Private sector contracts
Dear Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please can you provide me with the following:
1) a full list of all private and independent sector organisations currently contracted to provide NHS services for your Trust and what service they provide.
2) the value and duration of each of the contracts
3) the number of staff transferred to the contracting organisation as a result
4) a list of any current commissioning contracts out for tender
5) a list of any other services that the Trust is considering putting out to tender in the future
Yours faithfully,
James Lazou
Dear Mr Lazou
Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act. Apologies for the delay in supplying this information.
Answers to your questions are as follows:
1) a full list of all private and independent sector organisations
currently contracted to provide NHS services for your Trust and
what service they provide.
* Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association – Advocacy
Services
* Pakistan Muslim Centre – Advocacy Worker
* Earl Marshall Guest House – Bed and Breakfast service
* Turning Point – Outreach Worker
* Sheffield Mental Health CAB and Advocacy Service LTD – IMHA services
* Cygnet Healthcare – Locked and Unlocked Rehab Beds (Out of Town)
* Cambian Healthcare – Locked and Unlocked Rehab Beds (Out of Town)
* Sodexo – Catering and Cleaning
* National Schizophrenia Fellowship – Crisis House Recovery Service
2) the value and duration of each of the contracts
* 3 years - £66k
* 12 months £20k
* 12 months – Variable dependent on use
* 3 years - £110k
* 2 years – Variable dependent on use
* Rolling Contract – dependent on use
* Rolling contract – dependent on use
* 3years - £312k
* 3 years £1.2m
3) the number of staff transferred to the contracting organisation
as a result - None
4) a list of any current commissioning contracts out for tender -
None
5) a list of any other services that the Trust is considering
putting out to tender in the future – Locked and Unlocked Rehab Beds
I hope this information is useful to you. If you believe that your
request has not been processed in accordance with the specifications of
the Act please let me know, or you can complain to the Freedom of
Information Lead by e-mail to [email address] or by post to:
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Freedom of Information Lead
Information Department
Fulwood House
Old Fulwood Road
Sheffield
S10 3TH
If you are still not happy with the way your request has been dealt with,
you can complain to the Information Commissioner under section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act. Generally the ICO cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure within the Trust.
The Information Commissioner’s website is at:
[1]http://www.ico.gov.uk/
The postal address is:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
By releasing this information under the Freedom of Information Act we do
not grant permission for commercial re-use of the information under the
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. This information
may not be used for commercial purposes unless a specific licence is
granted by the Trust.
Yours sincerely
J Wolstenholme
Information Manager
Dear J Wolstenholme
Many thanks for your response to my FOI request.
It is very much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
James Lazou
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