dSIFT Income and Allocation

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust,

Please provide the following information:

a) Amount of dSIFT funding you received in relation to BDS students at the University of Central Lancashire each year in the period between 2015 to 2020?

b)The amount of dSIFT allocated to medical for dental SIFT each year in the same period?

c) A breakdown of how the SIFT is allocated in terms of:
Recurring Staff Costs
Capital Expenditure Plans
Material Costs (non-lab)
Laboratory costs

Yours faithfully,

Ben Jones

FOI (SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Dear Ben

Clarification

Ref: FOI 0279 2021

Thank you for your email received by the Freedom of Information team at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

In order to process your request further, we require the following clarification from you:
Please can you provide the full details of the abbreviations used below to enable me to send to the correct person within the trust eg DSIFT- BDS- SIFT

dSIFT funding you received in relation to BDS students at the University of Central Lancashire each year in the period between 2015 to 2020?

b)The amount of dSIFT allocated to medical for dental SIFT each year in the same period?

c) A breakdown of how the SIFT is allocated in terms of:
Recurring Staff Costs
Capital Expenditure Plans
Material Costs (non-lab)
Laboratory costs

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Trust has 20 working days in which to respond to your request. Until the clarification is received, the time frame to response is paused. If we do not receive a response from you within two months, the request will be considered closed.

If you have any queries then please contact me by return e-mail to [Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust request email]

Many thanks

FOI team

show quoted sections

Dear FOI (SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST),

The abbreviations are listed below:
dSIFT - Dental Service Increment for Teaching
BDS - Bachelor of Dental Surgery
SIFT - Service Increment for Teaching

Yours sincerely,

Ben Jones

FOI (SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Dear Ben

Re: FOI 0279 2021

Please find within a response to your request for information submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, which for clarity I have included below.

Request:

a) Amount of dSIFT funding you received in relation to BDS students at the University of Central Lancashire each year in the period between 2015 to 2020?

b)The amount of dSIFT allocated to medical for dental SIFT each year in the same period?

c) A breakdown of how the SIFT is allocated in terms of:
Recurring Staff Costs
Capital Expenditure Plans
Material Costs (non-lab)
Laboratory costs

Response:

The Trust does not receive any funding as we have no dentistry students

The Trust is continually striving to improve the way it handles FOI requests. To help us, we would be grateful if you could spend a few minutes to complete our FOI customer care survey - http://www.smart-survey.co.uk/s/78233NVEPO
Responses are anonymous unless you enter your reference number or name.

We hope that you will find the information provided both informative and helpful. We also hope that you will be satisfied with the manner in which we have dealt with your Freedom of Information request. If not, please do let me know or you may ask for a formal review under the FOI internal review procedure at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust. If you would like a formal review please write to:

Trish Armstrong-Child
Chief Executive Officer
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
Town Lane
Kew
Southport
PR8-6PN
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of this response.

If you remain dissatisfied after the internal review, you may make an approach to the Information Commissioner.

Further Information about your rights is available from the Information Commissioner at: Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF,
Telephone: 0303 123 1113, www.ico.gov.uk

If there is anything you need clarification on, please do not hesitate to contact me by return email to [email address] quoting your FOI reference number.

Yours Sincerely,

FOI Team

show quoted sections