Outsourcing the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service at your organisation
Dear The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust,
Please could you provide me with the following information with regards to outsource the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service at your organisation?
1. Total expenditure for outsourcing the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service and the full structure of the OPAT team (e.g. number of nurses, pharmacists, consultants etc.) within the financial year of 2015-2016.
2. Total drug expenditure for the OPAT services within the financial year of 2015-2016.
3. Total number of patients treated via the OPAT services within the financial year of 2015-2016.
Yours faithfully,
Ting Yau
Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your letter received 21/09/2016. Under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20
working days following the first working day of receipt.
You can expect to receive a response on 19/10/2016 however your request
will be processed as soon as possible. We will advise you if we do not
hold, the information or if it falls within one of the exemptions laid
down in the act.
Your request has been given the reference number FOI 16-438 Please use
this in all future correspondence regarding this request.
We will contact you if we require any further clarification.
Kind regards
FOI team
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Dear Ting Yau
I am writing to confirm that the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has
now completed its search for the information which you requested on
20/09/2016 and can respond as follows.
Please could you provide me with the following information with regards to
outsource the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service at
your organisation?
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust does not currently run this
service.
If you have any queries about this response please do not hesitate to
contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.
If you are not happy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and would like to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision you should write to: The Chief Executive, The Princess Alexandra
Hospital NHS Trust, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may request
a decision from the Information Commissioner. Generally, the ICO cannot
make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure
provided by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
You can contact the ICO at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, Sk9 5AF.
Kind regards
FOI team
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Dear FOI (RQW) Pr Alexandra Hosp Tr,
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has been outsourcing the Hospital at Home service (ORLA) until very recently. Would you be able to provide the information requested for the last financial year as below?
1. Total expenditure for outsourcing the Hospital at Home service (ORLA) and the full structure of the team (e.g. number of nurses, pharmacists, consultants etc.) within the financial year of 2015-2016.
2. Total antibiotic expenditure for the Hospital at Home services (ORLA) within the financial year of 2015-2016.
3. Total number of patients treated via the Hospital at Home services (ORLA) within the financial year of 2015-2016 and how many patients were treated with antibiotic by ORLA within the financial year of 2015-2016 .
Yours sincerely,
Ting Yau
Dear Ting Yau
Thank you for your email received 02/11/2016. Under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20
working days following the first working day of receipt.
You can expect to receive a response on 30/11/2016 however your request
will be processed as soon as possible. We will advise you if we do not
hold, the information or if it falls within one of the exemptions laid
down in the act.
Your request has been given the reference number FOI 16-505. Please use
this in all future correspondence regarding this request.
We will contact you if we require any further clarification.
Kind regards
FOI team
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Dear Ting Yau
I am writing to confirm that the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has
now completed its search for the information which you requested on
02/11/2016 and can respond as follows.
1. Total expenditure for outsourcing the Hospital at Home service (ORLA)
and the full structure of the team (e.g. number of nurses,
pharmacists, consultants etc.) within the financial year of 2015-2016.
All financial information agreed with a provider, regardless of whether
the contract is on-going is considered commercially sensitive and
therefore exempt under section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
ORLA are considered the authors of any documents which may be available
pertaining to the team structure, number of patients treated and those
antibiotics used. This information is therefore not available from the
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and should instead be referred
direct to the author.
2. Total antibiotic expenditure for the Hospital at Home services (ORLA)
within the financial year of 2015-2016.
As above
3. Total number of patients treated via the Hospital at Home services
(ORLA) within the financial year of 2015-2016 and how many patients
were treated with antibiotic by ORLA within the financial year of
2015-2016 .
As above
If you have any queries about this response please do not hesitate to
contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.
If you are not happy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and would like to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision you should write to: The Chief Executive, The Princess Alexandra
Hospital NHS Trust, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may request
a decision from the Information Commissioner. Generally, the ICO cannot
make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure
provided by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
You can contact the ICO at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, Sk9 5AF.
Kind regards
FOI team
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
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