Vasectomy

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Dear NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group,

1. Please confirm the organisations commissioned by the CCG to provide Vasectomy Services to your patients?
2. Please confirm the end dates of currently commissioned contracts?
3. Are any providers currently within an extension period of their contract?
4. Were contracts awarded through a competitive tender process?
5.. What is the form of contract: AQP or sole provider?
6. At what percentage of tariff is each provider delivering services?
7. What activity numbers were delivered by each provider, over the past 12 months?
8. Please confirm the annualised actual contract values for each provider for 2019/20?
9. Please confirm who (if any) providers are providing Vasectomy services to patients without a contract where a patient has exercised their right to choose a provider? What are the activity numbers delivered per provider?
10. What were the average wait times for providers over the past 12 months? (broken down by month)
11. Do any of the contracted providers sub-contract any parts of the service to an alternative provider? If so, who and what?
12. Does Vasectomy feature on the CCGs commissioning intentions?
13. Do your current Vasectomy contracts include Post Vasectomy Semen Testing included in the tariff amount ?
14. Does your current vasectomy wait times exceed 18 weeks?
15. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract

Yours faithfully,

Chloe Knipe

NHSWIRRALCCG, foirequests (NHS WIRRAL CCG), NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group

Ref No: ID 1755

Dear Ms Knipe,

Thank you for your email requesting information regarding Vasectomies.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind Regards
Grace Price-Jones
Acting Corporate Affairs Manager

Marriss House, Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5AL
dd: 0151 541 5430
t: 0151 651 0011 (ext: 401141)
w: http://www.wirralccg.nhs.uk
f (safe haven): 0151 643 5445

-----Original Message-----
From: Chloe Knipe <[FOI #688629 email]>
Sent: 01 September 2020 13:59
To: NHSWIRRALCCG, foirequests (NHS WIRRAL CCG) <[NHS Wirral CCG request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Vasectomy

Dear NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group,

1. Please confirm the organisations commissioned by the CCG to provide Vasectomy Services to your patients?
2. Please confirm the end dates of currently commissioned contracts?
3. Are any providers currently within an extension period of their contract?
4. Were contracts awarded through a competitive tender process?
5.. What is the form of contract: AQP or sole provider?
6. At what percentage of tariff is each provider delivering services?
7. What activity numbers were delivered by each provider, over the past 12 months?
8. Please confirm the annualised actual contract values for each provider for 2019/20?
9. Please confirm who (if any) providers are providing Vasectomy services to patients without a contract where a patient has exercised their right to choose a provider? What are the activity numbers delivered per provider?
10. What were the average wait times for providers over the past 12 months? (broken down by month) 11. Do any of the contracted providers sub-contract any parts of the service to an alternative provider? If so, who and what?
12. Does Vasectomy feature on the CCGs commissioning intentions?
13. Do your current Vasectomy contracts include Post Vasectomy Semen Testing included in the tariff amount ?
14. Does your current vasectomy wait times exceed 18 weeks?
15. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract

Yours faithfully,

Chloe Knipe

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NHSWIRRALCCG, foirequests (NHS WIRRAL CCG), NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Ms Knipe,

Please find attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards,

Stacey Teale

Corporate Officer (FOI's & SAR's)
Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group
Marriss House, Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5AL
t: 0151 651 0011 (ext 1801)
w: http://www.wirralccg.nhs.uk

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From: NHSWIRRALCCG, foirequests (NHS WIRRAL CCG)
Sent: 02 September 2020 15:10
To: Chloe Knipe
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Vasectomy

Ref No: ID 1755

Dear Ms Knipe,

Thank you for your email requesting information regarding Vasectomies.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Kind Regards
Grace Price-Jones
Acting Corporate Affairs Manager

Marriss House, Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 5AL
dd: 0151 541 5430
t: 0151 651 0011 (ext: 401141)
w: http://www.wirralccg.nhs.uk
f (safe haven): 0151 643 5445

-----Original Message-----
From: Chloe Knipe <[FOI #688629 email]>
Sent: 01 September 2020 13:59
To: NHSWIRRALCCG, foirequests (NHS WIRRAL CCG) <[NHS Wirral CCG request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Vasectomy

Dear NHS Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group,

1. Please confirm the organisations commissioned by the CCG to provide Vasectomy Services to your patients?
2. Please confirm the end dates of currently commissioned contracts?
3. Are any providers currently within an extension period of their contract?
4. Were contracts awarded through a competitive tender process?
5.. What is the form of contract: AQP or sole provider?
6. At what percentage of tariff is each provider delivering services?
7. What activity numbers were delivered by each provider, over the past 12 months?
8. Please confirm the annualised actual contract values for each provider for 2019/20?
9. Please confirm who (if any) providers are providing Vasectomy services to patients without a contract where a patient has exercised their right to choose a provider? What are the activity numbers delivered per provider?
10. What were the average wait times for providers over the past 12 months? (broken down by month) 11. Do any of the contracted providers sub-contract any parts of the service to an alternative provider? If so, who and what?
12. Does Vasectomy feature on the CCGs commissioning intentions?
13. Do your current Vasectomy contracts include Post Vasectomy Semen Testing included in the tariff amount ?
14. Does your current vasectomy wait times exceed 18 weeks?
15. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract

Yours faithfully,

Chloe Knipe

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