Internal Transport

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Dear Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust,

Please could you let me know the answer to the three questions
below relating to the Trust’s internal transport provision for the
likes of internal mail, pathology specimens, sterile services
department, electro-biomedical engineering, pharmacy, patient
records and stores.

1. Who is your current provider?
2. How much do you pay for the services per year?
3. When was the contract/service level agreement last market tested
to ensure best value?
4. Who is the person(s) responsible for such transport and what are
their postal, phone and email addresses.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Oliver Mason

Information Freedom of \(RYG\) C&W PARTNERSHIP TRUST, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Our Reference FOI 17 10 - Internal Transport

Dear Mr Mason

Re: Request for Information - Internal Transport

I am writing to acknowledge your request for information about internal
transport.
I have recorded your request as having been received on Thursday, 18th
February 2010.

As you are probably aware, the Partnership Trust are required to respond
to you within a maximum of 20 working days so you will be hearing from
me again soon.

If I need to clarify anything about your request, I will contact you
again to discuss any issues so that we can answer your request as
accurately as possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Jen Lewis Personal Assistant
Information Governance on any of the contact points if you have any
further queries about your request.

Yours sincerely

Naomi Wills
Head of Information Governance
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Wayside House
Wilsons Lane
Coventry
CV6 6NY
Tel: 024 7653 6728
[Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust request email]

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Lewis Jennifer \(RYG\) C&W PARTNERSHIP TRUST, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

FOI 17 10

Dear Mr Mason

Re: Freedom of Information Request - Internal Transport

Further to your request for information regarding internal transport, I am
now able to supply you with the information detailed below:

1. Who is your current provider?

Mainly internal, directly employed labour, limited LMS (ambulance
services) for records and pathology.

2. How much do you pay for the services per year?

Internal costs also relate to many other service provisions, but
approximately £150,000 and LMS costs are £110,000.

3. When was the contract/service level agreement last market
tested to ensure best value?

Occurring now with a view to awarding in June 2010.

4. Who is the person(s) responsible for such transport and
what are their postal, phone and email addresses.

Sue Cranfield, Head of Resources, Wayside House, Wilsons Lane, Coventry,
CV6 6NY

Telephone Number: 024 7653 6774

Please do not hesitate to contact me again if you have any queries about
this response to your request for information or if you have any
difficulty opening any of the attachments.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been
handled and I am not able to provide you with a satisfactory response, you
should then write to:

Customer Services Department

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 5NY

Tel: 024 7653 6800 or Freephone: 0800 212 445

Fax: 024 7653 6896

Email: [1][email address]

In the event that you are not satisfied with a local review of your
complaint about your information request, then you have the right to
contact the Information Commissioner directly. The Information
Commissioner has a form on the website that you can use for sending in
your complaint to them.

The address is as follows:

Information Commissioner's Officer

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545700 (Switchboard)

Fax: 01625 524510

The Web site address is [2]www.ico.gov.uk/

Yours sincerely

Jennifer Lewis

Information Governance

On behalf of Naomi Wills - Head of Information Governance

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY

Tel: 024 7653 6729

[3][email address]

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Dear Lewis Jennifer (RYG) C&W PARTNERSHIP TRUST,

Thank you for the information provided.

Yours sincerely,

Oliver Mason