FOI Ref: 0090FOI1920 

15th August 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  

1. Over the past three financial years (2016/17 to 2018/19 inclusive), in instances where your CCG has awarded contracts to private providers (i.e. non-NHS, independent sector providers, excluding charities and social enterprise) to provide NHS services, how many have been ended by the private providers before the end of the contracted period?

Please provide the following details where possible:

a. The name of the provider

b. The length and value of the contract, and the nature of the service being provided

c. The reason for the premature termination

d. The amount of time left to run on the contract at the point at which it was terminated.

e. How continuity of service was guaranteed following the termination

f. If any termination payment was paid, and how much that payment was (i.e. was any money paid to compensate for the premature cancellation of the contract)  

No private providers have terminated early.

2. Over the same period, has the CCG prematurely terminated any contracts with private providers to provide NHS services before the end of the contracted period? As before, please provide details where possible. 

Sheffield CCG have not terminated any contracts early.

3. How many contracts in total has the CCG awarded to private providers over the same period? 

This information is in the public domain and available on the CCG website https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/