FOI 1680 - Spend on Hotels and Taxis
FOI Reference Number:
1680
Request
1) How many people were provided with a) accommodation in hotels and b) taxis as part of government plans to reduce waiting lists by sending patients to out-of-area hospitals from January 1st 2022 to the date of this email?
2) Please tell me a) the total number of nights in a hotel funded over this period and b) the total number of taxi journeys funded, as well as c) the types of medical procedures that were ‘outsourced’ in this way to out-of-area services and the names of the hospitals that carried them out
3) What was the total cost of a) the hotels and b) the taxis?
4) Please tell me a) the THREE most expensive amounts paid per single night of accommodation in a hotel, and tell me the names and addresses of the establishments and b) please also state the THREE biggest amounts spent on taxi rides and the starting point and destination of each of these rides.
Response
Date: 4 October 2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1680
1) How many people were provided with a) accommodation in hotels and b) taxis as part of government plans to reduce the waiting list by sending patients to out-of-area hospitals from January 1st 2022 to the date of this email?
2) Please tell me a) the total number of nights in a hotel funded over this period and b) the total number of taxi journeys funded, as well as c) the types of medical procedures that were ‘outsourced’ in this way to out-of-area services and the names of the hospitals that carried them out
3) What was the total cost of a) the hotels and b) the taxis?
4) Please tell me a) the THREE most expensive amounts paid per single night of accommodation in a hotel, and tell me the names and addresses of the establishments and b) please also state the THREE biggest amounts spent on taxi rides and the starting point and destination of each of these rides.
Our response:
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that Derby and Derbyshire ICB have not received or processed any claims for hotel stays during this timescale.
We do hold some information about claims for taxi fares; however, it is not possible from our records to identify which of those were under the Government arrangements to support elective recovery and which are claims that would come through as a normal request under the HC5 claim route. Therefore the ICB do not hold this information.
I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
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Newbold
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Or:
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Yours faithfully,
Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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