FOI 1669 - Formulary Details

Response

Date: 16 September 2022

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1669

I am requesting the following information in respect of:

· Diabetes (SMBG test strips/pen needles)
· Wound Care
· Urology
· Oral contraceptives

For each area:

1. The name(s) and direct contact email address(es) and direct telephone numbers of the person(s) in your Medicines Management team/ICB/Health Board who are responsible for the formulary

The ICB’s preferred way to contact the Medicines Management Team is via the email address ddicb.medicinesmanagement@nhs.net in order that all enquiries can be passed to the most appropriate colleague as promptly as possible.

2. The date of the next review of your formulary

All review dates for clinical guidelines, that will in turn inform our formulary, can be searched on our Medicines Management website:
Clinical Guidelines (derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk)

3. Details of how you intend to review your formulary (include process, timelines)

Detailed information about process can be found on our website at the link below:
Joint Area Prescribing Committee (derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk)

4. Details of ICB/Health Board if part of a local partnership arrangement for formulary review. Please provide the contact’s name, email address and telephone number for the person with responsibility where a partnership arrangement is in place.

Our Area Prescribing Committee is a system wide approach for system formulary adoption. For Terms of reference and operating model see the link below:
Joint Area Prescribing Committee (derbyshiremedicinesmanagement.nhs.uk)

The JAPC are accountable to the ICB. For queries please contact the Medicines Management Team, as per our response to Q1 above.

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

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.