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The requester asked for cataract surgery clinical threshold policy documents and details on whether they changed within four years, plus specified annual and monthly cataract surgery activity and waiting time metrics supplied in an Excel spreadsheet template. 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A response to each part of your request is below.  \nIn the request you asked:  \nPlease provide a copy of, or link to, your clinical threshold policy for cataract surgery and state whether this has changed in the past 4 years. If it has changed, please provide a copy of, or link to, the former policy and date of change.  \nFor each of the four financial years;  \n1. 2016-17 b) 2017-18 c) 2018-19 d) 2019-20, please provide for each year:  \n1. The CCG registered population  \n2. The number of Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) and/or prior approval (PA) requests that the CCG received for cataract surgery  \n3. The number of Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) and/or prior approval (PA) requests that the CCG approved for cataract surgery  \n4. The CCG’s total activity for cataract surgery (i.e. the total number of procedures carried out)  \n5. The average waiting time in days for cataract surgery from first referral And for each month, beginning January 2019, to present:  \n6. The CCG’s total activity for cataract surgery (i.e. the total number of procedures carried out)  \n7. The average waiting time in calendar days for cataract surgery for the procedures completed in that month Please supply this information in an Excel Spreadsheet. I have attached a template to this request.  \nPlease see attached Excel Spreadsheet.  \nIf you are unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group have an internal review procedure through which you can raise any concerns you might have. Further details of this procedure can be obtained by contacting Lucy Branson, Associate Director of Governance via [lucy.branson@nhs.net](lucy.branson@nhs.net) or by writing to NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire CCG, 1 Standard Court, Park Row, Nottingham, NG1 6GN.  \nIf you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office, who will consider whether the organisation has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the organisation to remedy any problems. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by  \nNHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group formerly known as NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Newark and Sherwood Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Nottingham West Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group and Nottingham North and East Clinical Commissioning Group. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s Office website at: [https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/](https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/)  \n[Complaints to the Information Commissioner](Complaints to the Information Commissioner)’[s](s) Office should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF  \nTelephone 0303 123 1113 or report a concern: [https://ico.org.uk/concerns/](https://ico.org.uk/concerns/)  \nYours sincerely  \nFreedom of Information Officer on behalf of NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group formerly known as NHS Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Nottingham West Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Nottingham North and East Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Newark and Sherwood Clinical Commissioning Group.  \n[notts.foi@nhs.net](notts.foi@nhs.net)  \nAll information we have provided is subject to the ","cbCailQl8gian2QY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailQl8gian2QY","pdf",450584,"English","# Freedom of Information Request Response\n## Requested information and data tables\n## Internal review and complaints escalation\n## Re-use of public sector information and licensing","[{\"question\":\"What information was requested regarding cataract surgery policies?\",\"answer\":\"A copy of or link to the clinical threshold policy for cataract surgery, and whether it changed in the past four years, including former policy and the date of change if applicable.\"},{\"question\":\"What data did the requester ask for across the four financial years?\",\"answer\":\"For each year (2016-17 to 2019-20), the CCG registered population, counts of Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) and/or prior approval (PA) received and approved for cataract surgery, total cataract surgery activity (procedures), and average waiting time in days from first referral.\"},{\"question\":\"How can the requester challenge the decision or request further review?\",\"answer\":\"They can use the CCG’s internal review procedure and, if still dissatisfied, apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office, after exhausting the complaints procedure.\"}]","Nottingham and Nottinghamshire FOI Response - Freedom of Information Request | PDF",1790381554]