Our ref: 378

Your ref: Email 20/01/2009

04^th February 2009

Dear Ms Mr Clarke,

Freedom of Information Request

Many thanks for your request for information regarding Chemotherapy induced Febrile Neutropenia:

Could I obtain the number of people who were diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia and the number of deaths due to chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in 2008?

40 patients were diagnosed with Chemotherapy induced Febrile Neutropenia in 2008. Less than 10 patients died as a result of Chemotherapy induced Febrile Neutropenia.

The exact number of deaths due to Chemotherapy induced Febrile Neutropenia is significantly low and therefore will not be released by the Trust in line with Section 40: Personal Information - of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This completes the Trust response to your request, but please note:

Re-use of Public Sector Information

All information supplied by the Trust in answering a request for information (RFI) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental Information Regulations is the copyright of Barnsley NHS Foundation Trust, and is subject to the terms of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005, Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1515 which came into force on 1^st July 2005.

Under the terms of the Regulations, the Trust will not license the re-use of any or all information supplied if it is being used in a form and for a purpose other than which it was originally supplied.

This license for re-use will be in line with the requirements of the Regulations and the licensing terms and fees as laid down by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). Most licenses will be free; however the Trust reserves the right, in certain circumstances, to charge a fee for the re-use of some information which it deems to be of commercial value.

Further information can be found at www.opsi.gov.uk where a sample licence terms and fees can be found with guidance on copyright and publishing notes and a Guide to Best Practice and regulated advice and case studies, at www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/psi-regulations/index.htm

Your rights

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request, you may ask for an internal review in accordance with Section VI Complaints Procedures of the Section 45 Code of Practice of the Freedom of Information Act 2000: and in accordance with the Trust's Code of Practice for Responding to Requests for Information.

If you wish to complain you should contact:

Head of Health Informatics

Block 12

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Gawber Road

Barnsley

S75 2EP

[email address]

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.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications

Yours sincerely

Katie Hyde

Acting Information Governance Manager

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

01226 432017

[email address]

Information Governance Department

Tel: 01226 730000 ext 2017