Information Governance 
 
 
Medical Directorate 
NHS Grampian 
Rosehill House 
Foresterhill Site 
Cornhill Road 
Aberdeen 
AB25 2ZG 
 
 
BY EMAIL 
Date 
19 October 2020 
 
Ed Fryer 
Our Ref 
FOI/2020/548 
request-698820-
Enquiries to  Information Governance Team 
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 
Extension 
51319 
 
Direct Line  01224 551319 
 
Email 
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Dear Mr Fryer 
 
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 
 
I refer to your e-mail 15 October 2020, requesting: 
 
“I am seeking to receive information regarding the Tier 3 Weight Management service that 
is available to your patients. 
 
Could I request answers to the below questions: 
 
What is the name of the Tier 3 Weight Management Service available to your patients? 
 
Do you commission the Tier 3 Weight Management Service? 
 
If not, who does? 
 
What number of patients have been referred to this service in the last 12 months of 
available data?” 
 
 
I can now respond as follows: 
 
I am seeking to receive information regarding the Tier 3 Weight Management service 
that is available to your patients. 
Could I request answers to the below questions: 
What is the name of the Tier 3 Weight Management Service available to your 
patients? 
AND, 
Do you commission the Tier 3 Weight Management Service? 
AND, 
If not, who does? 
AND, 
 

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What number of patients have been referred to this service in the last 12 months of 
available data? 
In relation to all of the above please be advised that NHS Grampian does not have a Tier 3 
Weight Management Service. 
 
 
 
Under section 20 (1) of  the  Act, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS Grampian has 
dealt with your request, you have a right to request a review of  our actions and decisions in 
relation  to  your  request,  and  you  have  a  right  to  appeal  to  the  Scottish  Information 
Commissioner.   
 
A request for review must be made within 40 working days and should, in the first instance, 
be in writing to: Directorate of Corporate Communications, Foresterhill House, Foresterhill, 
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZB or by email to xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx. 
 
Requests for appeal can be made by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s online 
service  at  www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal  or  should  be  made  in  writing  to:  Scottish 
Information  Commissioner,  Kinburn  Castle,  Doubledykes  Road,  St  Andrews,  Fife,  KY16 
9DS Telephone: 01334 464610, Fax: 01334 464611.  
 
If you remain dissatisfied following an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner your 
recourse is to the Court of Session on a point of law. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Roohi Bains 
Information Governance Manager & Deputy DPO 
NHS Grampian   
 
 

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