Private Contracts, Medway CCG

The request was refused by NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group.

Save Our NHS in Kent Campaign Group

Dear NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group,

Please provide details of all of the CCG's expenditure broken down by recipient for the period 2018-19. This should include all contracts won by NHS and non-NHS bodies: please state the amount spent/value of the contract in GBP for each, the name of the company/body, and whether they are private profit making entities, not for profit but non-NHS, or NHS.

Yours faithfully,
Carly Jeffrey
Save Our NHS in Kent Campaign Group

CCG, Medway (NHS MEDWAY CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

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NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

Unit A, Compass Centre North, Pembroke Road, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4
4YG

 

Tel:  01634 335020

Web:  [1]www.medwayccg.nhs.uk

 

         

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[4][email address]

Alternatively, please send requests by post to the Corporate Governance
Officer, Medway CCG,Unit A, Compass Centre North, Pembroke Road, Chatham
Maritime, Kent, ME4 4YG

 

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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

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Ref:    MED-19-112

Date:  27 August 2019

 

Dear Ms Jeffrey

 

Thank you for your email dated 27 August 2019 addressed to NHS Medway
Clinical Commissioning Group requesting information about regarding
Private Contracts expenditure.

 

You will receive the information you  have requested within 20 working
days unless the  Clinical Commissioning group does not hold the
information or there is a reason for it to be withheld. In some
circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will let you
know.   A fees notice will be issued to you and you will be required to
pay before I proceed to deal with your request.

  I will write to you in any event.

 

If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied e.g. the language to be used, large print and so on, then
please let me know. 

 

Further information about your rights is also available from the
Information Commissioner at:

 

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If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

                 
                                                                                                                                                                                             

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [2]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For information on how to make a complaint or submit a Freedom of
Information Request for NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG and NHS
Swale CCG please see the relevant CCG website:
[3]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk or [4]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

Please send all re quests for copies of personal data (Subject Access
request/Data Protection Act) to [5][email address]  or by
post to SECSU – Information Governance, Kent House, 81 Station Road,
Ashford TN23 1PP.

 

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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Ms Jeffrey

Further to your FOI request addressed to NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning
Group, I now have pleasure in attaching formal response.

With best wishes

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [1][email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  [2]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For FOI requestrs please contact:

Mary Valentine, Business Co-Ordinator

03000 424901

 

Email [4][email address]

 

For Complaints please contact

 

Sharon Davies, Corporate Governance Officer

01634 335177

Email [5][email address]

 

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Save Our NHS in Kent Campaign Group

Dear NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group's handling of my FOI request 'Private Contracts, Medway CCG'.

"The CCG does not hold a central list of contracts, and therefore to obtain the information
required to respond to your request, each team within the CCG would be required to collate a
list of contracts and to pull out the relevant information to provide you with a list of spend on
all contacts, clinical and non-clinical."

I do not accept that providing a list of contracts, their value, and who they were awarded to should be difficult a require a great deal of work. I would expect any officers in lead financial roles within the CCG to have this information at their fingertips. I am not asking for in depth detail, just a comprehensive list. I am very surprised to hear that this information would need collating, as I would expect it to be recorded somewhere as a matter of course. This seems like an attempt to evade FOI obligations using a rule that is designed to prevent FOI requests that are vexatious - this really is not a vexatious request, and it is information that deserves to be in the public domain.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

Yours faithfully,
Carly Jeffrey
Save Our NHS in Kent Campaign Group

CCG, Medway (NHS MEDWAY CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

Thank you for your e-mail to NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group. 

 

If your e-mail is a Complaint, Compliment, Freedom of Information /
Environmental Information Regulations request, or service enquiry, someone
will be in contact with you shortly to acknowledge receipt. 

 

If your e-mail is a media enquiry, please re-direct your
[email address] or call 01634 335111. 

 

Kind regards

 

NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

Unit A, Compass Centre North, Pembroke Road, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4
4YG

 

Tel:  01634 335020

Web:  [1]www.medwayccg.nhs.uk

 

         

This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the
intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the
message in error before deleting it. If you have received the message in
error please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this email
or take any reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and
may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation.

 

Please send all requests for information to the following addresses:

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests – [2][email address]

Complaints - [3][email address]

Requests for copies of personal data (Data Subject Access Requests) –
[4][email address]

Alternatively, please send requests by post to the Corporate Governance
Officer, Medway CCG,Unit A, Compass Centre North, Pembroke Road, Chatham
Maritime, Kent, ME4 4YG

 

This email is sent for and on behalf of NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning
Group.

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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Ms Jeffrey

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 2 October 2019. Under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 any written reply to a request for information
expressing dissatisfaction with an authority's response should be treated
as a complaint, and an internal review of the request should be
undertaken. I am therefore writing to acknowledge receipt of your internal
review application regarding your recent FOI request, copied below:

 

 Please provide details of all of the CCG's expenditure broken down by
recipient for the period 2018-19. This should include all contracts won by
NHS and non-NHS bodies: please state the amount spent/value of the
contract in GBP for each, the name of the company/body, and whether they
are private profit making entities, not for profit but non-NHS, or NHS.

 

I can confirm your request for an internal review will now be passed onto
a senior member of staff within Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, who
will be in contact with you within 20 working days to confirm the outcome
of their decision.

 

If you have any queries in the meantime, or if I can be of any further
assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [1][email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  [2]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For FOI requestrs please contact:

Mary Valentine, Business Co-Ordinator

03000 424901

 

Email [4][email address]

 

For Complaints please contact

 

Sharon Davies, Corporate Governance Officer

01634 335177

Email [5][email address]

 

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VALENTINE, Mary (NHS SWALE CCG), NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group

1 Attachment

Dear Ms Jeffrey

 

Further to your email to NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, I now
have pleasure in attaching formal response.

With best wishes

 

Mary Valentine

 

Mary Valentine Business Co-Ordinator

 

Direct line: 03000 424901

Email: [1][email address]

Base: NHS DGS CCG (Gravesend)

 

NHS Swale and NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning 
Groups

 

NHS DGS CCG, 2nd Floor, Gravesham Civic Centre, Windmill Street, Gravesend
Kent DA12 1AU  [2]www.dartfordgraveshamswanleyccg.nhs.uk

 

NHS Swale CCG, Bramblefield Clinic, Grovehurst Road, Kemsley,
Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2ST [3]www.swaleccg.nhs.uk

 

For FOI requestrs please contact:

Mary Valentine, Business Co-Ordinator

03000 424901

 

Email [4][email address]

 

For Complaints please contact

 

Sharon Davies, Corporate Governance Officer

01634 335177

Email [5][email address]

 

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