Choice in secondary care mental health
Dear FOI Essex CCG's
Could I please have separate figures for all the Essex CCG showing how many patients have been able to access choice in secondary care mental health provider beyond Eput or their forerunner organizations/your service provider partners, between April 2014 to present?
Could you also break the figures down into years, so we can see when people have been been able to access choice in the years following 2014.
Yours faithfully,
iain
FOI Request: Choice in Secondary Care Mental Health
Our Reference Number: 2021287
Dear Dear Iain,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 to NHS Mid Essex CCG on 21^st Marcg 2021. The
information is currently being collated and a response will be sent to you
no later than 20 working days. The deadline is calculated to be 16^th
April 2021.
Please be aware, due current pressures within the local NHS system there
may be a delay to the response to your request. The CCG will endeavour to
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Rochford CCG, NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG and
NHS West Essex CCG.
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Dear FOI, Essexccgs (NHS BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CCG),
I have been advised to chase as no response to the questions raised and over 20 working days have past
Yours sincerely,
iain
FOI Request: Choice in Secondary Care Mental Health
Our Reference Number: 2021287
Dear Iain,
Further to your request under the Freedom Of Information Act, received on
21^ST March 2021, please find NHS Mid Essex CCG’s response attached.
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Rochford CCG, NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG and
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Dear FOI, Essexccgs (NHS BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CCG),
Why do the Essex CCG's say choice is available when the essex ccgs have not allowed anyone to access the NHS provider of their choice from April 2014 to 29-04-2021
you confirmed in your last response and pasted below.
“Could I please have separate figures for all the Essex CCG showing how many patients have been able to access choice in secondary care mental health provider beyond Eput or their forerunner organizations/your service provider partners, between April 2014 to present?
Following checks in the CCGs’ records, there is no information held in response to your query.
Hence, it is a nil”.
Example of a ccg saying choice is available
https://midessexccg.nhs.uk/livewell/pati...
"If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have a legal right to choose which hospital or service you go to."
What the ccg claims on its website regarding chooice is not happening regarding mental health.
This is VERY misleading to your patients.
iain
Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
As the ccgs have not provided answers to my simple question.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain
Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
Still waiting for a reply with the answers to my questions and information requested.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain
Dear , Essex ccg's
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Essex NHS CCG's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
As i am still waiting to find out why the Essex CCG's are not allowing Essex NHS patients their Legal Right to choose the mental health service provider of their choice?
As the CCGs say "If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have a legal right to choose which hospital or service you go to."
As currently the Essex ccgs insist the only way to access choice is for a patient to show clinical acceptionalty.
However exceptionality does not form part of the NHS choice process at all,
is very rare, difficult and time consuming to prove.
Therefore exceptionality is incorrectly being used as a tool by the ccgs to block patients trying to access the service provider of their choice.
According to CCG data the fact choice blocking is clear as no, 0, nil, zero patients of the Essex CCG's have been successful at showing exceptionality between April 2014 to 31-04-2021 and therefore been able to access the service provider of their choice.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain gordon
Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
I have dyslexia and comprehension difficulties
the CCG uses ambiguous terms a lot and drags correspondence out, both on purpose
please put my questions first and then the ccg response.
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
I complain about the Trusts response of 21 March 2021
As
According to CCG data the fact choice blocking is clear as no, 0, nil, zero patients of the Essex CCG's have been successful at showing exceptionality between April 2014 to 31-04-2021 and therefore been able to access the service provider of their choice.
you confirmed in your last response and which I have pasted below.
“Could I please have separate figures for all the Essex CCG showing how many patients have been able to access choice in secondary care mental health provider beyond Eput or their forerunner organizations/your service provider partners, between April 2014 to present?
Following checks in the CCGs’ records, there is no information held in response to your query.
Hence, it is a nil”.
Example of a ccg saying choice is available but in practice, it is not.
https://www.midessexccg.nhs.uk/livewell/...
