Request
Re: Request under
the FIO Act & NHS bonus payments. Please could you let me
have the following information:
NHS Bonuses -
East Midland Strategic Health Authority and the 9 PCT areas it
covers, namely:
1.
Bassetlaw
2.
Derby City
3.
Derbyshire County
4.
Nottingham City
5.
Nottingham County
6.
NHS Lincolnshire
7.
Leicester County and Rutland
8.
Leicester City
9.
Northamptonshire
10. East Midlands Strategic
Health Authority
When were bonuses
first paid to health service managers in the each of the above
organisations?
Please give an
annual total in respect of bonuses paid in each of the above
organisations.
Please give a
detailed breakdown of the amounts paid in bonuses to each and every
officer of the above organisations in each financial
year.
If you are unable
to provide this information in respect of the above authorities, I
should be glad if you could forward this request to each of the
above organisations for a reply under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act.
If there have
been any changes/and or additions to the Strategic Health
Authority/Trusts/PCTs that make up the East Midlands Strategic
Health Authority for the period that bonuses have been paid, then
please let me have a detailed breakdown of such bonuses paid to
officers.
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Our response
I refer to your
email requesting information in respect of NHS bonus
payments.
I can confirm in
accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that
we do hold some of the information that you have
requested.
Attached for your
information is a link to the
disclosure log section of our website. The link will direct
you to a previous FOI request containing information
regarding bonus payments made to NHS East Midlands Executive
Team for the periods that we have available.
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/about-us/access-to-information/freedom-of-information/foi-disclosure-log/may-2009/executive-team-bonus-and-allowances
The Department of Health Pay Framework for Very
Senior Managers in Strategic and Special Health Authorities,
Primary Care Trusts and Ambulance Trusts was applied with a staged
effect from 1 July 2006. Bonus payments would have been payable for
that year at the end of that financial year as the first year of
operation of the new pay framework. You can view or download
this document by clicking the following link:-
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_097599
We are unable to
provide you with the bonus information for the other organisations
mentioned as we do not hold this information in the format you
require. However, the following link to our website will
enable you to contact the relevant organisations for
that
information. As per your request I have copied this response
to the Primary Care Trust leads in the East Midlands patch.
However, you might want to contact them separately regarding your
requirements to ensure that this information is available in the
format that you require.
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local-nhs/nhs-organisations
I do hope that
this information is of use to you. However, please note that
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
