FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS JUNE 2014
Request
FoI No: 76 – received 5 June 2014
1.
Please give figures for the current annual remuneration of the
chair and all GP members of the CCG board.
Response
FoI 76 response.doc
2.
For each case above please state how many hours are currently
worked per week (ie as according to terms of current contract).
3.
Please also state if the money is paid directly to the individual or
if it is given to their practice.
4.
In the case of GPs paid to attend several CCG sessions a week,
are the payments made to reimburse practice locum costs?
FoI No: 77 – received 6 June 2014
1.
Please advise me if NHS Barnsley have standardised or
suggested blood glucose meters for use in Diabetes Patients? If so,
which ones?
2.
Please advise me if NHS Barnsley CCG have standardised or
suggested pen needles for use in Diabetes Patients? If so, which
ones?
The Barnsley locality, through the Barnsley Diabetes Local
Service Advisory Group, has issued Diabetes guidance which
includes guidance on the rationalisation of blood glucose
meters and pens. This has been published and available on
the NHS Barnsley CCG Public Website.
Equipment recommended within the guidance will be reviewed
at intervals and the online document updated.
I attach the link to this document.
http://www.barnsleyccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Members/Medicines
%20management/Prescribing%20Guidelines/Barnsley%20Dia
betes%20Guidelines%20-%20April%202014.pdf
Pages 45 to 52 include the information which you request
regarding recommendations for meters and pens.
FoI No 78 – received 9 June 2014
1. Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group
2. Does your CCG commission direct access audiology
(yes or no) Yes
3. Does your CCG use AQP to contract ADULT HEARING
SERVICES? (Yes or no). If no please go to question 6 No
4. Please can you state the date this service went
ACTIVE? (i.e. the date the AQP service was available in
your area – month and year are sufficient) n/a
5. Please list the NEW providers since AQP went active
(include all providers that a patient in your CCG area
can choose when being referred) n/a
6. Please state the number of providers in your CCG
area that provide direct access audiology (this is to
include ALL providers, including NHS, third sector,
independent sector and other). Barnsley Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust
7. Please list the names and addresses (locations) of
ALL providers that deliver adult hearing services in
your CCG area - Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation
Trust Gawber Road Barnsley S75 2EP
8. If you do not use AQP to commission adult hearing
services, please can you list the number of new
providers of this service since April 2012 (state 0 if no
new providers introduced) - 0
FoI 79
- received 09 June 2014
Barnsley CCG received a Programme Baseline allocation of
I would like to request information on the total budget allocated by NHS £339,802k and a Running Cost allocation of £6,100k for the
England to the CCG for the financial year 2013-2014.
financial year 2013/14.
FoI 80 – received 10 June 2014
My wife and I are looking to have a self funded ICSI cycle and am
wondering if you could email me the cost with your CCG for 1 full cycle
including prescription/medication costs asap. We have had 2 free NHS
cycles on the NHS with Liverpool CCG (1st cycle was unsuccessful
and 2nd cycle was successful and Alex is now 3 years old) although
we have had 2 failed attempts since with remaining eggs in storage.
We are looking to start treatment in 1 months time (next period) and
have been quoted approx £4200 total cost at the Dogus IVF Clinic in
Cyprus but would prefer to have the treatment in the UK if possible for
Barnsley CCG does not commission ICSI on private rate and
pays the NHS agreed rate. The cost of this may differ to
services accessed privately. For up to date prices for a private
cycle of ICSI you would need to contact the providers of these
services and not commissioners.
a similar price. I know prices vary from £3000 - £8000 from CCG to
CCG so would very much appreciate if you could reply with your price
asap. If you need to know any more info then please don't hesitate to
ask.
FoI No: 81
received – 11 June 2014
Please provide a list of all contracts awarded by competitive
procurement or tender by the CCG (or the predecessor PCT) during
2012/13 and 2013/14. A contract is considered to have been
"awarded" at the point when the contract was signed
For each contract, please state which CCGs it covers, which CCG led
the procurement, or for PCT tenders, which PCT ran the tender
procurement.
