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9 PCTS planning to upload records as part of the accelerated SCR rollout

Dr Neil Bhatia made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Health

The request was successful.

From: Dr Neil Bhatia

29 April 2010

Dear DoH

I would like to make a request under the FOI Act regarding the
accelerated Summary Care Record rollout.

For the purposes of the Act, the date of your receipt of this
request will be 29th April 2010.

In an interview with Tony Collins from ComputerWeekly about the 5
SHAs involved in the accelerated rollout of the Summary Care Record

http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony...

CfH stated that "Of the 70 PCT's Public Information Programmes, at
this stage the majority are focusing on the public awareness phase
and only 9 PCTs have planned uploads of records."

• Please could you list these 9 PCTs

As per Section 4a of Part 1 of the FOI Act
(
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukp...
) I would like the information in question held at the time when my
request is received (draft or otherwise), except that account may
be taken of any amendment or deletion made between now and the
latest time by which the information is to be communicated to me,
being an amendment or deletion that would have been made regardless
of the receipt of my request.

I would be grateful if you would be kind enough to send me the
requested information promptly and in any event not later than the
twentieth working day following the date of receipt of my request -
that is by then end of the working day of 28th May 2010.

If my request is denied in whole or in part, or specific items
within the responses are withheld from disclosure, then you must
justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the
act, as per Section 17 of the Act
(
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukp...
). Where you rely on a qualified exemption to withhold disclosure,
you are obliged to consider the public interest in your decision
and the refusal notice must explain not only which exemption
applies and why, but also the public interest arguments addressed
in reaching the decision.

I wish to receive the information by email; I believe such a
request would be reasonable in these circumstances. As per Section
11 of Part 1 of the FOI Act (
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukp...
) I would be grateful if you would "so far as reasonably
practicable give effect to that preference"; if you determine that
it is not reasonably practicable to comply with this preference
then you are required by law to notify me of the reasons for your
determination.

The “return address” (to which the information that I have
requested be should be sent ) is the email address that this
particular request originates from (i.e. ending in
'@whatdotheyknow.com').

I would be grateful if you would kindly acknowledge receipt of this
request as recommended by the ICO (“It would be good practice to
acknowledge receipt of requests and to refer to the 20 working day
time limit, so that applicants know their request is being dealt
with”).

Thank you once again.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Neil Bhatia

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Department of Health

29 April 2010

Thank you for contacting the Department of Health.
This is an automatic acknowledgement that does not require a response.
Where a reply is appropriate we aim to send one within 20 working days.

If your enquiry is about a medical matter, please contact NHS Direct on
0845 4647 or visit [1]NHS Choices, or contact your GP surgery.

For general health information you may also find it helpful to refer to
[2]Directgov, the UK Government's Official information website, or the
Department of Health website's [3]Frequently Asked Questions.

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Department of Health

11 May 2010

Our refs: DE502177

11 May 2010

Dear Dr Bhatia

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 29 April. You
wrote:

`In an interview with Tony Collins from Computer Weekly about the 5 SHAs
involved in the accelerated rollout of the Summary Care Record
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony...

CfH stated that "Of the 70 PCT's Public Information Programmes, at
this stage the majority are focusing on the public awareness phase
and only 9 PCTs have planned uploads of records."
o Please could you list these 9 PCTs'

A joint statement regarding the Summary Care Record (SCR) was released by
the British Medical Association (BMA) and General Practitioners' Committee
(GPC) with NHS Employers on 4 May 2010, on behalf of the Department of
Health (DH) and NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CfH). The statement, which
is available from the BMA website
(http://www.bma.org.uk/images/scrstatemen...), stated that
"NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CfH) and BMA have agreed that the upload
of information to the Summary Care Record (SCR) should only take place in
any practice once the practice and the primary care trust (PCT) agree that
patients have been adequately informed about the process and properly
enabled to opt out should they wish". The statement confirms that "This
will apply both to areas which were working to implement the SCR prior to
the 'accelerated roll out' but have yet to upload patient data, as well as
those practices in areas deemed to be "accelerated" and this status should
not preclude uploads where agreement about adequate information has been
reached".

Can we assume that your request for PCT names has been superseded in the
light of this new information?

I hope this reply is helpful. If you are unhappy with the service you
have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or
request a review of our decision, you should write to:

Head of the Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health
Room 317
Richmond House
79 Whitehall,
London
SW1A 2NS

Email: [email address]

If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Department. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Lynn Swyny
FOI Case Manager
Department of Health

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From: Dr Neil Bhatia

11 May 2010

Dear Department of Health,

No, I still require the name of the 9 PCTs please, as per my
request, by 28th May as per the law.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Neil Bhatia

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14 May 2010

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