Our Reference: LC/1627
FAO: Dr Neil Bhatia
23 November 2010
Dear Dr Bhatia
Re: Freedom of Information Request
With reference to your Freedom of Information request relating to the Summary Care Record, please find below a response on behalf of NHS Hartlepool, NHS Middlesbrough, NHS Redcar and Cleveland and NHS Stockton on Tees.
Response:-
· Please could you kindly state the total number of GP practices within each PCT that are uploading data to the Summary Care Record as of the end of Sunday 31st October 2010 - Middlesbrough PCT = 8, Redcar & Cleveland PCT= 8, Stockton-on-Tees PCT = 6, Hartlepool PCT = 6.
· Please could you kindly state the number of practices within each PCT that have added more than core information to patient summary care records (that is, have enriched one, some or all of their patients' summary care records) - None of our practices have been enriching, however we have made it clear that enrichment of a summary care record is the decisionthe GP and the Practice make in consultation with the patient. The PCThave not mandated this process.
· Please could you kindly state the total number of patient summary care records, as uploaded by participating practices within each PCT, that have been enriched in any way beyond core information - The enrichment of a summary care record is the decision a practice makes in consultation with a patient. The PCThave not mandated this process.
I hope that the information provided is adequate, however please let me know if you require more details or further clarification.
If you are unhappy with the Trust’s response you can appeal to the Trust by writing to:-
Assistant Director of Governance and Quality Improvement
Unit 18, Riverside House
High Force Road
Middlesbrough
TS2 1RH
If you then remain dissatisfied, you have the right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the matter. Further details can be found on their website:- www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
I trust this is satisfactory, however if you have any queries with regards to the above or I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Liane Cotterill
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE MANAGER
Please note : Any information we provide following your request under the Freedom of Information Act will not confer an automatic right for you to re-use that information, for example to publish it. If you wish to re-use the information that we provide and you do not specify this in your initial application for information then you must make a further request for its re-use as per the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk . This will not affect your initial information request.