Freedom of Information Team
Our Ref: FOI/2020.420/MS
The Oast
Date: 28 February 2020
Unit D, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Barming
Maidstone
ME16 9NT
Ed Fryer
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Phone: 01622 211900
Email: xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Web: www.kentcht.nhs.uk
Dear Mr Fryer
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email dated 13 February 2020, requesting information regarding the treatment
of inflammatory bowel disease.
Please find detailed below a summary of your request, together with our response.
Summary of your request:
In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Ulcerative colitis?
Of these patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?
In the last twelve months how many patients have been treated for Crohn’s disease?
Of the patients how many were treated with Entyvio (vedolizumab)?
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust does not treat patients for ulcerative colitis or
Crohn’s disease and therefore we do not hold the information you have requested. This care
would be provided by the acute trusts.
We provide wide-ranging NHS care for people in the community, in a range of settings including
people’s own homes; nursing homes; health clinics; community hospitals; minor injury units and
in mobile units.
We recommend you redirect your request to the trusts running the acute hospitals. In an effort to
advise and assist, I have attached as Appendix A the contact details for the acute Trusts in Kent.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.
Please remember to quote the reference number in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, and Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Act Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust copyright
Re-use of information
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 that 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 2015 www.opsi.gov.uk. This will not affect your initial
information request. If you wish to re-use any third party copyright material we have identified you
will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders. Any enquiries regarding this
document/publication should be sent to us at the address above.
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2020.420, Appendix A
Kent and Medway Acute Trusts Freedom of Information (FOI) contact details
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
FOI Act Lead,
4th Floor, Information Dept,
Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust,
Darent Valley Hospital,
Darenth Wood Road,
Dartford,
Kent, DA2 8DA.
Online form:
https://www.dvh.nhs.uk/about-us/foi/form/ East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Administration Office
Trust Offices
Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Canterbury
Kent, CT1 3NG
Online form
: http://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/about-us/freedom-of-
information/freedom-of-information-request-form/
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Freedom of Information Officer,
Trust Headquarters,
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust,
Hermitage Lane,
Maidstone,
Kent, ME16 9QQ
Email:
xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Information Governance Team
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway Maritime Hospital
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent, ME7 5NY
Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
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