AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-01119

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

How many applications for the VITT complication of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme?

How many were successful?

Of the unsuccessful ones, what was the reason for rejecting the applications

a) Diagnosis was not VITT

b) Applicant was not 60% or more disabled

c) A combination of the above

d) Other

Your request was received on 19/04/2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response
###Question 1
As of 28 April 2023, a total of 62 applications have been independently assessed under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, in relation to VITT following an AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 (coronavirus).

It is not possible to conclusively state whether a claim relates to a specific condition until it has been reviewed by the independent medical assessor. Therefore, we do not hold full data on the total number of claims received relating to VITT following an AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 (coronavirus).

###Question 2
Of this number, 39 have been successful.

###Question 3
a) No claims were unsuccessful due to the diagnosis not being VITT.

b) 16 were unsuccessful due to the claimant being assessed  by the independent medical assessor as less than 60% disabled.

c) No claims were unsuccessful due to a combination of these factors.

d) 7 claims were unsuccessful because of causation due to the vaccine not being accepted by the independent medical assessor.

##Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact nhsbsa.communicationsteam@nhs.net. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.

Tags: VDPS, Vaccine Damage Payments, covid vaccinations
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01075

##Request

Please confirm the following for the Employer Helpline, the Scheme Member Helpline and the Pensions Online Helpdesk for the period 1st January 2023 to 31st March 2023 inclusive on a month by month basis: 
  
1. Total Calls Received 
2. Longest Waiting Time 
3. Shortest Waiting Time 
4. Average Waiting Time 
5. Total Abandoned Calls 
6. Total number of "Complaints" received regarding the above Helpline service(s)’ 


##Response

Question 6

I am writing to advise you that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. 

The way which we record complaints has changed. As such, the way in which we capture, record, and categorise no longer allows us to identify which channel the complaint was received, or which channel the complaint was in reference to. Complaints are now categorised more generally relating to the main subject of the complaint.

Questions 1-5

A copy of the information is attached.

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01075




Tags: Calls, Helpline, NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01128

Request
Please forward your policy regarding protocol for transferring patient records to debt agencies

Response
A case will be passed to a Debt Collection Agency (DCA) if:
 the case is open
 payments have not been made
 the surcharge letter was sent more than 2 months ago.
The DCA works on our behalf to trace a patient until their debt is paid. The DCA will contact the patient by letter, call or email if contact details are traced. The DCA will only discuss repayment and is unable to decide if a case should be closed or eased.

No additional charges are added when a case is passed to a DCA and it will not affect a patient’s credit rating. 

The above information means that the NHSBSA does not sell the debt to another organisation. Patients are informed of the following in the surcharge letter:
“If you do not respond by this date, we will treat this as a deliberate decision to avoid paying charges that you owe the NHS and we may start debt recovery proceedings”

The NHSBSA privacy notice says at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/our-policies/privacy:

“We may share your information with other organisations:
 acting on our behalf”

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact nhsbsa.communicationsteam@nhs.net. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:

“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.


Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01236

#Request#

*Please can you tell me what personally identifiable information you hold on those eligible for the healthy start scheme.*
 
#Response#

*The NHSBSA does not currently hold personably identifiable data on those eligible for the NHS Healthy Start scheme.*

*Data is collected once a successful application has been made. This includes the applicant’s full name, date of birth, full address including postcode, National Insurance Number, telephone number and email address.*

Tags: Healthy Start
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01233

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Please can you provide the manifest that the assessment is worked from.

Also under the Rights of Access, I would like all the information and  guidelines set by the Government and NHS.

Your request was received on 12 June 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Summary of Response

Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available from web link:

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/vaccine-damage-payment-scheme-vdps-claim-process  

Tags: Reasonably Available
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01227

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

Following receipt of my FOI request 01016 received in March 2023, can you now provide me with an updated spread sheet for the period January 202 through to March 2023, by month, in the same format as previously supplied for all the dispensing appliance contractor ODS codes. 

Your request was received on 11th June, and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

Summary of Response 

Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available from web link: 

December 2022 – Feb 2023 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01103 

March 2023 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01186 

Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01226

##Request 
 
*1. What are the conditions which people suffered where causation from the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine was accepted by the VDPS?* 
  
*2. What are the conditions where causation from the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine was accepted by the VDPS, but they did not meet the 60% disablement criteria?* 
 
##Response 

All data as of 20 June 2023. 
 
All data relates to claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021.  

All data provided below relate to Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines. 

The claimant can tell us what happened after vaccination on the claim form. At the medical assessment stage, the independent medical assessor provides a description of the assessed conditions they have been able to identify from the claimant's medical records. The condition recorded against each claim may therefore be different to the condition initially stated by the claimant on their original claim form. All data provided relates to the conditions listed by the independent medical assessor in the assessment report.  
 
