Gemini House
Bartholomew's Walk
Our ref: SF/sb/ICB FOI 44-24/25-Mitchell
Cambridgeshire Business Park
Your ref:
Angel Drove
Date: 16 May 2024
ELY
CB7 4EA
Tel: 03300 571030
Email: Anthony Wil iam Mitchel
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Web: www.cpics.org.uk
Dear Reverend Mitchel
Freedom of Information Act Request: Ref FOI 44-24/25: Response
I am writing further to your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received on 1 May
2024. NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) response is set out below:
Request
Could I please have a copy of the latest advice issued to GP practices regarding Structed Medical Reviews in
relation which patients should have them and the frequency of the reviews.
Response
Regarding Structured Medica on Reviews, there is no local guidance issued by us in rela on to
SMRs. Na onal guidance is shared with prac ces and PCNs:
Network contract directed enhanced service (england.nhs.uk), sec on 2.1.4 details the
requirements around SMRs for PCNs who have signed up to the PCN DES 24/25.
NHS England » Structured medica on reviews and medicines op misa on provides more general
guidance around SMRs including expecta ons around numbers of SMRs undertaken.
If you are dissatisfied with how your request has been handled or would like to formal y appeal against our
response please address your concerns, in writing, to the Freedom of Information Team at NHS
Cambridgeshire at Gemini House, Bartholomew’s Walk, Cambridgeshire Business Park, Angel Drove, Ely CB7
4EA: Telephone: Telephone: 03300 571030 email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
If, after we have addressed your concerns, you remain dissatisfied with how the ICB has responded, you are
entitled to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF. Further details can be found at https://ico.org.uk/.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Yours sincerely
Martin Whelan
Head of Governance and Data Protection Officer