AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-02674

#Request

*‘i would like some info on a doctor  who delt with my bad vaccine damage payment i want to know what qualifications the doctor has can u please advise how i get this info’*

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 18 March 2025. 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

#Our response

#Qualifications and experience

The NHSBSA does not hold information on the independent medical assessors' qualifications. This is because their medical qualifications and experience are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier.

I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point: 

All claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment company with a consistent approach.

Each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor.

The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of their qualifications or their experience.

The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced Registered Medical Practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK GMC register, with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements:

•	they are a Registered Medical Practitioner with at least five years’ post graduate experience; and
•	they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker

#Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

#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 2025” 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: NHSBSA corporate, Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, vdps
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02652

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘I am watching the champions league on 11.03.25 and during the Liverpool game, an NHS smoking advert appears. How much have you paid for this advert campaign. I want the total cost of this advert and the time slots and channels you are showing it on. If you can specify the individual cost for each time you show the advert, please do.’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 11 March 2025.  

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/  

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.  

More information can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ 

Tags: NHS England, NHSE, Smoking advert, Stop smoking
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02645

##Request

Is there any records of how many females did do not receive medical treatment as there are no female staff available including surgeons, consultants, Dr's and other medical staff?

Is there any records of how many females do not take part in the NHS screening programmes because of the lack of guarantees that treatment would be carried out by a full female medical team?

Has the NHS ever informed male doctors not to be in female spaces like bathroom/shower rooms except for medical emergencies?

Is there any records of how many males did do not receive medical treatment as there are no male staff available including surgeons, consultants, Dr's and other medical staff?

Has the NHS informed female doctors not to be in male spaces like bathroom/shower rooms except for medical emergencies?

Is there any records of how many males do not take part in the NHS screening programmes because of the lack of guarantees that treatment would be carried out by a full male medical team?

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 6 March 2025. 

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. You may find the following link useful: 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-screening/ 

NHS England 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/ 

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal. 


Tags: No information held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02630

#Request 
 
_FOI-02559 confirmed 445 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme had met the criteria for causation but failed to satisfy the condition of 60% disability so not considered disabled enough to receive an award. Please can you tell me of the 445 claims:_
 
_1.	How many were assessed as having at least 20% disability?_

_2.	How many were assessed as having at least 50% disability?_

#Our response 
 
I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. The information is enclosed in this response. 

All data as of 31 January 2025. All data relates to claims received by the NHSBSA and those transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021. All figures provided relate to COVID-19 vaccines only. 

Claimants are provided with a clinical assessment report, explaining how the medical assessor reached their decision. In the medical assessment report, level of disablement is sometimes reported as a range.  
 
Where the medical assessor has reported the vaccinated person’s disability as a range, we've used the upper number reported to categorise the claim. This data must therefore be interpreted as a guide only, because it is not possible to determine the accurate number of claims in each category. 
 
#Question 1 - _How many were assessed as having at least 20% disability?_

Of the 445 claims which met the criteria for causation, 180 were assessed as having a level of disablement between 20% to 49%.  
 
#Question 2 - _How many were assessed as having at least 50% disability?_ 
 
Of the 445 claims which met the criteria for causation, 10 were assessed as having a level of disablement above 50%. 
 
#Data Queries 
 
Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. 

#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 2025” 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 Payment Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02636

##Request

1.	I would like full information on the vaccine I received my batch number was FL9994 and this was a pfizer booster. 
Was this batch considered a risk and was there any issue with the storage the use by date and what impact did the spike protein potentially have or known to have. 

2.	What were the potential adverse reactions and please provide any information  that has my name attached in regards to medical concerns regarding my vaccines and heart failure, anxiety depression lack of energy that I'm suffering after the vaccine.

Response

Part 2

Please be advised that, as it relates to personal data, part 2 of your request has been raised as a Subject Access Request (SAR). The reference for this is SAR-04009. We sent you a request for further information regarding this on 7 March 2025.

Part 1 

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 

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 the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) may hold information on issues with batches and potential adverse reactions. They can be contacted at:

MHRA Freedom of Information Team
10 South Colonnade
London
E14 4PU
United Kingdom

Email: foi.request@mhra.gov.uk

Web: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency

I believe that it is possible that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) may hold information on the storage of batches. They can be contacted at:

Information Rights Team
UKHSA
10 South Colonnade
London
E14 4PU
United Kingdom

Email: InformationRights@UKHSA.gov.uk

Web: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency

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-02636

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.



