TB [tuberculosis] testing services

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

They say London is the TB capital of Europe.

Please could you say:

1. how many people you tested for TB in 2017?
2. how many people you tested for TB in 2018?
3. how many people, or what percentage were homeless, or living in hostels/children's homes in 2017 and 2018?
4. how many tested positive for TB in 2017?
5. how many tested positive for TB in 2018?
6. how many were living in Islington in 2017 and 2018, [including homeless, on the streets, parks, or in hostels/children's homes]?
7. how many were living in Camden in 2017 and 2018, [including the homeless, on the streets, parks, or in hostels/children's homes]?
8. how many were living in Westminster in 2017 and 2018, [including the homeless, on the streets, parks, or in hostels/children's homes]?

Thank you in anticipation.

Yours faithfully,

Oriel Hutchinson (Ms)

Foi(0ce24) (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Reference: FOI/2019/704

Dear Ms Oriel Hutchinson,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: receipt of request

Thank you for your request for information relating to UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, received on 25 September 2019. You should receive a response by 23 October 2019. at the latest, complying with the 20 working days as prescribed in the Act.
Occasionally, we may not be able to provide you with all the information you require by that date, but if this is the case we will inform you, stating the reason and the date by which we would hope to respond to your request.

Under the Act, there are 23 exemptions that can be applied to the information you request. This may mean that we do not have to supply some or all of the information, and in certain circumstances, do not have to tell you if we hold the information. If this happens, you will be told which exemption applies.

If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please quote your reference number in any communication with us.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

Theodora Brocke-Afful
FOI Coordinator, UCLH
Email: [email address]

2nd Floor A, Maple House
ICT Digital Services Department, 2nd Floor, Maple House UCLH NHS Foundation Trust,149 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 7DN, Telephone: 0203 447 4773

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Foi(0ce24) (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ref no – FOI/2019/704- FOI Request

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: delay in response

Dear Ms Oriel Hutchinson,

Unfortunately, we will be unable to respond to your request for information relating to UCLH NHS Foundation Trust within the 20 working days timeframe prescribed in the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this delay may cause. The delay is due to a need to verify the information you have requested to ensure that it is accurate ahead of it being supplied to you, something which we are sure you can appreciate.

We aim to respond to your request as soon as possible and estimate that you will be provided with a response by 6 November 2019 at the latest.
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us.
If you are not satisfied with the handling of your request you are entitled to ask for an internal review by contacting:

The Director of Digital Services
UCLH NHS FoundationTrust
2nd floor, Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF
[email address]
Please quote your reference number in any communication with us.
Yours sincerely,

Theodora Brocke-Afful
FOI Coordinator, UCLH
Email: [email address]

2nd Floor A, Maple House
ICT Digital Services Department, 2nd Floor, Maple House
UCLH NHS Foundation Trust,149 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7DN, Telephone: 0203 447 4773

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