1.	Condition awarded a Vaccine Damage Payment:  
•	Anaphylaxis
                                                                                                             
2.	Conditions where causation was accepted but disablement was assessed by the independent medical assessor as less than 60%: 
•	Anaphylaxis                                                                                                             
•	Bell's palsy                                                                                                               
•	Immune thrombocytopenia                                                                            
•	Myocarditis 
•	Pericarditis                                                                                                   
•	Upper arm pain  
•	Otitis Externa                                                                                   
•	Non-epileptic seizures                                                                                  
•	Headaches 
•	Dizziness                                                                                         
•	Myopericarditis                                                                                             
•	Left ventricular systolic dysfunction                                                                            
•	Post-Viral fatigue                                                                                                      
•	Retinal vasculitis                                                                                          
•	Rash 
•	Numb face 
•	Swollen lips                                                        
•	Perimyocarditis                                                                                            
•	Functional neurological disorder (FND)  
•	Allergic reaction                                                                                            


Tags: VDPS
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01153

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

Please could you let us know how many community pharmacies in England have signed up to the Pharmacy Contraception Service, broken down by the date of sign up from 24 April to date. 

Please could you also provide a breakdown of pharmacy details, including name, address and premises type. 

Could you reply confirming receipt of this message please? 

On 5 June 2023 you clarified the following: 

By ‘premises type’ I meant whether it was a community pharmacy / internet pharmacy / dispensing GP etc as per this list from the GPhC: 20230331_registered_pharmacies.xlsx (live.com) 

But if you don’t collect or categorise by that information, please just supply me with the information relating to community pharmacies. 

Your request was received on 4 May 2023 and has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

##Response 

A copy of the information is attached. 

Please note: We do not hold the premises type in the information that we hold.  

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data, please contact foidata@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: 

“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence: 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.   

Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 

Tags: Pharmacy Contraception Service
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01214

#Request

Capacity of Milford and Wistaria Practice.

Notably the capacity of Milford Medical Practice only please and current amount of patients registered here please.

##Response

Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available from the below weblink.

Please see link below to our Catalyst - public insight portal where you can log in as a guest user.

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/access-our-data-products/catalyst

Patient list size information is available under Reports - Organisational & Demographic Information - Patient List Sizes. This will provide the patient list size for practices. The data can be filtered down to the required practice.

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 
 
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01214 
 
###Data Queries 
 
If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact foidata@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 
 
If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 
 
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: 
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  
 
Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: 
“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence: 
 
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  
 
Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. 
 
Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information. 


Tags: NHS Prescription Services, Patient list
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01201

Thank you for your request for information about the following:  
  
Please can I request the name of the web development company that has been contracted to create the new NHS Jobs website? 
 
Your request was received on 25th May, and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  
  
##Response  
  
The new NHS Jobs service has been developed by the NHS Business Services Authority.  It has been worked on by a blend of internal NHS team members and delivery partners including Difrent UK Ltd (TPX Impact), Mastek UK Ltd and Kainos Software Limited, and individual contractors sourced via the Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) framework, working to NHSBSA design and development standards and practices. 
 
The main supplier contracts to support the development of NHS Jobs website were – NHS Jobs 3 and the NHS Jobs Capability contracts (these were awarded to Difrent UK Ltd). Since 2022 Difrent has operated under TPX Impact Ltd following their acquisition.  
  
  
##Data Queries  
  
If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 


If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. 


The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:  
“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.  


Tags: Website, nhs jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01194

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Earlier this year, health and social care secretary Steve Barclay wrote to you. He asked whether you were getting “value for money from your diversity and inclusion memberships, and if not, consider any steps that you could take to address that”.
This included “following the Department [of Health and Social Care]’s example and allowing any associations/subscriptions that you have to lapse or be cancelled”. He set a deadline for 1 May to report back.
Please provide a copy of your response to Mr Barclay following this letter. In addition, please also answer the following questions:

1- Do you have any diversity and inclusion memberships that you have allowed to “lapse or be cancelled”? This can include before or after Mr Barclay’s letter;

2- If the answer is “yes” to question 1, please disclose:

* How many you have/had (under Mr Barclay’s definition of these memberships);
* Who each of them were with;
* How long the organisation had been subscribed to them; and
* How much they cost – both on a per annum and total cost basis

Your request was received on 23 May 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

###Letter to Steve Barclay
A copy of the information is attached. 

###Questions 1 & 2
No memberships to diversity and inclusion organisation have been cancelled or allowed to lapse, before or after Mr Barclay’s letter.

##Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2023” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.  Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.


Tags: Inclusion, diversity
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log