Active surveillance for prostate cancer
Dear Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request information about active surveillance for prostate cancer from your Trust.
We would be grateful for the information at your earliest convenience and within 20 working days.
Please provide your answers by completing the online survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/AS_pros...
Yours sincerely,
Dr Ali Hansford
Knowledge Manager
Prostate Cancer UK
4th Floor, Counting House
53 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2QN
0203 310 7000
Dear Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
In order for you to see all the questions in the request on one page, please find them here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHjY....
If the answers could still be provided online via the survey link here (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/AS_pros...) that would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks
Dr Ali Hansford
Our ref: FOI 2017- 368
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please note that in September 2015 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with West Middlesex University Hospital so our response will include information for both trusts. There is no need to send in a separate request.
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are permitted up to 20 working days (commencing the first working day after receipt of a request) in which to either answer your request or explain why we are unable to answer it.
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Regards
Fred Gregory
The Information Governance team
Martin
Is it possible to please forward a copy of the questionnaire and a list of the questions. We cannot access the web link you have sent us due to our firewall and security settings. We shall temporarily suspend the request until such time as we can access the query.
ManyThanks
Fred Gregory
Dear Fred,
No problem, I have emailed the questions to foi @ chelwest.nhs.uk.
Many thanks
Ali
Our Ref: FOI 2017-368
Dear Requester
Thank you for your information request received by us on 18 July 2017 and
24 July 2017.
This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
merged with West Middlesex University Hospital in September 2015, for this
reason our response covers both sites.
Our response:
Please see the attached summary.
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because of the technical difficulties.
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Aung Tun
The Information Governance team
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email address]
Dear Aung,
Thank you for your response. Can I assume if you have not included a row/rows from the tables in your response, then the answer to that row is 'no'?
If so, can I please clarify that PSA is the only inclusion criteria assessed for active surveillance?
Many thanks
Ali
Dear FOI,
The response to this FOI request is now overdue. Please can you send the reply or let me know when you anticipate being able to reply?
Yours sincerely,
Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)
Dear FOI,
This response is now very delayed. Please can you respond ASAP as this missing data is holding up analysis of this project.
Many thanks
Ali
Dear FOI,
The response to this FOI request is now long overdue.
Please can you send the reply or let me know when you anticipate being able to reply?
Yours sincerely,
Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)
Martin
We have replied on a couple of occasions can you confirm if these have not been received?
Kind regards
Fred Gregory
Information Governance Officer
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
0203 315 5051
[email address]
Apologies Martin is the attached the additional information you are
waiting for?
Kind regards
Fred Gregory
Information Governance Officer
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
0203 315 5051
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