Internal Reference Number: FOI_8805
Date Request Received: 28/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 18/09/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Use of public money
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: This Freedom of Information request is regarding the 'Use of Public Money' - please provide me with information detailed below under the Freedom of Information Act. Which hospitals are included in the BSW Hospital Group? | |
| Answer To Question 1: SA国际传媒 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Question Number 2: How much money has been spent on consultancy firms to support the BSW Hospital Group model - this should include the implementation of the group model including any organisation who is supporting and or making recommendations. The time periods for this question is financial years 23/ 24 and 24 /25 to the date you have received this FOI. | |
| Answer To Question 2: 路 23-24. n/a 路 April 24 鈥� May 24 - Carnell Farrar. The contract value is commercially sensitive. 路 December 24 鈥� July 25 - AlignOrg Solutions LLC. The contract value is commercially sensitive. 路 April 25 鈥� July 25 support from Teneo. This contract value is for future publication on the Trust鈥檚 website. | |
| Question Number 3: Are there any members of the consultancy firm/s being used by the BSW Hospital Group model who are actually employed and/or have a part time or substantive contract at any of the hospitals mentioned in the answer to Q1. | |
| Answer To Question 3: No | |
| Question Number 4: If yes to question 3, has the relevant declaration of interest/conflict of interest been completed. If so, is it publicly available. | |
| Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
| Question Number 5: If yes to question 3, what are their job titles/position. | |
| Answer To Question 5: N/A | |
| Question Number 6: Were the consultancy company/ies selected through a fair, open and robust tender process? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Yes. A competitive tender exercise was completed for Transitional Support for our 25-26 BSW Hospitals Group Development Programme or a single tender waiver was issued where the value did not require a full tender exercise, as per our standing financial instructions. | |
| Question Number 7: If answer to question 5 is yes - what framework was used? | |
| Answer To Question 7: o Framework Agreement: NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health Lot 1 Business, leadership, management, governance, structure & strategy Framework. o Framework Agreement Reference No: SBS10197 o Invitation to Tender released: 19th December 2024 | |
| Question Number 8: If answer to question 5 is no and there was no tender process why was that. | |
| Answer To Question 8: 路 AlignOrg Solutions LLC Single Tender Waiver agreed by Chief Executive Officer, in accordance with Trust policy and processes. | |
| Question Number 9: What are the total savings that each Informatics team, at each Trust, have been set for 25/26? What is this made up of e.g staffing, hardware, software etc | |
| Answer To Question 9: No available information as we are still developing the digital services model. | |
| Question Number 10: Please provide a link to your current list of board members. | |
| Answer To Question 10: /about-us/the-trust-board/trust-board/ | |
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