Primary Care Rebates

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Dear NHS Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group,

I would like to request the following information with regards to primary rebates schemes that have been signed by your CCG/ Board in the past 12 months.

1. Are there any signed for any of the following products, and if so , which ones:

Insulins (basal, bolus and premix)
GLP-1 (i.e Trulicity)
DPP-IV (i.e Januvia or Onglyza)
SGLT-2 (I.e Invokana)
Growth Hormones (norditropin; omnitrope; Genotropin; humatrope; nutropinAq; Saizen)

2. What are the start and finish dates (or ongoing if open ended)?

3. Which rebates are independent? or are they aligned to PrescQIPP?

4. What is the total number of primary rebate schemes (any included) that your CCG/ Board has signed?

Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Caswell

FOI (NHS NEL CSU), NHS Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group

Oliver Caswell

Dear Mr Caswell,

RE: Freedom of Information Request

I am writing to formally acknowledge your request for information regarding Primary Rebate Schemes which will be processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I can confirm your request was received on 26 January 2022 by NHS London Shared Service on behalf of the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) listed below.
The reference for your request is shown below.

FOI.21.SHS179 NHS Surrey Heartlands CCG

An initial investigation is currently taking place into whether the information you have requested is held by the CCGs and if so, whether it can be released in accordance with the legislation.

Any fees applicable to this request will be detailed in writing as soon as they can be determined. Your request will then be placed on hold and you will have the choice of whether to proceed with your request. Should any clarification of your request be required we will advise you accordingly.

As you know, the NHS across the country is facing unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and is working hard to ensure that the appropriate care can be delivered to patients. As such, we would like to advise that we may not be able to provide a response to your request within the normal timescales required of us. If this is the case, a further update will be provided to you in due course.

If you require any assistance, or would like to discuss your request, please do not hesitate to contact us quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

Kind regards.

Freedom of Information Team
NHS London Shared Service
[Surrey Heartlands CCG request email]

Lower Marsh, 3rd Floor
Waterloo, London, SE1 7NT

www.nelcsu.nhs.uk
@NELCSU

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FOI (NHS NEL CSU), NHS Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Mr Caswell,

RE: FOI.21.SHS179 - NHS Surrey Heartlands

I write further to your request with the above reference number. In order for the CCG to identify and locate the information requested we reasonably require clarification from you on the scope of your request. The Freedom of Information Act 2000, Section 16 stipulates a duty for a public authority to provide advice and assistance when they receive an unclear or ambiguous request. Please provide clarification for the first question in your request:

1. For Question 4, do you want to know how many rebates that have been signed in the last 12 months?

Until we receive this information from you, in line with current legislation your request will be placed on hold. If you require any assistance, or would like to discuss your request further, please do not hesitate to contact us quoting the reference number above.

Kind Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
NEL
[Surrey Heartlands CCG request email]

Lower Marsh, 3rd Floor
Waterloo, London, SE1 7NT

www.nelcsu.nhs.uk
@NELCSU
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