Communications & Engagement Team
1st Floor North Point
Cardinal Square
10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
Tel: 01332 888080
Fax: 01332 868 898
www.southernderbyshireccg.nhs.uk
Our ref: 314/16
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Dear Martin,
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request
Thank you for your email dated 3 June 2016 requesting information from NHS Southern
Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
I can confirm we do hold some of the information you require.
You asked us to provide the following information:
1. Does your Healthboard provide an erectile dysfunction clinic and can you provide the total
number and addresses of all NHS erectile dysfunction clinics within your Healthboard? If you
do not know who should we ask?
2. Does your Healthboard provide psychosexual clinics and can you provide the total number
and addresses of all NHS psychosexual clinics within your Healthboard? If you do not know
who should we ask?
3. Does your Healthboard provide counselling and sex therapy services and can you provide
the details of any NHS counselling services and sex therapy services that treat men with
erectile dysfunction within your Healthboard? If you do not know who should we ask?
4. Does your Healthboard provide PDE5-I and if so which one?
5. Does your Healthboard prescribe ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets for men who experience erectile
dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer treatment?
6. At what dose are the ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets prescribed?
7. Is the daily dose of ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets (2.5/5mg) available/prescribed?
8. Does your Healthboard prescribe the Vacuum erection device for men who experience
erectile dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer treatment?
Chair: Dr Sheila Newport
Chief Officer: Gary Thompson
9. Does your Healthboard offer penile implant surgery (semi-rigid or inflatable implant
devices) for men who experience erectile dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer
treatment?
I can provide the following information:
NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group can provide the information below:
1. Does your Healthboard provide an erectile dysfunction clinic and can you provide the total
number and addresses of all NHS erectile dysfunction clinics within your Healthboard? If you
do not know who should we ask?
NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group does commission sexual health
services; including services for erectile dysfunction in a community, primary care and acute
setting.
These services are provided by Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DTHFT)
and Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS). For full
information on services provided, you may wish to direct your query to our providers via the
details below:
DTHFT
Information Access Coordinator
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Email
: xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx DCHS
FOI Coordinator
Communications and Engagement
Speedwell Admin Office
Walton Hospital
Whitecotes Lane
Chesterfield
S40 3HW
Email
: xxxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx 2. Does your Healthboard provide psychosexual clinics and can you provide the total number
and addresses of all NHS psychosexual clinics within your Healthboard? If you do not know
who should we ask?
Psychosexual clinics are provided by DTHFT and DCHS as part of the contract for sexual
health services. For information on this service, please direct your query to the two providers
via the contact details above.
3. Does your Healthboard provide counselling and sex therapy services and can you provide
the details of any NHS counselling services and sex therapy services that treat men with
erectile dysfunction within your Healthboard? If you do not know who should we ask?
Counselling and sex therapy services are provided by DTHFT and DCHS as part of the
contract for sexual health services. For information on this service, please direct your query to
the two providers via the contact details above.
Chair: Dr Sheila Newport
Chief Officer: Gary Thompson
4. Does your Healthboard provide PDE5-I and if so which one?
Information regarding the prescribing of PDE5-I can be viewed on the Derbyshire Medicines
Management website or via the link provided below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/assets/Clinical_Guidelines/Formulary_by
_BNF_chapter_prescribing_guidelines/BNF_chapter_7/Chapter_7_Obs_gynae_urinary_tract_
disorders.pdf 5. Does your Healthboard prescribe ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets for men who experience erectile
dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer treatment?
Information regarding the prescribing of PDE5-I can be viewed on the Derbyshire Medicines
Management website or via the link provided below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/assets/Clinical_Guidelines/Formulary_by
_BNF_chapter_prescribing_guidelines/BNF_chapter_7/Chapter_7_Obs_gynae_urinary_tract_
disorders.pdf 6. At what dose are the ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets prescribed?
Information regarding the prescribing of PDE5-I can be viewed on the Derbyshire Medicines
Management website or via the link provided below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/assets/Clinical_Guidelines/Formulary_by
_BNF_chapter_prescribing_guidelines/BNF_chapter_7/Chapter_7_Obs_gynae_urinary_tract_
disorders.pdf 7. Is the daily dose of ‘tadalafil (Cialis)’ tablets (2.5/5mg) available/prescribed?
Information regarding the prescribing of PDE5-I can be viewed on the Derbyshire Medicines
Management website or via the link provided below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/assets/Clinical_Guidelines/Formulary_by
_BNF_chapter_prescribing_guidelines/BNF_chapter_7/Chapter_7_Obs_gynae_urinary_tract_
disorders.pdf 8. Does your Healthboard prescribe the Vacuum erection device for men who experience
erectile dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer treatment?
Information regarding the prescribing of the vacuum erection device for men who experience
erectile dysfunction can be viewed on the Derbyshire Medicines Management website or via
the link provided below:
http://www.derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk/assets/Clinical_Guidelines/Formulary_by
_BNF_chapter_prescribing_guidelines/BNF_chapter_7/Chapter_7_Obs_gynae_urinary_tract_
disorders.pdf 9. Does your Healthboard offer penile implant surgery (semi-rigid or inflatable implant
devices) for men who experience erectile dysfunction as a result of prostate cancer
treatment?
Chair: Dr Sheila Newport
Chief Officer: Gary Thompson
Penile implant surgery is provided by DTHFT as part of the contract for acute sexual health
services. For information on this service, please direct your query to DTHFT via the contact
details above.
For information, NHS England is in the process of developing a Commissioning Policy for
penile prosthesis surgery for end stage erectile dysfunction which is currently out for 30-day
public consultation. Details on this consultation can be viewed via the link provided below:
https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/copy-of-clinical-commissioning-wave5
I hope that the information meets your requirements. Should you have any further enquiries
or queries about this response please do not hesitate to contact me. However, if you are
unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, you can raise any concerns
you might have by contacting Helen Dillistone, Director of Corporate Development, at the
following address: 1st Floor North Point, Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road, Derby, DE1
3QT. Telephone: 01332 888174.
If you remain dissatisfied, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider
whether NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has complied with its
obligations under the Act, and can require NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning
Group to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the
Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at:
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should
be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Hannah Bliss
Communications and Engagement Business Administrator
Tel: 01332 868730
Email: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Chair: Dr Sheila Newport
Chief Officer: Gary Thompson