Sexual health postal testing kits – NHS hospital trusts

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust,

I'm enquiring about sexual health postal testing kits. I would like to know:

(1) the amount spent in pounds sterling on sexual health postal testing kits (which are sent through the post to a patient's home and then returned by them for analysis) in the past three financial years: 2018-19; 2017-18; 2016-17 – up to the latest year for which data is held.

(2) the number of sexual health postal testing kits sent to patients in the past three years (figures for each year)

(3) the number of sexual health postal testing kits returned to the authority in the same years (figures for each year)

Please contact me at your earliest convenience for any clarification and also advise me on my request as per the relevant legislation. Please provide the data in Excel spreadsheet format.

Yours faithfully,
Basia Cummings

FOI (RQW) Pr Alexandra Hosp Tr,

Dear Basia,

Thank you for your email received 16/04/2019. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20 working days following the first working day of receipt.

You can expect to receive a response on 14/05/2019 however your request will be processed as soon as possible. We will advise you if we do not hold the information or if it falls within one of the exemptions laid down in the act.

Your request has been given the reference number FOI 19-208. Please use this in all future correspondence regarding this request.

We will contact you if we require any further clarification.

Kind regards

FOI team

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FOI (RQW) Pr Alexandra Hosp Tr,

Dear Basia,

 

I am writing to confirm that the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has
now completed its search for the information which you requested on
16/04/19 and can respond as follows:

 

Provide manage the Sexual Health Service, it was taken over by them on 1st
April 2017. Prior to this, when Princess Alexandra Hospital ran the
service, it did not use postal testing kits. 

 

If you have any queries about this response please do not hesitate to
contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.

 

If you are not happy with the service you have received in relation to
your request and would like to make a complaint or request a review of our
decision you should write to: The Chief Executive, The Princess Alexandra
Hospital NHS Trust, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may request
a decision from the Information Commissioner. Generally, the ICO cannot
make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure
provided by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

 

You can contact the ICO at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, Sk9 5AF.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

 

 

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