Dear Philip

 

Reference Number FOI 2023 - 106

 

Thank you for your request for information about North West Anglia NHS
Foundation Trust.

 

We anticipate being able to respond within the specified timescale.​

 

In the meantime if you have any questions regarding this request please
contact us directly quoting the reference number above.

 

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust comprises of Peterborough City
Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford & Rutland Hospital.  The
Trust also provides community clinics at Princess of Wales Hospital in
Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech.  Further
information is available via our website [1]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.

 

Any future Freedom of Information requests should be addressed to North
West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust using the email address below.

 

FOI Team

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [2][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

[3]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

 

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Ref: FOI/2023/106

 

Dear Philip

 

Thank you for your recent enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find your response detailed below.

 

Requesters Questions and Trust Response:

 

Connectivity and Network Services

 

a.       Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual
spend on each

Redcentric, £37k for all 6 North West Anglia sites

 

b.       Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend

Gamma, unable to break down spend but total contract value £50k

 

c.       Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet,
and what is the annual spend

See a.

 

d.       Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual
spend

This information is being withheld under section 31, please see below for
further details

 

e.       Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual
spend

This information is being withheld under section 31, please see below for
further details

 

f.        Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core
and edge switching?

This information is being withheld under section 31, please see below for
further details

 

g.       When was your core network installed?

There is a core at Peterborough City Hospital and a Core at Hinchingbrooke
Hospital. Both were installed at varying stages over the years,
Peterborough most recently in 2020.

 

h.       Has it been updated subsequently?

Yes

 

i.         Who maintains your core network?

CAE

 

j.         When is the contract renewal date?

March 2023

 

k.       Please confirm value of the initial project?

£85k

 

l.         Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services
(in £)?

£85k

 

Further details for information being withheld under Section 31

 

Making public details of the Trust’s infrastructure would provide an
attacker with information that could aid a targeted attack on the Trust,
and therefore poses a risk to the organisation.

 

We are applying the following exemption:  Section 31(1)(a) – the
prevention or detection of crime

 

This exemption is subject to a public interest test (PIT).  When
considering the public interest in preventing crime it is important to
take account of all the consequences that can be ‘anticipated as
realistic possibilities’. 

 

Public interest in disclosure

 

·         The FOIA is a way of meeting the general public interest in
promoting transparency and accountability.

 

Public interest in maintaining the exemption

 

·         Disclosure of the information could reveal how to undermine the
existing security system and therefore make the Trust, more vulnerable to
crime.

·         Attempts to breach the security of the IT systems could lead to
a loss of confidentiality and potential availability of information on the
IT systems.  Consequences of potential security breaches may include some
or all of the following:

o   theft or loss of data

o   loss of service

o   malicious software (e.g. computer virus)

·         A breach of security would also incur a cost to the Trust of
installing new security systems.

·         It is considered there is a strong public interest in preventing
crime against the NHS, its staff and patients

 

Outcome - public interest favours maintaining the exemption

 

Following consideration of the above points, the Trust is not persuaded
that the public interest in disclosing the requested information outweighs
maintaining the exemption, and therefore the Trust is withholding the
requested information on the basis that it could reveal how to undermine
the existing security system. 

 

Please note that this response has been provided within the 20 working day
timeframe as stipulated in the Act.

 

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust comprises of Peterborough City
Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford & Rutland Hospital.  The
Trust also provides community clinics at Princess of Wales Hospital in
Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech.  Further
information is available via our website [1]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.

 

If you disagree with our decision or are dissatisfied with how we have
dealt with your request in the first instance you may contact me on the
following email address [2][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request email] to request an
internal review.

 

Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome you have a right under s50
of the Freedom of Information Act to appeal against the decision by
contacting:

 

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Phone: 0303 123 1113

Email: [3][email address]

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Team

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [4][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

[5]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

 

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