FOI 1635 – Community Dermatology Services

Response

Date: 12 August 2022

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1234

Q1. Does the Integrated Care Board commission Community Dermatology Services? If yes, what was the total number of patients treated by the Community Dermatology Providers in the last 12 months?

Yes. Please see below for the information we hold with regards to the numbers of patients.

Q2. Who are the Community Dermatology Service Providers commissioned by the Integrated Care Board? Can you please provide the number of patients treated by each provider within the last 12 months?

• University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB)
Total activity over last 12 months: 2,038

Please note: with regards to the information held by the providers listed below, we hold information relating to the number of claims rather than the number of patients.

• Chatsworth Road Medical Centre
Total claims over last 12 months: 424 first appointments

• Stubley Medical Centre
Total claims over last 12 months: 165 first appointments

• The Valleys Medical Partnership
Total claims over last 12 months: 239 first appointments

• Bakewell Medical Centre
Total claims over last 12 months: 316 first appointments

Q3. Do the Community Dermatology Service providers treat patients with any of the following drug types?
· Monoclonal antibody drugs (e.g. Adalimumab, Dupilumab, Secukinumab, Ustekinumab)
· JAK inhibitors (e.g. Abrocitinib, Baricitinib)

I can confirm that we do not treat or initiate using the drugs listed.

Q4. Do the Community Dermatology Service providers initiate treatment with any of the following drug types?
· Monoclonal antibody drugs (e.g. Adalimumab, Dupilumab, Secukinumab, Ustekinumab)
· JAK inhibitors (e.g. Abrocitinib, Baricitinib)

I can confirm that we do not treat or initiate using the drugs listed.

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:

ddicb.foi@nhs.net

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Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB

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