Information relating to the forthcoming rollout of the SCR

Dear Somerset PCT

I would like to make some requests under the FOI Act regarding the
rollout of the Summary Care Record.

For the purposes of the Act, the date of your receipt of this
request will be 12th March 2009.

From the splendid "Jennifer's Journal" page of Somerset LMC's March
newsletter, I understand that, as regards the SCR, "propaganda will
be going out to patients over the next few weeks and they will be
given the opportunity to opt out."

http://www.somersetlmc.co.uk/documents/n...

• Please would you confirm if your PCT really is a "fast follower",
or "potential fast follower" PCT as regards the SCR rollout.

• Please would you send me the minutes (draft or approved) of any
PCT meeting (e.g. Project Board, Project Implementation team)
regarding the Summary Care Record/NCRS/Healthspace created or
updated between 1st October 2008 and 27th February 2009.

• Please would you send me any PCT SCR/NCRS/Healthspace Highlight
Reports (draft or approved) created or updated between 1st October
2008 and 27th February 2009.

• Please would you send me any PCT SCR/NCRS/Healthspace Issue Logs
and Risk Logs (draft or approved) created or updated between 1st
October 2008 and 27th February 2009.

• Please inform me as to what meetings take place within the PCT on
a regular basis regarding any forthcoming SCR Rollout, and what
updating documents (such as logs or board/implementation team
updates) are produced on a regular basis.

Please could you also send me:

• The latest version of the patient (PIP) letter that you are
sending out, or planning to send out to residents about the SCR.

• The latest version of the SCR opt out form that patients will be
using in your PCT.

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 9th April.

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 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

Dear Jade,

Just a polite reminder that you are obliged to send me the
information requested promptly but no later than the end of 9th
April.

Kind regards,

Dr Neil Bhatia

Dear Jade,

Thank you.

Regards,

Dr Neil Bhatia

Dear Jade,

I note your opt out form is already out of date.

It is still a section 10 DPA request form, which is no longer being
used - in fact, the ICO ordered CfH to stop using s10 almost 2
years ago.

The latest CfH form is here:
http://www.bolton.nhs.uk/Library/your_he...

Regards,

Dr Neil Bhatia