Liverpool Health Partners Ltd
Dear NHS England,
The above private organisation receives some £60,000 from almost every cash strapped hospital in Liverpool.
Can you tell me what, if anything they do with the money as their web is not very forthcoming.
Yours faithfully,
G Taylor
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Dear G Taylor,
Re: Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-057590)
Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 11 October
2018.
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“Freedom of Information request - Liverpool Health Partners Ltd The above
private organisation receives some £60,000 from almost every cash strapped
hospital in Liverpool.
Can you tell me what, if anything they do with the money as their web is
not very forthcoming.”
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Dear FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND),
I think you misunderstood the question.
Liverpool Health Partners is not a prime health provider but if my research is correct a talking shop
Each hospital trust gives 60K and puts a "mate" on the board. Which does nothing.
It would be bad enough if this was just Liverpool, but it is not. They pop up everywhere throughout the UK under different names, often the same people on the boads.
If I were a cynical man, I would say they were nothing more than a conduit to syphon money from the NHS.
So can you provide me with the department that deals with Merseyside hospital health trusts. This needs looking into
Regards
GT
Yours sincerely,
G Taylor
Dear G Taylor,
Thank you for your email dated 8 November 2018.
As discussed in our original response, NHS England does not hold this information. The information may however be held by the individual hospital Trust.
As such, you may wish to forward your request to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust which can be reached by:
Email: [email address]
Mail: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Communications Office, V7,
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Prescot,
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We hope this information is helpful. However, if you are dissatisfied, you have the right to ask for an internal review. This should be requested in writing within two months of the date of this letter. Your correspondence should be labelled “Internal Review” and should outline your concerns and/or the area(s) you would like the review to consider. Internal Review requests should be sent to:
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Freedom of Information
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Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate
NHS England
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Email: [NHS England request email]
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