Request
Subject: FOI request on
medicines funding
I would like to make a Freedom of
Information request regarding medicines funding in the PCT.
Please could you let me know the
following:
1. What is the level of generic
prescribing in primary care in your PCT?
2. How much has the PCT paid for
incentive schemes designed to encourage GPs to prescribe by generic
drug name, rather than brand name, in 2008-2009?
3. Does the PCT plan to retain all of
its any generic prescribing incentive schemes after February 2010
(when the new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme will allow
pharmacists to substitute products prescribed by brand for generic
equivalent)?
4. What changes does the PCT plan to
make to the provision and funding of generic prescribing incentive
schemes after February 2010?
5. NICE has decided to include an
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio in appraisals of
life-extending, end-of-life treatments. How much does the PCT
expect implementing this guidance to cost it in 2009-2010 and
2010-2011?
6. How does the PCT plan to fund this
additional cost?
7. How will funding for primary care
services be protected from budgetary restrictions resulting from
the additional cost to the PCT of NICE's decision to include an
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio in appraisals of
life-extending, end-of-life treatments?
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Our
Response
Freedom of
Information
I refer to
your email requesting information in respect of medicines
funding.
I can
confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 that NHS East Midlands does not hold the information that
you have requested.
However,
local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) within the East Midlands patch
should be able to assist with your query. You can contact
these organisations by following the link below to our
website:-
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local-nhs/nhs-organisations
Please
note that if you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have
dealt with your request you can complain in writing to:-
Mr Kevin
Orford
Deputy
Chief Executive and Director of Finance
NHS East
Midlands
Octavia
House
Interchange
Business Park
Bostock's
Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10
5QG
If at the
conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain
to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at:-
The Office
of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe
House
Water
Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9
5AF
