AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-01619

#Request#
I am writing to obtain information regarding General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay of £100,000 or more in latest year for which full data is available. To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting: 

1.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £100,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

2.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £200,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

3.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £300,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

4.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £400,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered.
 
5.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £500,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

6.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £600,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

7.	The total number of General Practitioners who reported pensionable pay equal to, or in excess of £700,000 in latest year for which full data is available, broken down by employing authority with which their practice(s) is registered. 

8.	If you can answer Question 1 through to Question 7 for the 2022/23 financial year then please provide this information as well. 
 
Note: Please can the data be supplied on the same basis as that which was supplied to me for a similar FoI question {Ref: 8817} in relation to the 2018/19 financial year. 

#Response#
The information you requested is already available on our Open Data Portal:  
 
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01569
 
Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if the is already reasonably accessible to you. 
 


Tags: NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01600

Thank you for your request for information about the following:


We would like to request the details of all positions that have been available through NHS Jobs: 

* At an NHS Band 2 and 3
* Available within 40 miles of WC2B 4AH
* Between 15 March 2022 to date
 
We should be grateful if you would 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) 
* Vacancy site (i.e. the hospital/site the position was held)

You clarified your request as follows:

If you could focus the search on the London and Greater London areas, that would be much appreciated.  Is that sufficiently specific or do you need the details of specific Boroughs?

Your clarified request was received on 18th December 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

A copy of the information is attached.

Search terms:

* Dates 15/03/2022 – present
* Bands : band 2 and band 3
* Location – region – London

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 Clinical Care Groups (CCGs) and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) (including the ones provided in the data) can be found at the below web link:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/ 

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.

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 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: Job vacancies, nhs jobs
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01601

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

May I respectfully ask, through freedom of information, who was on the panel, what qualifications they held, and what field they practised in, when the decision was made to refuse my appeal in November.

Your request was received on 11th December 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://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01219 

Further information is available at the following links which you may find useful:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01544 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01430


Tags: Reasonable adjustment
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01557

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 22nd November 2023 for information about the following:

Please supply total sales of Powdered ONS Supplements via NHS Supply Chain in the most recent 12 months. Powdered ONS Supplements include products such as: Meritene Ames Shake Complan Ensure Shake Fresubin Powder Extra Aymes Shake.

##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.
However it is possible that Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) may hold some or all of the information you require

They can be contacted at:

Supply Chain Coordination Limited
Equinox House City Link Nottingham, NG2 4LA 
Email: foi@supplychain.nhs.uk

Tags: NHS Prescriptions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01562

#Request

_Of the 1995 scheme members who had a 5 year or more break, came back and, because of the timing of their return, had to join the 2008 scheme rather than being able to re-join the 1995 scheme and re-active their frozen benefits, how many are women and how many are men. (So people who left the 95 scheme had a 5 year break and therefore had to change schemes). What is that as a % of the total female members of the 95 scheme and a % of the total members of the male members of the 95 scheme._

##Response

There are 27,281 members who had previous 1995 Scheme service, followed by a 5-year break, followed by them re-joining in the 2008 Section. Of these 27,281 members:

•	23,044 are female (1.39% of the total 1,653,024 female member population with 1995 service)

•	4,237 are male (0.77% of the total 551,154 male member population with 1995 service)

All members with eligible 1995 Scheme service are in scope, including deceased and pensioner records.

5-year breaks are calculated based on service dates held as employments in our database. Service held elsewhere, such as transfer in credits, cannot be assessed.

__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.

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 Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01560

##Request


1.	Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the NHS Business Services Authority FOI management/admin team.

2.	Number of Freedom of Information Act requests received by the NHS Business Services Authority FOI management/admin team over the most recent 12-month period (financial or calendar year).

Your request was received on 21 November 2023, and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

On 23 November 2023 you clarified the following:

(1)  I would be happy to receive the FTE numbers for the FOI/SAR element only of the Information Governance Team.

(2)
The most recent 12 months
The last calendar year
The last financial year

Of these 3 options, I am happy to receive the data that you may have for any 1(one) of these 3 options, either the most recent 12 months OR the last calendar year OR the last financial year.

##Response

Question 1

6 FTE staff

Question 2

1st November 2022 – 31st October 2023
FOI Requests Received – 706

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01560


Tags: FOI requests, FTE
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01578

##Request

Title: Prescribing frequency of prednisolone 5mg tablets grouped for Asthma
Definition: Prescribing of Prednisolone 5mg tablets, to patients receiving medication to treat Asthma, where the quantity prescribed per item was less than or equal to 60 tablets.
Results: identify the total number of prescription items prescribed during a rolling 12 m period with each item relating to a quantity of 60 tablets or fewer
Reporting Level: Practice Level, PCN Level, Sub ICB
Numerator: Number of patients receiving 1,2,3 to13 number of prescription items for Prednisolone 5mg tablets over a rolling 12 month period. Prescription items are only included where the quantity prescribed was less than or equal to 60 tablets. Patients have only been included where they have also been prescribed a preventative inhaler medication but not an antimuscarinic during the reported period.Reporting

Period: FY2022 Using the definitions of the above drug classes from the NHS BSA drug list Appendix2

##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/access-our-data-products/catalyst

To access the data:

Log into Catalyst and select the Dashboard option. Select ‘Respiratory’ from the ‘Dashboards’ section which will take you to the Respiratory Dashboard. 

