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Dear Linda Saunders,

Thank you for your correspondence dated 16 August 2020.

Your correspondence read:
           
“Please supply the information the information you hold on:
 

 1. the Specialised Commissioning of Inherited Cardiac Conditions.
 2. And any other information about patients seen at Northampton General
Hospital NHS Trust, who are referred to the John Radcliffe Hospital in
Oxford under the Specialised Commissioning of Inherited Cardiac
Conditions.”

NHS England is not, at this stage, able to proceed with your enquiry under
the (FOI) Act, as your request is unclear.

It may help if we first explain that the FOI Act gives you the right to
ask any public sector organisation for the recorded information they have
on any subject. You can ask for any information you think a public
authority may hold. The right only covers recorded information which
includes information held on computers, in emails and in printed or
handwritten documents.

Your request can be in the form of a question, rather than a request for
specific documents, but the authority does not have to answer your
question if this would mean creating new information or giving an opinion
or judgment that is not already recorded.

With this in mind, we would be grateful if you could clarify what recorded
information you are requesting from NHS England relating to the
Commissioning of Cardiac Conditions for part ‘a’ of your request.

We would also be grateful if you could clarify the term ‘any other
information’ for part ‘b’ of your request and what recorded information
you are requesting in relation to the hospitals.

Guidance on how to make an FOI request can be found on NHS England’s
website at the below link:

[1]https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

As set out at Section 1(3) of the FOI Act, when further information is
required in order to identify and locate the information requested, and
the applicant has been informed, no further action is required until the
additional information has been received.

Please send your clarified request to [2][NHS England request email].

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Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Communications Team
Office of the Chairs, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer

NHS England
PO Box 16738
REDDITCH
B97 9PT

Tel: 0300 311 22 33
Email: [4][NHS England request email]

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