I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.
Please tell me the number of clinicians you have working NHS Wales who specialise in tic disorders.
The clinicians must have specialised practice in the three tic disorders set out in the DSM-5-TR: Tourette’s Syndrome, persistent motor or vocal tics and provisional tic disorder.
I am aware the clinicians may diagnose and treat patients in a variety of sub-speciality roles including, but not limited to, neurology, neuropsychiatry etc. Please include all specialists regardless of the sub-speciality in which they practice.
Please tell me the clinician(s) start date of employment at NHS Wales.
If there are currently no specialists working at NHS Wales, please tell me how many you have had working at NHS Wales in the past during the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Thank you for your request dated 14th February 2024.
Public Health Wales do not hold this information.
Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and other NHS Wales organisations. This means we frequently do not have access to the data that they produce. I have provided contact details for all the health boards and NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership below, you would need to contact them individually for the information they hold.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/
Swansea Bay University Health Board
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/
Hywel Dda University Health Board
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085
Powys Teaching Health Board
http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information
Velindre University NHS Trust
Making a FOI request - Velindre University NHS Trust
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Making a Freedom of Information Request - NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
I am very sorry we are unable to help on this occasion.
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