FOI 1677 – Outsourced Ophthalmology

Response

Date: 27 September 2022

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1677

I am writing with a Freedom of Information request regarding the pricing and volume of outsourcing service-line agreements in ophthalmology.

Please can you provide the total spend and volumes for your organisation towards outsourcing the following ophthalmology procedure groups (see below) for the past 5 financial years (FY2016-17, FY2017-18, FY2018-19, FY2019-20, FY2020-21):

· Cataract surgery
· AMD – eye injections
· AMD – photodynamic therapy
· LASIK
· SMILE
· Surface laser treatments (PRK, LASEK and TransPRK)

If there are sub-categorisations within these procedure groups or categorisations different to those provided, please provide the total price and volumes for them as well.

Additionally, can you please provide the outsourcing volumes split by ophthalmology provider to which your organisation currently outsources ophthalmology procedures to? If such a granular data breakdown is not available, can you please simply list the ophthalmology groups to which your organisation outsources to?

Our response:

Thank you for your email below. I can confirm that Derby and Derbyshire ICB do not hold the information that you are seeking; we do not receive information to the level of detail required to be able to identify the outsourced activity.

We would recommend contacting our providers directly for this information, as below:

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/

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.