AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-02332

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

I am completing the Morile scoring for the upcoming SIA and need the up to date optical data.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 24 October 2024. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. 

##Our response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Advice and Assistance

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net    

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/ 

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02332 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Tags: Opthalmic
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02103

#Request

_I would like to know how many deferred members with final salary pension scheme benefits (ie members who are no longer working for NHS Pension Scheme participating employers - not just members who have moved to a CARE scheme) are older than the normal pension age in the relevant final salary section of the scheme but have not put their final salary pension into payment yet._

On 8 August 2024 you clarified the following:

_To Q1 – I would like option “a” (ie “any deferred member in the 1995 and 2008 scheme with no 2015 scheme membership”)._

_To Q2 – For members with benefits in both 1995 and 2008 to use an NPA of 65._

##Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested.

93,145 deferred members of the 1995/2008 scheme (and do not have any 2015 service) are over their Normal Pension Age.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

In the event a member has both 1995 and 2008 service, a normal pension age of 65 has been used.

The NHSBSA has an automated process, in which members are contacted when they are approaching their normal pension age to inform them that they may be able to claim their NHS Pension Scheme benefits.

__Data Queries__

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing, the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

__Reusing the data and copyright__

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 2024” 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 Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02189

##Request

Many thanks for supplying this information, which is certainly helpful in identifying the scale of the funding, and which Universities students are using TDAE the most.
 
We have met with 3 Universities so far, including WSIHE in Chichester (West Sussex Institute of Higher Education) who indicated that they have a typical annual cohort of around 30-40 (30 UG’s, and up to 10 PG’s), so they typically have 90-120 students going on Placement each year.  They are not listed on your spreadsheet, which means that either none at all have made a TDAE claim (which would be surprising), or there was some other reason that they don’t appear, such as their specific University status perhaps?  Would you be so kind as to check again for this institution please?

##Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

Due to an issue with the background coding structure, the payments for the University of Chichester were incorrectly allocated to a different HEI. This has now been amended. 

Publishing this response

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Tags: NHS and Social Care Student Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02135

##Request

To enable me to understand the rationale behind your decision making I would like to make a freedom of information request.

1. Under what circumstances would you categorised a mistake as a mistake where someone had not acted wrongfully. 
2. How many mistakes have you acknowledged in the last year and how many PCN’s have you overturned?

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 3 August 2024. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

##Our response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). We do not hold a definition of a mistake and therefore we cannot count how many cases when this has happened.

##Advice and assistance

NHSBSA check if patients hold a valid exemption. Where our checks cannot confirm this, we issue an enquiry letter asking the patient to let us know if they were exempt. If the patient can confirm an exemption their case will be closed. If the patient cannot show they were exempt a penalty charge is issued. NHSBSA do not collect information about patient intention and do not hold the information to answer this request. 

When claiming an exemption from paying for treatment (a prescription or dental treatment), patients have a duty of care and are responsible for knowing whether they have to pay. When claiming an exemption, a declaration is signed by the patient or their representative which states that the information is correct and that they understand a penalty charge notice may be issued if this is information is incorrect. 



Tags: PCN, PECS, Penalty Charges
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02113

##Request

1) Do you use a tool for Surveys? (a survey tool would help to create the survey, design the questions, distribute the survey, drive responses, and build out reports and insights into the data)
2) If so, which supplier do you use for this tool?
3) How much do you spend annually on a Survey Tool?
4) Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end?
5) Who is the budget holder for this contract?

##Response

Question 1

We use tools for Customer Surveys and Employee Engagement Surveys.

Question 2

Customer Surveys: Snap Surveys Limited

Employee Engagement Surveys: Best Companies

Question 3

Customer Surveys: £15,086.50

Employee Engagement Surveys: £25,730

Question 4

Customer Surveys: August 2024

Employee Engagement Surveys: August 2024

Question 5

Best Companies – Head of Communications and Marketing

Snap Surveys – Head of DDAT Strategy and Data Management

Publishing this response

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Tags: NHS Procurement, Survey Tool
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02109

#Request

_I would like to make a freedom of information request to find out how many other fines have been issued to people who are in receipt of contribution based JSA, instead of income based JSA and then include this as part of a formal complaint._

##Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

When a dental form or a prescription is received, we check with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) if an exemption is confirmed and a data matching exercise is instigated. 

