Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9214
Date Request Received: 10/02/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 04/03/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Insourcing
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Under the FOI act, please can you confirm the below: Spend on Insourcing from November 2025-end of January 2026, broken down by each specialty and subspecialty, and the insourcing company that was used, e.g. cardiology £1000- echo cardiogram £1000- company x £1000 | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust reports financially on a national category of spend called Purchase of Healthcare. This includes both insourced and outsourced activity, but we do not distinguish between the two. The attachment details all expenditure and budgets for Purchase of Healthcare over the period. The attachment in response to budget and actual spend over the period. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9214.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: The budget for each specialty for insourcing | |
| Answer To Question 2: See response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 3: Confirm the contract start and end date for each specialty | |
| Answer To Question 3: Dermatology = 01/07/2025 - 01/04/2026 Echocardiography = 19/05/2025 - 19/05/2026 Gastroenterology = 01/07/2025 - 31/03/2026 Ultrasound = 01/09/2025 - 31/03/2026 Orthopaedics = 01/07/2025 - 31/03/2026 | |
| Question Number 4: What frameworks were used for each specialty and was there direct awards and if so, who was they awarded to and what specialty | |
| Answer To Question 4: Dermatology = NHS SBS - Insourcing of Clinical Services Echocardiography = NHS SBS - Insourcing of Clinical Services Gastroenterology = NHS SBS - Insourcing of Clinical Services Ultrasound = NHS SBS - Insourcing of Clinical Services Orthopaedics = CCS (RM6276) - Insourced Services under the Provision of Healthcare Services | |
| Question Number 5: What was the service, e.g. theatres, outpatient, or diagnostic | |
| Answer To Question 5: Dermatology - combination of Outpatients and minor ops theatre activity Echocardiography - Diagnostic Gastroenterology - outpatient, diagnostic, and inpatient activity Ultrasound - Diagnostic Orthopaedics - all elective theatre activity | |
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