Tags: VDPS, Vaccine Damage Payments
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02613

#Request

_I therefore request evidence to support that all HR Business improvement advisors have all of the following qualifications as of October 2023 - to current date:_

_The HRSS role includes CIPD, Managing Successful Programmes Qualification, Lean Level 2 qualification in addition to the Six Sigma Green Belt qualification._

##Response

I can confirm that the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds the information you have requested. However, we consider the qualifications of NHSBSA employees to be personal data under section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018.
 
Personal data is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the FOIA if disclosure would contravene any of the data protection principles. 
 
In order for disclosure to comply with the lawfulness, fairness, and transparency principle, we either need the consent of the data subject(s) or there must be a legitimate interest in disclosure. In addition, the disclosure must be necessary to meet the legitimate interest and finally, the disclosure must not cause unwarranted harm. 
 
As we do not have the consent of the data subject(s), the NHSBSA is therefore required to conduct a balancing exercise between legitimate interest of the applicant in disclosure against the rights and freedoms of the data subject(s).  
 
The NHSBSA acknowledges that you have a legitimate interest in disclosure of the information in order to provide the full picture of the requested data held by the NHSBSA; however, we have concluded that disclosure of the requested information would cause unwarranted harm and therefore, section 40(2) is engaged. This is because there is a reasonable expectation that employee personal data processed by the NHSBSA remains confidential. 

Please see the following link to view the section 40 exemption in full:
 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40  
 


Tags: HRSS, Hrss staff, qualifications
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02628

#Request 

1. Are there any other devices that are used to contain and transport people with infectious diseases the UK by the NHS?  

2. How are these devices distributed? Hospitals versus ambulance services?  
 
3. How many devices have been purchased within the last seven years?  

4. What has the cost been to the NHS in purchasing these devices? Trexler and Epishuttle  

5. How often Have the isolation devices been used in the last 3 years?  

6. How many cases of HCID have there been ini the last three years where isolation devices have been used?  

7. Do the devices require consumable items and how much has been spent on them in last three years? 


The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 3 March 2025.  

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.  

#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 as we do not transport any people with infectious diseases. 

#Advice and assistance 

Please find below a link to a list of NHS Trusts. I believe that this information would not be held centrally, so you would need to request this separately from each trust. 

 

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/  

 

Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02599

#Request

Please see the attached requested questions.

_I would be grateful if you could provide this information in the above formats within an excel spreadsheet. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the cost and time involved, please provide advice and assistance, as to how I can refine my request._

##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.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

We have interpreted “NHS spending on medical treatment abroad for GHIC and EHIC cardholders” as instances where the NHSBSA has processed claims to other countries via UK GHIC/UK EHIC entitlements that have been approved for payment.

We have converted currencies to GB Pound, using the value on the date the individual treatment claim was approved for payment.

People who are entitled to NHS are treated equally, whether this is in the UK or abroad.

__Data Queries__

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

__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 2025” 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: EHIC, GHIC, OHS
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02593

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

##Request 

‘I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: 

Since the Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service was first commissioned in 2021: 

• How many pharmacies in England have been investigated to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims? 

• What sums have been reclaimed from which pharmacies? Please break this down by the individual pharmacy and the date fees were reclaimed. 

• Have any pharmacies been stopped from providing the service for any period of time? 

I would like to have figures covering the period October 2021 to end of 31/1/25 please.’ 

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 14 February 2025.  

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. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. 

##Question 1 - How many pharmacies in England have been investigated to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims? 

There have been 32 pharmacies reviewed to establish the legitimacy of their fee claims for the Hypertension service. 

##Question 2 - What sums have been reclaimed from which pharmacies? Please break this down by the individual pharmacy and the date fees were reclaimed. 

A copy of the data is attached. 

##Question 3 - Have any pharmacies been stopped from providing the service for any period of time? 

No pharmacies have been stopped from providing the service. 

##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 2025” 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: Community Pharmacy, Hypertension Case-Finding Advanced Service
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02606

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

How many MRCP(UK) applications have been withdrawn by the NHS recruitment team for reasons around administrative errors or incorrectly filled out forms?

How many of these applications have been withdrawn by the recruitment team with no correspondence with the applicant prior to the application withdrawal?

Is there an automatic withdrawal system if there are any administrative errors in an application form?

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 20 February 2025. 

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. We are unable to find any organisation account for Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK – MRCP(UK) and do not believe they recruit with NHS Jobs.

Advice and assistance

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that MRCP(UK) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrews Place
Regent's Park
London
NW1 4LE
+44 (0)20 3075 1649
https://www.rcp.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/ 

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-02606 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.


Tags: NHS Jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-02607

##Request

How many Anticoagulation clinics are there in the UK?
Can I have a copy of their all their contact details?

##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-02607

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.




Tags: Anticoagulation clinics, NHS Prescriptions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log