Right to Choose - accessing contracts for ADHD
Dear Birmingham and Solihull 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 Pete Jones
Thank You for your email received 11 August 2023 requesting information
regarding ADHD. Your request is being managed under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We aim to provide you with a response within 20 working days as per the
statutory time limit, therefore you should receive a response by 11
September 2023. However, this may take longer if certain exemptions to
disclosure apply, or your request is complex. We will let you know in
advance if we need more time to complete your request.
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Yours Sincerely
FOI Team
NHS Birmingham and Solihull
First Floor | Wesleyan | Colmore Circus | Birmingham | B4 6AR
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[4]NHS Birmingham and Solihull (icb.nhs.uk)
Dear Pete Jones
Thank you for your request for information dated 8 August 2023. Your
request has been managed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Your final response attached.
Yours Sincerely
FOI Team
NHS Birmingham and Solihull
First Floor | Wesleyan | Colmore Circus | Birmingham | B4 6AR
[1][email address] – Please direct all FOI queries to this e-mail address
[2]NHS Birmingham and Solihull (icb.nhs.uk)
Dear FOI, Bsol (NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL ICB - 15E),
Many thanks
Yours sincerely,
Pete Jones
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