FOI 1618 – Mental Health and Learning Disability Services
FOI Reference Number:
1618
Request
Info requested relates to the commissioning and provision of Mental Health Learning Disabilities and Autism clients. Please see attachments for more details.
Response
Date: 3 August 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1618
A response to each element of your request is attached.
Please note: for Questions 2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.2.1, we are unable to provide figures and costings for the Responsible Commissioner clients. We are unable to easily identify this cohort of patients due to how the information is recorded on our system. To provide the information you are seeking would require a manual check of the caseload of patients at the time, of which there are 2,048; we estimate it would take 3 minutes to check each patient individually. This would exceed the time stipulated (18 hours) for working on an FOI request under Section 12: fees regulations.
Although excess costs remove the ICB’s obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as a gesture of goodwill we have supplied the information that we were able to collate before it was confirmed that this request would take in excess of 18 hours. I hope this information is helpful, but it does not affect our legal right to rely on the fees regulations.
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 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
All information we have provided is subject to the provisions of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. Accordingly, if the information has been made available for re-use under the Open Government Licence (OGL) a request to re-use is not required, but the licence conditions must be met. You must not re-use any previously unreleased information without having the consent from the ICB. Should you wish to re-use previously unreleased information then you must make your request in writing (email will suffice) to the FOI Lead via ddicb.foi@nhs.net. All requests for re-use will be responded to within 20 working days of receipt.
