NHS Wheelchair Services

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Dear NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group,
1. Who provides your current Wheelchair Service
a. Is your provider an NHS organisation or a contracted-out, non-NHS organisation?
b. What is the name of your current provider?
c. What is the name of the Wheelchair Service Manager?

2. How your wheelchair services are provided
a. Do you combine your Wheelchair Service with any other service, such as Prosthetics or Community Equipment? If so, please provide a list of the other services.
b. Is your Wheelchair Service exclusive to your CCG?
c. If you service is combined with another please provide a list of the CCGs that share this Wheelchair Service and confirm who is the lead CCG?
d. Is the Repair and Maintenance element of the service “integrated” or contracted out to a 3rd party Approved Repairer?
e. If you have an externally provided Approved Repairer, what is the name of your current provider?

3. About your wheelchair service
a. What is the size of the population covered by your Wheelchair Service?
b. How many registered service users are served by the Wheelchair Service?

4. About the Integrated (Combined service and Repair & Maintenance) contract with your provider
a. What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the Integrated Wheelchair Service?
b. Please state the dates of your last financial year.
c. When was the Integrated Wheelchair Service last tendered?
d. When does the current contract expire? Please provide details of any potential contract extension?
e. Please provide the date this Wheelchair Service will be next tendered

5. About the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) sub-contract with your wheelchair provider (where appropriate)
a. What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the R&M Wheelchair Service?
b. Please state the dates of your last financial year.
c. When was the R&M Wheelchair Service last tendered?
d. When does the current R&M sub-contract expire? Please provide details of any potential contract extension
e. Please provide the date that R&M Wheelchair Service sub-contract will be next tendered

Yours faithfully,

Mr N Douglas

FOI (NHS SWINDON CCG), NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group

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Reference: FOI 23156 SWI 12D

 

Dear N Douglas

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 06
November 2017 regarding documents and services relating to Wheelchair
Services

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

 

o NHS Swindon CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

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expect to be in a position to reply to you by 04 December 2017

 

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reference number above in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely,

Kate Guppy

 

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From: Mr N Douglas

Sent: 06 November 2017 14:36:10 (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

To: FOI (NHS SWINDON CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - NHS Wheelchair Services

 

Dear NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group,

1.      Who provides your current Wheelchair Service

a.      Is your provider an NHS organisation or a contracted-out, non-NHS
organisation?

b.      What is the name of your current provider?

c.      What is the name of the Wheelchair Service Manager?

 

2.      How your wheelchair services are provided

a.      Do you combine your Wheelchair Service with any other service,
such as Prosthetics or Community Equipment?  If so, please provide a list
of the other services.

b.      Is your Wheelchair Service exclusive to your CCG?

c.      If you service is combined with another please provide a list of
the CCGs that share this Wheelchair Service and confirm who is the lead
CCG?

d.      Is the Repair and Maintenance element of the service “integrated”
or contracted out to a 3rd party Approved Repairer?

e.      If you have an externally provided Approved Repairer, what is the
name of your current provider?

 

3.      About your wheelchair service

a.      What is the size of the population covered by your Wheelchair
Service?

b.      How many registered service users are served by the Wheelchair
Service?

 

4.      About the Integrated (Combined service and Repair & Maintenance)
contract with your provider

a.      What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the
Integrated Wheelchair Service?

b.      Please state the dates of your last financial year.

c.      When was the Integrated Wheelchair Service last tendered?

d.      When does the current contract expire? Please provide details of
any potential contract extension?

e.      Please provide the date this Wheelchair Service will be next
tendered

 

5.      About the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) sub-contract with your
wheelchair provider (where appropriate)

a.      What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the R&M
Wheelchair Service?

b.      Please state the dates of your last financial year.

c.      When was the R&M Wheelchair Service last tendered?

d.      When does the current R&M sub-contract expire?  Please provide
details of any potential contract extension

e.      Please provide the date that R&M Wheelchair Service sub-contract
will be next tendered

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mr N Douglas

 

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Reference: FOI 23156 SWI 12D

 

Dear Mr Douglas

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 06
November 2017 regarding documents and services relating to Wheelchair
Services

 

Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I
can confirm that the CCG does hold some of/the information requested. 
Please find attached the response to your request, which is sent on behalf
of the following Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

 

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From: Foi (NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT)
Sent: 07 November 2017 14:38
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Subject: FOI 23156 SWI 12D - Wheelchair Services - FOI Request Ack

 

 

 

Reference: FOI 23156 SWI 12D

 

Dear N Douglas

 

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 06
November 2017 regarding documents and services relating to Wheelchair
Services

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request on behalf of the following
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):

 

o NHS Swindon CCG

 

We will be dealing with your request for information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to your request and we
expect to be in a position to reply to you by 04 December 2017

 

If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me quoting the
reference number above in any future communications.

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations may be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at [4]https://ico.org.uk/.

 

Yours sincerely,

Kate Guppy

 

E:  [5][email address]

NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

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From: Mr N Douglas

Sent: 06 November 2017 14:36:10 (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

To: FOI (NHS SWINDON CCG)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - NHS Wheelchair Services

 

Dear NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group,

1.      Who provides your current Wheelchair Service

a.      Is your provider an NHS organisation or a contracted-out, non-NHS
organisation?

b.      What is the name of your current provider?

c.      What is the name of the Wheelchair Service Manager?

 

2.      How your wheelchair services are provided

a.      Do you combine your Wheelchair Service with any other service,
such as Prosthetics or Community Equipment?  If so, please provide a list
of the other services.

b.      Is your Wheelchair Service exclusive to your CCG?

c.      If you service is combined with another please provide a list of
the CCGs that share this Wheelchair Service and confirm who is the lead
CCG?

d.      Is the Repair and Maintenance element of the service “integrated”
or contracted out to a 3rd party Approved Repairer?

e.      If you have an externally provided Approved Repairer, what is the
name of your current provider?

 

3.      About your wheelchair service

a.      What is the size of the population covered by your Wheelchair
Service?

b.      How many registered service users are served by the Wheelchair
Service?

 

4.      About the Integrated (Combined service and Repair & Maintenance)
contract with your provider

a.      What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the
Integrated Wheelchair Service?

b.      Please state the dates of your last financial year.

c.      When was the Integrated Wheelchair Service last tendered?

d.      When does the current contract expire? Please provide details of
any potential contract extension?

e.      Please provide the date this Wheelchair Service will be next
tendered

 

5.      About the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) sub-contract with your
wheelchair provider (where appropriate)

a.      What is the contract spend in the last financial year for the R&M
Wheelchair Service?

b.      Please state the dates of your last financial year.

c.      When was the R&M Wheelchair Service last tendered?

d.      When does the current R&M sub-contract expire?  Please provide
details of any potential contract extension

e.      Please provide the date that R&M Wheelchair Service sub-contract
will be next tendered

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mr N Douglas

 

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