NHS Scotland Primary Care Pathways
Crohn's & Colitis UK made this Freedom of Information request to Shetland NHS Board as part of a batch sent to 13 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear NHS Scotland
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on behalf of Crohn's & Colitis UK to request the following information:
Do you have a clear pathway in place for primary care for the investigation of
non-cancer related lower gastrointestinal symptoms that include the use of faecal calprotectin tests?
If so, I would appreciate if you are able to share any details you may have.
If it is not possible to provide this information, due to exceeding the cost of compliance limits, I would be grateful if you could advise how this request could be refined.
If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact me via e-mail.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully
Crohn's & Colitis UK
Dear Sir / Madam
We have received your freedom of information request and will process it accordingly under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)
Subject to any clarification required, we will provide a response to your request within 20 working days after the date that we received your original request as shown on email below (or, if received outside office hours, from the next date within office hours after that).
Should we require any clarification from you about your request, the 20-working-day period will start from the date we receive from you the additional information required to process your request.
Please get in touch if you require any further advice or assistance.
Kind regards,
FoI Administrator
NHS Shetland
c/o Gilbert Bain Hospital
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0TB
[NHS Shetland request email]
Dear Sir / Madam
We have received your freedom of information request. However, we cannot process it under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) as you have not provided your name and, under FOISA s 8(1), a request must include the name of the applicant for it to be considered valid.
Can you please provide your name so that we can process your request?
Please note that the 20-working-day period within which NHS Shetland must respond to your request does not start until we have received from you all the information required to process your request, including your name.
Please get in touch if you require any further advice or assistance.
Kind regards,
FoI Officer
NHS Shetland
[NHS Shetland request email]
Dear Sor / Madam
I am writing regarding your request made under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA)
Please find NHS Shetland’s response to your request attached.
I trust that this response is to your satisfaction. However, if you are dissatisfied with how NHS Shetland has managed your request, under FOISA s 20 you may request a review.
A request for review must be made in writing to Carolyn Hand, Corporate Services Manager, NHS Shetland, Board Headquarters, Upper Floor Montfield, Burgh Road, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LA, or by email to [NHS Shetland request email] with the subject header ‘FOISA/EISR review request’, no later than 40 working days from the date of this notification. You must include your name, an address (or email address) for correspondence, details of your original request and the reason why you wish us to undertake the review.
If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to ask for advice and assistance or to make a formal appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS. An appeal to the Commissioner should be made within six months of this notice.
Please get in touch if you require any further advice or assistance.
Kind regards,
FoI Administrator
NHS Shetland
c/o Gilbert Bain Hospital
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0TB
[NHS Shetland request email]
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