Right to Choose - accessing contracts for ADHD
Dear Sussex Integrated Care Partnership,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am well aware from other FOI requests across the country, that if you are registered with a GP surgery in England and you are referred by a GP to a consultant or specialist in mental health, you have the legal right to choose the organisation (qualified provider) to whom you are referred, as long as that organisation is providing that service in another part of England.
To enable patients to ask for a referral to be made to one of these organisations, they need to know what organisations have been awarded contracts.
My request is therefore to know what contracts have been awarded by your ICB for
1. ADHD assessments
2. ADHD treatment
as i am aware some external organisations diagnose but do not treat ADHD and so it is important to differentiate between providers.
and for these organisations to be separated into those that provide services for
1. children
2. adults
This request is not seeking any patient numbers referred to the service, nor is it looking for contract values, merely the names the organisation have active ADHD contracts and the therefore the start and projected end date of these contracts.
Yours faithfully,
Pete Jones
Dear Mr. Jones
Thank you for your enquiry. I have passed this to our FOI team for their
response directly to you.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
Jez How
Enquiry Officer
NHS Sussex Enquiries
[Sussex Integrated Care Partnership request email]
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:14 AM
To: CONTACTUS (NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD) <[Sussex Integrated Care Partnership request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Right to Choose - accessing
contracts for ADHD
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Dear Sussex Integrated Care Partnership,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
I am well aware from other FOI requests across the country, that if you
are registered with a GP surgery in England and you are referred by a GP
to a consultant or specialist in mental health, you have the legal right
to choose the organisation (qualified provider) to whom you are referred,
as long as that organisation is providing that service in another part of
England.
To enable patients to ask for a referral to be made to one of these
organisations, they need to know what organisations have been awarded
contracts.
My request is therefore to know what contracts have been awarded by your
ICB for
1. ADHD assessments
2. ADHD treatment
as i am aware some external organisations diagnose but do not treat ADHD
and so it is important to differentiate between providers.
and for these organisations to be separated into those that provide
services for
1. children
2. adults
This request is not seeking any patient numbers referred to the service,
nor is it looking for contract values, merely the names the organisation
have active ADHD contracts and the therefore the start and projected end
date of these contracts.
Yours faithfully,
Pete Jones
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Reference: FOI 44845 SX ICB - Right to Choose
Dear Mr Jones
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 11 August
2023 regarding documents and services relating to Right to Choose -
Accessing Contracts for ADHD
I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Integrated Care Board (ICB):
• NHS Sussex ICB
We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 11 September 2023
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
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Commissioner’s website at [1]https://ico.org.uk/.
Kindest Regards
Kerry Chappelow /Freedom of Information Officer
System Support Services | Integrated Health and Care Services
NHS South, Central and West
[2]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk
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From: Pete Jones <[3][FOI #1014451 email]>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:14 AM
To: CONTACTUS (NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD)
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Right to Choose - accessing
contracts for ADHD
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Dear Sussex Integrated Care Partnership,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
I am well aware from other FOI requests across the country, that if you
are registered with a GP surgery in England and you are referred by a GP
to a consultant or specialist in mental health, you have the legal right
to choose the organisation (qualified provider) to whom you are referred,
as long as that organisation is providing that service in another part of
England.
To enable patients to ask for a referral to be made to one of these
organisations, they need to know what organisations have been awarded
contracts.
My request is therefore to know what contracts have been awarded by your
ICB for
1. ADHD assessments
2. ADHD treatment
as i am aware some external organisations diagnose but do not treat ADHD
and so it is important to differentiate between providers.
and for these organisations to be separated into those that provide
services for
1. children
2. adults
This request is not seeking any patient numbers referred to the service,
nor is it looking for contract values, merely the names the organisation
have active ADHD contracts and the therefore the start and projected end
date of these contracts.
Yours faithfully,
Pete Jones
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Reference: FOI 44845 SX ICB - Right to Choose
Dear Mr Jones
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 11 August
2023 regarding documents and services relating to Right to Choose -
Accessing Contracts for ADHD
Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
can confirm that the below Integrated Care Board (ICB) does hold the
information requested. Please find attached the response to your request.
Ÿ NHS Sussex ICB
Your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we hope that you find this response
helpful.
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decision unless you have already exhausted NHS South, Central and West
Commissioning Support Unit's internal review procedure. The Information
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Kind Regards
Kerry Chappelow /Freedom of Information Officer
System Support Services | Integrated Health and Care Services
NHS South, Central and West
[3]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 1:35 PM
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Subject: FOI 44846 SX ICB - Right to Choose - Accessing Contracts for
ADHD- FOI Request ACK
Reference: FOI 44845 SX ICB - Right to Choose
Dear Mr Jones
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 11 August
2023 regarding documents and services relating to Right to Choose -
Accessing Contracts for ADHD
I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Integrated Care Board (ICB):
• NHS Sussex ICB
We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 11 September 2023
Dealing with your request:
In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.
Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [4]https://ico.org.uk/.
Kindest Regards
Kerry Chappelow /Freedom of Information Officer
System Support Services | Integrated Health and Care Services
NHS South, Central and West
[5]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk
The information in this email may be confidential and is intended solely
for the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any
disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note that the information contained in this email /attachment(s)
may be subject to Public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
From: Pete Jones <[6][FOI #1014451 email]>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 10:14 AM
To: CONTACTUS (NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD)
<[7][Sussex Integrated Care Partnership request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Right to Choose - accessing
contracts for ADHD
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Dear Sussex Integrated Care Partnership,
I wish to make an FOI request, as set out under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
I am well aware from other FOI requests across the country, that if you
are registered with a GP surgery in England and you are referred by a GP
to a consultant or specialist in mental health, you have the legal right
to choose the organisation (qualified provider) to whom you are referred,
as long as that organisation is providing that service in another part of
England.
To enable patients to ask for a referral to be made to one of these
organisations, they need to know what organisations have been awarded
contracts.
My request is therefore to know what contracts have been awarded by your
ICB for
1. ADHD assessments
2. ADHD treatment
as i am aware some external organisations diagnose but do not treat ADHD
and so it is important to differentiate between providers.
and for these organisations to be separated into those that provide
services for
1. children
2. adults
This request is not seeking any patient numbers referred to the service,
nor is it looking for contract values, merely the names the organisation
have active ADHD contracts and the therefore the start and projected end
date of these contracts.
Yours faithfully,
Pete Jones
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Dear FOI (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT),
Many thanks
Yours sincerely,
Pete Jones
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