Request
Can you tell me what NHS COINs operate within the SHA footprint and provide the lead contact details for each please.
By COIN I mean the Community of Interest IT Networks that link local Trusts together.
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of NHS Community of Interest IT Networks (COIN).
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested, which is as follows:-
Derbyshire - Andrew Wall, Head of Derbyshire Health Informatics Service (hosted by Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) http://www.derbyshirecountypct.nhs.uk/. Covers NHS East Midlands, local Primary Care Trusts (PCTS), Derbyshire Mental Health Trust.
Lincolnshire – lead contacts Nigel Gay or Robert Thornley at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT). Covers ULHT, NHS Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Nottinghamshire Health Care (NHC) lead contact James Smith based at Kings Mill Hospital. Covers NHC sites throughout the County.
Nottinghamshire - Lead contact Mike Press, Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Services
http://www.nnotts.nhs.uk/ based at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Covers local PCTs, Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and some Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust sites.
The following link to our website will enable you to contact constituent organisations:-
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/the-local-nhs/nhs-organisations/
I can confirm that there is not a COIN at Leicester or Northamptonshire.
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Kevin Orford
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
