Dear Mr Mukherjee

Further to your Freedom of Information request (our reference 318), under
Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our duty to provide
advice and assistance, we would be grateful if you could clarify the scope
of your request.

Please could you provide the scope of the request what do you mean by ‘how
many occasions has the Trust commissioned external investigators’.
Terminology applied different in NHS to other sectors.

Please note our response is on hold until we receive this clarification
from you.

Nahida Rahman

Information Governance Facilitator

West London NHS Trust

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Dear Dr Mukherjee

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request (our ref: 318/2021)
received 03 September 2021. We will aim to respond within 20 working days.

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstance arising from the COVID-19
global pandemic, the Trust may require extra time to complete your
request.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you.

Please quote our reference above if you need to communicate with us at any
time.

Kind regards,

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FOI & SAR Officer
West London NHS Trust

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Dear Dr Mukherjee,

Thank you for your FOI request, please see the response below.

Dear West London NHS Trust,

In the last 10 years, on how many occasions has the Trust commissioned
external investigators such as Senatus Consulting etc? What has been the
overall cost of such external investigations in the last 10 years?

Response: We do not have comprehensive records that go back over the last
ten years. Over the last three years, we have used external consultancy on
three separate occasions and have incurred a total cost of £24,480 over
that period of time.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Amit Mukherjee

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Information Governance

West London NHS Trust

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Telephone: 01625 545 700

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Michelle

Michelle Benedetti

Information Governance Facilitator

West London Trust

1 Armstrong Way

Southall

Middlesex

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