Difficult Asthma

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Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

How many adult patients have been seen in the difficult asthma clinics over the last five years?

How many of these are admitted for the difficult asthma protocol?

What is the difficult asthma protocol?

What diagnoses are then apparent i.e. how many have asthma or another issue?

Yours faithfully,

Tom Charles-Gorman

FOI, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Tom Charles-Gorman,

Further to your request, made under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. The Trust has received your request and will respond within 20 working days.

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI1089. If you have any queries in relation to your request, please quote this reference number.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in anyway with the way in which your request has been handled, the Trust has an internal complaints procedure through which you can raise any concerns you might have. Further details of this procedure can be obtained on the Trust website http://www.rbht.nhs.uk .

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From: T C [[FOI #118329 email]]
Sent: 03 June 2012 11:24
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Difficult Asthma

Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

How many adult patients have been seen in the difficult asthma
clinics over the last five years?

How many of these are admitted for the difficult asthma protocol?

What is the difficult asthma protocol?

What diagnoses are then apparent i.e. how many have asthma or
another issue?

Yours faithfully,

Tom Charles-Gorman

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Dear Tom Charles-Gorman,

Freedom of Information Request Ref. No. FOI1089

Further to your request, made under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. The Trust has now reviewed your request and can provide the following information (attached).

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in anyway with the way in which your request has been handled, the Trust has an internal complaints procedure through which you can raise any concerns you might have. Further details of this procedure can be obtained on the Trust website http://www.rbht.nhs.uk .

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
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From: T C [[FOI #118329 email]]
Sent: 03 June 2012 11:24
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Difficult Asthma

Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

How many adult patients have been seen in the difficult asthma
clinics over the last five years?

How many of these are admitted for the difficult asthma protocol?

What is the difficult asthma protocol?

What diagnoses are then apparent i.e. how many have asthma or
another issue?

Yours faithfully,

Tom Charles-Gorman

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Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

Many thanks for your reply. Could you please expand on:
where patients are referred from
and also what does the difficult asthma protocol/systemic assessment involves including why some patients have this?

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/di...

Yours faithfully,

Tom Charles-Gorman

FOI, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Tom Charles-Gorman

We have attached further information. This includes two papers which go into detail of what we do at the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and benchmark us against other centres. Also attached is information which illustrates where we get referrals from.

We hope this response satisfies your request. Should you require further information or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in anyway with the way in which your request has been handled, the Trust has an internal complaints procedure through which you can raise any concerns you might have. Further details of this procedure can be obtained on the Trust website http://www.rbht.nhs.uk .

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
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From: T C [[FOI #118329 email]]
Sent: 04 July 2012 23:17
To: FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Difficult Asthma

Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

Many thanks for your reply. Could you please expand on:
where patients are referred from
and also what does the difficult asthma protocol/systemic
assessment involves including why some patients have this?

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/di...

Yours faithfully,

Tom Charles-Gorman

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