ECR Referrals
Dear Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,
I am currently conducting some health economics research and would be grateful if you could send me information on how many extra contractual referrals (ECRs) your Trust has made for acute working age adult psychiatric in-patient beds over the last 3 years. This excludes any referrals for specialist or long stay beds – i.e. forensic, rehab or other tertiary referrals - as I am referring only to acute admissions that had to be sent to another Trust (often out of hours) as a result of periodic bed pressures within your own area.
I would also be grateful if you could break the information down as follows;
i) Totals for each month (over the last 36 months).
ii) Gender ratios (i.e. what percentage was male and what percentage was female).
iii) Which Trusts you made these referrals to (totals for each year).
Many thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Russell Razzaque
Dear Dr Razzaque
Thank you for your request for information regarding extra contractual referrals (ECRs) our Trust has made for acute working age adult psychiatric in-patient beds over the last 3 years.
Your request was received on the 18 November 2013 and we are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
If there is anything you need clarification on, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Bernadett Arky
Information Management and Compliance Assurance Manager
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
99 Waverley Road
St Albans, Herts
AL3 5TL
Tel: 01727 804 227
[mobile number]
Safe haven fax: 01727 804 968
Dear Dr Razzaque
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information act 2000.
Could you please clarify whether you are interested to know about the NHS requests only that our Trust has made or the Private organisations used as well?
Thank you
Yours sincerely
Bernadett Arky
Information Management and Compliance Assurance Manager
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
99 Waverley Road
St Albans, Herts
AL3 5TL
Tel: 01727 804 227
[mobile number]
Safe haven fax: 01727 804 968
Dear Bernadett,
I can confirm that I am interested in both your NHS and private sector referrals.
Many thanks, and I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Russell Razzaque
Dear Dr Razzaque
Please find enclosed the Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS
Foundation Trust’s response to your recent Freedom of Information request.
Yours sincerely
Bernadett Arky
Information Management and Compliance Assurance Manager
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
99 Waverley Road
St Albans, Herts
AL3 5TL
Tel: 01727 804 227
Safe haven fax: 01727 804 968
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