Please note that NHS England have confirmed to me that CCGs *are*
responsible for handling FOI requests relating to predecessor PCTs,
where the service in question is one that CCGs are now responsible
for. NHS England is only responsible for PCT legacy requests where
responsibility for the service has transferred to NHS England since
April 2013. Therefore, for question 1 please exclude any contracts for
services that are now the responsibility of NHS England (or any other
third party, such as local authorities), but include those that remain the
responsibility of CCGs. Given NHS England's position on this, any
blanket exemption applied to PCT-era tenders will be appealed.
2. For each contract listed in response to question 1, please state
which bidder was awarded the contract, the contract start and end
dates, and the full-term value of the contract (an estimate will suffice).
3. For each contract listed in response to question 1, please list all
Barnsley PCT during 2012/13 and Barnsley CCG during
2013/14 did not award any contracts by comparative
procurement or tendering.
bidders for the contract and provide the tender evaluation and bid
scoring information for each bidder.
The bid scoring for the successful bidder should be disclosed in all
circumstances. If the CCG regards the information requested in q3
regarding failed bidders as exempt under section 43 (please see
discussion of section 43 further down), please adopt the following
alternative approach:
FOI 82 Rc’d 11/06/14
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please send me a copy of a
report by the chief finance officer presented to the CCG's finance and
performance committee meeting held on May 1 giving an update on
progress relating to contract negotiations for 2014-15.
FOI 83
UPDATE ON
CONTRACTING CYCLE (REDACTED).pdf
Rc’d 13/06/14
1. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available
to customers over a network, typically the Internet.
2. E-commerce hosting is a business that furnishes merchants with solutions for selling their merchandise online. The merchant is typically billed
monthly for using space on the hosting company's server. Software is also leased for online order processing. E-commerce hosting businesses usuall
manage all the technical facets of commercial website development and maintenance for their clients. E-commerce hosting can also include electronic
data interchange (EDI).
3. Exchange Hosting is a service in the telecommunications industry whereby a provider makes a Microsoft e-mail box and space available on a serv
so its clients can host their data on the server. The provider manages the hosted data of its clients on the server.
4. Web Hosting is the activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites.
5. VOIP Hosting is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol
(IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms commonly associated with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB),
broadband telephony, IP communications, and broadband phone service.
6. Contact Centre: A hosted contact centre offers all the utilities associated with running a customer service outfit with a pay-as-you-go plan. This
means that managers don’t need to buy prohibitively expensive hardware, instead they can add software as needed and get deeper in their
involvement as they grow.
7. Unified communications is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, telephony, video
conferencing, data sharing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging.
Please can you see the attached file and fill the information into the space provided (Contract1-8). If none of the contract above apply to the
organisation please can you state the reasons why. If however the services i have request is hosted internally please can you state this within the
response as well as providing me information on the annual average spend and the internal contact for that particular type of hosting.
FOI 84
Rc’d 16/06/14
I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000
1. what is your organisations policy on the use of social media?
2. do you provide guidance for employees regarding the use of social
media outside of work? what is this guidance?
1. what is your organisations policy on the use of social media?
See the Internet Policy on the CCG’s website
http://www.barnsleyccg.nhs.uk/strategies-policies-andplans.htm
2. do you provide guidance for employees regarding the use of
social media outside of work? what is this guidance? See
especially Section 5.5 of the Internet Policy.
3. how many conduct issues did you have in 2011, 2012 and
2013 relating to the use of social media? The CCG only came
into existence on 1 April 2013. As such we have no data for
2011 and 2012. There were no conduct issues relating to the
4. How many of these cases resulted in the employees dismissal? How use of social media in 2013.
many received written warnings?
4. How many of these cases resulted in the employees
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this request & I look
dismissal? How many received written warnings? The CCG
forward to hearing from you
only came into existence on 1 April 2013. As such we have no
data for 2011 and 2012. There were no dismissals or written
warnings relating to the use of social media in 2013.
3. how many conduct issues did you have in 2011, 2012 and 2013
relating to the use of social media?
