IT Enquiries

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group,

• Please supply a copy of the CCG’s latest IT/IM&T/Digital Strategy?
• Does the CCG work within a shared services agreement with surrounding Trusts or CCGs?
• Does the CCG outsource any of their IT Infrastructure services?
• Who is the CCG’s current Chief Clinical Information Officer?
• Who is the CCG’s current CIO/ IT Director?
• Which member of the board is responsible for IT?
• Please provide an organisation chart for your IM&T department?
• Which member of the CCG is the SRO for the STP engagements?
• What proportion of the CCG IM&T Department is made up of interim staff and permanent staff?
• Is the CCG looking to migrate to the cloud in the next 2 years?
• Are the Trust considering their options of outsourcing their IT Services in the next 3 years?

Yours faithfully,
Kyle Preston

Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 28658 BAN 11E

 

 

Dear Mr Preston,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24 October
2018 regarding documents and services relating to IT Enquiries

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

 

o NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 21 November 2018

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [1]https://ico.org.uk/.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Kerry Chappelow | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer

South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

|[2]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

 

 

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Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 28658 BAN 11E - IT Enquiries

 

Dear Mr Preston

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24 October
2018 regarding documents and services relating to IT Enquiries.

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

 

Under Section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
can confirm that the CCG does hold some of the information requested. 

 

Please find attached the response to your request, which is sent on behalf
of the following Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

 

o NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG

 

Your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (2000) and we hope that you find this response
helpful.

 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright. 

You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an

exception in current copyright law.  

Documents (except photographs) can also be used in the UK without
requiring permission for the purposes of news reporting. 

Any other reuse, for example, commercial publication, would require the
permission of the copyright holder. 

 

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your
request for information, then in accordance with the Act you may ask us to
conduct a review. 

Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date
of receipt of the response to your original request and should be
addressed to:

 

Freedom of Information Reviews, Freedom of Information Manager, 57- 59
Bath Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2BA.

 

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. 

Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a decision
unless you have already exhausted NHS South, Central and West
Commissioning

Support Unit's internal review procedure. 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Wycliffe Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,
SK6 5AF.

 

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on
the Information Commissioner's website: [1]https://ico.org.uk/

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me.  Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

With kind regards

 

Laine

 

Laine Newman | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer

NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

 

[2]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

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Sent: 24 October 2018 09:43
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Subject: FOI 28658 BAN 11E - IT Enquiries- FOI Request Ack

 

Reference: FOI 28658 BAN 11E

 

 

Dear Mr Preston,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 24 October
2018 regarding documents and services relating to IT Enquiries

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

 

o NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 21 November 2018

 

Dealing with your request:

In normal circumstances we should be able to (a) confirm or deny that we
hold this information and (b) if we hold it, send it to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days. You should note however that the
Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent us complying with
either of these duties. We will explain if this is the case and if we
apply the 'public interest test' to our decision.

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [4]https://ico.org.uk/.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Kerry Chappelow | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer

South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

|[5]www.scwcsu.nhs.uk

 

 

 

Please be aware that all e-mails received and sent by this organisation
are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and may be disclosed
to a third party. If you believe you have been sent this message in error,
please inform the sender and delete the message and any attachments as
soon as possible. All messages sent by this organisation are checked for
viruses but this does not, and cannot, guarantee that a virus has not been
transmitted.

 

 

 

 

 

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