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Freedom of Information request 201-2024

Response published: 27 November 2024
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FOI Request

1. Expenditure on Elective Insourcing Services: Please provide the total amount spent on elective insourcing services, for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.
2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please provide the expenditure by medical specialty (e.g., Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).
3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.
4. Procurement Framework: Please specify the procurement framework(s) under which these services were purchased (e.g., NHS SBS, NHS Workforce Alliance, or any other relevant frameworks).
5. Providers: If possible, please indicate the providers contracted for these services, per specialty.

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 201-2024

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

  1. Expenditure on Elective Insourcing Services: Please provide the total amount spent on elective insourcing services, for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.
  2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please provide the expenditure by medical specialty (e.g., Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).
  3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.
  4. Procurement Framework: Please specify the procurement framework(s) under which these services were purchased (e.g., NHS SBS, NHS Workforce Alliance, or any other relevant frameworks).
  5. Providers: If possible, please indicate the providers contracted for these services, per specialty.

Our response:

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have not had services provided by an external organisation within our facilities in the context of this request, therefore we have no response to supply.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.