FoI 85 – received 17 June 2014
Please could you provide data on the number of haemorrhoid
surgeries commissioned by your trust in the period January 2013 to
May 2014. If possible can this be broken down into:



Copy of FOI 85.xls
Number of Haemorrhoidectomies (OPCS Code H51.1)
Number of Stapled Haemorrhoidectomies (OPCS Code H51.3)
Number of Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligations (OPCS Code L70.3)
[can be accompanied by an ICD10 code 184 and or OPCS
Y53.2 & H53.8)
FoI No 86 – received 19 June 2014
I would like any information held on how many GPs on the board of
Barnsley CCG have financial interests in private GP practices. What
percentage of the board does this make up if any?
Of the 15 Members of Barnsley CCG’s Governing Body, 7
(46%) are GPs. All 7 are partners in local GP Practices and
therefore have financial interests in those practices.
FOI 87 - recd 20 June 2014
The CCG do not currently hold this information. We hold
Provider information on the numbers of patients for services
which we commission, but do not commission primary care
services.
Please confirm the total number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in
your CCG area
2. Please confirm the total spend of your CCG on (a) rheumatoid
arthritis (b) musculoskeletal conditions and (c) long-term conditions
3. Please confirm which rheumatology units you are currently
commissioning to deliver the Best Practice Tariff on Early Inflammatory
Arthritis
4. Please confirm to what extent your CCG (a) is aware of
Commissioning for Quality in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CQRA) guidance
The Primary Care Quality and Outcomes Framework provides
information on numbers of rheumatoid arthritis patients under
RA001 indicator set. www.hscic.gov.uk
The CCG additionally commission a local primary care service
which currently manages 869 Barnsley patients taking
DMARD's jointly with secondary care clinicians.
We do not hold this information broken down under the
conditions requested.
and (b) utilises CQRA guidance, particularly in relation to: (i) remission, The HSCIC will hold information on medicines spend in these
(ii) treatment within six weeks of referral (iii) and the percentage of
clinical areas ( as in response 1). I would specify a
patients receiving a monthly assessment
timeframe if making a request. They may also hold information
on Provider HRG codes broken down to clinical conditions.
5. Please outline what guidance you use when developing services for Barnsley Hospital National Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching
patients with rheumatoid arthritis within your CCG
Hospital, Rotherham Foundation Trust, Doncaster & Bassetlaw
Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Mid
Yorkshire. 6 Acute providers currently have contracts with
Barnsley CCG. These contracts include the Best Practice Tariff
on Early Inflammatory Arthritis
The CCG is aware of CQC guidance.
Current Providers report only their performance against the
standard 18 week wait , however providers would undertake
their own internal clinical audit and would hold this information.
The CCG would take key national guidance into consideration
when it develops RA services . It would currently focus on
NICE pathways for RA and the CMG51 Commission Guidance,
produced by NICE in June 2013.
FOI 88 – Rec’d 20 June 2014
1. Please can you provide copies of the CCG's 'black' and 'grey'
lists of medicines (or equivalent), which describe the medicines
that locally should not be prescribed or are subject to
restrictions. Please provide reasons in each instance why the
CCG says the medicine in question should not be prescribed or
is subject to restricted use.
2. Please can you indicate which medicines included on the CCG's
'black' or 'grey' lists have received a positive recommendation in
The Barnsley CCG does not have any blacklisted medicines
The Barnsley CCG has a "Grey" list of medicines ( none of
these are medicines which have received a positive NICE
TA recommendation). I attach the link to the current list below
and I have also attached the latest Barnsley Traffic Light List.
GREY LIST
APC does not recommend for use or only in restricted
circumstances.
a NICE Technology Appraisal.
Criteria for classification
1) Lack of data on effectiveness compared with standard
therapy.
2) Lack of data on safety compared with standard therapy.
3) Known increase in risk of adverse events compared with
standard therapy.
4) Lack of data on cost-effectiveness compared with standard
therapy.
5) Less cost-effective than current standard therapy.
6) NICE (or other National) guidance does not recommend its
use.
http://www.barnsleyccg.nhs.uk/membersprofessionals/traffic-lights.htm
Copy of Copy of 10 Traffic light list - 020714.xls
FOI 89 – Rec’d 20 June 2014
Please provide:
1.
