Internal Reference Number: FOI_8464
Date Request Received: 17/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/03/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Patient transport services
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request information relating to Patient Transport Services in the NHS Trust. I have set out the information I require below: - Please can you outline the procurement process for Patient Transport Service contracts. | |
Answer To Question 1: The tender was run as an open tender. | |
Question Number 2: - What is the criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts. | |
Answer To Question 2: Eligibility Criteria for Non-Urgent Patient Transport NUPT– Department of Health May 2022. Thereafter referred to as the 2022 guidance. | |
Question Number 3: - Which organisation sets the criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts. | |
Answer To Question 3: Bath and Northeast Somerset, Gloucestershire. Swindon and Wiltshire (BGSW) health community. | |
Question Number 4: - Which organisation decides the successful bid for Patient Transport Service contracts. | |
Answer To Question 4: Wiltshire ICB delegated the authority to Salisbury Foundation Trust to undertake the bid process. | |
Question Number 5: - Is there any criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts attached to terms and conditions and pay of staff. | |
Answer To Question 5: No | |
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