Select the ‘Datasets’ link in the first row which then gives the second row of the options for ‘SICBL – GP Practice Dataset’ and ‘PCN – Practice Dataset’. 

In the ‘Comparator drop down box select ‘Prescribing frequency of prednisolone 5mg tablets’. 
In the Period drop down select ‘Sept-23’ as this is the most recent rolling 12 months. Click Apply.

This is now your dataset which breaks down (Depending which ‘SICBL – GP Practice Dataset’ or ‘PCN – Practice Dataset’ has been selected) then by practice the number of prescription items 1-13+ and the number of patients numerators requested. 

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01578


Tags: NHS Prescriptions, Prednisolone
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01567

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Can you provide the archived pdf's of the drug tariff for the following months:
January 1999, January 2001, January 2003, January 2004, January 2005, January 2006, January 2008, January 2010, January 2011

Your request was received on 27 November 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Response

###1999 – 2004 Drug Tariff
The information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority. We did not make PDFs prior to May 2004 as it was before we had the electronic Drug Tariff and the function to create PDFs.

However, it is possible that the British Library has hard copies of these documents.

###2005 - 2011 Drug Tariff
A copy of the information is attached. 

##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.

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: drug tariff
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01543

##Request

I would like to make a FOI request for the following:
 
Members who have transitioned from the 1995 Section to the 2015 Scheme and are purchasing or have purchased added years/additional pension should be afforded the opportunity to claim the benefits arising from this purchase at the point the agreed end date is reached.  NHS Pensions should be writing to those members who have reached the selected end age six months before the selected end age. 

Please advise how many such added years/added pension choice letters sent to the following group of members between 1st April 2022 and 12th November 2023.
-	Consultant members (Specialist)
-	General practitioners

##Response

The exercise to contact active members of the 1995 section with information about claiming their added years or additional pension benefits separately from their main scheme benefits will begin to be rolled out from January 2024.

To date, we have received one request from a member for an estimate.

The exercise will apply to members who moved into the 2015 Scheme but had a contract for additional benefits with an earlier payable date. Members will be able to claim their additional benefits when they become due without claiming their main scheme pension benefits.

Members who choose to take their additional benefits will be able to continue to contribute to the Scheme and build further pension benefits. Their decision won’t affect their main scheme pension benefits. 

Members who are interested in claiming their additional benefits now, will need to complete and return the form provided to them to request an estimate.  Once they return that form, an estimate and a claim form will be provided. 

Members who don’t want to claim their additional benefits now won’t need to do anything. They will be paid automatically when they claim their NHS Pension.


Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01543


Tags: NHS Pensions, Purchased added years
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01566

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 24th November 2023 for information about the following:

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Pathology & Point of Care - Lateral Flow Devices National Requirement Further Competition:
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032247-2023

The details we require are:

• Who are the manufacturer of the products that Critical Healthcare will be providing?

• What is the brand name of the products that Critical Healthcare will be providing?

• Which country are the supplied products from Critical Healthcare manufactured manufactured?

• Which pack sizes of LFDs will be supplied via the winning bid?

• Does the winning Critical Healthcare bid have different prices per unit depending on pack size? What are these prices?

• What is the MHRA registration reference number for the supplied products?

•  Are the winning products CE marked?

##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.

However it is possible that Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) may hold some or all of the information you require. 

They can be contacted at:
 
Supply Chain Coordination Limited

Equinox House

City Link

Nottingham, NG2 4LA 

Email: foi@supplychain.nhs.uk 


Tags: No information held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01565

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 
 
I would like to know under the FOI Act how many people turning 60 are receiving penalty charges after the NHSBSA has cancelled their certificate and direct debit.
 
Your request was received on 21st November 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 
##Response

We do not hold the information requested. 

When a prescription is received which has been signed as the patient being exempt from prescription charges, a data matching exercise is instigated. If no valid exemption is found through this search / 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.


Tags: Penalty Charges
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01522

I am writing regarding your request for information, which I received on 29 October 2023.  In that request, you asked us for the following: 

I am requesting the following information please:

1. How many VDPS claims received relate to an Auto Immune Response in general
2. How many VDPS claims received relate to Polymyositis specifically
3. How many VDPS claims have been paid out that relate to an autoimmune response 
4. How many VDPS claims have been paid out that relate to Polymyositis specifically
5. How many VDPS claims that relate to an auto immune response in general have been rejected
6. How many VDPS claims that relate to an auto immune response in general have had a request for a mandatory reversal
7. How many VDPS claims that relate to Polymyositis specifically have been rejected 
8. How many VDPS claims that relate to Polymyositis specifically have had a request for a mandatory reversal

##Response

In order to determine if this information is held, we would need to manually review all claim forms and evidence provided.

As of 27 October 2023, 8,157 total claims have been received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). This is the number of claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority and those transferred from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 1 November 2021.

Using a conservative estimate of 30 minutes per case (medical evidence can run to thousands of pages), we estimate that to review all 8,157 claims, it would take approx. 4,078.5 hours to determine if we hold the information and to then provide a figure. In addition, the staff carrying out the search would lack the medical expertise to identify an auto immune response.

Therefore, I estimate that the cost of complying with your request would exceed the non-central Government limit of £450. The limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the NHSBSA holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.  Under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, the NHSBSA is not obliged to comply with your request and I will not be processing your request further as it currently stands.


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