Information Governance
Medical Directorate
NHS Grampian
Rosehill House
Foresterhill Site
Cornhill Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZG
BY EMAIL
Date
11 December 2020
Claire Conway
Our Ref
FOI/2020/635
request-705893-
Enquiries to Information Governance Team
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Extension
51319
Direct Line 01224 551319
Email
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxxx
Dear Ms Conway
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 I refer to your e-mail dated 14 November 2020, requesting:
“After receiving GP referral - Please supply current waiting times to access Psychology
Services for the period 01/09/2020 until the date you respond to this request.”
I can now respond as follows:
After receiving GP referral - Please supply current waiting times to access
Psychology Services for the period 01/09/2020 until the date you respond to this
request.
Please see table attached for patients waiting to access Psychology Services by Service
Grouping and HSCP Area in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray, for the period
requested to 17 November 2020 which are the most up to date figures we hold. Please
note under s.1(4) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the information to be
given by an authority is that held at the time the request is received. Please also note
small numbers have been presented as <5 as providing the exact figures may identify
those individual patients concerned; s.38(1)(b) of the Act refers – Personal Information
relating to third parties.
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 t
o 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
