Request
Following the announcement of the GP Pathfinder Consortia, please could you provide contact details for each such consortia by completing the attached spreadsheet and returning it to myself. I have requested the Lead Contact, their Position, Telephone Number and E Mail address. Please could you also add in the same details for any additional GP Consortia that applied for pathfinder status but were not accepted (for example they were rejected, or applied for a subsequent tranche of the pathfinder programme).
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of GP Pathfinder Consortia.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested.
I have attached for your information a pdf copy of the contact details for the Wave 1 GP Consortia Pathfinders.
I note that you have also requested the contact details for additional consortia. However, we are of the opinion that Section 22 of the FOIA is engaged in relation to this information. Section 22 relates to information that is planned for publication at a later date and we are currently working on finalising these details for publication on our website in the New Year.
Section 22 is a qualified exemption and is subject to consideration of the public interest test. We recognise that there is a public interest in providing this information to you in order to be helpful, and to promote accountability and transparency of government. However, in this case, there are strong arguments to support the use of the future publication exemption on the basis that the best use of public resources would be directed to pulling this information together, ensuring the information is accurate and published in a consistent and comprehensive format.
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
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
