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Fracture Liaison / dexa service

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Sinead Conway
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Dear Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

1. Can you supply any business cases there are for development of fracture liaison service.
2.How many fracture liaison nurses are employed by the trust and what banding.
3. How many radiographers are employed for dexa in the trust and what banding.
4. How many staff undertake clinical reporting of dxa scans in the trust to ensure to compliancy with IRMER(NI) regulations and dexa reporting standards.

Yours faithfully,

Sinead Conway

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Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Thank you. Your email has been received by the Information Governance Department and will be responded to in due course.

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Our Ref: SC261119

Please be advised that your request is being processed by the Trust in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Regards

Jenni

Jenni Brooks
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Governance
Causeway House
Route Complex
8e Coleraine Road
Ballymoney
BT53 6BP
 
028 27661293 Ext 363293

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Brooks, Jenni, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Good Afternoon
 
Please find attached response to your FOI request.
 
 
Regards
 
Jenni
 
Jenni Brooks
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Governance
Causeway House
Route Complex
8e Coleraine Road
Ballymoney
BT53 6BP
 
028 27661293 Ext 363293
 
 
 

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Sinead Conway
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Dear Brooks, Jenni,

I require further clarification.

1. If the trust is not commissioned to deliver fracture liaison services then why did the nhsct advertise 2 fracture liaison nurse posts (1x band 7 and 1x band 6) on hsc recruit towards the end of last year (2019). Surely there then has to be a business case and the required commissioning otherwise why would the trust advertise these positions?

2. To confirm is the trust stating that nobody actually clinically evaluates the scan and the automated DEXA scan print and raw data is sent out to referrers without an accompanying written report or being checked for accuracy by a radiologist?

Kind regards
Sinead

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Brooks, Jenni, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Sinead

I acknowledge your request for clarification re the response provided and will revert to you in due course.

Regards

Jenni

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Sinead Conway
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Dear Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)'s handling of my FOI request 'Fracture Liaison / dexa service'.

I have been waiting some time for my request, can you please provide the information requested.

Regards
Sinead

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

Yours faithfully,

Sinead Conway

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Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Health & Social Care has experienced unprecedented pressures due to COVID-19. The Trust understands the significance of your request and we will endeavour to meet the legislative deadlines in all situations; however, delays may occur. We therefore would appreciate your forbearance during these exceptional circumstances. Should you wish to speak to a member of staff, please contact 028 2766 1293.

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Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Thank you for your email which has been received by the Information Governance Department and will be responded to in due course.

As you will appreciate, Health & Social Care is experiencing unprecedented pressures due to COVID 19.

The Information Commissioner’s Office have issued guidance recognising that, as resources might be diverted away from usual compliance or information governance work, understandable delays may be experienced by those making information rights requests during the pandemic. The Trust understands the significance of your request and we will endeavour to meet the required deadlines in all situations. However, we would appreciate your forbearance during these exceptional circumstances.

Should you wish to speak to a member of staff, please contact 028 2766 1293.

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Sinead

I am having difficulty tracing this request.

Do you have a reference we would have sent you, or can you provide the date you sent the request to us please.

Thanks

Jenni

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Sinead

A response was sent for this request on 31 December 2020.

I trust this helps.

Regards

Jenni

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Sinead Conway
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Dear Governance, Info,

I sent this on the 3rd January and received a reply on 6th January. I have been waiting for the clarified response.

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Sinead Conway 3 January 2020
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Dear Brooks, Jenni,

I require further clarification.

1. If the trust is not commissioned to deliver fracture liaison services then why did the nhsct advertise 2 fracture liaison nurse posts (1x band 7 and 1x band 6) on hsc recruit towards the end of last year (2019). Surely there then has to be a business case and the required commissioning otherwise why would the trust advertise these positions?

2. To confirm is the trust stating that nobody actually clinically evaluates the scan and the automated DEXA scan print and raw data is sent out to referrers without an accompanying written report or being checked for accuracy by a radiologist?

Kind regards
Sinead

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Brooks, Jenni, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) 6 January 2020
Sinead

I acknowledge your request for clarification re the response provided and will revert to you in due course.

Regards

Jenni

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Yours sincerely,

Sinead Conway

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Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Health & Social Care has experienced unprecedented pressures due to COVID-19. The Trust understands the significance of your request and we will endeavour to meet the legislative deadlines in all situations; however, delays may occur. We therefore would appreciate your forbearance during these exceptional circumstances. Should you wish to speak to a member of staff, please contact 028 2766 1293.

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Sinead

Just so I can be sure of the timeline.

You sent original request on 26th November 2019 and we replied on 31 December 2020.

You then sent the email as detailed below on 3 January?

Did you get a response/acknowledgment to your email of 3 January? If so from whom and if possible can you send me that response please.

I cannot find any record of us receiving your 3 January email or of any response we sent.

If you can provide the information above then I will certainly investigate.

Regards

Jenni

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Moore, Marjorie, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Dear Ms Conway,

Please accept my apologies for this information not having been provided to you sooner, this was an oversight you had requested clarification on the following two questions -

1. If the Trust is not commissioned to deliver fracture liaison services then why did the nhsct advertise 2 fracture liaison nurse posts (1x band 7 and 1x band 6) on hsc recruit towards the end of last year (2019). Surely there then has to be a business case and the required commissioning otherwise why would the trust advertise these positions?

The information issued previous to you as inaccurate, and I hope the information bellows provides clarification -

The Trust advertised and appointed 2 FLS nurses in February 2020 which the Commissioner agreed to Fund in 2019/2020, in anticipation of a Business case being submitted for 2020/2021, to include all staff and goods and services/

The staff took up the post in February 2020 to facilitate the completion of required training and development of the Service.

The business case has now been submitted and funding agreed.

2. Confirm is the Trust stating that nobody actually clinically evaluates the scan and the automated DEXA scan print and raw data is sent out to referrers without an accompanying written report or being checked for accuracy by a radiologist?

Yes, this is correct. However, the Trust have identified a staff member and commissioned funding to deliver formal DEXA reports. Unfortunately COVID has delayed the training required, and we are awaiting advice regarding when the training will take place post-COVID.

Once again please accept my apologies for not having responded. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any further information.

Kind Regards,
Marjorei Moore

Marjorie Moore
Information Governance Team Leader
Information Governance Department
Causeway House, Route Complex, 8e Coleraine Road, Ballymoney, BT53 6BP
Telephone: 028276 61317 Ext 363317
[mobile number]
 

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