Ensuring financial efficiencies
Dear Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
I am researching the financial efficiency of the NHS. Under the FOI act, please provide all of the information that you are able to supply:
1. Which VAT advisor does the trust use? (E.g. Berthold Bauer, CRS, Liaison, EY, KPMG, etc.)
2. When did the contract start, and when does it end?
3. What % fee or day rate do you pay?
4. How much did you pay for VAT advisory services in 2014/15?
5. Do you use a provider for VAT re-reviews? If so, which one?
6. What % fee or day rate do you pay for a re-review service?
7. How much did you pay for this service in 2014/15?
8. Do you use any external provider to identify payments for duplicated invoices (please state name)?
9. When did the contract start, and when does it end?
What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?
10. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?
11. How much bad debt (UK) was written off in 2014/15?
12. How much overseas debt was written off in 2014/15?
13. Do you use any external provider to assist with debt collection (please state name)?
14. What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?
15. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?
16. Do you use any external provider to ensure invoices correlate to the contract charges i.e. checking volume discounts have been applied (please state name)?
17. What % fee or rates does the trust pay for this service?
Yours faithfully,
J Taylor
[1]Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Plymouth Hospitals
NHS Trust Central Records Library
Bush Park
Plymouth
PL6 7RG
[2][Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
22/07/2015
Our ref: 15FoI339
Your ref: Email received 22/07/2015
[3][FOI #281792 email]
Dear J Taylor
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Acknowledgement
I have received your request for information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will endeavour to respond to your
request at the earliest opportunity.
The demand for Freedom of Information Act request information continues to
increase. If at any point in the process you no longer require any of the
information requested, can you please let me know and I will cancel those
parts accordingly?
Yours faithfully
Freedom of Information Manager
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From: J Taylor [mailto:[FOI #281792 email]]
Sent: 22 July 2015 11:44
To: FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST - RK9)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Ensuring financial efficiencies
Dear Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust,
I am researching the financial efficiency of the NHS. Under the FOI act,
please provide all of the information that you are able to supply:
1. Which VAT advisor does the trust use? (E.g. Berthold Bauer,
CRS, Liaison, EY, KPMG, etc.)
2. When did the contract start, and when does it end?
3. What % fee or day rate do you pay?
4. How much did you pay for VAT advisory services in 2014/15?
5. Do you use a provider for VAT re-reviews? If so, which one?
6. What % fee or day rate do you pay for a re-review service?
7. How much did you pay for this service in 2014/15?
8. Do you use any external provider to identify payments for
duplicated invoices (please state name)?
9. When did the contract start, and when does it end?
What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?
10. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?
11. How much bad debt (UK) was written off in 2014/15?
12. How much overseas debt was written off in 2014/15?
13. Do you use any external provider to assist with debt collection
(please state name)?
14. What % fee or rates do you pay for the service?
15. How much did they invoice the trust in 2014/15?
16. Do you use any external provider to ensure invoices correlate to
the contract charges i.e. checking volume discounts have been applied
(please state name)?
17. What % fee or rates does the trust pay for this service?
Yours faithfully,
J Taylor
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Dear FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST - RK9),
I would like to withdraw my FOI request as the information requested is no longer required from this organisation.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
J Taylor
Dear J Taylor
Thank you for letting us know. I have cancelled your request.
Yours faithfully
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Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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-----Original Message-----
From: J Taylor [mailto:[FOI #281792 email]]
Sent: 23 July 2015 11:27
To: FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST - RK9)
Subject: Re: 15FOI339 Freedom of Information request - Ensuring financial efficiencies - Request receipt from PHNT
Dear FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST - RK9),
I would like to withdraw my FOI request as the information requested is no longer required from this organisation.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
J Taylor
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[1]Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Plymouth Hospitals
NHS Trust Central Records Library
Bush Park
Plymouth
PL6 7RG
[2][Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
22/07/2015
Our ref: 15FoI339
Your ref: Email received 22/07/2015
[3][FOI #281792 email]
Dear J Taylor
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Acknowledgement
I have received your request for information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will endeavour to respond to your request at the earliest opportunity.
The demand for Freedom of Information Act request information continues to increase. If at any point in the process you no longer require any of the information requested, can you please let me know and I will cancel those parts accordingly?
Yours faithfully
Freedom of Information Manager
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