Dear DoH

I would like to make further requests under the FOI Act.

For the purposes of the Act, the date of your receipt of this
request will be 24th April.

• Please could you inform me as to the total number of Summary Care
Records successfully created (and uploaded) as of 24th April 2009.

• Please could you inform me as to the total number of Summary Care
Records successfully created (and uploaded) for children aged less
than 16 yrs old, as of 24th April 2009.

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 26th May.

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

Thank you for your enquiry.

We aim to respond within 20 working days.
If there is likely to be any delay we will contact you to let you know.

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Our ref: DE408830

Dear Dr Bhatia

Thank you for your FOI request of 24 April, for

• The total number of Summary Care Records successfully created
(and uploaded) as of 24th April 2009

• The total number of Summary Care Records successfully created
(and uploaded) for children aged less than 16 yrs old, as of 24th April
2009

I am writing to advise you that as at 24 April 2009, 258,488 patients’
clinical records had been updated to form Summary Care Records. The
Department does not hold information about the number of these that
were created for patients under the age of 16 years, as the data does
not differentiate Summary Care Records or patients by age.

I hope that this is helpful. If you are unhappy with the Department’s
handling of the Freedom of Information aspect 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 and should be addressed to:

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

Email: [1][email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of 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

Please contact me if you have any queries about this letter.

Yours sincerely,

Lynn Swyny
FOI Case Manager

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References

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