Health and Social Care Board
Towerhill
Armagh
BT61 9DR
Jimmy Hamill
Via e-mail
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date: 29th October 2018
Our Ref No: FOI 938 18
Dear Mr Hamill,
Reference – Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received by email
on 27th September 2018. Your request has been processed under the terms of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I have now had an opportunity to consider your request and my response is set
out below. Please accept my apologies for the delay in providing you with my
response.
Request. Your request read,
‘Can I request a copy of the Commissioning Plan Direction
for the following years:
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19 (if published yet)
Can you also provide me with hyperlink to page where this document is
published - if one exists?
(Note - this request is not for the commissioning plans themselves - but to the
specific Commissioning Plan Direction)’
Response.
I would advise that the annual Commissioning Plan Direction is produced and
owned by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.
In respect of the 2015/16 and 2016/17 Commissioning Plan Directions, these
are available on the DoH website at the following link:
https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/ministerial-priorities
The 2017/18 Commissioning Plan Direction from the DoH was issued “in draft”
to the HSCB while awaiting Ministerial consideration and approval. This was
tabled at the September 2017 HSCB Board meeting, along with the associated
Commissioning Plan, and can be found on our website at the following link:
http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/download/PUBLIC-
MEETINGS/HSC%20BOARD/board_meetings_2017/september_2017/Ite
m-08-03-Draft-Commissioning-Plan-Direction-2017-2018.pdf -
Similarly the 2018/19 Commissioning Plan Direction was issued in draft to the
HSCB. The Commissioning Plan Direction and corresponding Commissioning
Plan were tabled at the September 2018 HSCB Board meeting, and can be
found on our website at the following link:
http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/download/PUBLIC-
MEETINGS/HSC%20BOARD/board_meetings_2018/september_2018/Ite
m-08-03-Draft-Commissioning-Plan-Direction-2018-19.pdf
I have also attached a copy of each of the Commissioning Plan Directions you
sought, from the above locations at appendix 1 through 4 for your convenience.
I trust you find this response helpful, however, if you are unhappy with this
response, please contact me and I will initiate an internal review into this matter.
Yours sincerely,
__________________
Mr Ken Moore
Information Governance Manager
HSCB
Southern Offices