policy for Breast Augmentation surgery for a female of transgender past

Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT) did not have the information requested.

Dear Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT),

Please either:

publish here;
or, email to me;
or, guide me to the correct web link

the policy for breast augmentation surgery for a female:

who has undergone full Genital Reconstruction Surgery (GRS);
and, has been issued a full Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) which states her gender is female;
and, who is registered to receive NHS services but did not transition using any Gender Identity Clinic or any NHS funding or any NHS services;
and, who transitioned outside of the European Economic Community using private funding;
and, who completed her transition > 5 years ago
and, who has been on Hormone Replacement Therapy for > 5 years but breast tissue development has been unsatisfactory

If the answer to the above is that the Individual Funding Panel or such other group decides on such matters, then please either:

publish here;
or, email to me;
or, guide me to the correct web link;

the written criteria which the Individual Funding Panel or such other group will use to arrive at the decision

Also, please state the referral pathway for breast augmentation surgery in the above case

Yours faithfully,

Jeffery Archer

Dear Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT),

Just a gentle reminder to you re my FOI request

Yours faithfully,

Jeffery Archer

Dear Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT),

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT)'s handling of my FOI request 'policy for Breast Augmentation surgery for a female of transgender past'.

My FOI request is focussed on the policy for funding and referral and not on the medical suitability. Therefore, the commissioner of such services is the correct organisation to reply to this request. It is now long overdue

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/po...

Yours faithfully,

Jeffery Archer

FOI NWL, Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT)

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FOI NWL, Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear Mr Archer,

As communicated previously the information in the detail you requested is not held. I have passed your request on to the relevant team to provide a response re the policy on Breast Augmentation policy.

Many thanks,

Andrew Lall
FOI Lead
NHS North West London
[email address]
Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT
Direct Line: 020 3350 4664 [please note phone number]
www.northwestlondon.nhs.uk

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Dear Mr Lall

My FOI was lodged on 27 October. Your latest reply apologising was on 19 January

It has now been 19 days since your apology and I still have not received a full response from your staff

What is holding up this FOI request? I am requesting an internal review as it has already taken 103 days and I have not been given a full response

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/po...

Yours faithfully,

Jeffery Archer

FOI NWL, Harrow Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Dear MR archer,

My last response to you was on 25 January 2012.

I communicated the following:

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