FOI 1737 - Special Allocation Scheme at Wilson Street Surgery

Response

Date: 28 February 2023

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1737

[Original request dated 5 January 2023: Please provide under the freedom of information act a copy of all contracts or equivalent (scope of work etc) between the ICB and Wilson Street Surgery Secure Unit for violent patients under the special allocation scheme.]

[Responded to by the ICB on 2 February 2023 advising that this information was exempt under Section 43: Commercial Interests.]

Follow up request:

I refer to your email of 2 February 2023 requesting further information in respect of contracts between the ICB and Wilson Street Surgery Secure Unit for the special allocation scheme (SAS), further to our response to your request dated 2 February 2023.

I can confirm on behalf of Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (DDICB), and in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested. A response to each element of your further request is detailed below:

Thank you for your email regarding:
FOI Reference Number: 1737

I have reviewed the response and found a few issues of with respect to the balance of public interest.

It cannot be argued that suppliers undercutting on cost is detrimental to a tax payer funded service. However it is understood there may be minor detriment to Wilson Street Surgery.

The public interest makes no reference to the use of the contract as reasoning/excuses to discharge patients from the SAS without sufficient risk mitigation (opinion based on current evidence).

Incident(s) have gained significant public interest fuelled by the service provider’s (Wilson Street Surgery) use of social and traditional media outlets.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64129397

https://mobile.twitter.com/drshehlaiu/status/1608815939373649920

I would be willing to accept a copy of contract with financial information removed (e.g. cost of service provision).

Our response:

Please see attached redacted copy of the Special Allocation Scheme Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Wilson St Secure Unit.

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
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF

Or:

ddicb.foi@nhs.net

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, email casework@ico.org.uk.

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB

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