Request
I am emailing you to request the following information which falls under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Could you please inform me of the amount of alcohol related admissions of 18 - 21 year olds to the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham from the beginning of July to the end of October 2010 broken down week by week. Also can you tell me what percentage this makes up of total admissions each week.
Can I make a request for the same figures of the same time frame for the previous three years.
Please give an approximate cost for admission per person.
Can this information please be sent as soon as possible to this email address.
Our response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect alcohol related admittance to the Queens Medical centre in Nottingham.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold the information that you have requested.
However, Section 16 of the FOIA places a duty on us to provide help and assistance where necessary. I have therefore attached a link through to the Local Alcohol Profiles For England (LAPE) website which shows alcohol related admissions, although not admittance, through Accident and Emergency:
http://www.nwph.net/alcohol/lape/download.htm
You might therefore consider contacting the Queens Medical Centre, which forms part of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, directly for the information that you require. The following link to our website will enable you to do this:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local-nhs/nhs-organisations/
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
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
