Request
I would like to
request the following information:
1. How much money
was received by NHS organisations in income
from
private sector
treatment in each of the last three years?
2. How many
private sector procedures were carried out in NHS
facilities in
each of the last three years?
3. On how many
occasions in each of the last three years have NHS
patients received
private treatment paid for by the NHS; and was that
treatment carried
out in this country or abroad?
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Our response
I refer to your
email of 12 August requesting information in respect of information
relating to private health care.
I can confirm in
accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that
NHS East Midlands does not hold the information that you have
requested. However, I will respond to each of your concerns
in turn:-
1.
How much money was received by NHS organisations in
income
from private sector treatment in each of the last three
years?
NHS East Midlands does not hold this information.
2.
How many private sector procedures
were carried out in NHS
facilities in
each of the last three years?
NHS East Midlands does not routinely hold or collate this
information.
However Section 16 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
places a
duty of advice and assistance on us and I can advise you that
this
information is held by the
National Information Centre. The following
link will direct you to the NIC
website:-
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/
3.
On how many occasions in each of the last
three years have
NHS patients received private treatment paid for by the
NHS;
and was that treatment carried out in this country or
abroad?
NHS East Midlands does not collect this information
I hope that this
information is of use to you. If you are dissatisfied with
the way in which we have dealt with your request you can complain
in writing to:-
Mr Kevin
Orford
Deputy Chief
Executive and Director of Finance
NHS East
Midlands
Octavia
House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's
Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10
5QG
If at the
conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain
to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at:-
The Office of the
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe
House
Water
Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9
5AF
