I am writing with a Freedom of Information request regarding the contracted provision of endoscopy staff and facilities, from the independent sector, at your trust. We would like to get data on the contracts your trust has with independent providers that result in:
1. Your Trust’s staff using independent provider facilities (rooms, instruments and scopes, decontamination equipment) to perform endoscopies, or
2. Complete outsource of full service, i.e., your Trust is paying for patients to get endoscopies by independent sector staff in independent sector facilities.
For those contracts, could you please provide:
– The name of the provider
– Start and End date of contract
– Type of contract (facilities only, facilities and staff (service model))
– Value of contract
– JAG accreditation (Y/N is enough) – refers to either facilities or staff and facilities depending on contract
– Number of endoscopies (or number of rooms and number of FTE staff) outsourced (if full service contract type)
– Number of beds (and/or) rooms contracted (if facilities contract)

Contracted provision of endoscopy staff and facilities.260822.docx