Freedom of Information request - prescribing of antibiotics

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Dear NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group,

We are currently researching the change in GP prescribing behaviour in urinary tract infections.

Please can you provide us with the following information:

Do you have a formulary used by primary care prescribers? If so, what is the current status of nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim with respect to urinary tract infections (e.g. first line, second line, etc)

Has the status of either nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim changed in the formulary since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the previous status(es) and details of the date(s) of change.

Have you had any work plans in place with respect to nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim prescribing since 2014? If so, can you please provide documents and start date.

Have you had any GP prescribing incentive schemes or similar which relate to trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin prescribing since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the documents.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Goldacre and Richard Croker

CumbriaCCG-FOI (01H) NHS North Cumbria CCG,

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Dear Ben and Richard

Thank you for your request for information. Please find an acknowledgement letter of the receipt of your request attached. We will be in touch as soon as possible with the information to answer your query.

Kind regards

NHS North Cumbria CCG

NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group
4 Wavell Drive, Rosehill
Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2SE

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CumbriaCCG-FOI (01H) NHS North Cumbria CCG,

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Dear Ben and Richard

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards

NHS North Cumbria CCG

NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group
4 Wavell Drive, Rosehill
Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2SE

www.northcumbriaccg.nhs.uk

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.  Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent the views of NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) unless otherwise explicitly stated.  The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this email and your reply cannot be guaranteed.  The CCG accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted with this email, so although virus checked before transmission, the recipient should also check for the presence of viruses

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