Independent Advocacy

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Dear NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group,

We would like to request information about services you may commission to provide Independent Advocacy for people accessing support in the following processes in your area:

- Continuing Health Care (CHC)
- Continuing Care
- personal wheelchair budgets
- personal health budgets

Q1. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people going through Continuing Health Care processes (adult) or Continuing Care (children)?

Q2. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing personal wheelchair budgets?

Q3. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing or using personal health budgets processes (both adult and children)?

Yours faithfully,

Katja Huijbers

Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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References: FOI 35011 BAN 11E + FOI 35012 SWI 12D + FOI 35013 WIL 99N

 

 

Dear Ms Huijbers

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24
February 2020 regarding documents and services relating to Independent
Advocacy

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs):

 

Ÿ  NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG

Ÿ  NHS Swindon CCG

Ÿ  NHS Wiltshire CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 23 March 2020

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [1]https://ico.org.uk/.

 

Kindest Regards

 

Anthea

 

Anthea York | Freedom of Information Manager | Governance Services

NHS South, Central and West

 

[2]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

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From: K. Huijbers [mailto:[email address]]

Sent: 23 February 2020 11:15

To: information (NHS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Independent Advocacy

 

Dear NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group,

 

We would like to request information about services you may commission to
provide Independent Advocacy for people accessing support in the following
processes in your area:

 

- Continuing Health Care (CHC)

- Continuing Care

- personal wheelchair budgets

- personal health budgets

 

Q1. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people going through Continuing Health
Care processes (adult) or Continuing Care (children)?

 

Q2. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing personal wheelchair
budgets?

 

Q3. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing or using personal health
budgets processes (both adult and children)?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Katja Huijbers

 

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Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 35013 WIL 99N

 

 

Dear Ms Huijbers

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24
February 2020 regarding documents and services relating to Independent
Advocacy

 

Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
can confirm that the CCG does hold the information requested.  Please find
attached the response to your request, which is sent on behalf of the
following Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

 

Ÿ  NHS Wiltshire CCG

 

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.

 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright. 
You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law.  Documents (except photographs) can
also be used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of
news reporting.  Any other reuse, for example, commercial publication,
would require the permission of the copyright holder. 

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:

 

Freedom of Information Reviews

Freedom of Information Manager

Southgate House

Pans Lane

Devizes

Wiltshire

SN10 5EQ

or email: [1][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.  Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a
decision unless you have already exhausted NHS South, Central and West
Commissioning Support Unit'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: [2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me.  Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Anthea

 

Anthea York | Freedom of Information Manager | Governance Services

NHS South, Central and West

 

[3]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

[4]Email-Signature-Logo-v1

 

Please be aware that all e-mails received and sent by this organisation
are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and may be disclosed
to a third party. If you believe you have been sent this message in error,
please inform the sender and delete the message and any attachments as
soon as possible. All messages sent by this organisation are checked for
viruses but this does not, and cannot, guarantee that a virus has not been
transmitted.

 

From: Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT)
Sent: 24 February 2020 15:41
To: [email address];
[email address];
[FOI #649127 email]
Subject: FW: FOI 35011 BAN 11E + FOI 35012 SWI 12D + FOI 35013 WIL 99N -
Independent Advocacy - FOI Request Ack

 

References: FOI 35011 BAN 11E + FOI 35012 SWI 12D + FOI 35013 WIL 99N

 

 

Dear Ms Huijbers

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24
February 2020 regarding documents and services relating to Independent
Advocacy

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs):

 

Ÿ  NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG

Ÿ  NHS Swindon CCG

Ÿ  NHS Wiltshire CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 23 March 2020

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [5]https://ico.org.uk/.

 

Kindest Regards

 

Anthea

 

Anthea York | Freedom of Information Manager | Governance Services

NHS South, Central and West

 

[6]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

[7]Email-Signature-Logo-v1

 

Please be aware that all e-mails received and sent by this organisation
are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and may be disclosed
to a third party. If you believe you have been sent this message in error,
please inform the sender and delete the message and any attachments as
soon as possible. All messages sent by this organisation are checked for
viruses but this does not, and cannot, guarantee that a virus has not been
transmitted.

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From: K. Huijbers [mailto:[email address]]

Sent: 23 February 2020 11:15

To: information (NHS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Independent Advocacy

 

Dear NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group,

 

We would like to request information about services you may commission to
provide Independent Advocacy for people accessing support in the following
processes in your area:

 

- Continuing Health Care (CHC)

- Continuing Care

- personal wheelchair budgets

- personal health budgets

 

Q1. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people going through Continuing Health
Care processes (adult) or Continuing Care (children)?

 

Q2. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing personal wheelchair
budgets?

 

Q3. Could you provide the name of any service(s) you commission to provide
Independent Advocacy Support to people accessing or using personal health
budgets processes (both adult and children)?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Katja Huijbers

 

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[email address]

 

Is [email address] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group?
If so, please contact us using this form:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_re...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/offi...

 

For more detailed guidance on safely disclosing information, read the
latest advice from the ICO:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-...

 

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

 

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

 

 

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