Termination of Pregnancy Services

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Dear NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information please regarding termination of pregnancy services commissioned across the area:

1. Please confirm the organisations commissioned by the CCG to provide Termination of Pregnancy Services to your patients?
2. Please confirm the end dates of currently commissioned contracts?
3. Are any providers currently within an extension period of their contract?
4. Were contracts awarded through a competitive tender process?
5. What is the form of contract: AQP or sole provider?
6. At what percentage of tariff is each provider delivering services?
7. What activity numbers were delivered by each provider, by HRG code, over the past 12 months?
8. Please confirm the annualised actual contract values for each provider for 2019/20?
9. Please confirm who (if any) providers are providing ToP services to patients without a contract where a patient has exercised their right to choose a provider? What are the activity numbers delivered per provider?
10. What were the average wait times for providers over the past 12 months? (broken down by month and surgical/medical)
11. Do any of the contracted providers sub-contract any parts of the service to an alternative provider? If so, who and what?
12. Does ToP feature on the CCGs commissioning intentions?

Yours faithfully,

Mrs K Bourne

WSUSSEX.FOI (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

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Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT), NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 36214 WSX 70F

 

 

Dear Ms Bourne,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 27^th July
2020 regarding documents and services relating to Termination of Pregnancy
Services.

 

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

 

Ÿ  NHS West Sussex CCG

 

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the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

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Tierney

 

Tierney Borrett | FOI and IG Officer| Governance Services

NHS South, Central and West

 

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Reference: FOI 36214 WSX 70F

 

 

Dear Ms Bourne,

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 27^th July
2020 regarding documents and services relating to Termination of Pregnancy
Services.

 

Please note [1]ICO guidance in relation to FOI and Covid-19.

 

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. 
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Ÿ  NHS West Sussex CCG

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Kerry

 

Kerry Chappelow | Freedom of Information (FOI) Officer | Governance
Services

NHS South, Central and West

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