Febrile Neutropenia

Dear Mr. Clark

I do not understand why you are sending me a request for an internal
review for a request we have never received from you. Perhaps you could
clarify this for me?

I have checked back on my log and the only request we have received from
you was on the 10th February 2009 and it was fully answered within the
20 day deadline. I have copied the request and the answer below for your
information.

Could I get the number of people who received any chemotherapy
in
2008.

You requested the number of people receiving Chemotherapy during
2008.
The number of individual patients is 553, but the number of
(inpatient/day case) episodes is 2,816 as obviously one patient comes
in a number of times for the delivery of their Chemotherapy

If there should have been another part to the request which we did not
received we would be happy to process that now. Pleasew could you let me
know?

Your sincerely
Gillian Alloway
Freedom of Information Manager

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Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your enquiry requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 which we received today. We will now proceed with
the request. It is our intention to have the information sent out by
3.6.09

The request is subject to any exemption which the Trust is entitled to
apply to refuse the request, some of which are absolute and some of
which only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that in disclosing the information.

Once the information has been identified the Trust may also ask that a
fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you.
Details of any fee to be charged will be notified to you as soon as
possible.

Any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter should
be marked private & confidential and sent to the Freedom of Information
Lead. Luton and Dunstable NHS Trust, Lewsey Road, Luton, Beds, LU4 0DZ.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

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Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information
I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by
the Trust under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please find our response enclosed.

There were 35 patients admitted with this in 2008.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any noncommercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other reuse, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most
documents supplied by Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust will have
been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You
can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright on
HMSOnline at:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licence...
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright
continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or
organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure
that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non
Crown Copyright) information.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response you are
entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the Trust's Complaints
Procedure. The Trust's Complaints Officer can be contacted or by writing
to Patient Affairs. Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust, Lewsey
Road, Luton, Beds, LU4 0DZ.

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 Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer

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