FGM/C cases

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Humber NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

1) How many females have you treated in connection to/relating to/as a result of FGM/C (female genital mutilation or cutting) practices?
2) Please can you break your answer down by financial years:
- 2015/16
- 2014/15
- 2013/14
3) Can you also break down and categorise the numbers by “reason for treatment”? So for example, i. bleeding ii. infection
4) Can you break down and categorise the numbers by what the treatment was? So for example, i. amputation ii. cosmetic surgery
5) Can you break down and categorise the numbers by the females’ ages? Ideally in these age brackets: i. 0 – 9 ii. 10 – 18 iii. 19 – 27 (and continue by nine-year age brackets)

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.

In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for, my details are outlined below.

Best wishes,

Peter Walker
0203 615 0045/ [email address]

FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Walker

Thank you for your request for information. It will be dealt with 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, which you will be required to pay before we proceed with your request.

We will respond to your request within 20 working days of it being received.

All information provided under Freedom of Information is deemed to be in the public domain. The Information Commissioner requires as good practice that organisations make public, information provided from Freedom of Information requests.

Any information we provide following your request under the Freedom of Information Act will not confer an automatic right for you to re-use that information, for example to publish it. If you wish to re-use the information we provide and you do not specify this in your initial application for information then you must make a further request for its re-use as per the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk . This will not affect your initial information request.

Yours sincerely

Kind Regards

Freedom Of Information Team
Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Mary Seacole Building, Willerby Hill,Willerby, HU10 6ED
Fax: 01482 477857

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FOI (HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

FOI 16 328

 

Dear Peter

 

I am writing to confirm that the Humber NHS Foundation Trust has now
completed its search for the information which you requested on 16^th
December 2016.

 

You asked for

 

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|1)    How many females have you treated in connection to/relating to/as |
|a result of FGM/C (female genital mutilation or cutting) practices? |
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|      2) Please can you break your answer down by financial years: |
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|- 2015/16 |
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|- 2014/15 |
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|- 2013/14 |
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|2)    Can you also break down and categorise the numbers by “reason for |
|treatment”? So for example, i. bleeding ii. Infection |
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|3)    Can you break down and categorise the numbers by what the |
|treatment was? So for example, i. amputation ii. cosmetic surgery |
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|4)    Can you break down and categorise the numbers by the females’ |
|ages? Ideally in these age brackets: i. 0 – 9 ii. 10 – 18 iii. 19 – 27 |
|(and continue by nine-year age brackets) |
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|The Humber NHS Foundation Trust do not treat physical complications of |
|FGM. |
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|The Humber NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health and community |
|services Trust.  |
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|This request is more appropriate to the acute Trust in the area which is|
|the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust we can either ( if you |
|have not already done so) forward this request to the Trust with your |
|permission,  or you can send the request directly to [1][email address]. |
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I hope my response has covered all the information which you requested.

 

To help us measure our performance in responding to Freedom of Information
requests I wonder if you will take a little time to complete the attached
form and return it to me.

 

The information we have provided to you is copyrighted to the Humber NHS
Foundation Trust and provided to you free of charge for your personal use
or for other specific uses permitted in the Copyright Act. If however you
wish to use the information we have provided for any commercial purposes
including the sale of the information to a third party then, under the
Regulations on the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005,
you must ask us for permission to do so in respect of each specific piece
of such information. If we do grant such permission this may involve a
licensing arrangement which may attract a fee.

 

All information provided under Freedom of Information is deemed to be in
the public domain. The Information Commissioner requires as good practice
that organisations make public, information provided from Freedom of
Information requests. The Trust will therefore place a copy of this
response on its website, [2]www.humber.nhs.uk.  This is to help anyone who
may have a similar enquiry. No personal information about you, such as
your name or email address will be shown on this posting.

 

If you have any other queries about this letter, please also contact me.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision
you should write to:

 

PALS and Complaints Manager

Trust Headquarters

Willerby Hill

Beverley Road

Willerby

HU10 6ED

[3][email address]

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Humber NHS Foundation Trust. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Information Governance and Legal Services

 

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