Your Ref: HRD 1478
Harrogate and Rural District
Clinical Commissioning Group
Unit 1 St James Business Park
Grimbald Crag Court
KNARESBOROUGH
HG5 8QB
Tel: 01423 799300
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Fax: 01423 799301
email
: xxxxxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
website
:www.harrogateandruraldistrictccg.nhs.uk
13 November 2018
Dear Kyle
Your Request for Information
I am writing in response to your recent request that we received on 6 November 2018
in which you requested the following information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Information Requested
1.
Please supply a copy of the CCG’s latest IT/IM&T/Digital Strategy?
NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group does not
currently have an IT Strategy.
2.
Does the CCG work within a shared services agreement with surrounding Trusts
or CCGs?
Yes
3.
Does the CCG outsource any of their IT Infrastructure services?
Yes
4.
Who is the CCG’s current Chief Clinical Information Officer?
Clinical Commissioning Groups are not mandated to have a Chief Clinical
Information Officer therefore we do not have one
5.
Who is the CCG’s current CIO/ IT Director?
The Head of Finance undertakes the responsibilities of a CIO
Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
Clinical Chair: Dr Alistair Ingram
Chief Officer: Amanda Bloor
6.
Which member of the board is responsible for IT?
Chief Finance Officer
7.
Please provide an organisation chart for your IM&T department?
NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group does not have
an IM&T Department
8.
Which member of the CCG is the SRO for the STP engagements?
Head of Finance
9
What proportion of the CCG IM&T Department is made up of interim staff and
permanent staff?
Not Applicable
10.
Is the CCG looking to migrate to the cloud in the next 2 years?
No
11.
Are the Trust considering their options of outsourcing their IT Services in the
next 3 years?
Yes
Response
On behalf of NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group I can
confirm the response to your recent FOI Request can be found above in red text.
The information we have provided to you is copyrighted to NHS Harrogate and Rural
District CCG and provided to you free of charge for your personal use or for other
specific uses permitted in the Copyright Act. If however you wish to use the information
we have provided for any commercial purposes including the sale of the information to
a third party then, under the Regulations on the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations 2005, you must ask us for permission to do so in respect of each specific
piece of such information. If we do grant such permission this may involve a licensing
arrangement which may attract a fee. Should you wish to apply for permission for
commercial re-use under the Regulations you should write to the Freedom of
Information Manager to the address above.
If you have any concerns about the way your request has been handled; the operation
of the Publication Schemes; the response received, or the ‘exemption’ decision, you
should, in the first instance contact me to try to resolve them. If you are not happy with
the outcome, you can write to our Chief Officer at the address above to make a request
for an internal review.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can then write to the
Information Commissioner :
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline telephone : 01625 545 745
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you need any further assistance. You can
find out more information about our Clinical Commissioning Group by visiting our
website
www.harrogateandruraldistrictccg.nhs.uk. Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
NHS Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group