Sexual health postal testing kits – NHS hospital trusts

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation 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

Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please note that in September 2015 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with West Middlesex University Hospital so our response will include information for both trusts. There is no need to send in a separate request.
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Our Ref: FOI 2019-256
Dear Requester

Thank you for your information request received by us on 16/04/19.

This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with West Middlesex University Hospital in September 2015, for this reason our response covers both sites.
Your request and our response:
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)

This Trust is not the Sexual Health London (SHL) data handlers and therefore is not in a position to provide the information you request.
Please contact the City of London Corporation’s Information Officer

[email address]
City Corporation’s Data Protection Officer PO Box 270 Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ

If you are not satisfied with how your request has been handled then please either
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The Chief Executive
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Yours sincerely
The Information Governance team
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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