Communication Devices supplied by PCT (AAC)

Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT) did not have the information requested.

Dear Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT),

I am an academic researcher, attempting to assess the provision of augmentative and alternative communication devices by the NHS. Would you please send me details of augmentative and alternative communication devices supplied/purchased by your trust between 31st March 2006 and 1st April 2011.

I would like the information broken down by both product name (So for example Dynavox Xpress, iPod touch with TapToTalk, BigMack) and by year. I would like information for both children and adults, but I don't require a breakdown by age.
I attempting to find out how many people who have poor or no speech have a speech aid, in particular electronic speech aids, and I would like to know how many have been supplied by the trust during the last five years.

Deven PCT have helpfully give examples on a previous request. The format they used was

2005/06
4 X Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)
2 x Listen To Me
2 x Lightwriters
1 x Dynawrite
1 x Dynamo
1 x Falck Voice Amplifier
1 x Lions Speech Aid
1 x Go Talk
1 x Little Mack

2006/07
9 x Digital Electronic Larynxes (Servox)
2 x Lightwriters
1 x mini Printer
2 x The Grid software
2 x Falck Voice Amplifiers
1 x Listen To Me
1 x Textphone
1 x Talking Symbols Notepad

and this would do nicely for me. Other excellent formats were provided by:
Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
Bromley PCT (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
Bristol PCT ( http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...)
and Central Lancashire PCT
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au...)

Just to make the process more efficient for you guys - it would be great to clarify a couple of things at this stage - I am aware that some trusts make use of commissioning trusts to do the actual purchase of the devices; when I have contacted the commissioning trusts I've been often redirected back to the PCT because the paperwork for
previous years have been stored at the PCT - this redirection must be causing additional work for both trusts in the long run and it would be great to avoid it
(http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/au... is an example of the problem)

Also, and again to make life easier for you, I should point about that since this request is being made via whatdotheyknow.com - email addresses are stripped out of replies to protect your privacy (because the responses are all available to public view) if you are to redirect
my request to another body then it's ideal to just give the name of the body rather than just an email address

Yours faithfully,

Dr Joseph Reddington

Dear Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT),

You're a little over your 20 days... is everything okay over there?

Yours sincerely,

Joe

Customer Services (XTHIS), Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Morning Joe

We have responded to you informing you we do not hold this information and referred your request to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), as per his consent.
Please find attached.
This FOI request is closed at our end and you will need to contact CHFT directly.

Kind regards

Dawn

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Dear Customer Services (XTHIS),

Yesterday I received the following reply from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT):

"I am sorry but we are unable to provide you with the information you request, this is because since April 2011 Calderdale & Huddersfield Foundation Trust's access to Calderdale PCT systems was stopped.
Please contact NHS Calderdale for this information."

Would it be possible for you to give them a call so you could work out between you who has the information?

Yours sincerely,

Joe

Anna Lewandowska, Calderdale Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Joe

 

Our response still stands. As a commissioning organisation, we do not
issue communication devices (to support speech therapy).

Because of that, we do not hold this information and acute trust (CHFT)
does not report this to us.

 

I have contacted CHFT directly asking to investigate this issue, as their
response might have been mislead by the title of your request -
Communication Devices supplied by PCT (AAC).

 

Regards,

Anna Lewandowska

 

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Dear Anna Lewandowska,

Thank you for investigating this - would you mind awfully forwarding me your email to CHFT so I can keep track? I spoke to the information commissioners office today and it makes life much easier for them if all the information is the right place :)

Yours sincerely,

Joe