Histopathology Inquiry

The request was successful.

Mrs D Havercroft

Dear University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust,

Please provide details of the total cost of the Inquiry, up to and including the 8th December 2010, broken down as follows:

1. Inquiry Panel
2. Verita
3. Source Biosciences
4. Royal College of Pathologists
5. 8th December 2010 release of report
6. Any other costs not included above.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs D Havercroft

Freedom Of Info, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mrs Havercroft

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will respond within 20 working days.

Kind Regards

Sarah da Silva
Assistant Information Governance Manager
0117 34 20971 - (Tuesday to Thursday when I am based at IM&T)
0117 34 23752 - (Monday & Friday when I am based at Legal Services)

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
IM&T Department, 40 Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EJ
Intranet: - http://connect/Governance/informationgov...
Internet: - http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/

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Freedom Of Info, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Freedom of Information Request / Ref: UHB10/304

Dear Mrs Havercroft

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Trust does not currently have a full breakdown of the costs for the inquiry. We would like to make a full response to your request once we have ensured that we hold all of the data and can therefore provide you with an accurate response to your questions.

We hope to have all of the data we need by the end of January and I will ensure that we send you that information as it is available.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Dr Peter Harrowing
Legal Services
Trust Headquarters
Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS1 3NU

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Sarah da Silva
Assistant Information Governance Manager
0117 34 20971 - (Tuesday to Thursday when I am based at IM&T)
0117 34 23752 - (Monday & Friday when I am based at Legal Services)

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Legal Services, THQ
Intranet: - http://connect/Governance/informationgov...
Internet: - http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/

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Mrs D Havercroft

Dear Freedom Of Info,

As the Inquiry has cost £700,000 of public money, the fact that, over a month after the Inquiry Report was published, UH Bristol cannot provide a financial breakdown of the spend, suggests a worrying lack of financial control in an NHS Foundation Trust.

As a member of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, I must ask for this information to be provided as a matter of urgency, by 17th January 2011.

If the information is not provided by that date, I shall have to formally raise concerns with Monitor, the Foundation Trust regulator, that not only has the Trust breached the Freedom of Information Act, but also failed to provide straightforward information about the costs of an expensive inquiry paid for by the public.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs D Havercroft

Da Silva, Sarah, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mrs Havercroft

On behalf of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust I attach our response to your Freedom of Information Request.

Kind Regards

Sarah da Silva
Assistant Information Governance Manager
0117 34 20971 - (Tuesday to Thursday when I am based at IM&T)
0117 34 23752 - (Monday & Friday when I am based at Legal Services)

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Legal Services, THQ
Intranet: - http://connect/Governance/informationgov...
Internet: - http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/

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