FOI Ref: 0127FOI2021

14^th December 2020

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

I am writing to request the following:

1. How much money was spent with private mental health care providers by your CCG for patients who were referred for inpatient or outpatient services in the last four years (2017, 2018,2019 and 2020 so far)? Please break this down by:

a) year of payment

b) private provider who received payment and state how much was given

c) If possible, service provided (ie inpatient treatment/ eating disorder care). However, if this bit goes over the cost threshold then please ignore it.

As an example:

2018 - £200,000 to private providers

Cygnet - XX - £XX for inpatient services for eating disorders

Priory – XX

Sheffield CCG does not hold all the information you request. Please see the table below for the total spend for mental health care providers that is commissioned through Non Contract Activity (the table response is also attached in a csv format as requested).

For any further information your require please contact Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust  at  foi@shsc.nhs.uk who hold the budget for out of city acute and rehabilitation inpatient beds.

Provider	2017	2018	2019	2020	Type
INSIGHT HEALTHCARE LTD		£510.00			Outpatient
NAVIGO	£2,325.00	£637.50	£1,275.00	£525.00	Outpatient
TRENT PTS			£50.00		Outpatient
Lighthouse Healthcare		£169,319.63			Inpatient

2. How many complaints has your trust received about the private providers you used in the last four years (2017, 2018,2019 and 2020 so far)? Please break this down by private provider (if possible) and say whether any of the complaints led to financial compensation for the patient, and if so how much was received. If further action was taken - such as cancellation of further contacts - please state this.

As an example:

2017 - 230 complaints received

Cygnet - XX - including £XX compensation to patient and review of contract

Priory – XX

The CCG has not received any complaints about private mental health care providers in the last four years.

3. What is the most amount of money given to a private mental health care provider for a single patient in the last four years? Please say who received the payment and what specific issue it was for (ie rehabilitation, eating disorder support)

£169,319.63 to Lighthouse Healthcare for Rehabilitation.​