All records relating to the decision to apply restrictive criteria to child autism assessments and community paediatrians
Dear NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board,
Please may I have the Equality Impact Assessments, reports, reports of coproduction with families and meeting papers and agenda appendixes for all decisions made around applying restrictive criteria regarding children and young people accessing autism assessments and the community paediatricians
Yours faithfully,
Jen Smith
Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
I am acknowledging your request on behalf of Bristol, North Somerset and
south Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB). We will be
dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 26^th April 2023.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
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apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
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Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request, however
identifying all the relevant colleagues who have been involved in this
work and locating all the information required has taken longer than
expected. Therefore, we would like to suggest an extension of 10 days,
until Friday 12^th May, although we will endeavour to send the information
to you as soon as we can.
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reference number above in any future communications.
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: 28 March 2023 08:38
To: Jen Smith <[FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: FOI.ICB-2223?265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
I am acknowledging your request on behalf of Bristol, North Somerset and
south Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB). We will be
dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 26^th April 2023.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
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Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
We are aware that in our last email we requested an extension to Friday
12^th May, and this date has now passed. We apologise for the further
delay.
The relevant team within the ICB has informed us that they are still
awaiting some data from Sirona to be able to complete the response. Once
the final response has been approved we will be able to share this with
you, we will keep you updated on progress where possible.
Apologies again for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
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NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:58 PM
To: Jen Smith <[FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: EXTENSION REQUEST: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request, however
identifying all the relevant colleagues who have been involved in this
work and locating all the information required has taken longer than
expected. Therefore, we would like to suggest an extension of 10 days,
until Friday 12^th May, although we will endeavour to send the information
to you as soon as we can.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [2]https://ico.org.uk/
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
Website: [3]bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: 28 March 2023 08:38
To: Jen Smith <[4][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: FOI.ICB-2223?265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
I am acknowledging your request on behalf of Bristol, North Somerset and
south Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB). We will be
dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 26^th April 2023.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [5]https://ico.org.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
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Good afternoon,
Further to our email below, we apologise for the continued delays. The ICB
Community Contract Manager has contacted Sirona asking for an update,
which we hope to receive this week. We will continue to keep you updated
on progress where possible.
If you have any queries about the above, please reply to this email and it
will be picked up by the FOI Team.
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Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
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Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 3:48 PM
To: Jen Smith <[FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: RE: EXTENSION REQUEST: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment
and Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
We are aware that in our last email we requested an extension to Friday
12^th May, and this date has now passed. We apologise for the further
delay.
The relevant team within the ICB has informed us that they are still
awaiting some data from Sirona to be able to complete the response. Once
the final response has been approved we will be able to share this with
you, we will keep you updated on progress where possible.
Apologies again for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
Website: [3]bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:58 PM
To: Jen Smith <[4][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: EXTENSION REQUEST: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request, however
identifying all the relevant colleagues who have been involved in this
work and locating all the information required has taken longer than
expected. Therefore, we would like to suggest an extension of 10 days,
until Friday 12^th May, although we will endeavour to send the information
to you as soon as we can.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [5]https://ico.org.uk/
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
Website: [6]bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: 28 March 2023 08:38
To: Jen Smith <[7][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: FOI.ICB-2223?265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
I am acknowledging your request on behalf of Bristol, North Somerset and
south Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB). We will be
dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 26^th April 2023.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [8]https://ico.org.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
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Good afternoon
Further to our email below, we apologise for the continued delays in
providing the information. I can confirm that we have received the
information from Sirona and the ICB is currently undertaking a review of
the information received. Following this review, the information will be
sent to a Director for approval and then provided to you.
If you have any queries about the above, please reply to this email and it
will be picked up by the FOI Team.
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Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 3:46 PM
To: Jen Smith <[FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: UPDATE: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment and Community
Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Further to our email below, we apologise for the continued delays. The ICB
Community Contract Manager has contacted Sirona asking for an update,
which we hope to receive this week. We will continue to keep you updated
on progress where possible.
If you have any queries about the above, please reply to this email and it
will be picked up by the FOI Team.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [2]https://ico.org.uk/
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 3:48 PM
To: Jen Smith <[4][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: RE: EXTENSION REQUEST: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment
and Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
We are aware that in our last email we requested an extension to Friday
12^th May, and this date has now passed. We apologise for the further
delay.
The relevant team within the ICB has informed us that they are still
awaiting some data from Sirona to be able to complete the response. Once
the final response has been approved we will be able to share this with
you, we will keep you updated on progress where possible.
Apologies again for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:58 PM
To: Jen Smith <[6][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: EXTENSION REQUEST: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request, however
identifying all the relevant colleagues who have been involved in this
work and locating all the information required has taken longer than
expected. Therefore, we would like to suggest an extension of 10 days,
until Friday 12^th May, although we will endeavour to send the information
to you as soon as we can.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [7]https://ico.org.uk/
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NX
Website: [8]bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: 28 March 2023 08:38
To: Jen Smith <[9][FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: FOI.ICB-2223?265 - Child Autism Assessment and
Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria.
I am acknowledging your request on behalf of Bristol, North Somerset and
south Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB). We will be
dealing with your request for information in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 26^th April 2023.
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [10]https://ico.org.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
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Dear NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board's handling of my FOI request 'All records relating to the decision to apply restrictive criteria to child autism assessments and community paediatrians'.
This is now very late
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...
Yours faithfully,
Jen Smith
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Good morning,
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 27^th
March 2023, regarding documents and information relating to Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria - we apologise for the
signifcant delay in providing you with the response.
We also note that you have requested an internal review into the delays,
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email, which we received on Wednesday 13 September, in
which you asked for an internal review into the way Bristol, North
Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB handled your request for
information under reference: FOI.ICB-2223/265
In most cases we expect to be in a position to provide a response within
20 working days (by Tuesday 7^th November), or 40 days in exceptional
circumstances.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a
decision unless you have already exhausted Bristol, North Somerset and
South Gloucestershire ICB’s internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on
the Information Commissioner's website: [1]http://www.ico.gov.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email, which we received on Wednesday 13 September, in
which you asked for an internal review into the way Bristol, North
Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB handled your request for
information under reference: FOI.ICB-2223/265
Please find attached our response to the internal review.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a
decision unless you have already exhausted Bristol, North Somerset and
South Gloucestershire ICB’s internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on
the Information Commissioner's website: [1]http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
[2]bnssg.icb.nhs.uk
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From: foi (NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ICB -
15C)
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:38 PM
To: Jen Smith <[FOI #965438 email]>
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INTERNAL REVIEW: FOI.ICB-2223/265 - Child Autism
Assessment and Community Paediatricians Criteria
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email, which we received on Wednesday 13 September, in
which you asked for an internal review into the way Bristol, North
Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB handled your request for
information under reference: FOI.ICB-2223/265
In most cases we expect to be in a position to provide a response within
20 working days (by Tuesday 7^th November), or 40 days in exceptional
circumstances.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a
decision unless you have already exhausted Bristol, North Somerset and
South Gloucestershire ICB’s internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK6 5AF.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on
the Information Commissioner's website: [3]http://www.ico.gov.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB
360 Bristol - Three Six Zero, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
Please be aware that all emails received and sent by this organisation are
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third party. If you believe you have been sent this message in error,
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