AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
FOI-01787

#Request#
It is against the law to treat disabled people less favourably than other people, please supply the turnaround times for emails in your department at the relevant times so that this can be checked. For the avoidance of any doubt, this should be treated as a FOI request.  
  
The above information is required in connection with complaints to third parties about this department, it's long term abysmal service to the public, it's belief that the law can be casually broken & it's refusal to offer a gesture to (name) reflect this. 
 
#Response#
In line with the NHSBSA Complaints Policy, which is available online at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/contact-us/complaints our response timescales are as follows: 
  
Informal complaint – response within 10 working days of receipt of complaint by the Customer Resolutions Team, and all relevant customer verification / authority information being completed. 
 
Stage 1 formal complaint – acknowledgement of the complaint within 3 working days of receipt of complaint, full response within 25 working days of receipt. 
 
Stage 2 formal complaint - acknowledgement of the complaint within 3 working days of receipt of complaint, full response within 15 working days of receipt 
 
All of our customers are treated in the same way and follow the same timescales, where a response is required to answer any additional concerns. If a customer has been issued a final response to their complaint and has therefore exhausted our Complaints Policy, we will have informed them that they can approach the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and provided contact details. In such cases, we may not respond to further emails received. 



Tags: complaints
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01783

#Request#
Please can you re-run FOI-01059 regarding dental UDAs/UOAs and clawback for the financial year 2022-2023, keeping all other fields the same.  
 
(FOI-01059: Please provide a list of all dental practices across the UK that have failed in completing their UDA target during the period specified. Please confirm in relation to these practices what their UDA target was, as well as their UDA value, how many UDAs they completed, how many UDAs they did not complete, what the clawback value is for each practice and when this is to be collected. Please also provide a list of all of the dental practices seeking to return their NHS contracts, together with, contact names, numbers and email addresses.) 
 
#Response#
A copy of the information is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data. 
 
We have provided the data for Wales only. This is due to the Provider Assurance team advising us that England's 2022/2023 data has not been finalised. This data is anticipated to be ready by end the of April and we would therefore ask you to resubmit your request for the England data at a later date. 
  
Data refers to contracts in Wales as shown on Compass. 
 
Data refers to Units of Dental Activity (UDA ) and Units of Orthodontic Activity (UOA ) metrics and activity as shown on Compass. 
 
Reporting Year:  The financial year which the activity/contracted services relate to - to be used for year-end reporting. 
 
Contract Number: This is a unique 10-character number which identifies a contract. 
 
Provider Name:  The name of the provider. 
 
Commissioner Name: This is the name of the Commissioning Organisation. This a generic term used to denote health bodies, either Area Teams in England or Health Boards in Wales. Also known as Primary Care Organisations (PCOs). 
 
UDA Financial Value (22/23): The total value associated with the contracted units of general activity for the 22/23 reporting year, as entered on Compass. 
 
UDA Performance Target (22/23): The contracted units of general dental activity to be achieved for the 22/23 reporting year. This figure is taken directly from the Compass system. 
 
UDA Delivered (22/23): The total number of UDA achieved in the 22/23 reporting year. 
 
UDA Undelivered (22/23): The total number of UDA not achieved within the UDA Performance Target, in the 22/23 reporting year (UDA Performance Target - UDA Delivered). 
 
UDA Value (22/23): Total UDA Financial Value divided by the UDA Performance Target, for the 22/23 reporting year. 
 
Clawback Total (To Date): The total value of all clawbacks on Compass associated with the contract, as of April 2023. The clawbacks have taken place under the payment codes UPS_2223, UPS_2223_C and UPS_2223_O. The clawback payments refer to Year-End activity from the 22/23 reporting year. 


Tags: Dental contract
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01755

#Request#
Please can you give me information on the UDA value on the contract for Gentle Dental Centre Coventry.  

#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 on our Open Data Portal as per the link below. The contract number is for Gentle Dental Centre Coventry is 1030420000: 
 
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-contractor-monthly-general-dental-and-orthodontic-contractual-dataset 
 
Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 
 
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01755  


Tags: Dental contract
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01746

#Request#
1.	Has Microsoft (or a third party on its behalf) carried out an audit of your Microsoft software assets in the last 8 years? 
2.	If so, what date did any such audits start and finish? 
3.	What is the corporate identity of the party carrying out the audit, e.g. Microsoft or the name of the third-party auditing company? 
4.	Did the audit identify any breaches of, underlicensing, or non-compliance with, your licensing conditions? 
5.	If so, were any incentives relating to such breaches or non-compliance given by Microsoft to encourage your organisation to move to Microsoft cloud subscription licences? 
6.	If so, please provide details of these incentives. 

