Disabled doctors
Dear General Medical Council,
Can you please provide the number of Drs in the UK and Scotland who required the aid of a wheelchair.
Yours faithfully,
James Hardy
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Dear Mr Hardy,
Your information request – IR1-3060379278
Thank you for your email dated 19 May, in which you ask for the number of
Drs in the UK and Scotland who required the aid of a wheelchair.
How we will consider your request
We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Who to contact
Matt McCoig-Lees will be handling your request. If you have any questions
you can contact
him via email at [email address] .
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Dear Mr Hardy
I write further to previous correspondence with a response under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We don’t hold the data you have requested. We do collect disability data
on an opt in basis but not that would allow us to answer the question.
We give registrants a number of categories of disability they can identify
as having, such as having problems with mobility. However this is broader
than people who need a wheelchair to mobilise.
If you have any further requests we would be happy to consider them. We
could provide the data on an all UK basis or for the four nations of
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
I hope this information is helpful. If you have any comments on how I have
handled your request please email [1][GMC request email].
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Kind Regards
Matt
Matthew McCoig-Lees
Information Access Officer
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Email: [2][email address]
Website: [3]www.gmc-uk.org
Tel: 0161 923 6579
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From: FOI
Sent: 21 May 2021 10:51
To: [FOI #756808 email]
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Disabled doctors
Dear Mr Hardy,
Your information request – IR1-3060379278
Thank you for your email dated 19 May, in which you ask for the number of
Drs in the UK and Scotland who required the aid of a wheelchair.
How we will consider your request
We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.
Who to contact
Matt McCoig-Lees will be handling your request. If you have any questions
you can contact
him via email at [5][email address] .
Yours sincerely
Lauren Barrowcliffe
Information Access Team Assistant
[6][email address]
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
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