Grace Price-Jones
Acting Corporate Affairs Manager
Direct Line: 0151 541 5430
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group
Marriss House
17th December 2018
Hamilton Street
Name: Kyle Preston
Birkenhead
Email
: request-536991-
Wirral
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
CH41 5AL
Our Ref: ID1289
Tel: 0151 651 0011
Applicant Details
Dear Mr Preston,
Re: Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
which was received into this office on 5th December 2018
You Asked for:
1) Please supply a copy of the CCG’s latest IT/IM&T/Digital Strategy?
NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group has a service level agreement with Midlands and
Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) to provide ICT support. Any Freedom of
Information requests concerning MLCSU should be sent to NHS England. I have included
their details below for your information & should you wish to contact them direct:
Email –
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Telephone – 0300 311 2233
2) Does the CCG work within a shared services agreement with surrounding Trusts or
CCGs?
Please see the response to Question 1.
3) Does the CCG outsource any of their IT Infrastructure services?
Please see the response to Question 1.
4) If yes to Question 3, please confirm who provides your IT services and the contract
dates?
Please see the response to Question 1.
5) Who is the CCG’s current Chief Clinical Information Officer?
Please see the response to Question 1.
6) Who is the CCG’s current CIO/ IT Director?
Please see the response to Question 1.
7) Which member of the board is responsible for IT?
The Chief Financial Officer.
8) Please provide an organisation chart for your IM&T department?
Please see the response to Question 1.
9) Which member of the CCG is the SRO for the STP engagements?
The Chief Officer has is the Senior Responsible Officer for
Healthy Wirral and is seen as the
leader for health and care within Wirral as a “place” within Cheshire and Merseyside. The
Chief Officer has no other SRO roles within the STP.
10) What proportion of the CCG IM&T Department is made up of interim staff and
permanent staff?
Please see the response to Question 1.
11) Is the CCG looking to migrate to the cloud in the next 2 years?
Please see the response to Question 1.
12) Are the Trust considering their options of outsourcing their IT Services in the next 3
years?
Unfortunately, NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group does not hold this information.
Please could I suggest that you contact Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust on
xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
We hope this information is useful, however if you require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact a member of the Corporate Affairs Team (contact details at the top of this
letter)
Yours sincerely
Paul Edwards
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group
Re- Use of Information
Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests will be
subject to copyright protection. In most cases the copyright will be owned by Wirral Clinical
Commissioning Group. The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated on the information itself.
You are free to use any information supplied for your own non-commercial research or private study
purposes. The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in
copyright law, such as news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will require the permission of the
copyright owner.
For information where the copyright is owned by Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group please e-mail
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx to request a reuse licence.
For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation you must apply to the
copyright owner to obtain their permission.