If there is no valid exemption which is found through this exercise for that patient an enquiry letter is issued to the patient which invites them to contact us to confirm the exemption they have in place. We only receive a confirmed or not confirmed back from DWP to say whether a qualifying benefit is held.  The DWP do not provide the specific benefit the individual is receiving. As a result, the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA and we do not know of any organisation that would hold this.
 
The NHSBSA only hold NHS Dental information relating to income-based JSA and not contribution-based JSA. This is because contribution-based ESA is not a benefit that enables exemption from NHS Dental charges, whereas income-based ESA does. Therefore, there is no business need for the NHSBSA to hold information in relation to contribution based JSA.



Tags: Benefit, DECS, Dental Exemption Checking Service, JSA, PECS
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02122

I am writing in connection with your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, which was received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on 29 July 2024.

Request

You asked us:

I would like to obtain a list of Ward Clerk (Band 3) vacancies from 25 January 2023 to July 2024 for the trusts listed below. This for a tribunal hearing commencing on 21 August 2024, therefore we would be grateful for a prompt response. 

• St Bartholomew’s Hospital 

• The Royal London Hospital 

• Mile End Hospital 

• Guy’s Hospital

• Royal Brompton Hospital 

• St Thomas’ Hospital

• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

• London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

• North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

• Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

I would be grateful if you could kindly include the information set out below in any table complied:

• Name of organisation 

• Vacancy reference number 

• Job title 

• Staff group 

• Salary 

• AfC banding 

• Date published 

• Date closed 

• Duration (i.e. permanent/fixed term for X months) 

• Part time/full time

##Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

The post code field confirms the location of the vacancy.

The information provided is limited to what the recruiting organisation supplies us with. For more detail on each position, you may wish to write to each trust directly. A directory of trusts and ICBs (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02122 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Reusing the data and copyright

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: “NHS Jobs, NHSBSA Copyright 2024” 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 jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02121

#Request

_We would like to request 2022-2024 data on Thyroid Eye Disease, current ICD-10 code E05.-[dagger sign] (H58.8[asterisk])_

_Specifically, we would like the following:_

_Annual Incidence per 100,000 in males and females_

_Estimated Prevalence_

##Response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

__Advice and Assistance__

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net    

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/ 


Tags: Thyroid Eye Disease
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02107

##Request

Can you kindly confirm how many live "Practitioner Members" there are @ 30th June 2024 and how many Practitioner Membership Records are not presently updated to 31st March 2023 please?

Please provide your response in the same format as FOI 01320 provided on 9th August 2023


##Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information it is attached.

As of 30 June 2024, there were 57,196 live practitioner members with 90,126 open practitioner employments. Please see the table attached. However, please note, that some members have more than one open practitioner employment.

54,745 practitioner membership records are not presently updated to 31 March 2023 in respect of 83,442 open practitioner employments. There are several reasons why records may not have been updated. This could be because practitioner members have not yet submitted their certificates, there are queries on the certificates, or certificates are missing from earlier years which is preventing an update to later years.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

Caveats

Members may have multiple ongoing posts, updated to different points. Some posts may be officer posts; these have not been included in the figures.

Annual contribution data is only available when an annual update has been processed onto the member record for the respective employment.

A post not being fully updated does not mean the information has not been submitted by the employer; it may have been submitted but, due to validation issues, it has not been possible to process onto the member record.


Publishing this response 

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02107


Tags: NHS Pensions, Practitioner Members
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02125

#Request#
 please can we obtain the following information for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health –  
•	info on vacancies for paediatric roles across the country  
•	any/all roles in the paeds space 
•	regional variance on the above (ie regional compared to national – all regions in England) 
 
#Response#
I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested. 
 
Please see attached all Paediatrics vacancies data from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024.Also included are summary figures for organisations and regions to show variance. The post code field confirms the location of the vacancy. 



Tags: NHS Jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02091

##Request


ESR Payslip Fields and Formatting Information

Pay and Allowance Fields
A list of all possible fields that can be included in the 
Pay and Allowance section of an ESR-generated payslip, including descriptions of when each field is used.

