Transactions over £25,000 from February 2020

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust did not have the information requested.

Dear Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

Thank you for publishing your spend data here: http://www.basildonandthurrock.nhs.uk/tr.... However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since January 2020.

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all transactions over £25,000 from February 2020 to at most a month in arrears from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category of each transaction if you have it.

We understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic it may not have been a priority to publish your spending data. However, it is still important to us to send out these letters and we would be extremely grateful if you could update this information after this difficult period passed. We believe that data is still major, even during these crucial times and we wish nothing but the best for everyone to recover from this situation.

Your team may also be interested in the guidance on producing spending data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio.... This letter makes it clear that this guidance applies to the NHS: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy....

For the avoidance of doubt, I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I await your response within 20 working days.

Yours faithfully,

Anna Pongracz

Spend Network

Freedom of Information Requests

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 that was received by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust today.

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FOI Co-ordinator
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Southend University Hospital
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Dear Ms Ponracz,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 11.05.2020, which
has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

 

Your request and our response are as follows:

 

Thank you for publishing your spend data here:
[1]http://www.basildonandthurrock.nhs.uk/tr....
However, I notice that you haven't published any spending data since
January 2020.

 

I'd like to make a request under the Freedom of Information act for all
transactions over £25,000 from February 2020 to at most a month in arrears
from the date at which you publish in response to this request.

 

Please provide the data in a machine readable format (preferably csv). As
a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and recipient of
each transaction. Please also provide details on the procurement category
of each transaction if you have it.

 

February’s and March’s data have now been published on the Trust website,
April and May’s data is being prepared and will be published shortly.

 

If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right under section 50 of the Act
to apply to the Information Commissioner to seek resolution to the matter.
Further details can be found on their website:
[2]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

 

Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 – General statement
of compliance

 

The Trust for its part is happy for you to reuse any of the information
supplied to you in compliance with the Open Government Licence (OGL)
terms:  Please click here for further details
[3]http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents...
.  We do not permit the forwarding or sale of staff/departmental contact
details and a specific Re-use of Information Regulations request is
required for such purposes.

 

If relevant, you will need the permission of other information owners. 
This can occur when you receive a document which is co-authored or where
the ownership lies with another organisation.  Provision under both the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations
2004 does not entitle you to re-use the information without appropriate
permissions.  Use must be in compliance with an Open Government Licence or
other agreed terms.

 

Kind regards

 

Nicola Frost

Freedom of Information Manager – MSE Group

Corporate Governance & Membership Services

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Basildon University Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NL

Telephone: 01268 593631

Email [4][email address]

 

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