Continuing Care?
• What is the budget and actual expenditure on Continuing Care in establishments (nursing homes, care homes, hospices, etc.) in 2009 and 2010? What proportion of this is the 100% NHS funded continuing care?
• What is the Local Authority contribution towards joint provision of continuing care/complex care packages at home when both the PCT and the Local Authority pay for care?
• Are budgets for 2009 and 2010 being reduced due to recession?
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15/07/2009
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11/08/2009
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139
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1. What are the opening hours of the GUM clinics you provide funding for within your PCT? 2. How much did you spend on GUM clinics in (a) 2006-07; (b) 2007-08; (c) 2008-09 and how much are you planning to spend in (a) 2009-10; and (b) 2010-11 3. In a) 2007-08 b) 2008-09 how many people attended GUM clinics for a general check up?
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17/07/2009
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11/08/2009
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141
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1. Please state how many collection points for anti-virals your trust currently has in operation (as of today – Monday 20 July). Please state the (a) postcode location and (b) opening hours of each collection point. 2. Please list all items of information or documentation that ‘flu friends’ are required to produce when collecting antivirals at collection points. 3. Please state what guidance your trust has issued to special schools in your area regarding swine flu. 4. Please state what guidance your trust has issued to its own professionals (e.g. occupational therapists) regarding their work in special schools if in cases where the professionals may have been in contact with swine flu.
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20/07/2009
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17/08/2009
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142
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What extra costs has the PCT incurred associated with handling the swine flu outbreak since 30 April 2009? Please detail all related additional or increased expenses, including but not limited to staff overtime, extra publicity materials, hiring external contractors, increased prescribing costs, altered contracts with service providers such as out of hours organisations and increased hospital referrals? Please note I’m not looking for an itemised summary, simply an overall figure and then a figure for each of the areas (ie extra spend on staff expenses, extra spend on publicity and so on, plus any other areas I have not included).
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21/07/2009
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14/08/2009
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143
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Could you tell me what schemes the Trust has in place for the diversion of people with mental health problems from the criminal justice system and where they are diverted to? How many staff do you have working in diversion schemes? Do you provide training on spotting and dealing with mental health problems to all staff working in diversion schemes.
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20/07/2009
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12/08/2009
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144
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'Medendium — working together for patients', is the comprehensive networking directory of primary care contacts and organisations.
Could you please advise the following:
1. 2009/2010 PCT Budget figure.
2. Total registered patient population.
3. How many GPs in the PCT area.
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21/07/2009
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05/08/2009
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145
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Please could you tell me:
1/ What use does the PCT make of ‘mystery shopping’ or other systems of anonymous audit to assess general practices in your area? If you do not currently use mystery shopping, do you have any plans to introduce it?
2/ What use does the PCT make of ‘mystery shopping’ or other systems of anonymous audit to assess NHS services other than general practice in your area? If you do not currently use mystery shopping for this, do you have any plans to introduce it?
3/ Are mystery shoppers used to assess services in your area which would normally require a GP referral (eg exercise referral schemes) and if so, are they given a de facto GP referral?
If you do use mystery shopping or similar techniques to assess general practices, please could you also tell me:
4/ When did the PCT begin using mystery shoppers?
5/ What aspects of general practices are mystery shoppers asked to assess, and how are they asked to assess them?
6/ How many mystery shopping inspections took place (or how many reports were filed) in:
a/ January – June 2007
b/ July – December 2007
c/ January – June 2008
d/ July – December 2008
e/ January – June 2009
7/ How much was spent on mystery shopping or similar audits in:
a/ January – June 2007
b/ July – December 2007
c/ January – June 2008
d/ July – December 2008
e/ January – June 2009
Please explain roughly what this was spent on (ie was it spent on training, or direct payments to mystery shoppers, etc)
8/ How many mystery shoppers does your PCT currently have on its roster?