Deduction Fields
A list of all possible fields that can be included in the 
Deduction section of an ESR-generated payslip, including descriptions of when each field is used.

Suffixes
Definitions for common suffixes such as NT Not taxed, NP Not pensioned, etc.

NHS Payslip Formatting
Confirmation on whether all NHS payslips produced through ESR follow the same formatting, regardless of the issuing NHS Trust or employer.
API Plans

Information on any plans to develop an API for employees to access their own payslips.


##Response

Pay and Allowance Fields and Deduction Fields

Information on payslip fields is available in the PAD manual which is held within the ESR user manual.  Any ESR user who is logged in can view the authenticated content on the ESR Hub.

Suffixes

We do have a guide for employees to understand some of the information and abbreviations in their payslip available for public view on the ESR Hub: Browse Content - ESR Hub - NHS Electronic Staff Record   

NHS Payslip Formatting

NHS payslips follow the same format; the only differences are use of the Welsh logo and the ability to provide payslips in Welsh language.

API

There are no plans to develop an API as all NHS employees have access to their online payslips through ESR self-service access.

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

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Tags: ESR, Payslip Fields
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02070

##Request

‘Could you please provide the uptake percentage of those eligible for Healthy Start broken down by claimants 25 and over and claimants 24 and under for the period 1 April 2022 - present

As NHSBSA do not hold the age of those who are eligible for the scheme, we then clarified with you whether you would like data on the number of successful applications broken down by the requested ages. 

I can confirm we would like the data on the number of successful applications broken down by the ages we previously requested.

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your clarified request on 23 July 2024. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

##Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached.

This includes all successful applications to the digital application process per month from April 2022 – July 2024. These are then broken into two categories, those 24 & Under and those 25 & Over. These are the applicants ages at the time of a successful application.

##Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing, the data please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

##Reusing the data and copyright

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 2024” 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: Healthy Start, NHS Help With Health Costs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02108

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information which you requested.

Request

You asked us:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I was wondering if you would be able to develop on top of the FOI Request FOI-01537, FOI-01681, FOI-01795 and FOI-01900.

BNF Chapter 20-22 and Chapter 23:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01537 (April 2023 - September 2023)

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01681 (October 2023 - November 2023)

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01795 (December 2023 - January 2024)

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01900 (February 2024)

The data in these requests were from the data source ‘NHSBSA Information Services Data Warehouse’ with the Columns YEAR_MONTH, PRACTICE_CODE, DISPENSER_CODE, BNF_CHAPTER_CODE, BNF_CODE, PRODUCT_ORDER_NUMBER, PACK_ORDER_NUMBER, EPD_BNF_20_21_22, EPD_BNF_23, AC_FLAG, ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23, NIC_GBP, ITEMS and TOTAL_QUANTITY.

Would it be possible for the data to be limited to prescribing within BNF Chapter 20 - Dressings, Chapter 21 – Appliances and Chapter 22 – Incontinence Appliances, Chapter 23 - Stoma Appliances, limited to England, Wales, Scotland, Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. 

The data excludes: 

•	Items not dispensed, disallowed and those returned to the contractor for further clarification. 

•	Prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in Prisons, Hospitals and Private prescriptions.

•	Items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.

Could we have the same caveats so that the data matches with the English Prescribing Dataset (EPD).

Would it be possible to have the data in the same format for March 2024 please?

Furthermore to this request would it be possible to start publishing this data regularly similar to the BNF SNOMED mapping file?

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 23 July 2024. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. 

Our response

Under Section 21 of the FOIA 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 on the NHSBSA website https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01931 

To filter to the data they specifically ask for they need to use the YEAR_MONTH column to filter to 202403 , the EPD_BNF_20_21_22 to filter to data that would be in the EPD for chapters 20-22, separately they can look at the column EPD_BNF_23 to find data that would be in the EPD for chapter 23.

Alternatively, the EPD_FLAG column filtered to EPD, but there are a small number of items in the dataset that are not in chapters 20-23 so they could exclude any row with null in the column ENG_PRESC_BNF20_23 to get to the same subset of data. 

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02108

Tags: NHS Prescription Services
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log