FOI Ref: 0116FOI1920

9^th October 2019 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information 

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request 

Please could you provide the following information for the four tax years between 2015/16 and 2018/19 in an Excel spreadsheet (no PDFs): 

1. Do you fund talking therapies for deaf patients? Please answer, yes or no.

2. How many individual funding requests (IFR) have you received regarding mental health treatment for British Sign Language users and separately, patients who are registered deaf

b) For each of those groups, how many of the IFR requests were accepted and denied?

c) For each request that was denied, what were the reason(s) why given at the independent panel?

3. Which clinical provision(s) were requested on each IFR application form in connection to Q.2?

4. For each IFR application in connection to Q2, please list the patients' ages at the time of submission; gender; and ethnicity.

5. Please could you list the name(s) of any organisation(s) patients were referred to for treatment?

6. How many IFR applications, for all patients, were accepted and denied each year by your CCG?

7. Which mental health services commissioned by your CCG are fully accessible to BSL users? Please give details.

8. Please provide a list of the 2018/19 IAPT providers managed under your CCG.  

Response  

Please see enclosed completed spreadsheet as per request - 0116FOI1920 - Deaf MH provision.