Information Governance Assurance

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Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

Ref: Information Governance Assurance from emerging Clinical
Commissioning Groups (CCGs), independent contractors and other commissioned 3rd parties

I am writing to you requesting some information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. What strategy has Islington PCT adopted in order to mandate the external independent Information Governance auditing of emerging Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), GP practices, Community Pharmacies and Dental practices against the IG Toolkit requirements being the commissioning body and also under the terms of the NHS Connecting for Health contract and N3 connection?

2. The GP Information Governance (IG) Toolkit has been in operation for a few years now and yet a large proportion of GP practices within Islington PCT and the NHS North Central London PCT cluster catchment have failed to submit the annual IG Toolkit for version 8 and 9 in March 2011 and 2012. The same goes with community pharmacies and dental practices who are contractually obligated to submit an NHS IG Toolkit annually. What remedial action has Islington PCT taken against such independent contractors as this is a contractual requirement in order to maintain the N3 connection as per Department of Health guidelines
and NHS Information Governance Assurance Framework (IGAF) policy?

3. Can you please confirm the number of 3rd party commissioned contractors within Islington PCT and the NHS North Central Londono cluster PCT catchment and out of them where applicable those commissioned 3rd parties that are obligated to submit an IG Toolkit and have failed to do so? (You will have these details if you have declared a level 2 on your IG Toolkit as per the requirement).

4. Out of the 3rd party contractors commissioned by Islington PCT, how many of these have been independently externally audited for IG assurance in accordance to the requirements under the NHS IG Toolkit for commissioned contractors by Islington PCT and other PCT's within the NHS North Central London cluster PCT catchment being the commissioning organisations?

Yours faithfully,

Nick Robinson.

NCLondon, FOI, Islington Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Nick

Thank you for your request for information received on 20 June 2012. This email is to acknowledge that your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request will be answered within 20 working days.

We publish some of our responses to FOI requests and these are available on our disclosure log at http://www.ncl.nhs.uk/about/freedom-of-i...

If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind regards

Abeeda Ladha
FOI Coordinator
NHS North Central London
5th Floor, Drummond Street wing, Stephenson House

Tel: 020 7685 6286
www.ncl.nhs.uk

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NCLondon, FOI, Islington Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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Dear Nick
 
Thank you for your enquiry requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

I can confirm in accordance with Section 1 (1) of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have
requested. Please find attached the information requested.

I hope you find this information useful, however, if you are dissatisfied
with this response, NHS North Central London operates a complaints
procedure, details of which can be found below.

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me on 020 7685 6286 or at the address shown above.

NHS North Central London would appreciate it if you could take the time to
evaluate the response to your request for information. It will allow
improvements to be made to the service if necessary. It should not take
longer than 5 minutes to complete and is accessible at
[1]http://www.ncl.nhs.uk/about/freedom-of-i...

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Kind regards

Abeeda Ladha
FOI Coordinator
NHS North Central London
5th Floor, Drummond Street wing, Stephenson House
Tel: 020 7685 6286
[2]www.ncl.nhs.uk

FOI Complaints:

In the first instance, write If you remain dissatisfied with the Trust’s
to: response, you may write to:
Head of Media and Stakeholder Information Commissioner's Office
Communications Wycliffe House
NHS North Central London Water Lane
Stephenson House Wilmslow
75 Hampstead Road Cheshire SK9 5AF
London Telephone: 01625 545700
NW1 2PL [4]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Email: [3][NHS Islington request email]

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From: Ladha, Abeeda on behalf of NCLondon, FOI
Sent: Wed 20/06/2012 11:08
To: Nick R.
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Information Governance
Assurance NCL_559

Dear Nick

Thank you for your request for information received on 20 June 2012. This
email is to acknowledge that your request is being handled under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request will be answered within 20 working days. 

We publish some of our responses to FOI requests and these are available
on our disclosure log at
[5]http://www.ncl.nhs.uk/about/freedom-of-i...

If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to
contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

Kind regards

Abeeda Ladha
FOI Coordinator
NHS North Central London
5th Floor, Drummond Street wing, Stephenson House

Tel: 020 7685 6286
www.ncl.nhs.uk

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