People being weighed on elephant scales at Chester Zoo
Dear University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust,
I wish to make a freedom of information request regarding obesity. I have heard from a source that a certain number of obese patients are referred to Chester Zoo to be weighed on the scales usually used for elephants.
If this is so, I would like the following information:
1) The number of patients sent to the zoo to be weighed in 2014
2) The number of patients sent to the zoo to be weighed in 2013
3) The number of patients sent to the zoo to be weighed in 2012
4) The reason patients are sent to the zoo to be weighed
5) Why doesn't the hospital have facilities to weigh morbidly obese people?
6) How much does this cost the trust per annum for the previous three financial years?
7) How much does this cost per patient?
I appreciate your response
Yours faithfully,
Tom Burnett
Dear Mr Burnett,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 17th October 2014
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
The FOI Act sets out a twenty working day timescale for requests to be
completed by. We will always try to complete your request within this
timeframe. We will let you know whether the Trust holds the information
you have requested, and we will contact you as soon as possible if we are
delayed in our response for some reason. If we require further information
from you or we need you to further explain your request before we can
continue to process it we will also contact you.
Regards,
Sophie Skelton
Information Governance Facilitator
Quality, Safety & Compliance Department
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
City General
Newcastle Road,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 6QG
Tel: 01782 676493
Fax: 0843 636 5282
Dear Mr Burnett,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Regards,
Sophie Skelton
Information Governance Facilitator
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Quality, Safety & Compliance Department
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
Trust HQ, City General Hospital, Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG
Secure email: [1][email address]
Tel: 01782 676493
Fax: 0843 636 5282
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