Provision of augmentative and alternative communication devices

Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT) did not have the information requested.

Dear Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am an academic researcher, attempting to assess the provision of augmentative and alternative communication devices by the NHS. Would you please send me details of augmentative and alternative communication devices supplied/purchased by your trust between 31st March 2006 and 1st April 2011. I would like the information broken down by both product name (So for example Dynavox Xpress, iPod touch with TapToTalk, BigMack) and by year. I would like information for both children and adults, but I don't require a breakdown by age.

I attempting to find out how many people who have poor or no speech have a speech aid, in particular electronic speech aids, and I would like to know how many have been supplied by the trust during the last five years.

Deven PCT have helpfully give examples on a previous request. The format they used was

2005/06
4 X Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)
2 x Listen To Me
2 x Lightwriters
1 x Dynawrite
1 x Dynamo
1 x Falck Voice Amplifier
1 x Lions Speech Aid
1 x Go Talk
1 x Little Mack

2006/07
9 x Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)
2 x Lightwriters
1 x mini Printer
2 x The Grid software
2 x Falck Voice Amplifiers
1 x Listen To Me
1 x Textphone
1 x Talking Symbols Notepad

and this would do nicely for me. Other excellent formats were provided by:
Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
Bromley PCT (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
Bristol PCT ( http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
and Central Lancashire PCT
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...)

Just to make the process more efficient for you guys - it would be great to clarify a couple of things at this stage - I am aware that some trusts make use of commissioning trusts to do the actual purchase of the devices; when I have contacted the commissioning trusts I've been often redirected back to the PCT because the paperwork for previous years have been stored at the PCT - this redirection must be causing additional work for both trusts in the long run and it would be great to avoid it (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...
is an example of the problem)

Also, and again to make life easier for you, I should point about that since this request is being made via whatdotheyknow.com - email addresses are stripped out of replies to protect your privacy (because the responses are all available to public view- if you are to redirect my request to another body then it's ideal to just give the name of the body rather than just an email address

Yours faithfully,

Dr Joseph Reddington

Danny King,

Dear Joe,

 

Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt to your information
request received November 11.

 

I have forwarded your request to the Head of Acute & Specialised
Commissioning and will contact you again once I receive a response from
them.

 

Further queries can be forwarded to me, FOI Officer for the purposes of
your enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Public Liaison Manager

   NHS Luton (a Primary Care Trust)

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From: Joe [[FOI #92948 email]]

Sent: 11 November 2011 16:55

To: Communications NHSLuton (LUTON PCT)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Provision of augmentative and
alternative communication devices

 

Dear Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT),

 

I am an academic researcher, attempting to assess the provision of
augmentative and alternative communication devices by the NHS. Would you
please send me details of augmentative and alternative communication
devices supplied/purchased by your trust between 31st March 2006 and 1st
April 2011. I would like the information broken down by both product name
(So for example Dynavox Xpress, iPod touch with TapToTalk, BigMack) and by
year. I would like information for both children and adults, but I don't
require a breakdown by age.

 

I attempting to find out how many people who have poor or no speech have a
speech aid, in particular electronic speech aids, and I would like to know
how many have been supplied by the trust during the last five years.

 

Deven PCT have helpfully give examples on a previous request. The format
they used was

 

2005/06

4 X Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)

2 x Listen To Me

2 x Lightwriters

1 x Dynawrite

1 x Dynamo

1 x Falck Voice Amplifier

1 x Lions Speech Aid

1 x Go Talk

1 x Little Mack

 

2006/07

9 x Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)

2 x Lightwriters

1 x mini Printer

2 x The Grid software

2 x Falck Voice Amplifiers

1 x Listen To Me

1 x Textphone

1 x Talking Symbols Notepad

 

and this would do nicely for me. Other excellent formats were provided by:

Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

Bromley PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

Bristol PCT (

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

and Central Lancashire PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...)

