PCR Cycle Thresholds

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust,

Under the FOIA or EIR, I formally request the following information.

a) The cycle threshold currently used for COVID-19 PCR tests.

b) If the cycle threshold has been changed any time since January 2020, when was it changed and what values were used.

c) A distribution of positive tests by CTs, for each month from January 2020 to the present (most recent data available), for example:

Month: January 2020
Cycles Positive Results Returned within Cycle Range
1-5 1
6-10 2
11-15 3
16-20 4
21-25 5
26-30 6
31-35 7
36-40 8
41-45 9
46+ 10

Please do not summarise in ranges of more than 5 CT’s (as above example), however smaller ranges (i.e. 1-4 CT per range) are acceptable if available with a range of 1 being most desirable.

If you do not hold any or all of this data please try to explain why and where you believe this data may be held.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Hemmings

Southern Health Freedom of Information, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Hemmings

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We have read your request and would advise that Southern Health NHS
Foundation Trust does not provide any Covid-19 PCR Testing.

 

We are not aware whether this is a service that is offered by any NHS
Trusts in the Southampton area, and would suggest that you contact
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG's) in our area in the first instance to
ascertain whether there is a Trust who can be approached for this
information, as such a service would require the use of laboratory
facilities.

 

The CCG's in our area and their Freedom of Information email addresses are
as follows:

 

West Hampshire CCG – [email address]

Southampton City CCG – [email address]

North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG – [email address]

South East Hampshire CCG- [email address]

Portsmouth CCG – [email address]

Fareham and Gosport CCG- [email address]

 

 

We hope that you find this information helpful and would be grateful if
you could kindly respond to confirm that we can treat this as a withdrawn
request

 

We await your reply by return.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

[1][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Southern Health Freedom of Information, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Hemmings

 

We note from our records that we await a response from you to our email
dated 29 June 2021, below.

 

Please can we ask you to confirm your withdrawl of this request so that we
can close our file on this matter.

 

We await your reply.

 

Thank you

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

[1][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

From: Southern Health Freedom of Information
<[email address]>
Sent: 29 June 2021 16:02
To: Mr Hemmings <[FOI #769589 email]>
Cc: Southern Health Freedom of Information
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - PCR Cycle Thresholds -
service not offered, PLEASE CONFIRM WITHDRAWN REQUEST

 

Dear Mr Hemmings

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We have read your request and would advise that Southern Health NHS
Foundation Trust does not provide any Covid-19 PCR Testing.

 

We are not aware whether this is a service that is offered by any NHS
Trusts in the Southampton area, and would suggest that you contact
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG's) in our area in the first instance to
ascertain whether there is a Trust who can be approached for this
information, as such a service would require the use of laboratory
facilities.

 

The CCG's in our area and their Freedom of Information email addresses are
as follows:

 

West Hampshire CCG – [2][email address]

Southampton City CCG – [3][email address]

North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG – [4][email address]

South East Hampshire CCG- [5][email address]

Portsmouth CCG – [6][email address]

Fareham and Gosport CCG- [7][email address]

 

 

We hope that you find this information helpful and would be grateful if
you could kindly respond to confirm that we can treat this as a withdrawn
request

 

We await your reply by return.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

[8][email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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