1. The CCG spend on mental health services in the financial
years 2013/14 and
2014/15:
2.
a) to the nearest £1000;
and
b)
as a percentage of total CCG spend
3.
Copy of FoI 89.xls
4.
2. The total CCG spend on acute services in the financial
years 2013/14 and 2014/15:
a) to the nearest £1000; and
b) as a percentage of total CCG spend
5.
3. Any equality impact assessment carried out ahead of
setting the mental health services budget for 2014/15.
4. In the 2014/15 National Tariff Payment System document
from Monitor and NHS England, the following recommendation
was
made in regard to price adjustments for 2014/15
budgets. This refers to locally determined prices, negotiated by
local commissioners (such as CCGs) and providers, for services
where there is no national price i.e. mental health, ambulance
and some acute services.
FOI 90 – Rcd 23/06/14
1. HOW MUCH MONEY DID THE CCG SPEND ON
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENTS AND SERVICES IN THE
FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-14?
2. PLEASE BREAK DOWN THIS FIGURE BY TYPE OF
TREATMENT OR SERVICE.
3. DO YOU HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY ON THE FUNDING OF
1. BARNSLEY CCG DO NOT CONTRACT OR EXPEND ON
ANY HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENTS.
2. BARNSLEY CCG DOES NOT HAVE A POLICY RELATING
TO HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENTS.
3. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CONTRACTS WITH
HOMEOPATHIC PROVIDERS.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENTS OR SERVICES? IF SO,
PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY.
4. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTRACTS WITH HOMEOPATHY
PROVIDERS TO WHOM YOU MAY REFER PATIENTS? IF
SO, PLEASE (I) CONFIRM WITH WHOM YOU HAVE
CONTRACTS AND (II) PROVIDE COPIES OF THE
CONTRACTS.
FoI No: 91 – received 24 June 2014
1) A list of current employees within your IT/IM & T Departments;
including job titles, email address, contact details and structure
chart.
2) The number of temporary staff from employment agencies have
been employed by your organisation over the last 12 months,
and a breakdown of this, by job title and rate banding (ie 5 x
helpdesk analysts (band 4).
As a Clinical Commissioning Group, Barnsley CCG do not
direct employ IM+T staff. The lead commissioner for IM+T
services within the CCG is Cheryl Hobson, contactable on
01226 433755, email [email protected] – PA to Cheryl
Hobson.
The CCG contracts with a 3rd party IM+T delivery partner for all
its IM+T services.
The CCG have not employed any IM+T agency staff over the
last 12 months.
FoI No: 92 – received 25 June 2014
Please see attached Barnsley CCG’s list for 14/15 CQUINS
1. Copies of the quality indicator scheme(s) covering community
nursing services for 2014/2015. If you don't have indicators specifically
for community nursing, it would nevertheless be extremely useful for us
to have a copy of the community service quality indicators so that we
can undertake a nationwide comparison, particularly details of any
CQUINS which your providers of community services for adults are
2. Confirmation of the provider(s) of your community nursing
services and indication of the nature of this provision, eg NHS,
social enterprise, voluntary organisation or private; Barnsley
CCG’s provider for these services is South West Yorkshire
Partnership Foundation Trust (SWYPFT)
expected to meet;
2. Confirmation of the provider(s) of your community nursing services
and indication of the nature of this provision, eg NHS, social enterprise,
voluntary organisation or private;
3. Details (names, job titles and contact details) of all those who
commission community nursing services for your CCG (including any
links with other CCGs/ CSU). I'm aware that this may be several
people, depending on how your CCG operates this service.
