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Dear NHS England,

There is a large group of practices which are owned by the Westcliffe GP partnership in Shipley, Bradford.

Has NHS England approved the transfer of individual practices into ownership of the Westcliffe GP partnership? How have they been purchased?
Does a practice need permission from NHS England in order to purchase or takeover another practice?

Have you received or investigated any concerns or complaints in relation to service delivery, performance, patient access or litigation about Westcliffe GP partnership?

It is rumoured that one of their GP partners, Dr. Matt Faye is related by marriage to the local deputy medical director Dr. Yasmin Khan. Is this correct? if so, has this been disclosed to NHS England as a potential conflict of interest?

What was the role of Dr Yasmin Khan before she became deputy medical director?

Has Dr. Yasmin Khan been involved in any way in the conduct of any investigation of any concerns or complaints in relation the Westcliffe GP partnership practices? please provide details.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah J White

CONTACTUS, England (NHS ENGLAND), NHS England

 

 

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Thank you for your communication dated 20 December 2017.

 

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FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND), NHS England

Dear Ms White,

 

Re: Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-055225)

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 20 December
2018.

 

Your exact request was:

 

“There is a large group of practices which are owned by the Westcliffe GP
partnership in Shipley, Bradford.

 

Has NHS England approved the transfer of individual practices into
ownership of the Westcliffe GP partnership? How have they been purchased?

Does a practice need permission from NHS England in order to purchase or
takeover another practice?

 

Have you received or investigated any concerns or complaints in relation
to service delivery, performance, patient access or litigation about
Westcliffe GP partnership?

 

It is rumoured that one of their GP partners, Dr. Matt Faye is related by
marriage to the local deputy medical director Dr. Yasmin Khan. Is this
correct? if so, has this been disclosed to NHS England as a potential
conflict of interest?

 

What was the role of Dr Yasmin Khan before she became deputy medical
director?

 

Has Dr. Yasmin Khan been involved in any way in the conduct of any
investigation of any concerns or complaints in relation the Westcliffe GP
partnership practices? please provide details.”

 

NHS England holds information in relation to your request.

 

GP practices cannot be purchased, as such; their services are commissioned
(bought) by NHS England or, if the local Clinical Commissioning Group
(CCG) have taken on fully delegated responsibility for delivering primary
care services, the local CCG. In this instance, as this is a fully
delegated CCG, the Commissioner is NHS Bradford Districts CCG. 

 

Contracting of GP services can be via a General Medical Services (GMS)
contract, a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract, or an Alternative
Medical Services (APMS) contract. An APMS contract is time limited and
will have a specific end date; however, GMS and PMS contracts are
generally in perpetuity and would only come to an end when either side of
the contract gives notice to terminate.

 

The contracts are generally held by the partners of the GP Practice who
are responsible for ensuring the contract is delivering the service which
has been bought by the Commissioner. A partner from one contract is
entitled to join the partnership of another, as long as the necessary
paperwork is approved by the Commissioner.  It is not unusual for GPs to
be partners at more than one practice, as is the case with some of the GP
Partners at Westcliffe Medical Practice; however, the practices remain
individual practices with separate contracts.

 

Practices can choose to merge their ‘back office’ functions (i.e. their
administration), and this is a business matter for the contractors
concerned to agree. However, should they wish to merge their contracts,
then they are required to apply formally for approval from the
Commissioner. Any such applications are discussed as necessary through the
Commissioner’s relevant committees prior to a final decision being
reached: it would be for the Commissioner to ensure the appropriate
probity.  Due to the nature of an APMS contract and procurement rules, it
is not possible to merge APMS contracts without undertaking a procurement
exercise which would include patient engagement and a competitive process.

 

Westcliffe Care UK holds 2 time-limited APMS contracts which were awarded
to them following formal procurement.

 

Dr Yasmin Khan’s marriage to Dr Matt Fay was disclosed as part of a
Conflict of Interest declaration which is renewed annually. Prior to
becoming associate medical director, Dr Khan was deputy medical director
of practitioner performance at Bradford and Airedale PCT, a member of the
Bradford districts CCG board, and a partner at the Willows Medical Centre,
Bradford. The CCG board position was an elected position; Dr Fay was also
a board member, and the relationship was also disclosed at that time.

 

There are a number of businesses associated with Westcliffe Care UK, and
Dr Kahn is not involved with any issues that include them, nor is she
involved with any concerns relating to GPs at the practices.

 

Your request also asks: Have you received or investigated any concerns or
complaints in relation to service delivery, performance, patient access or
litigation about Westcliffe GP partnership?

 

NHS England does not hold information in relation to this part of your
request.

 

Service delivery, performance and patient access form part of the general
discussions the Commissioner has with the contract holder; NHS Bradford
Districts CCG would be better placed to comment on any recent discussions
regarding this.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information

Corporate Communications Team

Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

REDDITCH

B97 9PT

 

Tel: 0300 311 22 33

Email: [NHS England request email]

 

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