Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the disclosure of information held by Scottish public authorities or by persons providing services for them; and for connected purposes.
A FOI (Freedom of Information Request) may be helpful to find out what the current situation is at your clinic and in your Health Board area. You may wish to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the provision of anything in your clinic.
Questions you may consider:
How many people with Type 1 Diabetes attend your Clinic and how many are there in your Health Board area?
How many people are currently prescribed Insulin Pump Therapy/FreeStyle Libre at your clinic & Health Board area?
How many pumps/CGM/Libre are available this financial year in your Health Board area?
How many pumps/CGM/Libre will be available in the next financial year in your Health Board area?
What is the current waiting time for Insulin Pump Therapy/CGM/Libre in your Health Board area?
How do you prioritise the waiting list?
How many adults and children in your area receive NHS funding for CGM?
Do you have future planning in place for funding CGG?
FOI requests should be made in writing, by letter, email of fax.
Current email list for FOI’s for each health board in Scotland
Ayrshire and Arran – foi@aaaht.scot.nhs.uk
Borders – foi.enquiries@borders.scot.nhs.uk
Dumfries & Galloway – dg.feedback@nhs.net
Fife – Fife-UHB.foirequestfife@nhs.net
Forth Valley – FV-UHB.YourHealthService@nhs.net
Grampian – nhsg.foi@nhs.net
Greater Glasgow and Clyde – foi@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Highland – High-UHB.FOIRequestsHighland@nhs.net
Lanarkshire – foi@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Lothian – richard.mutch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Orkney – ork-hb.foirequests@nhs.net
Shetland – shet-hb.foi@nhs.net
Tayside – informationgovernance.tayside@nhs.net
Western Isles – wi-hb.foi-requests@nhs.net