FoI No 93 – received 25 June 2016
Please provide the following information:
CCG Commissioner responsible for commissioning services such as
anticoagulation:
Name:
Position:
Email:
Tel:
CCG Clinical lead:
Name
Position:
Email:
Tel:
CCG Head of IT procurement:
Name:
Position:
Email:
3. Details (names, job titles and contact details) of all those
who commission community nursing services for your
CCG (including any links with other CCGs/ CSU). The
contact for Barnsley CCG would be Alison Salt, Head of
Non-Acute Contracts
CQUIN 2014-15
Final.docx
CCG Commissioner responsible for commissioning services
such as anticoagulation:
Name:
Barnsley CCG is the Commissioner
Position:
N/A
Email:
Tel:
CCG Clinical lead:
Name
Dr Mehrban Ghani
Position:
Medical Director
Email:
Tel:
Dr Ghani’s PA 01226 433742
CCG Head of IT procurement:
Name:
Patrick Otway
Position:
Deputy Chief Finance Office/Contracting
Email:
[email protected]
Tel:
01226 433627
CCG Medicines Management Lead:
Name:
Christine Lawson
Tel:
CCG Medicines Management Lead:
Name:
Position:
Email:
Tel:
Position:
Email:
Tel:
Head of Medicines Management
[email protected]
01226 433777
FoI No 94 – received 27 June 2014
FoI No: 95 – received 30 June 2014
1.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies in total in 2013/14?
2.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for IAPT per
head of population in 2013/14?
3.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for IAPT per
head of the prevalence population in 2013/14?
4.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for IAPT in
total in 2014/15?
5.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for IAPT per
head of population in 2014/15?
6.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for IAPT per head of
the prevalence population in 2014/15?
1.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for Improving
Access to Psychological Therapies in total in 2013/14?
£2,259,866.01
2.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for IAPT
per head of population in 2013/14? Barnsley CCG is
unable to provide a breakdown to this level.
3.
How much funding did the CCG allocate for IAPT
per head of the prevalence population in 2013/14?
Barnsley CCG is unable to provide a breakdown to this
level.
4.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for
IAPT in total in 2014/15? £2,223,497
5.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for
IAPT per head of population in 2014/15? Barnsley CCG
is unable to provide a breakdown to this level.
6.
How much funding has the CCG allocated for IAPT per
head of the prevalence population in 2014/15? Barnsley CCG
is unable to provide a breakdown to this level.
FoI No: 96 – received 30 June 2014
1.
What are the current average waiting times from referral to the
first treatment session for Step 2 therapies?
2.
What are the current average waiting times from referral
to the first treatment session for Step 3 therapies?
3.
What are the current average waiting times from referral
to the first treatment session for Step 4 therapies?
4.
What was the average waiting time from referral to first
treatment session in 2013/14 for Step 2 therapies?
5.
What was the average waiting time from referral to first
treatment session in 2013/14 for Step 3 therapies?
6.
What was the average waiting time from referral to first
treatment session in 2013/14 for Step 4 therapies?
7.
What is the current average waiting times for children
from referral to assessment in a Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services tier 2 service?
8.
What is the current average waiting times for children
from referral to assessment in a Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services tier 3 service?
9.
What was the average waiting time in 2013/14 for children
from referral to assessment in a CAMHS tier 2 service?
10. What was the average waiting time in 2013/14 for children from
referral to assessment in a CAMHS tier 3 service?
FoI No: 97 – received 30 June 2014
1.
What funding did you allocate to your community mental
health team in total in 2013/14?
2.
What funding did you allocate to your community mental
health team per head of population in 2013/14?
3.
What funding did you allocate to your community mental
health team per head of the prevalence population in 2013/14?
4.
What funding have you allocated to your community
Barnsley CCG does not hold this information
1.
What funding did you allocate to your community
mental health team in total in 2013/14?
Barnsley CCG allocated £5,101,778 in 13/14
2.
What funding did you allocate to your community
mental health team per head of population in
2013/14?
Based on 2011 census, Barnsley CCG allocated
£2206.45
mental health team in total for 2014/15?
5.
What funding have you allocated to your community
mental health team per head of population for 2014/15?
6.
What funding have you allocated to your community
mental health team per head of the prevalence population for
2014/15?
7.
What funding did you allocate to your mental health crisis
resolution team in total in 2013/14?
8.
What funding did you allocate to your mental health crisis
resolution team per head of population in 2013/14?
9.
What funding did you allocate to your mental health crisis
resolution team per head of the prevalence population in
2013/14?
10. What funding have you allocated to your mental health
crisis resolution team in total in 2013/14?
11. What funding have you allocated to your mental health
crisis resolution team per head of population in 2013/14?
12. What funding have you allocated to your mental health
crisis resolution team per head of the prevalence population in
2013/14?
