FOI 1628 - Raw Data for Primary Care Network Survey

Response

Date: 23 August 2022

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1628

I refer to your email of 27 July 2022 requesting a copy of the raw data generated by the Derbyshire Primary Care Networks’ (PCNs’) Enhanced Access Services Survey.

I can confirm on behalf of Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (DDICB), and in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested.

Section 3(2) of the FOIA states that:

3. (2) For the purposes of this Act, information is held by a public authority if—
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person, or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Held by the public authority otherwise than on behalf of another person

5. When information is held by a public authority solely on behalf of another person, it is not held for FOIA purposes. However, information will be held by the public authority if the information is held to any extent for its own purposes.

Although the Enhanced Access Services Survey was hosted by the ICB, as the PCNs do not have any appropriate mechanism to carry out the survey themselves, the Survey was controlled and administered by the PCNs for their own purposes. The ICB hold the raw survey data solely on behalf of the PCNs; the data is not and will not be used by the ICB for any purposes. The PCNs are data controllers in their own right and we would recommend that you contact them directly for this information.

To assist you further, we can advise that you may wish to visit the National Patient Survey which incorporates more detail than the Survey and is already fully publicly available online at the following location:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/gp-patient-survey/

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:

ddicb.foi@nhs.net

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

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.