Medication Prompts
Dear NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
Medication prompts are defined as:
The definition of 'prompting' is: 'the action of saying something to persuade, encourage or remind someone to do or say something'. Prompting of medication is reminding a person of the time and asking if they have or are going to take their medicines. (Google.com)
1. Do you fund Medication Prompts?
2. If yes, under which funding budget line/service is it allocated? (i.e Pharmacy, IPP, CHC, DTOC etc)
3. Do you joint fund Medication Prompts with your local Adult Social Service Department?
4. How many clients do you currently fund?
5. What is your predicted annual spend for Medication Prompts?
6. How long / Since when have you funded Medication Prompting Service?
Please provide the information in electronic format at this email address. However, I am happy to receive them by post if that is more convenient.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary?
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
If you are not the appropriate authority for this request, or for part of it, please let me know as soon as is convenient.
If the information requested contains sections of confidential information, please blank out or remove these sections, and mark clearly that they have been removed.
Thank you for your help, I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Tanne Ray
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Reference: FOI 33763 GLO 11M - Medication Prompts
Dear Ms Ray
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 25
November 2019 regarding documents and services relating to Medication
Prompts.
I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):
o NHS Gloucestershire CCG
We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 23 December 2019.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days.
You should note however that the Act defines a number of exemptions which
may prevent us complying with either of these duties.
We will explain if this is the case and if we apply the 'public interest
test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at
With kind regards
Laine
Laine Newman | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer
NHS South, Central and West
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Reference: FOI 33763 GLO 11M - Medication Prompts
Dear Ms Ray
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 25
November 2019 regarding documents and services relating to Medication
Prompts.
Under Section 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that the below CCG does not hold the information requested.
Please see the table attached where you will be signposted as to where
this information may be held.
o NHS Gloucestershire CCG
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your
request for information, then in accordance with the Act you may ask us to
conduct a review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date
of receipt of the response to your original request and should be
addressed to:
Freedom of Information Reviews, Freedom of Information Manager, 57- 59
Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2BA.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.
Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a decision
unless you have already exhausted NHS South, Central and West
Commissioning
Support Unit's internal review procedure.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on
the Information Commissioner's website: [1]https://ico.org.uk/
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
With kind regards
Laine
Laine Newman | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer
NHS South, Central and West
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for the named addressee(s).
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distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
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Subject: FOI 33763 GLO 11M - Medication Prompts - FOI Request Ack
Reference: FOI 33763 GLO 11M - Medication Prompts
Dear Ms Ray
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 25
November 2019 regarding documents and services relating to Medication
Prompts.
I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):
o NHS Gloucestershire CCG
We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 23 December 2019.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days.
You should note however that the Act defines a number of exemptions which
may prevent us complying with either of these duties.
We will explain if this is the case and if we apply the 'public interest
test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at
With kind regards
Laine
Laine Newman | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer
NHS South, Central and West
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[7][email address]
[8]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk
The information in this email may be confidential and is intended solely
for the named addressee(s).
If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying or
distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note that the information contained in this email /attachment(s)
may be subject to Public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
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