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Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_9396

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9396

Date Request Received: 07/05/2026 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 01/06/2026 00:00:00

This response was sent via: By Email

Request Summary: Request for Insourcing

Request Category: Private Individuals



 
Question Number 1:
Under the FOI act, please can you confirm the below:

• Spend on Insourcing from February 2026-end of April 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:
We do not report on insourcing and outsourcing costs. Rather, we report on Purchase of Healthcare costs, which will be a mixture of the two. Please see files attached covering Purchase of Healthcare budget and costs for the period (in response to Qs 1 & 2). Please note we do not routinely report by non-NHS providers.

To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI 9396.xlsx
 
Question Number 2:
• The budget for each specialty for insourcing

 
Answer To Question 2:
Please see attached spreadsheet
 
Question Number 3:
• Confirm the contract start and end date for each specialty
 
Answer To Question 3:
Dermatology - 01/07/2025 - 31/06/2026
Echocardiology - 19/05/2025 - 19/05/2026
Gastro - 01/07/2025 - 31/09/2027
Ultrasound - 01/07/2025 - 31/03/2027
Orthopaedics - 01/07/2025 - 31/03/2027
 
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 - direct award
Echocardiology - NHS SBS Insourcing of Clinical Services - direct award
Gastro - NHS SBS Insourcing of Clinical Services - direct award
Ultrasound - NHS SBS Insourcing of Clinical Services - direct award
Orthopaedics - CCS Insourcing services under the provision of healthcare services - direct award
 
Question Number 5:
• What was the service, e.g. theatres, outpatient, or diagnostic
 
Answer To Question 5:
Dermatology - Diagnostic
Echocardiology - Diagnostic
Gastro - Diagnostic
Ultrasound - Diagnostic
Orthopaedics - Diagnostic
Please see Attachments:
 
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