Pharmacy payment data

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oliver staunton

Dear Southampton City Council,

I was wondering if I could please request details of payments made to pharmacies for locally commissioned NHS or private services, for example smoking cessation, emergency hormonal contraception, supervised consumption of medicines, & needle exchange services.

If you could kindly provide this in spreadsheet(s) format, with a breakdown by pharmacy (name and address), month, service, and payment, I would greatly appreciate it (if you also have the ODS code identifier for the pharmacy, then please kindly include this also). If possible, details of the most recent 12 months worth of payments.

Yours faithfully,

oliver staunton

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Dear Oliver,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 20/07/2018.
It has been determined that you have requested the following information:

 

Details of payments made to pharmacies for locally commissioned NHS or
private services, for example smoking cessation, emergency hormonal
contraception, supervised consumption of medicines, & needle exchange
services.

 

If you could kindly provide this in spreadsheet(s) format, with a
breakdown by pharmacy (name and address), month, service, and payment, I
would greatly appreciate it (if you also have the ODS code identifier for
the pharmacy, then please kindly include this also). If possible, details
of the most recent 12 months’ worth of payments.

 

If this is not correct, please contact [1][email address]
to clarify your request as soon as possible.

 

Unless clarified otherwise, your request is being dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and will be forwarded to the
service area(s) holding the information. Your request will be answered
promptly, and within twenty working days of the date your request was
received.

 

Please note, the service area(s) holding the information may need further
information from you to locate the information sought once they have
received the request, and you will be contacted again should this be
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Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson
Junior Legal Assistant

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
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Dear Oliver,

 

Further to your recent request for information, referenced FOI-1819-0469,
I wish to advise you that the following exemption applies to the
information that you have requested:

 

Section 43 - Commercial Interests

 

This exemption is a qualified exemption, which means that the Council must
consider the public interest before making a decision as to whether this
information can be disclosed.

 

By virtue of section 10(3) of the FOIA, where public authorities have to
consider the balance of the public interest in relation to a request, they
do not have to comply with the request until such time as is reasonable in
the circumstances.  

 

The Council has not yet reached a decision on the balance of the public
interest. Due to the need to consider, in all the circumstances of the
case, where the balance of the public interest lies in relation to the
information that you have requested, the Council will not be able to
respond to your request in full within 20 working days. 

 

I hope to let you have a response as soon as possible, and no later than
12^th September 2018.

 

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right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
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Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Southampton City Council, Civic
Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LT; Email: [1][email address], Fax:
023 8083 2308

 

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Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson, Junior Legal Assistant

Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership

Southampton City Council

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

DX115710 Southampton 17

 

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From: Matterson, Nathan On Behalf Of Information
Sent: 24 July 2018 12:31
To: 'oliver staunton' <[FOI #499689 email]>
Subject: FOI-1819-0469-025602 - FOI request - Staunton - payments made to
pharmacies for locally commissioned NHS or private services

 

Dear Oliver,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 20/07/2018.
It has been determined that you have requested the following information:

 

Details of payments made to pharmacies for locally commissioned NHS or
private services, for example smoking cessation, emergency hormonal
contraception, supervised consumption of medicines, & needle exchange
services.

 

If you could kindly provide this in spreadsheet(s) format, with a
breakdown by pharmacy (name and address), month, service, and payment, I
would greatly appreciate it (if you also have the ODS code identifier for
the pharmacy, then please kindly include this also). If possible, details
of the most recent 12 months’ worth of payments.

 

If this is not correct, please contact [4][email address]
to clarify your request as soon as possible.

 

Unless clarified otherwise, your request is being dealt with under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and will be forwarded to the
service area(s) holding the information. Your request will be answered
promptly, and within twenty working days of the date your request was
received.

 

Please note, the service area(s) holding the information may need further
information from you to locate the information sought once they have
received the request, and you will be contacted again should this be
necessary.

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

The Council now publishes responses to requests made to it under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004. These responses are available on the Council’s website
– 

 

[5]http://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-de...

 

The Council also routinely publishes information on its Publication
Scheme:

 

[6]http://www.southampton.gov.uk/council-de...

 

If the information you have requested in your current request has been
requested recently then it is likely that our response to that request is
already available to you via the disclosure log or via the Publication
Scheme. You may wish to view our disclosure log and Publication scheme to
ascertain whether the information you are seeking is already published. If
you find the information you are seeking, please let us know accordingly
and we will close your request. If we do not hear from you further we will
continue to process your request in accordance with the relevant
legislation.

Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson
Junior Legal Assistant

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

[7]@SouthamptonCC    [8]facebook.com/SotonCC

 

FOI-1819-0469-025602/00913769

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of Information Act 2000, the Data Protection Act 2018, or the
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organisation it was meant for, apologies, please ignore it, delete it, and
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notices/proceedings by email. E-mails may be monitored. This email (and
its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or
confidential. If it has come to you in error, you must take no action
based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone.

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Dear Oliver Staunton,

 

Thank you for your information request received on 20/07/2018. Please find
attached the Council’s response.

 

Regards,

 

Nathan Matterson
Junior Legal Assistant

Legal & Governance

Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership
Southampton City Council
Tel: 023 8083 3000 (switchboard)

[1]@SouthamptonCC    [2]facebook.com/SotonCC

 

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Environmental Information Regulations 2004. If you are not the person or
organisation it was meant for, apologies, please ignore it, delete it, and
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its attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it
is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or
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