Annual expenditure on bupropion, varenicline and other pharmaceutical smoking cessation products

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Dear NHS National Services Scotland,

Please provide the annual expenditure on bupropion, varenicline and other pharmaceutical smoking cessation products for the last 5 years, broken down by year and product name.

Yours faithfully,

RT Freud

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FOI (NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND),

Dear Mr Freud

 

Freedom of Information Reference:  FOI-2016-000185

 

I refer to your freedom of information request which we received on 21^st
April 2016, requesting the following information:

 

The annual expenditure on bupropion, varenicline and other pharmaceutical
smoking cessation products for the last 5 years, broken down by year and
product name.

 

I confirm that your request has been past to our Practitioner & Counter
Fraud Services (PCFS) Strategic Business Unit (SBU) to respond.  Under the
terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, a response will
be sent within 20 working days of receipt, i.e. no later than 20^th May
2016.

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Tracey Gill

Corporate Records Manager

 

Strategy & Governance Directorate

NHS National Services Scotland

Gyle Square

1 South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

 

Telephone: 0131 275 7496

Email: [email address]

 

[Please note my working week is Tuesday - Friday]

 

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PCFS-FOI (NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND),

Dear RT Freud

 

Freedom of Information Reference: FOI-2016-000185

 

I am writing regarding your request for information, which I received on
21^st April 2016.  In that request you asked us for “Please provide the
annual expenditure on bupropion, varenicline and other pharmaceutical
smoking cessation products for the last 5 years, broken down by year and
product name”.

 

Having reviewed your information request, I regret that it is unclear
precisely what information is being requested.  I have been unable to
contact you by phone to clarify your request and I would therefore request
that you contact me on:

 

Phone: 0131 275 6000

Email:  [1][email address]  

Address: Practitioner Services, NHS National Services Scotland, Gyle
Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB

 

I will not be able to take this matter further without extra information
from you.  In particular, it would be useful to know what other
pharmaceutical smoking cessation products you want included in the
response?

 

Until you do so, we consider that this information request is suspended
and that the 20 working day response timescale will not recommence until
clarification is received from yourself.

 

If you are unhappy with any aspect of how we have dealt with your request
you can make representations to us asking us to review the handling of
your request.  Please write to the

 

Associate Director of Corporate Affairs and Compliance

NHS National Services Scotland

Headquarters

Gyle Square

1 South Gyle Cresent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

 

within 40 working days of the date of this correspondence.

 

If after a review you are still unhappy, you also have the right to apply
to the Scottish Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at Kinburn
Castle, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, or via their [2]online application
form.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Tina

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Dear PCFS-FOI (NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND),

Please provide the annual expenditure on bupropion and varenicline smoking cessation products for the last 5 years, broken down by year and product name”

Yours sincerely,

RT Freud

McNicol Megan (NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND),

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Dear RT Freud

 

Freedom of Information Reference: INFO 2016-00185

 

Thank you for your email of 21^st April 2016 requesting the following:
annual expenditure on bupropion, varenicline and other pharmaceutical 
smoking cessation products for the last 5 years, broken down by year and
product name . I confirm that NSS ISD does hold the information you have
requested and have attached it to this email.

 

I hope this information is helpful to you.  Please do not hesitate to
contact me on 0141 282 2205 or [1][email address] if I can be
of any further assistance.

 

If you are unhappy with any aspect of how we have dealt with your request
you can make representations to us asking us to review the handling of
your request.  Please write to the

 

Associate Director of Corporate Affairs and Compliance

NHS National Services Scotland

Headquarters

Gyle Square

1 South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

 

within 40 working days of the date of this correspondence.

 

If after a review you are still unhappy, you also have the right to apply
to the Scottish Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at Kinburn
Castle, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, or via their [2]online application
form.

 

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me at the above
address.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Megan McNicol

 

Information Analyst

Prescribing Team

 

National Information & Intelligence

Information Services Division

NHS National Services Scotland

Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street

Glasgow, G2 6QE

 

Tel: 0141 282 2205

 

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