Area Office
Aldershot Centre for Health
Hospital Hill
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 1AY
Office Telephone:
01252 335100
Facsimile:
01252 335101
Direct Dial:
01252 335141
Website:
www.hampshire.nhs.uk
Email Address:
[email address]
Freedom of Information Email Address:
[email address]
Our Reference: FOI-1178
2 December 2009
Via email
Mr Richard Green
[FOI #23581 email]
Dear Mr Green
Your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email of 23 November 2009 where you requested information about orthodontists
in the Portsmouth and Hampshire area who hold an NHS contract to treat adult patients.
A list of all dentists holding NHS contracts within the area of Hampshire PCT is available via the NHS
Choices website: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/trust.aspx?id=5qc&v=3 .
There is no list of dentists holding NHS orthodontic contracts to treat adult patients within the area of
Hampshire PCT as any such procedure will be referred to, and assessed individually by NHS
Hampshire’s Non-Contractual Referral process as set out in the
“Policy and Procedure for non-
contractual
referrals”
http://www.hampshire.nhs.uk/create-content/upload-files/doc_download/613-
policy-and-procedure-for-non-contractual-referrals-cor-cmg-06-v2-00 . The policy for considering adult
cases on an individual basis is in line with national guidance and access to NHS orthodontic treatment
should be via a dentist (NHS or private), when options should be discussed directly with the dentist.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the
response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Freedom of Information reviews, C/O Chief Executive’s Office, NHS Hampshire, Omega House, 112
Southampton Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 5PB.
NHS Hampshire is part of Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Headquarters, Omega House, 112 Southampton Road, Eastleigh, Hants SO50 5PB Tel: 023 8062 7444
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot
make a decision unless you have already exhausted NHS Hampshire’s complaints procedure. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe
House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on the Information
Commissioner's website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/ .
Yours sincerely
Debbie Broughall
Freedom of Information Officer
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