Benzodiazepine Use

Dear Mr. Walton,

In response to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. You asked for the following information:

Question 1: How many people in your care (Camden and Islington) over the
following years are/or have been using benzodiazepines (including the Z's)

     Please can this broken down in terms of:

     1) the Following years, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

     And

A) Age

B) Ethnic group and

C) Gender for each.

Answer 1:

In order to provide you with the information on the scale that you have
requested would require a search of the paper records of each service user
we see (over 13,000 per year) to ascertain whether they had been both
prescribed and `used'/taken benzodiazepines, as we do not routinely
collect this information in an electronic format, at present.

Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse
requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed
the appropriate limit, which for NHS organisations is set at £450. This
represents the estimated cost of one person spending 3.5 working days in
determining whether the department holds the information, locating,
retrieving and extracting the information.

We estimate that it will take us in excess of 3.5 working days to
determine appropriate material and locate, retrieve and extract the
information in reference to your request. Therefore, your request will not
be processed further.

You may wish to refine your request by narrowing its scope, by being more
specific about what information you particularly wish to obtain, including
any dates or period of time relevant to the information required.

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.

Information on the information we hold and information on who to contact
if you are not satisfied is available on our website at:
[1]http://www.candi.nhs.uk/about_us/freedom...

Regards,

Ian

Ian Allsup

Interim Information Governance Manager

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust.

East Wing

St Pancras Hospital

4 St Pancras Way

London NW1 0PE

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From: Communications (CIMHSC)

Sent: 16 December 2008 11:54

To: Information, Freedom

Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Benzodiazepine Use

 

  _____ 

From: William Walton [mailto:[FOI #4711 email]]

Sent: Thu 11/12/2008 21:52

To: Communications (CIMHSC)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Benzodiazepine Use

     Dear Sir or Madam,

     Under the freedom of information act I would like to know how
many

     people in your care (camden and islington) over the following
years

     are/or have been using benzodiazepines (including the Z's)

     Please can this broken down in terms of

     1) the Following years, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

     and A)Age B)Ethnic group and C)Gender for each.

     Yours faithfully,

     Mr W.Walton

    

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Dear Mr. Walton,

In response to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. You asked for the following information:

Question:

Using the London NDTMS Database, please can you send me the information
you have with regard to benzodiazepine use.

Answer:

Attached is the information as requested. Please be aware that these
figures only cover the numbers of service users we see who report using
Benzodiazepine problematically.

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.

Information on the information we hold and information on who to contact
if you are not satisfied is available on our website at:
[1]http://www.candi.nhs.uk/about_us/freedom...

Regards,

Ian

Ian Allsup

Interim Information Governance Manager

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust.

East Wing

St Pancras Hospital

4 St Pancras Way

London NW1 0PE

Privileged/confidential information may be contained in this e-mail and is
intended only for the use of the addressees named. If you are not a named
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people, or you have received this e-mail by mistake, you may not copy or
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forward this message to further recipients if you are certain the message
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please notify the sender immediately and delete the entire message and
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