13. What was the average waiting time from referral to
assessment by the mental health crisis resolution team in
2013/14?
14. What is the current average waiting time from referral to
assessment by the mental health crisis resolution team?
3.
What funding did you allocate to your community
mental health team per head of the prevalence
population in 2013/14?
The CCG are unable to provide this level of detail.
4.
What funding have you allocated to your
community mental health team in total for 2014/15?
Allocated funding of £5,101,672 has been allocated for
14/15
5.
What funding have you allocated to your
community mental health team per head of population
for 2014/15?
Based on 2011 census the CCG have allocated
£2170.94
6.
What funding have you allocated to your
community mental health team per head of the
prevalence population for 2014/15?
The CCG are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
7.
What funding did you allocate to your mental
health crisis resolution team in total in 2013/14?
£1,660,557 was allocated in 13/14
8.
What funding did you allocate to your mental
health crisis resolution team per head of population in
2013/14?
Based on 2011 census the CCG allocated £718.17
9.
What funding did you allocate to your mental
health crisis resolution team per head of the prevalence
population in 2013/14?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
10. What funding have you allocated to your mental
health crisis resolution team in total in 2013/14?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
11. What funding have you allocated to your mental
health crisis resolution team per head of population in
2013/14?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
12. What funding have you allocated to your mental
health crisis resolution team per head of the prevalence
population in 2013/14?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
13. What was the average waiting time from referral to
assessment by the mental health crisis resolution team
in 2013/14?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed
information.
14. What is the current average waiting time from
referral to assessment by the mental health crisis
resolution team?
We are unable to provide this level of detailed information
FoI No: 98 – received 30 June 2014
1)
The number of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in the
CCG's geographical area, and the provider of each centre
2)
The start and end date of the contract for each SARC
3)
A list of losing bidders for each SARC the most recent time the
SARC was procured (please provide the date the contract was signed
1)
The number of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs)
in the CCG's geographical area, and the provider of each
centre – none in Barnsley . Rotherham Foundation Trust is the
nearest which is commissioned by NHS England
2)
The start and end date of the contract for each SARC
N/A
3)
A list of losing bidders for each SARC the most recent
time the SARC was procured (please provide the date the
with the winning bidder)
contract was signed with the winning bidder) N/A
4)
Details of whether any of the listed SARCs cover other CCGs'
geographical areas
4)
Details of whether any of the listed SARCs cover other
CCGs' geographical areas N/A
FoI No: 99 – received 30 June 2014
1. A list of Blood Glucose Meters and corresponding testing
strips which are included in the formulary used by
primary care prescribers in the CCG.
2. For each of the blood glucose monitors/ blood glucose
testing strips listed under 1, please can you:
a) Provide the date of formulary decision (month and
year)
b) Provide a date for formulary review if any has
been set
c) Confirm or deny the existence of a rebate
agreement between the manufacturer and the
CCG.
1.
A list of Blood Glucose Meters and corresponding
testing strips which are included in the formulary used by
primary care prescribers in the CCG.
Please see the link below to the Diabetes guidance BGT page
46 onwards
http://www.barnsleyccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Members/Medicines
%20management/Prescribing%20Guidelines/Barnsley%20Dia
betes%20Guidelines%20-%20April%202014.pdf
2.
For each of the blood glucose monitors/ blood glucose
testing strips listed under 1, please can you:
a)
Provide the date of formulary decision (month and year)
Guidance date is in the document
b)
Provide a date for formulary review if any has been set
Review of list will be around December 2014; but no
date fixed as yet
c)
Confirm or deny the existence of a rebate agreement
between the manufacturer and the CCG.
We have no rebate agreement with any of the
manufacturers of meters listed
FoI No: 100 – received 30 June 2014
1. The planned CCG spend on mental health services for the
This is a request for information about NHS Barnsley Clinical
Commissioning Group's budget in 2013/14 and 2014/15. We wish to
ensure we are using comparable data for 2013/14 and 2014/15 and
therefore would request funding information from the planned budgets
for 2013/14 and 2014/15, not details of actual spend. We anticipate
these budgets will have been signed off in February/March 2013 and
2014 respectively and the information should be held by your Finance
Department.