#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). This is because the NHSBSA have not had an audit of Microsoft Software assets within the last 8 years. 

Tags: Procurement
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01715

#Request#
How many complaints have been received by the VDPS/NHSBSA for issues relating to the handling of vaccine damage claims since Nov 2021 when NHSBSA took over the administering of the claims? 
  
How many of the complaints relate to the processing of claims following a Covid 19 vaccine? 

#Response#
Please note that our earliest data is from 1 May 2022. All data is as of 2 February 2024.  
 
Between 1 May 2022 and 2 February 2024, the NHSBSA received 363 complaints in relation to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS). Of these complaints, 350 related to Covid-19 vaccine claims. 


Tags: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01712

#Request#
Please provide the following information about NHS Pensions 
The average time since September 2023, for  
1. providing quotes to the requester for the value of transferring a personal pension into the NHS scheme. And,  
2. the average timescale for then completing the transfer from a personal scheme to the NHS scheme once the requester has authorised the transfer. 
I understand that the performance indicator is 2 months to provide the quote, followed by 2 months for the transfer the third element of my request  
(3.) is to confirm what the current performance indicators are. 

#Response#
The information in questions 1 and 2 shows the volume of ‘transfer in’ estimates and payments from personal pensions, completed from 1 September 2023 to date (15 February 2024). The ‘average days’ are based on the elapsed calendar days between date of receipt and the date of completion. 
 
Question 1 
 
Transfer in estimates: 
 
Total completed: 18 
Average days taken: 92 
 
 
Question 2 
 
Transfer in payments 
 
Total completed: 121 
Average days taken: 94 
 
 
Question 3 
 
A copy of the information is attached.  
 
We only have a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) on transfer in estimates. This is a statutory target of providing 95.00% of transfer in estimates within 2 calendar months of receipt of all relevant information. The below table reflects ALL transfer in estimates; not just those from a personal pension scheme. 
 
 
#Caveats & Comments#
 
The estimate and payment cases are not necessarily connected to the same piece of work, as they are managed as two separate work streams.  
 
Data is based on when the casework was completed, NOT received; the transfer in request may have been received at any point prior to 01/09/2023. 
 
The data provided in this FOI response counts all members who submitted transfer in estimates and payment requests and includes both clinicians and non-clinicians. 
 
We have experienced delays in the processing of transfer in estimates and payments since April 2023. The factors provided by the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) changed, resulting in us not being able to process cases whilst we waited for the updated factors to be provided and implemented. 
 
The change to the rules on 1 April 2023 allowing re-employed pensioners to transfer in pension benefits from other pension providers meant we received a significant increase in the number of requests between April and September 2023. 
 
The Public Service Pension Remedy also known as the McCloud ruling has led increased complexity in calculations, increasing processing times. Whilst we have recruited additional resources to the team, we are still experiencing some delays in our normal processing times. 



Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01716

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 3rd February 2024 for information about the following:

I would like to know the total number of SAS doctors in England. 
I would like to know the number of SAS doctors in England on the 2021 contracts (Specialty Doctor 2021 and Specialist 2021). 
I would like to know the number of SAS doctors in England on old, closed, legacy contracts.

##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.

However it is possible that the General Medical Council (GMC) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

https://www.gmc-uk.org/accessing-information 

foi@gmc-uk.org

Information Access team

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

M3 3AW

Tel: 0161 923 6365


Tags: No information held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01714

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 2nd February 2024 for information about the following:

I am looking for an accurate list of which GP surgeries/PCN/Federations (Primary Care NHS)  in the UK are using either (EMIS/ EMIS WEB) or (SystmOne TPP)  or Vision.

Is this something you track and can let me know?

##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 the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

Department of Health and Social Care

Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit

Department of Health and Social Care

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

Contact form https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/ 

Tags: No information held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01691

Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Can you please supply me with a list of all the Directors of the Estates and facilities Directors within the NHS as part of the Freedom of Information Act.

Your request was received on 25th January 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

##Summary of Response

###NHSBSA 

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://organogram.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/

###Other NHS Organisations

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.

