Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 298-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1.Please confirm whether your trust has ever utilised an Insourcing model to combat and reduce waiting list times?
2. If so, please can you confirm whether one has been utilised in the last 12 months, and for what specialty including any associated sub-specialty.
3. Please confirm the frameworks utilised for insourcing and if there were any direct awards made. If so, please confirm who they were made to and for what purpose.
4. In the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
– Total trust spend with Insourcing contracts
Please provide a further breakdown for Insourcing contracts by:
– Spend per specialty
– Spend per agency name
5. Please confirm your allocated budget for Insourcing staffing for the period 1st October 2024 to 31st December 2024
Our response:
The Trust has never utilised an Insourcing model to combat and reduce waiting list times.
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.