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21/07/2009
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14/08/2009
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147
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Within Hastings & Rother PCT and considering General Dental Service contracts awarded to General Dental Practitioners: 1a. How many dental contractors in the PCT failed to achieve 96% of their contracted Units of Dental Activity in 2008/9? 1b. What percentage of active contracts does this equate to? 2a. How many dental contractors have had or will have, as a result of a failure to provide at least 96% of their contracted Units of Dental Activity in 2008/9 or in previous years, a deduction or repayment of the relevant payment? 2b. What percentage of active contracts does this equate to?2c. What is the total value of the payments as referred to in question 2a, across the PCT as a whole
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22/07/2009
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12/08/2009
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148
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Does your trust keep a record of threats of violence and acts of violence carried out against GPs? 2. If so, please can the trust provide figures for how many: a) threats of violence, and b) acts of violence, were reported in the past 12 months against GPs during… i) core working hours (Mon-Fri 8:00am - 6:30pm) ii) extended hours shifts (evenings and weekends) 3. Please can the trust provide figures for how many: a) threats of violence, and b) acts of violence, were reported in the past 12 months against all NHS workers in the primary care trust? 4. Please could you provide brief details of each incident carried out against GPs and all NHS staff 5. How many of these incidents resulted in prosecutions being undertaken against perpetrators? 6. Have GPs been offered security alarms to protect against potential attacks? If so, how many GPs in your trust area currently have such a device. If not, are there any plans to introduce security alarms, and what is the timescale for this?
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22/07/2009
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14/08/2009
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149
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Please could you email me responses to these questions: What was your total expenditure in the financial year 2008-9 on residential and nursing care placements for people with mental health problems? What proportion of the total cost was spent on placements within and on placements outside your PCT/LA authority area? How many individual clients does this figure represent? How many of these individuals were in placements within and how many were outside your local borough/LA authority area?
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24/07/2009
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21/08/2009
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150
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I am looking at Mental Health funding and the provision of services in the UK, and the likely effect of the economic recession on Mental Health funding. Please could you provide me with information on Adult Mental Health services that will be tendered in 09/10. What would be extremely useful is a name / description of the service and an approx. value.
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24/07/2009
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17/08/2009
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151
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I would like to request the number of gender reassignment operations carried out by the trust in each of the last five years. I would also like to request the total cost of the operations.
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25/07/2009
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24/08/2009
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154
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Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, please provide the following details: The number of people diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder or ADHD, by age or specific age group The number of people diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder or ADHD by council ward or equivalent geographic grouping The number of people prescribed with methylphenidate </wiki/Methylphenidate> (Ritalin etc), by age or specific age group The number of people prescribed with methylphenidate (Ritalin etc) by council ward or nearest available geographic grouping
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27/07/2009
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21/08/2009
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155
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How does your appeals system work?
*How long does an appeal take (on average)?
*What are the different processes? (Do you have a diagram or written policy?)
*How are patients supported when going through an appeal?
*How is the appeal committee constituted?
*How often does the appeal committee meet?
*What are the criteria for appealing for the second time?
What is your local policy on Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)?
*Do you fund FES on a routine basis for people with MS or other neurological conditions?
*Is it considered a low or high priority?
*Has your position changed as a result of the NICE guidance that was published in January 2009?
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24/07/2009
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21/08/2009
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156
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I would be grateful if you could provide me with some information to the following questions.
1. a) Who is responsible for the agreement to supply emollient bags to patients?
b) Is it the PCT who determines which samples of emollient are contained within these bags?
c) Are these emollient bags fully reimbursable by the NHS?
2. a) How are the emollient bags distributed?
b) Are the bags made up by pharmacies at the point of script?
c) Are these bags available for purchase by OTC customers at the pharmacy? If so, how much?
3. a) How many are distributed per month nationally?
b) Can these be broken down by SHA or PCT?
4. Are there any particular SHA’s and PCT’s that would be interested in piloting these schemes to evaluate their effectiveness in increasing patient compliance?
I would be grateful for any further information that could aid me in this task.
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27/07/2009
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14/08/2009
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157
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A copy of the social services organisation chart of your adult social services department (all functions) - from Director level through to the lowest level worker you have recorded.
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28/07/2009
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11/08/2009
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159
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Please could you provide me with a copy of your Mental Health Autumn Assessment Report (2007 & 2008), sometimes referred to as Mental Health Financial Mapping.
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29/07/2009
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11/08/2009
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160
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Name and contact details of the Weight Management Co-Ordinator from the Food and Health Team/Department of Nutrition and Dietetics within the PCT.
