Ref:  420D 
Dorset Primary Care Trust 
 
Vespasian House 
 
3rd Floor, West Wing 
 
Bridport Road 
Dorchester 
Amanda Cracknell 
 Dorset 
whatdotheyknow 
DT1 1TS 
 
 
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Telephone: 01305 368901 
 
www.dorset-pct.nhs.uk 
 
21 March 2012 
Dear Ms Cracknell 
 
Request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 
 
I am writing to confirm that NHS Dorset has now completed the search for the 
information you requested on 20 March regarding care homes.  I now provide the 
following information: 
 
NHS Dorset does not place contractual blocks upon homes.  The local 
authorities hold the contracts and are the bodies which place blocks and 
cautions.  As part of joint commissioning arrangements, the NHS takes into 
account local authority contractual blocks and cautions in commissioning a 
package of care, as part of due diligence. 
 
I trust this is the information you are seeking and that your request has been fully 
discharged. 
 
If you are unhappy with this response, you are entitled to request an internal review 
of our decision, handled where possible by a member of staff not directly involved in 
the initial decision.  If you wish to request such a review, please write direct to The 
Interim Chief Executive, NHS Dorset, Vespasian House, 3rd Floor, West Wing, 
Bridport Road, Dorchester DT1 1TS.  We aim to deal with requests for internal 
review within three weeks of receipt, although where the issues involved are very 
complicated this period may be extended up to a total of six weeks. 
 
If you have queries about this response, please do not hesitate to contact me 
quoting the above reference number and I shall be pleased to offer any further 
assistance that you may require. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
Suzanne Rastrick 
Interim Chief Executive 
NHS Bournemouth and Poole 
NHS Dorset 
Chair – Jacqueline Swift                                               Interim Chief Executive – Suzanne Rastrick 
 

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