Pharmacy purchases not covered by a Contract or DAC & Prompt Payment performance.

Dear Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

1) In financial year 2021/22, please provide by supplier the total value of purchases made by your hospital pharmacy department that did not have a contract in place for purchases that require such under N.I. Public Procurement Regulations.*

2) If any of these purchases breached current EU threshold, please detail when escalation to Department of Health occurred and at what stage the trust is at to regulate these purchases and fulfil its legal obligations.

3) Please list quantity and total value of DAC’s that were approved for Pharmacy purchases in 2021/22.

4) Please list by supplier total quantity and total value of invoices unpaid at 31st March 2022 by:
(a) 30-60 days
(b) 61-90 days
(c) 91 - 180 days
(d) 181- 365 days
(e) 366 - 730 days
(f) > 731 days

*For the sake of clarity, ‘contract’ includes BSO & Local awarded contracts, (Justified/) Direct Award Contracts i.e JDAC & DAC’s and any call-off contracts from Frameworks. Please include TOTAL pharmacy spend on goods I.e. including, but not limited to, Drugs, Dressings, Medical & Surgical items and also any maintenance contracts for robotics/automated cabinets/pharmacy specific software.

Thank you for your kind help.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Drinke

FOI Request, Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Email: [Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) request email]

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Dear FOI Request,

Please note for future reference that the guidance says that “Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts” can make a valid request as “Arthur Roberts”, “A. T. Roberts”, or “Mr Roberts”, but not as “Arthur” or “A.T.R.”.

My full name is William Drinke,

Yours sincerely,

Mr Drinke

FOI Request, Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Dear Mr Drinke

Many thanks for providing this.

Regards

Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Email: [Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) request email]

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FOI Request, Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Mr Drinke

I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request below which was received by the Western Health and Social Care Trust on 29th April 2022.

Please see attached a Trust response to your request.

Regards

Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Email: [Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) request email]

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