Insourcing

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Dear Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

1. Do you insource any clinical services and which ones?
2. Do you have a contract with any company and who is that and for which insourcing services?
3. Did you procure this under any current framework and if so which one?
4. How is this charged for by the third party service provider per patient/per tariff
5. Are you currently being charged below, on or above NHS tariff?
6. Do you use substantively employed Trust staff to delivery all or part of the insourced service?
7. The total number of procedures completed by each supplier (named) in the following categories:
• Endoscopy
• Ophthalmology
• ENT
• Neurology
• Dermatology
• All Other
8. The total spend completed by each supplier (named) per service area
9. Please give an annual breakdown per annum of insourcing services per service area:
• 15/16
• 16/17
• 17/18
• 18/19

Yours faithfully,

Sarah James

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Freedom of Information (Western Sussex Hospitals), Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sarah,

 

Request Under Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000

 

Further to your email of 29th November 2019, the Trust is now in a
position to give a response  to your request. 

 

***** FOI REQUEST & OUR RESPONSE****

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, the Trust can
confirm that it holds information relevant to your request and this has
been provided where possible below:

 

1.                   Do you insource  any clinical services and which
ones? No.

 

2.                   Do you have a contract with any company and who is
that  and for which insourcing services? No.

 

 

3.                   Did  you procure this under any current framework 
and if so which one? N/A

 

4.                   How is this charged for by the third party service
provider per patient/per tariff N/A

 

 

5.                   Are you currently being charged below, on or above
NHS tariff? N/A

 

6.                   Do you use substantively employed Trust staff to
delivery all or part of the insourced service? N/A

 

 

7.            The total number of procedures completed by each supplier
(named) in the following categories: N/A

•             Endoscopy

•             Ophthalmology

•             ENT

•             Neurology

•             Dermatology

•             All Other

 

7.                   The total spend completed by each supplier (named)
per service area N/A

 

 

9.            Please give an annual breakdown per annum of insourcing
services per service area: N/A

•             15/16

•             16/17

•             17/18

•             18/19

 

 If you require clarification or if we can be of any further assistance to
you, please do not hesitate to contact us at: [1][Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]   

                                                              

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We hope that you find the information provided helpful.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

   

Kim                                                                                 
                                      

 

Kim Anderson

FOI Administrator
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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