Freedom of Information request - prescribing of antibiotics

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Dear NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group,

We are currently researching the change in GP prescribing behaviour in urinary tract infections.

Please can you provide us with the following information:

Do you have a formulary used by primary care prescribers? If so, what is the current status of nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim with respect to urinary tract infections (e.g. first line, second line, etc)

Has the status of either nitrofurantoin or trimethoprim changed in the formulary since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the previous status(es) and details of the date(s) of change.

Have you had any work plans in place with respect to nitrofurantoin and trimethoprim prescribing since 2014? If so, can you please provide documents and start date.

Have you had any GP prescribing incentive schemes or similar which relate to trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin prescribing since November 2014? If so, can you please provide the documents.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Goldacre and Richard Croker

FOI, bccg (NHS BEDFORDSHIRE CCG), NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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COMPLAINTSANDFOI, Bccg (NHS BEDFORDSHIRE CCG), NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

FOI request - Ref BF349

Your enquiry to NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which was received on 7 November 2017, will be responded to under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000.

Following receipt of your email below, I will process your request as soon as possible and certainly within 20 working days of receipt. You will therefore hear back from me by 5 December 2017.

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Complaints and FOI Team
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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COMPLAINTSANDFOI, Bccg (NHS BEDFORDSHIRE CCG), NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Re: FOI requests – BF349

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 7 November 2017.

Please find attached our response to your request.

Your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and we hope that you find this response helpful.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request for information, then in accordance with the Act you may ask us to conduct a review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original e-mail and should be addressed to the FOI Manager at:

NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Corporate Affairs Team
Capability House
Wrest Park
Silsoe
Bedfordshire
MK45 4HR

Email: [email address]

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's Office cannot usually make a decision unless you have already exhausted the CCG’s internal review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Wycliffe Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK6 5AF

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on the Information Commissioner's website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/.

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Kind regards,

Complaints and FOI Team
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group

Suite 1 | Capability House | Wrest Park | Silsoe | Beds | MK45 4HR

Tel: 01525 624275
Email: [email address]

www.bedfordshireccg.nhs.uk

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