 

Just to make the process more efficient for you guys - it would be great
to clarify a couple of things at this stage - I am aware that some trusts
make use of commissioning trusts to do the actual purchase of the devices;
when I have contacted the commissioning trusts I've been often redirected
back to the PCT because the paperwork for previous years have been stored
at the PCT - this redirection must be causing additional work for both
trusts in the long run and it would be great to avoid it
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...
is an example of the problem)

 

Also, and again to make life easier for you, I should point about that
since this request is being made via whatdotheyknow.com - email addresses
are stripped out of replies to protect your privacy (because the responses
are all available to public view- if you are to redirect my request to
another body then it's ideal to just give the name of the body rather than
just an email address

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dr Joseph Reddington

 

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Danny King,

Dear Joe,

 

Thank you for your email enquiry received by NHS Luton.

 

My colleagues have advised that NHS Luton does not provide Speech and
Language Therapy Services (SALT) services and therefore would not have
supplied the related services or equipment for patients who have been
diagnosed with speech and or language difficulties. We therefore do not
hold the information you are requesting.

 

Speech and Language Therapy Services (SALT) services for adults are
provided by the separate hospital trust for the Luton area, the Luton &
Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Their Freedom of Information
email address is [email address].

 

SALT services for children are provided by the separate South Essex
Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT), who provide mental
health, learning disabilities and social care services for Luton and
Bedfordshire. Their Freedom of Information email address is
[email address].

 

Please contact them directly should you require more information on the
same subject. If you have any further queries however, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

 

Regards,

 

Public Liaison Manager

   NHS Luton (a Primary Care Trust)

 

From: Danny King
Sent: 14 November 2011 12:55
To: 'Joe'
Subject: Freedom of Information request to NHS Luton...

 

Dear Joe,

 

Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt to your information
request received November 11.

 

I have forwarded your request to the Head of Acute & Specialised
Commissioning and will contact you again once I receive a response from
them.

 

Further queries can be forwarded to me, FOI Officer for the purposes of
your enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Public Liaison Manager

   NHS Luton (a Primary Care Trust)

________________________________________

From: Joe [[FOI #92948 email]]

Sent: 11 November 2011 16:55

To: Communications NHSLuton (LUTON PCT)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Provision of augmentative and
alternative communication devices

 

Dear Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT),

 

I am an academic researcher, attempting to assess the provision of
augmentative and alternative communication devices by the NHS. Would you
please send me details of augmentative and alternative communication
devices supplied/purchased by your trust between 31st March 2006 and 1st
April 2011. I would like the information broken down by both product name
(So for example Dynavox Xpress, iPod touch with TapToTalk, BigMack) and by
year. I would like information for both children and adults, but I don't
require a breakdown by age.

 

I attempting to find out how many people who have poor or no speech have a
speech aid, in particular electronic speech aids, and I would like to know
how many have been supplied by the trust during the last five years.

 

Deven PCT have helpfully give examples on a previous request. The format
they used was

 

2005/06

4 X Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)

2 x Listen To Me

2 x Lightwriters

1 x Dynawrite

1 x Dynamo

1 x Falck Voice Amplifier

1 x Lions Speech Aid

1 x Go Talk

1 x Little Mack

 

2006/07

9 x Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)

2 x Lightwriters

1 x mini Printer

2 x The Grid software

2 x Falck Voice Amplifiers

1 x Listen To Me

1 x Textphone

1 x Talking Symbols Notepad

 

and this would do nicely for me. Other excellent formats were provided by:

Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

Bromley PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

Bristol PCT (

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)

and Central Lancashire PCT

(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...)

 

Just to make the process more efficient for you guys - it would be great
to clarify a couple of things at this stage - I am aware that some trusts
make use of commissioning trusts to do the actual purchase of the devices;
when I have contacted the commissioning trusts I've been often redirected
back to the PCT because the paperwork for previous years have been stored
at the PCT - this redirection must be causing additional work for both
trusts in the long run and it would be great to avoid it
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...
is an example of the problem)

 

Also, and again to make life easier for you, I should point about that
since this request is being made via whatdotheyknow.com - email addresses
are stripped out of replies to protect your privacy (because the responses
are all available to public view- if you are to redirect my request to
another body then it's ideal to just give the name of the body rather than
just an email address

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dr Joseph Reddington

 

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[FOI #92948 email]

 

Is [NHS Luton request email] the wrong address for Freedom of
Information requests to Luton Primary Care Trust (PCT)? If so, please
contact us using this form:

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/offic...

 

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manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

 

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