Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programmes

Request

May I please request (under FOI) the details of any Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programmes with your region. I understand that these programmes have a minimum amount of registered Diabetic patients and therefore PCTs combine to offer this type of service.

Can I request the following please:-

• Name of Programme

• The PCTs involved

• Number of Diabetic patients

• The name, address, email address and phone number of the Programme lead

• The expiry date of the current contract of the programme

• The length of the current contract

• The value of the current contract

• The name of the current provider of the service

Many thanks for your assistance.

Our Response

I refer to your email requesting information in respect of diabetic retinopathy screening programmes in the East Midlands. 

I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold all of the information that you have requested.  However, I would point out that most of the information you have requested is available to the public via the National Screening Programme website http://www.retinalscreening.nhs.uk/pages/. 

I will indicate the availability of this information for each of your questions.

Name of Programme

• Please access the website via the link above for this information.

The PCTs involved  

• NHS Nottinghamshire is the lead commissioner for the North Nottinghamshire and Greater Nottinghamshire Programmes.

• NHS Derbyshire is the lead commissioner for the Derbyshire programme.

• NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland is the lead commissioner for the Leicestershire programme.

• NHS Northamptonshire is the commissioner for the Northamptonshire Programme.

• NHS Lincolnshire is the commissioner for the Lincolnshire Programme.

• NHS Milton Keynes is the commissioner of the Buckinghamshire programme that provides screening to Milton Keynes.

Number of Diabetic patients

• Each Primary Care Trust has a target of screening people with diabetes who are over the age of 12 on an annual basis.  Some diabetics will be excluded on clinical grounds –  for example if they are already under the care of an ophthalmology department.   The targets for each PCT for the quarter ending June 2011, is tabulated below. 

   

The name, address, email address and phone number of the Programme lead

• The contact for each programme can be found on the website via the link above. 

The expiry date of the current contract of the programme

• NHS East Midlands does not hold this information.

The length of the current contract

• NHS East Midlands does not hold this information.

The value of the current contract

• NHS East Midlands does not hold this information.

The name of the current provider of the service

• Please access the website via the link above for this information.

I hope that this information is of use.  If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-

Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
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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
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Wilmslow
Cheshire
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