Children with serious illnesses

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Dear Health services,

I am writing to you in regards to the children being treated for serious illnesses. I would like to know:

1) How many children have been treated for serious illnesses each year from 2013/14 to 2017/18?

2) How many children have passed away from a serious illness?

3) How many children who are currently being treated would benefit from treatment abroad?

4) The 5 most common serious illnesses in children.

Please provide the above information digitally, preferably in the form of an excel spreadsheet.

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 your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.

In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.

Yours faithfully,

Kirsty Card

CONTACTUS, England (NHS ENGLAND), NHS England

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FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND), NHS England

Dear Ms. Card,

 

Re:      Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-057082)

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 11 August
2018.

 

Your exact request was:-

 

“I am writing to you in regards to the  children being treated for serious
illnesses. I would like to know:

 

1) How many children have been treated for serious illnesses each year
from 2013/14 to 2017/18?

 

2) How many children have passed away from a serious illness?

 

3) How many children who are currently being treated would benefit from
treatment abroad?

 

4) The 5 most common serious illnesses in children.”

 

NHS England does not hold this information.

 

It may help if we explain that the NHS in England is not a single
organisation but is made up of a range of organisations such as Hospitals,
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Ambulance Trusts. NHS England is
responsible for commissioning primary care services such as GP and dental
surgeries, as well as some specialised secondary care services.

 

Therefore, any recorded information NHS England may be able to provide in
response to an FOI request will generally relate to the services NHS
England commissions. For information on commissioned services and the
types of information NHS England holds can be found on our [1]website and
[2]publication scheme. For further information on the NHS, its structure
and other NHS organisations please refer to NHS Choices [3]here.

 

This information may be held by NHS Digital. As such, you may wish to
redirect this element of your request to NHS Digital directly. Their
website is:

 

·         [4]https://digital.nhs.uk/

 

You can contact them via the web link below:

 

·         [5][email address]

 

We hope this information is helpful. However, if you are dissatisfied, you
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NHS England

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REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Email: [6][NHS England request email]

 

Please quote the reference number FOI-057082 in any future communications.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
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The Information Commissioner’s Office

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0300 3 11 22 33, [9][NHS England request email].

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information

Corporate Communications Team

Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Tel: 0300 311 22 33

Email: [10][NHS England request email]

 

 

 

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