Tier 3 Weight Management Service

Oliver Caswell made this Freedom of Information request to Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) as part of a batch sent to 132 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Oliver Caswell
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Dear Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

I would be grateful if you could please answer the following questions with regards to Tier 3 Weight Management Services:

1. How many FTE members of staff does your tier 3 weight management service employ, what position and by what grade are these

2. How often does this service operate

3. How many patients have been referred from your PCO (CCG or Health Board) to a tier 3 weight management service in the past 12 months

4. If you commission this service, what was the total number that were referred from other PCO's (Other CCG's or Health Boards).

5. If your PCO has a tier 3 weight management service, what type of contract is in place (EG, block contract, blended contract)

6. As per the Endocrinology GIRFT report, what plans does your PCO have to undertake the specific actions outlined in the report? What timelines have been applied?

7. Have you adopted the local enhanced service for referrals to weight management

For the purpose of service improvement, please be aware that this information will be shared with NHS England.

Thank you for your time in answering these questions and I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Caswell

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Team, Foi, Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Thank you for your email.

 

We acknowledge receipt of your request.

 

You will be aware of the significant pressures on our health and social
care services during the current surge of the Covid-19 pandemic. During
this time we have been asking our staff to prioritise their professional
caring duties and to support front line health and social care services in
responding to the emergency. This has understandably had an impact on
other duties within their role such as responding to legislative
requirements under FOI and the processing of Subject Access Requests. 

 

We assure you that your request will be logged and processed, and we will
do our utmost to respond as quickly as possible.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Information Governance Team

 

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Team, Foi, Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Caswell,

Please see attached response in respect of your recent FOI request to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.

Kind regards

Gail Fegan
Information Governance Officer

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