Request for Information - Pharmaceutical Rebates

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Dear NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group,

I would like to request the below information:

A list of pharmaceutical products/drugs that your CCG currently holds rebate agreements for.

I would like to request the product names (brand and generic when applicable) with start finish dates and fully understand that the financial details of the rebates would be considered commercially confidential.

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Ed Fryer

FOI (NHS NEWCASTLE GATESHEAD CCG), NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group

FOI Reference: NG1339 - Acknowledgement

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we aim to answer your request within twenty working days. Whilst we will make every effort to adhere to the statutory timescale the current national Coronavirus emergency may impact upon our ability to do this.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has acknowledged that resources, whether they are finances or people, might be diverted away from usual compliance or information governance work as organisations need to prioritise other areas or adapt their usual approach during this extraordinary period.

The ICO cannot extend statutory timescales, but will tell people through their communications channels that they may experience understandable delays when making information rights requests during the pandemic.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable. If that is the case, I will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if appropriate. You will be required to pay the relevant fee before we will proceed to deal with your request.

If you have any queries about this request or wish to contact us again, please email the address above and the message will be forwarded appropriately. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards,

Sophie Parker
Information Governance Officer

NHS North of England Commissioning Support
Riverside House
Newburn
NE15 8NY
Tel: 0191 691 3652
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Web: www.necsu.nhs.uk

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PARKER, Sophie (NHS NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear E Fryer,

Thank you for your request for information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Replies to your specific requests are attached.

Please note that this response is on behalf of Newcastle Gateshead CCG

Could we please ask that you acknowledge receipt of this mail, and also to be aware that any information we provide following your request under the Act does not confer an automatic right for you to re-use that information – for example, to publish it. If you wish to re-use the information that we provide and you do not specify this in your initial application for information, then you must make a further request for its re-use as per the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 www.legislation.gov.uk .
This does not affect your initial information request.

Kind regards,

Sophie Parker
Information Governance Officer

NHS North of England Commissioning Support Riverside House Newburn
NE15 8NY
Tel: 0191 691 3652
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Web: www.necsu.nhs.uk

Partners in improving local health

P Help protect our environment by only printing this email if absolutely necessary.

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