FOI 1662 - Paperless Referral Forms
FOI Reference Number:
1662
Request
How many paper referrals coming from GP practices have been processed for the period of 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2022 within your CCG or all CCGs that fall under your service?
(If you have to provide the answer for more than one CCG, please provide separate answers for each of the CCGs that fall under your service).
What were the reasons for printing out referral forms or letters and not completing the whole process electronically?
Response
Date: 16 September 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1662
How many paper referrals coming from GP practices have been processed for the period of 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2022 within your CCG or all CCGs that fall under your service?
(If you have to provide the answer for more than one CCG, please provide separate answers for each of the CCGs that fall under your service).
What were the reasons for printing out referral forms or letters and not completing the whole process electronically?
Our response:
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that Derby and Derbyshire ICB do not hold any information in relation to your request. The information that you are seeking may be held by our provider Trusts and we would suggest that you may wish to contact them directly, as per the links below:
Derbyshire Community Health Services: https://dchs.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-information
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/about-us/contact-us/freedom-information
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-foi/
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information/
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/contact-us/freedom-information-requests
I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF
Or:
If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, email casework@ico.org.uk.
Yours faithfully,
Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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