Dear Oldham Primary Care Trust (PCT),

In light of your trusts responsibility for commissioning the existing direct enhanced services payment scheme, I would be grateful if could you provide the following information:

1) The overall total of GP surgeries in your trusts area
2) The overall total of GP surgeries in your trusts area who are currently in receipt of direct enhanced services and are therefore expected to offer annual health checks for people with a learning disability.
3) This number as a percentage of the total number of GP surgeries within your trusts area.
4) The names of those GP surgeries in your trusts area currently in receipt of direct enhanced services and therefore offering annual health checks .
5) Any postcode districts within your trusts region that have no GP surgeries in receipt of direct enhanced services and therefore no GP surgeries offering annual health checks.

I look forward to your response.

With thanks,
Clare Lucas

Dear Deb,
Many thanks for responding so promptly to my request and for your full answers. It is very much appreciated.

Best wishes,

Clare

Dear Deborah,

I was just going over your response and noticed a slight discrepancy I was hoping you would be able to clear up. In your response, you state that 37 GP practices receive DES and should offer annual health checks for people with a learning disability. However, 38 practices appear to be listed in response to Question 4. Could I just clarify if one of these was listed in error or if the actual total is 38?

With thanks,

Clare

Dear Deb,

Not a problem at all- I know these things can happen! Many thanks for clarifying and for all your assistance with my request.

Yours sincerely,

Clare