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31/07/2009
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18/08/2009
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161
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Please see below to see which documents I require:-
1. ICT Strategy 0910
2. ICT Structure (diagram please)
3. The Trust’s Business/Annual/Corporate Plan
4. The Trust’s Corporate Management Structure
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03/08/2009
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21/08/2009
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162
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Can you tell me which GP in the PCT area received the most income from
the PCT in the last financial year and how much that was?
Can you tell me how much the PCT pays to family doctors per hour for
providing out of hours services?
What was the highest amount paid to a GP in the PCT area in 2008/9?
What was the highest amount paid to a GP in the PCT area in 2007/8?
What was the total income paid to GPs as a whole across the PCT in 2008/9?
What was the total income paid to GPs as a whole across the PCT in 2007/8?
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04/08/2009
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26/08/2009
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163
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1) How many Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Contracts have been awarded in your PCT?
2) What are the names of the providers who have been awarded these contracts?
3) What is the classification of each of these contract holders? (Independent contractor, PCT controlled, GP-led consortia, GP not in consortia, voluntary sector, or acute trust)
4) What date did these APMS contracts commence and what is the duration of each contract?
5) What is the monetary value of each contract?
6) How is each APMS contract being used? (as a polyclinic, under the equitable access programme, or for some other reason)
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04/08/2009
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11/08/2009
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164
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1) For 2008/09 a copy of your Practice Based Commissioning Framework under which the PBC Consortias/Clusters/Alliances/Neighbourhoods worked. If this is not clear then by this I mean the document that sets out the amount the y1) For 2008/09 a copy of your Practice Based Commissioning Framework under which the PBC Consortias/Clusters/Alliances/Neighbourhoods worked. If this is not clear then by this I mean the document that sets out the amount the your PBC Consortias are paid for participating in PBC, what requirements they have to comply with, any incentive payments (e.g. for ensuring X % of patients referred through Choose and Book or Y% increase in patients on statins).
2) For 2007/08 and 2008/09 copies of any business cases submitted to the PCT by PBC Consortias including an indication of which were approved and which were not please.
3) For 2007/08 and 2008/09 copies of any business case evaluations relating to approved business cases.
4) Who is your PBC lead within the PCT please?our PBC Consortias are paid for participating in PBC, what requirements they have to comply with, any incentive payments (e.g. for ensuring X % of patients referred through Choose and Book or Y% increase in patients on statins).
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05/08/2009
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26/08/2009
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165
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1. The process for inclusion of a Primary Care funded drug on to your local shared care formulary:
a) Who usually makes the initial submission for new drug funding? B) To whom is the business case for the new drug submitted? C) Which bodies and committees are involved in the decision making process to agree new drug funding?
2. The names and titles of the members involved in the decision making bodies and committees for formulary inclusion and funding of new drugs?
3. The dates of your Drug & Therapeutics and Area Prescribing Committee meetings for 2010.
4. Minutes from the last meeting when you discussed the inclusion of osteoporosis product on to your local formulary.
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04/08/2009
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21/08/2009
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166
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Contact details of:
Director of Nursing
Community Nurse for children
Children’s Commissioners
Nurse Consultant for Long Term Conditions.
Could you please provide me with the email and telephone number of these people within your trust?
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05/08/2009
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21/08/2009
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167
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Records Management Guidance was updated in 2009 and now states that Expense Claims (Including travel & subsistence claims & authorisations) should be retained for 5 years - please could i have 5 years worth of ALL expenses claims (including travel and subsistence claims and authorisations) for the Chief Executives of both PCTs.
If you foresee a problem in terms of time restraints to provide such information please let me know as soon as possible information on how many members of staff working to provide information within this time and information on their efficiacy based on information available.
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05/08/2009
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18/08/2009
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168
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How many prescriptions has the PCT issued for free in circumstances where the patient claims they are exempt from NHS prescription charges but does not produce any evidence to support this claim (a circumstance the Department of Health classifies as 'evidence not seen')? I would like to request this information for each year since 2005 for which this information is available.
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30/07/2009
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25/08/2009
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169
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Could you please tell me whether the PCT has appointed a board member with responsibility for pharmacy services in line with Department of Health recommendations in the guidance document World Class Commissioning: Improving Pharmaceutical Services, which was published this April. If a board member has not yet been appointed could you provide details of what steps,if any, you have initiated to appoint a board member with responsibility for pharmaceutical services?
