Oxfordshire and Bucks Mental Health NHS FT

Dear Sir/Madam,

I acknowledge receipt of your request below, which the Commission received on 4 July 2009.

The Commission will respond as soon as it can, but in any event, within 20 working days following the date of receipt. You can therefore expect a response by 31 July 2009.

Information Governance Manager
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Email: [email address]
Direct Tel: 020 7448 1765
Internal Tel: 3815

Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email]

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Dear Ms Speers,

Please see the Commission's response to your request dated 4 July 2009.

Yours sincerely

Kim Lok
Information Governance Manager
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Email: [1][email address]
Direct Tel: 020 7448 1765
Internal Tel: 3815

Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information
legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [2][Care Quality Commission request email]

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Dear Ms Speers,

I refer to your email below.

I am confused as to what you are seeking an internal review of.

You requested information as to an investigation into Oxfordshire and
Bucks Mental Health Trust NHS Foundation Trust. My colleague and manager,
Kim Lok, communicated in his letter of 28 July 2009 that at the time
of writing the Commission has yet to complete its preliminary enquiries.

This statement was true and it is not clear what you would expect from an
internal review of this fact.

Furthermore I can confirm in this email that at the time of writing the
investigation you are requesting information about is yet to be concluded.
The findings will be made public in due course once the investigation has
been concluded.

Regards,

Andrew Lall
Information Access Officer
Secretariat - Information Governance Team
Finsbury Tower
Care Quality Commission
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG

Direct Dial: 020 7448 9074
Ext: 3624

Statutory requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998 should be sent to
[1][Care Quality Commission request email]

From: D. Speers [[2]mailto:[FOI #14082 email]]

Sent: 24 August 2009 17:57

To: Lok, Kim

Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Oxfordshire
and Bucks Mental Health NHS FT

Dear Lok, Kim,

`Request for an internal review'.

I refer to my FOI questions on the concerns I have brought to your

attention re the handling of SUI by Oxon and Bucks Mental Health

Foundation Trust.

I have brought these concerns to Monitor who have referred this

situation to the CQC, and I believe the time limit for a full

response under FOI has now passed.

In the absence of the statutory public remit, that the Healthcare

Commission were empowered with to act on on our behalf, I am

bringing this matter to your attention again. I believe the CQC are

involved in preliminary enquiries and may be considering an

investigation.

As with the shambles identified in two investigation reports,

surrounding patient safety at two hospitals recently: Mid

Staffordshire FT Trust / West London Mental Health Trust, I remain

concerned that something as vital as patient safety and the correct

investigation of SUI still seems to be far down the list of

priorities for all involved in overseeing concerns on behalf of the

public. I copy you in on Monitor's response and must now question

how lessons are ever learnt?

Dear D. Speers

Thank you for your further query.

I understand that, based on the information received by Monitor,

the CQC is continuing to carry out preliminary enquiries into the

matters referred to in Monitor's letter to you of yesterday's date.

Once these preliminary enquiries have been concluded, the CQC may

carry out a formal investigation. Should you require more detailed

information on this, you may wish to contact the CQC directly.

Yours sincerely

John Vallance | Legal Adviser

Monitor Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts"

I am now requesting an internal review of CQC/Monitor's handling of

this and given the urgency of the situtaion, I would like to see a

timely, comprehensive response please.

Yours sincerely,

D. Speers

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