However it is possible that these organisations may hold some or all of the information you require. Please find a list of NHS organisations at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory/ 


Tags: Estates
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01677

#Request#
Could I please request the prescribing data for unlicensed cannabis based medicinal products [CBMP] prescribed privately, from Nov 2018 until the most recent available. 
I'm particularly looking for the item count, broken down on a monthly basis. 

#Response#
A copy of the information is attached. 
 
Private prescribing of unlicensed cannabis-based medicines November 2018 to March 2023 
 
NHS Prescription Services, within the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) process prescriptions for Pharmacy Contractors, Appliance Contractors, Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration. This information is then used to make payments to pharmacists and appliance contractors in England for prescriptions dispensed in primary care settings. There are other arrangements in place for making payments to Dispensing Doctors and Personal Administration. This involves processing over 1 billion prescription items and payments totalling over £9 billion each year. The information gathered from this process is then used to provide information on costs and trends in prescribing in England and Wales to over 25,000 registered NHS and Department of Health and Social Care users. 
 
Data Source 
 
When prescriptions are processed by the NHSBSA data capture, prescriptions sometimes contain prescribing of medicines that were not populated on the NHSBSA drug database at the time. This type of order will be captured as an ‘unspecified drug.’ Data for prescribing of unlicensed cannabis-based medicines has been taken from data captured as unspecified prescribing. Unlicensed cannabis-based medicines are identified by an additional review process which occurs after the prescriptions have been processed. The items identified by this review are reported against the date that the prescription was written and not necessarily when they were submitted. Therefore, these figures may be subject to change if the prescription is submitted to the NHSBSA in a later month. 
 
This dataset 
 
This dataset shows total items per month for private prescriptions for unlicensed cannabis-based products.  
 
Time Period 
 
November 2018 to March 2023 (the latest available month currently). The Data is presented monthly. 
 
Organisation Data 
 
Data for private unlicensed prescriptions is limited to prescriptions dispensed in England. 
 
Items  
 
Shows the number of times a product appears on a prescription form not the quantity prescribed. 


Tags: Prescribing
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01686

Thank you for your request for information about the following: 

DHSC has said that almost 3,000 pharmacies have already signed up to the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service – are you able to confirm the exact number of pharmacies that have signed up please? 

Your request was received on 19 January 2024 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

##Response 

Current registration numbers for the Contraception Service is 5,624 pharmacies. 

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at: 

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01686  

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 2024” 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 Prescriptions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01704

#Request#
Please can you let me know how long the current delay is to provide a CETV for a pension for a divorce. 
 
Specifically when will a request submitted in July 2023 be processed. 
 
#Response#
We are experiencing a delay in processing some, but not all, requests for a CETV for a pension for a divorce. Affected cases are those which have been impacted by the temporary suspension of CETV calculations following a change to the discount rate used by public service pension schemes, which was announced by HM Treasury on 30 March 2023.This meant a change to the factors provided by the Government Actuaries Department used to calculate a CETV. Also affected are cases impacted by the Public Service Pension remedy, also known as the McCloud Remedy. 
  
We expect to have processed requests submitted in July 2023 by the end of February 2024. 
More information on the announcements can be found at the following links for your information: 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-service-pension-schemes-scape-discount-rate-methodology-a-gad-technical-bulletin/public-service-pension-schemes-scape-discount-rate-methodology-a-gad-technical-bulletin

Tags: NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01706

#Request#

I am requesting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) between your organisation The NHSBSA & The English Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS). 

#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 NHS Business Services Authority administers the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) by direction from the Secretary of State for Health. 
  
Our directions for EIBSS are detailed in the document “NHSBSA Infected Blood Payments Scheme 2017”, which can be found on our website:  
 
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/our-policies/governance-framework  


Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01674

#Request#
How many individuals claimed (successfully and unsuccessfully) on the vaccine damage payment scheme each year between the years requested (1992 - 2022) 

#Response#
Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information 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 via the Open Data Portal on the following links within the spreadsheet located at the bottom of the page named “FoI 01298 Data – All claims”: 
 
https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-01298 


Tags: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
FOI-01718

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I received on 5th February 2024 for information about the following:

Could you please let me know the 10 largest maternity units in the UK in terms of how many babies are delivered per year?

##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 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: No information held
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log