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Dear Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust,

Please could you provide the agendas and minutes for the drugs and therapeutic group for 2018.

Could you also confirm what rebate/discount schemes you have in place within the trust for medicines.

Finally, do you produce any newsletters for the trust or for primary care around medicine prescribing? If so can you again please provide these for 2018?

Yours faithfully,

David Smith

FOI, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Smith

 

I am writing to confirm that the Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
has now been able to consider the information requested and its disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

The information requested and its response is as follows:

 

Please could you provide the agendas and minutes for the drugs and
therapeutic group for 2018.

 

Please see the attached DTC agendas and minutes for 2018.

We have had meetings in February and May.

 

The May minutes have not been written yet but should be approved at our
July meeting.

 

Could you also confirm what rebate/discount schemes you have in place
within the trust for medicines.

 

I can confirm that we access all relevant PAS within our trust.

 

Under Section 43 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act: Information is
exempt information if it’s disclosure under this Act would, or would be
likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the
public authority holding it)

 

Finally, do you produce any newsletters for the trust or for primary care
around medicine prescribing? If so can you again please provide these for
2018?

 

Please find attached a “Lesson of the week”.

 

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Louise Coppin

 

 

 

 

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Dear FOI,

Many thanks for the reply. Could I just seek some clarity around the rebate comment. I am not sure what you mean by access to PAS? Are you able to share WHAT specific rebates you have in place?

Yours sincerely,

David Smith

FOI, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Smith

 

I am writing to confirm that the Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
has now been able to consider the information requested and its disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

The information requested and its response is as follows:

 

Many thanks for the reply. Could I just seek some clarity around the
rebate comment. I am not sure what you mean by access to PAS?

PAS - Patient Access Scheme

 

Are you able to share WHAT specific rebates you have in place?

Under Section 43 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act: Information is
exempt information if it’s disclosure under this Act would, or would be
likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the
public authority holding it)

 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting.  Any other reuse, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. Most
documents supplied by the Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will be
Crown Copyright.  You can find details on the arrangements for re-using
Crown Copyright on HMSOnline at:

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Louise Coppin

 

 

 

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Dear FOI,

Thank you for your response.

Yours sincerely,

David Smith