Continuing Healthcare for Spinal Cord Injured people

Dear Mr Burden

Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information to NHS East Midlands
which was received on 10 June 2011.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that
came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to:

• Acknowledge receipt of your request within 2 working days;
• Respond to your request within 20 working days.

We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than 8
July 2011.

Yours Sincerely

Chris Brady
FOI/DPA – NHS East Midlands

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Dear Mr Burden

Freedom of Information

I refer to your email of 10 June 2011 requesting information in respect of
Continuing Healthcare for Spinal Cord Injured people.

I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold the information that you have requested.

However, it should be the case that local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) do
hold the information that you require in terms of your first two questions
as these assessments need to be carried out PCTs.

Regarding your remaining questions, I assume that you are referring to
cases considered by Independent Review Panels which are convened by the
Strategic Health Authority (SHA). However, we do not categorise this
information in terms of the types of illness or injury so we are unable to
provide you with the information that you require. Again, local PCTs may
be able to advise you if they are aware of any of their spinal injury
cases coming to an Independent Review Panel.

PCTs can be contacted individually via the following link to our website:

[1]http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local...

I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the
way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our
decision by writing to:-

Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG

If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may
complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-

The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Chris Brady

FOI/DPA – NHS East Midlands

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