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Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)

Dear Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request information about active surveillance for prostate cancer from your Trust.

We would be grateful for the information at your earliest convenience and within 20 working days.

Please provide your answers by completing the online survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/AS_pros...

Yours sincerely,

Dr Ali Hansford
Knowledge Manager

Prostate Cancer UK
4th Floor, Counting House
53 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2QN
0203 310 7000

Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)

Dear Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust,

In order for you to see all the questions in the request on one page, please find them here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHjY....

If the answers could still be provided online via the survey link here (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/AS_pros...) that would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks
Dr Ali Hansford

HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Martin

Thank you for your request for information. PLEASE NOTE THAT AS THIS HAS TO GO TO SEVERAL CLINICIANS THE RESPONSE WILL BE SENT BACK TO YOU VIA E-MAIL. WE HOPE THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. IF NOT COULD YOU PLEASE ADIVSE. It will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we will let you know. A fees notice will be issued, which you will be required to pay before we proceed with your request. We will respond to your request within 20 working days of it being received.

All information provided under Freedom of Information is deemed to be in the public domain. The Information Commissioner requires as good practice that organisations make public, information provided from Freedom of Information requests.

Any information we provide following your request under the Freedom of Information Act will 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 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 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk . This will not affect your initial information request.

Kind Regards

Freedom Of Information Team
for Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
Mary Seacole Building, Willerby Hill,Willerby, HU10 6ED
Fax: 01482 477857

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of the information is prohibited. In such cases you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. All e-mails will be scanned by the Trust for viruses, spam and malicious content. However, Humber NHS Foundation Trust will not be liable for any losses as a result of any virus contained within this email or attachment(s). We are not liable for any opinions expressed by the sender where this is a non-business e-mail. If you do not receive the entire message, or if you have difficulty with the transmission, please telephone us immediately.

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Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)

Dear HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

Thank for your reply. To reply by email is no problem - please use campaigns @ prostatecanceruk.org (deleting the spaces before and after the @ sign).

Many thanks
Ali

HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Martin

 

Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information Request. 

 

The information we have provided to you is copyrighted to the Hull & East
Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and provided to you free of charge for your
personal use or for other specific uses permitted in the Copyright Act. If
however you wish to use the information we have provided for any
commercial purposes including the sale of the information to a third party
then, under the Regulations on the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations 2005, you must ask us for permission to do so in respect of
each specific piece of such information. If we do grant such permission
this may involve a licensing arrangement which may attract a fee.

 

All information provided under Freedom of Information is deemed to be in
the public domain. The Information Commissioner requires as good practice
that organisations make public, information provided from Freedom of
Information requests.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision
you should write to:

 

Freedom of Information Team

On behalf of Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Mary Seacole Building 

Willerby Hill

Willerby

HU10 6ED

FAX: 01482 477857 

[1][Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust request email] or [2][email address]

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Team

On behalf of Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Mary Seacole Building 

Willerby Hill

Willerby

HU10 6ED

  

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are
addressed.  If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that
any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of the information is
prohibited.  In such cases you should destroy this message and kindly
notify the sender by reply e-mail.  All e-mails will be scanned by the
Trust for viruses, spam and malicious content.  However, Humber NHS
Foundation Trust will not be liable for any losses as a result of any
virus contained within this email or attachment(s).  We are not liable for
any opinions expressed by the sender where this is a non-business e-mail. 
If you do not receive the entire message, or if you have difficulty with
the transmission, please telephone us immediately.

 

 

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Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)

Dear FOI team,

Many thanks fir your response. Please can you clarify the following two points?

1. Please can you clarify which protocol you selected for this question?:

[If ‘yes – an externally published protocol’]
Which externally published protocol does the Trust/Health Board/Health & Social Care Trust use?
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guideline 175 protocol for active surveillance (2014): Available online here
• Prostate cancer Research International: Active Surveillance (PRIAS) protocol: Available online here
• The Royal Marsden protocol
• The Johns Hopkins programme protocol
• Other published protocol (please give details) or comments:

2. Please can you provide an answer to this question (the mpMRI line)?:
Triggers for changing management strategy
Multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI)
Used? Yes / No
Details (e.g. used according to published protocol, type (if applicable), what finding triggers a change in management strategy)

Many thanks
Ali

Martin Abrams (Prostate Cancer UK)

Dear HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

The outstanding queries I sent on 01 August are delayed. Please can you respond to the additional queries I sent as this missing data is holding up analysis of this project.

Many thanks
Ali

HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Martin

Please accept our apologies for the delay I will progress this today for a response

Kind Regards

Diane Hoyles

Freedom of Information Team
Freedom Of Information Officer
Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Mary Seacole Building
Willerby Hill
Beverley Road
Willerby
HU10 6ED

Tel: 01482 477815
Fax : 01482 477857

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of the information is prohibited. In such cases you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. All e-mails will be scanned by the Trust for viruses, spam and malicious content. However, Humber NHS Foundation Trust will not be liable for any losses as a result of any virus contained within this email or attachment(s). We are not liable for any opinions expressed by the sender where this is a non-business e-mail. If you do not receive the entire message, or if you have difficulty with the transmission, please telephone us immediately.

HEY-FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Martin

Please find attached the response to your review of the Freedom of Information Request. Sorry for the delay.

The information we have provided to you is copyrighted to the Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and provided to you free of charge for your personal use or for other specific uses permitted in the Copyright Act. If however you wish to use the information we have provided for any commercial purposes including the sale of the information to a third party then, under the Regulations on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005, you must ask us for permission to do so in respect of each specific piece of such information. If we do grant such permission this may involve a licensing arrangement which may attract a fee.

All information provided under Freedom of Information is deemed to be in the public domain. The Information Commissioner requires as good practice that organisations make public, information provided from Freedom of Information requests.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision you should write to:

Freedom of Information Team
On behalf of Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Mary Seacole Building
Willerby Hill
Willerby
HU10 6ED
FAX: 01482 477857
[Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust request email] or [email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
On behalf of Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Mary Seacole Building
Willerby Hill
Willerby
HU10 6ED

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of the information is prohibited. In such cases you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. All e-mails will be scanned by the Trust for viruses, spam and malicious content. However, Humber NHS Foundation Trust will not be liable for any losses as a result of any virus contained within this email or attachment(s). We are not liable for any opinions expressed by the sender where this is a non-business e-mail. If you do not receive the entire message, or if you have difficulty with the transmission, please telephone us immediately.

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