Prescription costs

Dear John

When did you send the Freedom of Information Request?

Regards

Lizzie Lawrie

Clerical Officer

Corporate Services

Telephone - 01592 643355 ext 8977

Email - [1][email address]

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Dear John

NHS Fife has not received your Freedom of Information Request. Can you resend the request and I will deal with it.

Regards

Lizzie Lawrie
Clerical Officer
Corporate Services

Telephone - 01592 643355 ext 8977
Email - [email address]

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Dear John

I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information Request, which we received on Friday 7 May 2010.

I can confirm that it is currently being processed and you will receive your reply no later than Thursday 3 June 2010.

Please allow postage if applicable.

Gavin Brown
FOI Lead Director, NHS Fife

Lizzie Lawrie
Clerical Officer
Corporate Services

Telephone - 01592 643355 ext 8977
Email - [email address]

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Freedom of Information Request 1037

John Douglas

Dear Mr Douglas

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST:

Prescription Costs

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 7 May 2010
regarding the above.

You asked how much a prescription costs the NHS to buy i.e. not the person
who pays for the prescription would pay, for the following medicines,
Codeine Phosphate Hemihydrate 30/500mg (Solpadol Effervescent tablets) box
of 100 tablets and Voltarol dispersible tablets (diclofenac) box of 20
tablets.

The NHS cost price for 100 Solpadol 30/500mg effervescent tablets is
£8.09 and for 21 Voltarol dispersible 50mg tablets it is £6.19.

Please note that these prices are NHS cost prices and are not the costs
that a patient would have to pay if they were to receive these products on
a private prescription.

I trust you will find this information useful.

However, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS Fife has dealt with this
request, you have 40 days in which to register a "requirement for review".

The complaint should be addressed to the NHS Fife Chief Executive in the
first instance, who will refer the matter to the Director of Corporate
Services. The complaint will be acknowledged immediately and a more
comprehensive reply will be sent within 20 days.

The NHS Fife Chief Executive will receive a report from the Director of
Corporate Services within the designated timescale and will decide whether
the requested information should now be disclosed or not.

If applicants are dissatisfied with the outcome of the Review Procedure,
they may seek an independent review from the Scottish Information
Commissioner.

Requests for review by the Scottish Information Commissioner should be
made in writing to:

Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

ST ANDREWS

Fife KY16 9DS

Telephone: 01334 464610

Fax: 01334 464611

Email: [1][email address]

Please acknowledge receipt of this email.

Yours sincerely

GAVIN BROWN

FOI Lead Director, NHS Fife

Lizzie Lawrie

Clerical Officer

Corporate Services

Telephone - 01592 643355 ext 8977

Email - [2][email address]

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