"If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have a legal right to choose which hospital or service you go to."
What the ccg claims on its website regarding choice is not happening regarding mental health.
This is VERY misleading to your patients, with the data the trust has provided.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain gordon
Dear Mr Gordon,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for an internal review
of the handling of your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
to NHS Mid Essex CCG on 10^th February 2022.
The review is currently being carried out by senior staff and a response
will be sent to you. As you will be aware the NHS is currently operating
under significant pressure. Many of our staff are redeployed to frontline
services therefore there is likely to be a delay to the response to your
request. The CCG will endeavour to respond at the earliest opportunity.
However, this may not be within the statutory timescales stipulated by the
Freedom of Information Act.
If you have any queries regarding your request, please do not hesitate to
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Access to Information Team
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NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
Working on behalf of NHS Basildon & Brentwood CCG, NHS Castle Point &
Rochford CCG, NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG and
NHS West Essex CCG.
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Dear FOI, Essexccgs (NHS BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CCG),
Still waiting for a response
Yours sincerely,
iain gordon
Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
Example of a ccg saying choice is available but in practice, it is not.
https://www.midessexccg.nhs.uk/livewell/...
"If your GP needs to refer you for a physical or mental health condition, in most cases you have a legal right to choose which hospital or service you go to."
What the ccg claims on its website regarding choice is not happening in mental health.
As the CCG has confirmed from its own data in the past and I am awaiting the current data.
That No, 0, Nil, Zero patients have been able to access choice previously in mental health April 2014 to summer 2021.
So this CCG webpage makes a VERY misleading statement regarding the choice to your patients.
Therefore
1, Can the CCG remove this very misleading information "in most cases" regarding mental health from its website?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain gordon
FOI Request: Choice in Secondary Care Mental Health – Internal Review
Our Reference Number: 2021287
Dear Iain,
Further to your request under the Freedom Of Information Act for an
internal review, please find NHS Mid Essex CCG’s response attached.
If you are dissatisfied with the response you have received, you have the
right to request a review of our decision or make a complaint about how
your request has been handled. Your request should be made within 40
working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply within 20
working days of receipt. Any such request received after 40 working days
will only be considered at the discretion of the organisation.
If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain
dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal complaint
to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:
Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Further information on your rights under FOI is available here:
[1]www.ico.gov.uk
To comply with The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005,
this information is provided to you under the Open Government Licence.
Information on the OGL, together with conditions of use and exemptions,
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[2]www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to
contact the FOI team on this email address.
Regards,
Iain Gear
Information Governance Lead
Tel: 01268 594515
[mobile number]
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NHS Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group
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Rochford CCG, NHS Mid Essex CCG, NHS Southend CCG, NHS Thurrock CCG and
NHS West Essex CCG.
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Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
I have dyslexia and comprehension difficulties
the CCG uses ambiguous terms a lot and drags correspondence out, both on purpose
please put my questions first and then the ccg response.
The ccg is the most unhelp public body ever in existence, refusing to answer simple questions from its patients and the people who fund it.
let the ico decide
And please pass all the questions as formal complaints to the complaints department
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain gordon
Dear NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Choice in secondary care mental health'.
Chase
referred to ICO, as no acknowledgment even from complaints
ccg has to acknowledge if it will or will not be looking at a complaint which it has not
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
iain
Dear FOI, Essexccgs (NHS BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CCG),
As a patient, trying to find out simple information for my NHS treatment,
This NHS has not provided the simple information request in a format I can comprehend.
I have asked the NHS previously on multiple occasions to make a reasonable adjustment due to my disabilities and answer my simple questions rather than referrer to its complex NHS procedures.
Therefore I request the NHS answer the simple foi questions I have put with eg clear none ambiguous answers eg yes or no.
As it is causing significant distress to me over a prolonged period of time and delaying my NHS treatment
Yours sincerely,
iain gordon
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