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Zarafshaan Hussain

Dear NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group,

I would like to request the information about the following points around the CCG's decisions with patient care and its structure.
• What criteria does the CCG use to select which inhalers should be prescribed for Asthma and COPD?
• How does the CCG compare the cost-effectiveness , efficacy, safety and patient usability of different inhalers when selecting which COPD and Asthma inhalers should be included on its local guidance?
• Over the past three years, has the CCG introduced a planned programme of care which resulted in the medicines optimisation team, contractors or GP practices proactively reviewing patients and aligning their COPD and/or Asthma inhalers to alternative options?
• Please list the alternative asthma and COPD inhalers that were introduced by the CCGs medicines optimisation team, contractors or GP practices during any planned programme of care that proactively reviewed the use of asthma and/or COPD inhalers over the past 3 years
.
• Over the past three years, has the CCG used a QIPP scheme to introduce a planned programme of care which resulted in the medicines optimisation team, contractors or GP practices proactively reviewing patients and aligning their COPD and/or Asthma inhalers to alternative options?
• Please list the alternative asthma and COPD inhalers that were introduced by the CCGs medicines optimisation team, contractors or GP practices when using a QIPP scheme to introduce a planned programme of care that proactively reviewed the use of asthma and/ or COPD inhalers over the past 3 years?

I would also like to make a request for the full name, contact number and contact email for the following roles listed below within your CCG;
Roles:
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Medicines Management Lead

Yours faithfully,

Zarafshaan Hussain

FREEMAN, Rhiannon (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group

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[1]Swale CCG colRef:     Swale 023 Hussain

Date   2 May 2018

 

 

Dear Zarafshaan Hussain

 

Thank you for your email dated 2 May 2018 requesting information about
regarding patient care.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know.  A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be
required to pay before I proceed to deal with your request.

 

You will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days
unless the Clinical Commissioning group does not hold the information or
there is a reason for it to be withheld.  I will write to you in any
event.

 

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied e.g. the language to be used, large print and so on, then
please let me know. 

 

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at:

 

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|Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, |
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|Wilmslow, Cheshire |
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|SK9 5AF |
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|Telephone: 08456 306060 or 01625 54 57 45 |
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|[2]www.ico.gov.uk |
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If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For information on how to make a complaint or submit a Freedom of
Information Request for NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG and NHS
Swale CCG please see the relevant CCG website:
[4]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk or [5]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

Please send all re quests for copies of personal data (Subject Access
request/Data Protection Act) to [6][email address]  or by
post to SECSU – Information Governance, Kent House, 81 Station Road,
Ashford TN23 1PP.

 

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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group

3 Attachments

[1]Swale CCG colRef:     Swale 023 Hussain

Date   2 May 2018

 

 

Dear Zarafshaan Hussain

 

Thank you for your email dated 2 May 2018 requesting information about
regarding patient care.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know.  A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be
required to pay before I proceed to deal with your request.

 

You will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days
unless the Clinical Commissioning group does not hold the information or
there is a reason for it to be withheld.  I will write to you in any
event.

 

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied e.g. the language to be used, large print and so on, then
please let me know. 

 

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at:

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, |
| |
|Wilmslow, Cheshire |
| |
|SK9 5AF |
| |
|Telephone: 08456 306060 or 01625 54 57 45 |
| |
|[2]www.ico.gov.uk |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For information on how to make a complaint or submit a Freedom of
Information Request for NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG and NHS
Swale CCG please see the relevant CCG website:
[4]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk or [5]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

Please send all re quests for copies of personal data (Subject Access
request/Data Protection Act) to [6][email address]  or by
post to SECSU – Information Governance, Kent House, 81 Station Road,
Ashford TN23 1PP.

 

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intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the
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or take any reliance on its contents: To do so is strictly prohibited and
may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation.

 

 

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we can not guarantee the safety of any sensitive or confidential
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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Swale Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Mr Hussai

 

Further to your FOI request dated 2 May 2018 I now have pleasure in
attaching formal response

 

With best wishes

 

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [1]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For information on how to make a complaint or submit a Freedom of
Information Request for NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG and NHS
Swale CCG please see the relevant CCG website:
[2]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk or [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

 

 

This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the
intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the
message in error before deleting it. If you have received the message in
error please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this email
or take any reliance on its contents: To do so is strictly prohibited and
may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation.

 

Whilst emails from an NHS.net account are encrypted, and therefore secure,
we can not guarantee the safety of any sensitive or confidential
information received by, or sent to correspondents who do not have an
equally secure email account. If this is a matter of concern to you, the
alternative will be to correspond by post.

 

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