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Request Refernce:  293630   
Request Date:  11 Oct 2005
Could you tell me what happens to a prescription after it has been dispensed i.e. where does it go, does the data go onto a computer, is the script kept in a warehouse somewhere, who can access a list of what you have been prescribed. Do you share the info with anyone? ??????

Status: Complete

Response Date:  04 Nov 2005

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. I have detailed below where you can find the information you requested: What happens to a prescription after it has been dispensed i.e. where does it go, does the data go onto a computer (http://www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/pro_price.htm) is the script kept in a warehouse somewhere? Yes (http://www.ppa.org.uk//foi/pdfs/class13/Class%2013%20-%20Details%20of%20our%20Estate%20-%20Benton%20Warehouse.pdf) Who can access a list of what you have been prescribed. No patient identifiable information is entered or stored on the Authority?s computer systems other than for processing oxygen prescriptions. No patient identifiable information is shared with anyone other than those who have a lawful right of access (i.e. Police, Fraud investigators, the Prescriber who wrote the prescription, the Contractor that dispensed it and the Primary Care Trust that the Prescriber/Contractor is employed by)




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