Our Ref: FOI/2022.1058/JM
Freedom of Information Team
Date: 10 January 2022
The Oast
Unit D, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Mr E Phillips
Barming
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Maidstone
ME16 9NT
Phone: 01622 211900
Dear Mr Phillips
Email: xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Web: www.kentcht.nhs.uk
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email received 4 January 2022 requesting information regarding patient
portal/patient access portal systems.
Please find detailed below a summary of your request, together with our response.
Summary of your original request:
Can you please complete the fields below with what you currently hold?
Please enter 'No System Installed' under supplier name if your trust does not use the
system:
System type - Patient Portal
Supplier name -
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
No system installed
System type - Patient Access Portal
Supplier name -
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
No system installed
System definition:
Patient Portal / Patient Access Portal – It is a secure online portal/website to access
personal health information. The online tool allows patients to log in and access elements
of their electronic record (appointments, test results, billing, prescriptions etc.) or
communicate with their health professionals.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.
Please remember to quote the reference number in any future communications.
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. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, and Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Act Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust copyright
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document/publication should be sent to us at the address above.
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