Please provide the following:
1. The planned CCG spend on mental health services for the financial
years 2013/14 and 2014/15:
a)
b)
to the nearest £1000; and
as a percentage of total CCG budget
2. The planned CCG spend on acute services for the financial years
2013/14 and 2014/15:
a)
b)
to the nearest £1000; and
as a percentage of total CCG budget
3. Documentation for any equality impact assessment carried out
ahead of setting the mental health services budget for 2014/15. If an
equality impact assessment was not done specifically for the budget,
then please send through documentation for any equality impact
assessment done ahead of developing the 2014/15 commissioning
plan.
4. In the 2014/15 National Tariff Payment System document from
Monitor and NHS England, the following recommendation was made in
financial years 2013/14 and 2014/15:
a)
b)
to the nearest £1000; and
as a percentage of total CCG budget
2. The planned CCG spend on acute services for the financial
years 2013/14 and 2014/15:
a)
b)
to the nearest £1000; and
as a percentage of total CCG budget
3. Documentation for any equality impact assessment carried
out ahead of setting the mental health services budget for
2014/15. If an equality impact assessment was not done
specifically for the budget, then please send through
documentation for any equality impact assessment done ahead
of developing the 2014/15 commissioning plan.
4. In the 2014/15 National Tariff Payment System document
from Monitor and NHS England, the following recommendation
was made in regard to price adjustments for 2014/15 budgets.
This refers to locally determined prices, negotiated by local
commissioners (such as CCGs) and providers, for services
where there is no national price i.e. mental health, ambulance
and some acute services.
“This adjustment also has direct implications for locally
determined prices. Under our rules for locally determined
prices (described in Section 7), where local prices already exist
for services without a national price, commissioners and
providers should have regard to the cost uplift factors and
efficiency requirements in the 2014/15 National Tariff Payment
regard to price adjustments for 2014/15 budgets. This refers to locally
determined prices, negotiated by local commissioners (such as CCGs)
and providers, for services where there is no national price i.e. mental
health, ambulance and some acute services.
“This adjustment also has direct implications for locally determined
prices. Under our rules for locally determined prices (described in
Section 7), where local prices already exist for services without a
national price, commissioners and providers should have regard to the
cost uplift factors and efficiency requirements in the 2014/15 National
Tariff Payment System when agreeing prices. These factors and
requirements should therefore be used as the basis for local
negotiation. Some costs uplifts however reflect costs which apply only
in relation to certain parts of the sector (e.g. costs which apply to acute
services but not community services).
System when agreeing prices. These factors and requirements
should therefore be used as the basis for local negotiation.
Some costs uplifts however reflect costs which apply only in
relation to certain parts of the sector (e.g. costs which apply to
acute services but not community services).
For the avoidance of doubt, the nominal price adjustments that
should be used as the basis for local negotiation are:


-1.5% for acute services; and
-1.8% for non-acute services.” (page 93)
c) Could you indicate whether the Clinical
Commissioning Group:
i.
For the avoidance of doubt, the nominal price adjustments that should
be used as the basis for local negotiation are:


ii.
-1.5% for acute services; and
-1.8% for non-acute services.” (page 93)
a) Could you indicate whether the Clinical Commissioning
Group:
d) If (ii), could you indicate whether the Clinical
Commissioning Group:
i.
i.
ii.
Applied the price adjustments for acute services (1.5%) and non-acute services (-1.8%), as outlined in
the guidance above; or
Applied different price adjustments to those outlined
in the guidance above
b) If (ii), could you indicate whether the Clinical
Applied the price adjustments for acute
services (-1.5%) and non-acute services (1.8%), as outlined in the guidance above; or
Applied different price adjustments to those
outlined in the guidance above
ii.
iii.
Applied the same price adjustment to both
acute and non-acute services; or
Applied a greater price reduction to nonacute services than acute service; or
Applied a greater price reduction to acute
than non-acute services
Commissioning Group:
i.
ii.
iii.
Applied the same price adjustment to both acute and
non-acute services; or
Applied a greater price reduction to non-acute
services than acute service; or
Applied a greater price reduction to acute than nonacute services