Cost to Pennine Trust of secure transfer of patients detained under section 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act
Dear Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust,
During the month of July 2020, please can you advise:
1) how many Secure Patient transfers were commissioned by the trust for those patients detained under section 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act?
2) which companies were used to transfer the patients that were detained under section 2 and 3 of the mental health act?
4) what the cost of each patient transfer was to the Trust and a breakdown of how that cost was constructed by the billing company (the patient transfer company) ie the cost of each member of staff on each transfer, the cost per mile charged by the patient transfer company and any other costs that form part of the invoice to the trust for the secure patient transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Andrea Maden
Dear Andrea
FOI ref: 2020/1549
Thank you for your request for information dated 20^th December 2020.
We will consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You should receive a response within 20 working days - in this case, by
21^st January 2021. Please be aware, the information you have requested
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please let us know.
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the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Ceri Owen
Information Governance Administrator
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 7SR
Email: [2][email address]
Website: [3]www.penninecare.nhs.uk
[4]1810-rainbowNHS[1]
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Dear Andrea
FOI ref: 2020/1549
Further to your email below, I can now respond to your request dated 20^th
December 2020.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted within Pennine
Care NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) to locate the requested information
and I can confirm that some of the information requested is held by the
Trust.
1. how many Secure Patient transfers were commissioned by the trust for
those patients detained under section 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act? We
have a record of 21 patient transfers commissioned during July 2020 and
would expect the majority of these to be patients detained under section 2
and 3 of the mental health act.
2. which companies were used to transfer the patients that were
detained under section 2 and 3 of the mental health act?
Exclusive Secure Care Services Ltd
Transsecure NW Ltd
Uk Emergency Medical Transport Ltd
3) what the cost of each patient transfer was to the Trust and a breakdown
of how that cost was constructed by the billing company (the patient
transfer company) ie the cost of each member of staff on each transfer,
the cost per mile charged by the patient transfer company and any other
costs that form part of the invoice to the trust for the secure patient
transfer:
The Trust is currently unable to provide a breakdown of those costs.
However, we can advise that the total cost to the Trust was £17,566.
Your sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
225 Old Street
Ashton under Lyne
OL6 7SR
Tele: 0161 716 3147
Email: [1][Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Website: [2]www.penninecare.nhs.uk
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From: PENNINECARE, Foi (PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Sent: 21 December 2020 13:48
To: Andrea Maden
Cc: PENNINECARE, Foi (PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Subject: FOI REF: 2020/1549
Dear Andrea
FOI ref: 2020/1549
Thank you for your request for information dated 20^th December 2020.
We will consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You should receive a response within 20 working days - in this case, by
21^st January 2021. Please be aware, the information you have requested
may not be disclosed to you if it is exempt.
We will inform you if:
• we are unable to achieve the 20 working day deadline. We
aim to give you a revised due date as soon as possible.
• we are unable to give you the information as responding
to your request exceeds the ‘appropriate limit’. This would apply if it
would take us longer than 18 hours to retrieve, collate and provide the
information you request.
• your request (in full or in part) needs be transferred to
another public authority to obtain the information you have requested
For information regarding how we will handle your personal data as part of
our FOI process, please see the following address –
[7]https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/foi. If you require a printed copy,
please let us know.
If you have any questions about this request, please contact me quoting
the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Ceri Owen
Information Governance Administrator
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 7SR
Email: [8][email address]
Website: [9]www.penninecare.nhs.uk
[10]1810-rainbowNHS[1]
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