Sexual Health Remote Self-Sampling

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Dear Derbyshire County Council,

1. Have you commissioned (directly, or via subcontracting or via "pilot") remote/postal/self-sampling service(s) for sexual health, and if so which organisation(s) deliver the service(s)?

If yes to question 1, please respond to the following questions:

2. Though which route was the service commissioned (e.g. tender procurement, competitive quotes, etc), and what was the contract value?
3. Please confirm the commencement date(s), and to what date the contract(s) (or pilot) are due to expire (excluding any contract extension time)?
4. What is the name and location of the laboratory(ies) the contracted service directs patient samples to? If more than one laboratory is used by the service, please confirm which samples go where.
5. Upon contract award for the service (or "pilot"), what laboratory ISO accreditation(s), if any, were required and how were these accreditations checked?
6. For each laboratory, please provide either an electronic copy of the up to date UKAS ISO accreditation certificate(s) or the UKAS laboratory number(s).
7. If CPA accreditation was required (legacy since 2013 and obsolete as of October 2018) how has the commissioning authority checked the laboratory(ies) now meets ISO standards?
8. In the event samples have been tested outside of accreditation, please confirm the number of users/samples impacted, any corrective actions (both clinically and contractually), and if/when patient recall will be carried out.

Yours faithfully,

Preventx

Access 2 Info (Commissioning Communities and Policy), Derbyshire County Council

I refer to your request dated 24 June 2019.

In order for a request to be valid in accordance with Section 8 of the FOI Act 2000 the full name of the applicant is required.

Please provide your full name.

When this has been received your request will be processed.

Yours sincerely,

Justin Hird
Legal Assistant
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG

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Dear Access 2 Info (Commissioning Communities and Policy),

While we are happy to provide the authors name, a company is a legal entity and is within the scope of FOI requests. The ICO guide states "Freedom of information requests can also be made by organisations, for example a newspaper, a campaign group, or a company.".

However, we appreciate we stated "Preventx" and not the companies full legal name, "Preventx Limited".

I hope this is acceptable?

Yours sincerely,

Preventx Limited

Access 2 Info (Commissioning Communities and Policy), Derbyshire County Council

Dear Sirs,

I refer to your request for Information received on 24 June 2019.

We will be dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In accordance with the legislation, the deadline for responding is 20 working days from the receipt of the request, this being 23 July 2019. However, we shall endeavour to deal with your request promptly, and if possible before this date.

Yours Sincerely

Justin Hird
Legal Assistant
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG

Telephone: 01629 539336

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