FOI Ref: 0038FOI1920

12^th June 2019

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request/ Response

Under the freedom of information please could I request the following information

1. The name and email address of the people within your CCG that hold the following job titles: 

- Managing Director - Brian Hughes, (Acting) Deputy Accountable Officer

- Senior Commissioners & Commissioners

Heads of Commissioning:

• Mental Health Commissioning Portfolio – sheccg.mhldportfolio@nhs.net
• Elective Care – sheccg.electivecare@nhs.net
• Children, Young People and Maternity Portfolio – sheccg.childrenscommissioning@nhs.net
• Urgent Care – sheccg.urgentcare@nhs.net
• Care Outside of Hospital – sheccg.ltcportfolio@nhs.net
• Primary Care – sheffieldccg.primarycare@nhs.net 

- Operations Director/COO - Brian Hughes, Director of Commissioning and Deputy Accountable Officer

- Head of Planning - Brian Hughes, Director of Commissioning and Deputy Accountable Officer

- Transformation Director - Nicki Doherty, Director of Delivery, Care Outside of Hospital

- QIPP Lead (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) - Brian Hughes, Director of Commissioning and Deputy Accountable Officer

- CCG Chairman - Dr Tim Moorhead

- Head of Primary Care Services - Nicki Doherty, Director of Delivery, Care Outside of Hospital

2. Does the CCG use Referral Management Centres (RMCs), and if so, please provide name(s) of RMCs? No

3. What was the CCG’s annual spend on RMCs in 2018/19? (if not available, please provide figures for 2017/18. N/A

4. Does the CCG have any initiatives to reduce the amount of spend with RMCs in the next financial year? N/A

5. Who is the person responsible for this? N/A

6. Please confirm the percentage of GPs within the CCG that use the e-referral system (eRS)? 100%

7. Who is responsible within the CCG for saving GP’s time? Led by Primary Care Team

8. Who is responsible within the CCG for reducing hospital referral waiting times? Head of Commissioning, Elective Care

9. Who is responsible within the CCG for reporting patient flow data? Better Care Fund Manager

10. Does the CCG use set local referral pathways for GPs? Yes

11. Who is responsible for recommending these local referral pathways to GPs? CCG

12. Does the CCG have quality improvement targets for reducing the number of hospital referrals? Aim to achieve national expectations around reduction in variation and quality improvements.

13. Who is responsible for this? Head of Commissioning, Elective Care

14. Who is the STP lead for service improvement/transformation?

South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System has a range of programme directors and senior responsible officers leading on transformation. Please email helloworkingtogether@nhs.net if you wish to be connected with leads for individual areas of work.

15. Who is the STP lead for referral management services? South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System does not have a referral management service.