Please include copies of material which you hold in the form of paper and electronic records including emails.
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07/08/2009
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28/08/2009
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172
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Please provide data showing the number of children under 12 who have attended GPs showing signs of side effects of Tamiflu in each of the last three months (June, July and August up to present date). If possible, please break down the symptoms they showed. Please also provide figures for any cases which were serious enough for the patient to be referred to hospital.
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12/08/2009
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25/08/2009
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175
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How many staff members have received private sector treatment paid for by the Trust in each of the last three years? 2. How much has the Trust spent on providing private sector treatment to NHS staff in each of the last three years? 3. What private sector treatment has been provided to NHS staff in each of the last three years and what treatment is currently on offer to staff? 4. How many members of staff have private health insurance included in their standard employment contracts
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12/08/2009
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26/08/2009
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177
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a) The PCT’s average £s per Unit of Dental Activity UDA; and b) The PCT’s average £’s per Unit of Orthodontic Activity (UOA) and c) The number of UDA’s commissioned, by practice, across the PCT’s administrative area; and d) The number of UOA’s commissioned, by practice, across the PCT’s administrative area.
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14/08/2009
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19/08/2009
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181
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Can you please detail, for each of the last five years, how much money has been spent on creating, developing, maintaining and extending any internal or external websites operated by your organisation. If possible, please categorise these costs. For example, into amounts spent on development, design, content management, hosting, licensing/commercial software costs, etc. Please also indicate whether these costs were internal or incurred with an external supplier. If an external supplier was used, please provide their company name.
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17/08/2009
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27/08/2009
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185
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Could you please supply me with a copy of the following data relating to serious incidents (serious untoward incidents): * Number of serious incidents (serious untoward incidents) reported in the PCT in the past year (or latest data, please state timescale), including breakdown of: - The number of serious incidents involving pharmacists. - The number of serious incidents involving dispensing errors. - The number of serious incidents involving dispensing errors where a pharmacist was not involved. - Details of those incidents, including result of error, result of investigation and action taken by the PCT. - The number of investigated cases involving pharmacists or pharmacies referred to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. - The number of investigated cases involving pharmacists or pharmacies referred to the police.
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19/08/2009
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29/08/2009
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187
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1] For 07/08, how many pregnant women at their pregnancy booking/assessment appointment (at 12 weeks or before, or least 36 weeks during their pregnancy) requested or were offered a home birth? 2] Of the women who requested a home birth at their pregnancy booking/assessment appointment or by at least 36 weeks of their pregnancy, how many had a planned home birth? 3] Has your Trust suspended its home birth service in 07/08? 4] If your Trust has suspended its home birth service in 07/08, how long was the home birth service suspended for? 5] If your Trust’s home birth service was suspended, what was the reason for suspending this service, such as such as shortage of community midwives to staff home births or community midwives were needed to staff maternity units or other reasons (please specify any other reasons)? 6] How many of the women requesting a homebirth at their pregnancy booking/assessment appointment at 12 week or at least at 36 weeks during their pregnancy during labour were transferred from a home birth to a hospital setting due to an obstetric or neonatal emergency?
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21/08/2009
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25/08/2009
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188
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Could you please supply me with a copy of the following information relating to budgeting: How has your PCT planned for funding increases/decreases/freezes from 2011? How much does your PCT intend to spend on community pharmacy services in 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12? What decisions have been made or discussions have been had on community pharmacy services that may be commissioned or cancelled for 2010/11 and 2011/12?
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25/08/2009
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27/08/2009
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189
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1. Please list all primary medical care services the PCT has put out to tender this calendar year. 2. Please state which of these categories applies to each GP practice placed out to tender: a) A former PCT-run practice, b) A former GMS / PMS practice, c) A new practice. 3.Please state the total number of PCT-run GP practices in your trust.
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25/08/2009
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26/08/2009
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191
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The number of referrals from the care trust to local authorities for disabled facilities grants, broken down by local authority, for the following financial years: (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) April to end of July 2009.
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27/08/2009
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27/08/2009
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