Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8541
Date Request Received: 27/03/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 25/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Insourcing and Outsourcing of clinical services
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide the following information for the 2023/2024 financial year: 1. The total amount spent by the Trust on: o Insourcing of clinical services o Outsourcing of clinical services | |
| Answer To Question 1: Insourcing £2,644,514 | |
| Question Number 2: A breakdown of the above spend by clinical specialty (e.g. Endoscopy, Ophthalmology, Dermatology etc) | |
| Answer To Question 2: Our coding is based on national reporting requirements which requires us to report on Purchase of Healthcare. This will include both Insourcing and Outsourcing arrangements. The attached file shows the spend by specialty on both insourcing and outsourcing - we do not separate the two internally. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8541 - Q2.xlsx | |
| Question Number 3: If available, a list of third-party providers used for insourcing or outsourcing, with corresponding spend per provider. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Insourcing 18 Weeks ID Medical Medicare The largest spend on outsourcing is with other NHS organisations. We do not record spend by provider in a reportable format. | |
| Question Number 4: The name or role of the individual(s) or department responsible for approving or signing off insourcing and outsourcing contracts, or who has operational responsibility for these services. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Rob Webb Director of Procurement | |
| Question Number 5: How many Insourcing contracts were awarded directly? | |
| Answer To Question 5: 0 | |
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