IT and I&MT structure charts, including all the levels of management (with names and contact numbers)

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit,

IT and I&MT structure charts, including all the levels of management and lower level staff members.

Could you also include their names and direct contact numbers please.
could you also include the projects in all IT departments that are currently taking place, or are going to start in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Astley

FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND), Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Dear Mr Astley,  

 

Thank you for your communication dated 19 December 2016.

 

NHS England has assessed your communication as a request under the Freedom
of Information (FOI) Act 2000. As such, please be assured that your
request is being dealt with under the terms of the FOI Act and will be
answered within twenty working days.

 

For further information regarding the FOI Act, please refer to the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website. For further information
regarding NHS England and the information it publishes please visit our
website here.

 

If you have any queries about this request or wish to contact us again,
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forwarded appropriately. Please remember to quote the above reference
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number and email details are as follows:- PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT;
0300 3 11 22 33, [2][Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit request email].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information

Corporate Communications Team

Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Tel: 0300 311 22 33

Email: [3][Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit request email]

 

‘High quality care for all, now and for future generations’

 

 

 

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FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND), Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Dear Mr Astley,

 

Re:      Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-051912)

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 19 December
2016.

 

Your exact request was:-

 

“Dear Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit,

 

IT and I&MT structure charts, including all the levels of management and
lower level staff members.

 

Could you also include their names and direct contact numbers please.

could you also include the projects in all IT departments that are
currently taking place, or are going to start in the near future.”

NHS England holds information relevant to your request.

 

Some information with regard to the structure of Arden and GEM CSU is
available on the Cabinet Office website. NHS England holds this
information. As such, we will under Section 21 of the FOI Act (information
accessible to the applicant by other means) refer you to the published
source:

 

o [1]https://data.gov.uk/organogram/nhs-arden...

 

The remaining information is being withheld under section 43(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act. 

 

“Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would,
or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person
(including the public authority holding it)”

 

The Information Commissioner’s relevant guidance states that:

 

“…a commercial interest relates to a person’s ability to participate
competitively in a commercial activity, i.e. the purchase and sale of
goods or services’’

 

The Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) operates within a commercial
environment, competing with other CSUs and other organisations in the
provision of services to clinical commissioners.

 

The CSU’s commercial interests would be likely to be prejudiced if this
information is disclosed. This information would allow competitors to
calculate the cost of providing Information Governance services, which
would impact the ability of the CSU to compete in the market.

 

Section 43 is a prejudice based exemption and, as such, we are required to
assess both the prejudice test and the public interest test in withholding
this information against that of its release.

 

We recognise the importance of openness and transparency especially where
this relates to how public services are delivered. However, in this case
release of the information would create unfair market conditions as
competitors would have access to information regarding Arden and GEM CSU,
but the CSU would not have similar information about their competitors.

 

Further, we consider that the names and contact information of staff,
except for those in Very Senior Manager (or equivalent) positions, is
exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, which
provides that personal data about third parties is exempt information if
one of the conditions set out in section 40(3) is satisfied. Under the FOI
Act disclosure of this information would breach the fair processing
principle contained in the Data Protection Act (DPA), where it would be
unfair to that person. Section 40(2) is an absolute exemption and
therefore not subject to the public interest test when considering
disclosure of information.

 

We hope this information is helpful. However, if you are dissatisfied, you
have the right to ask for an internal review by writing to us, within two
months of the date of this letter, to:

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Email: [2][Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit request email]

 

Please quote the reference number FOI-051912 in any future communications.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can be contacted at:

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Email: [3][email address]  

Website: [4]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Please note there is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please be aware that in line with the Information Commissioner’s directive
on the disclosure of information under the FOI Act, your request will be
anonymised and published on our website as part of our disclosure log.

 

Please do not reply to this email. This message has been sent from a
central mailbox. To communicate with NHS England regarding Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests, enquiries or complaints we ask these are sent
directly to NHS England’s customer contact centre. This is to ensure all
communications are progressed correctly. Their postal address, telephone
number and email details are as follows:- PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT;
0300 3 11 22 33, [5][Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit request email].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information

Corporate Communications Team

Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Tel: 0300 311 22 33

Email: [6][Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit request email]

 

‘High quality care for all, now and for future generations’

 

 

 

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