Request
Below is a Freedom of Information request.
The purpose of this request is to help drawing a picture of ICT in the health sector. The results will be used in aggregated form.
I do understand that for some organisations, information will not always be available and broken down the way I ask for it (see below). However, any information which you are able to provide would be most helpful and appreciated.
The aggregated findings will contribute to an online service which delivers spend data, forecasted spend, organisation profiles, news and analysis about the public sector in the UK. OGC, UKTI and the Treasury are users of this service. This helps the leading ICT and BPO suppliers to government to understand public sector end user markets.
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act please provide me by email with answers to the following questions:
1) Could you please provide us with your organisation's 2010/11 and 2011/12 total ICT budget or estimate?
2) Could you please provide us with your ICT budget and spend for 2010/11 and 2011/12 for the following product and service categories. Please provide the name of the largest suppliers for each category and the top three product (brand) names (for hardware only).
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Largest suppliers
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Where possible, most important brands
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Hardware
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Desktop computers
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Portable computers
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Servers
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IT consumables
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Network equipment
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Storage
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Peripherals
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Total hardware
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Software
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Application licences
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Middleware licences
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System licences
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Total software
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Services
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Hardware maintenance
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Software maintenance
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Custom software
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IT outsourcing
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Managed comms
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IT consultancy
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Training
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System integration
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Total services
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Telecoms
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Fixed line
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Networking equipment
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Wireless
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Total telecommunications
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Staff
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Total staff
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3) If you have allocated spend in the IT outsourcing category, please identify which categories of IT service - as per the table below - are included in the contract(s) involved. If the relative percentages of spend are readily available (ie if you procure for these elements separately) then please also indicate these.
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Hosting
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Desktop
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Application Development
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Application Management
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Service Integration and Management
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4) Please indicate how you expect the total ICT budget for 2012/13 and 2013/14 to change for your organisation:
Please tick just one answer per year
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2012/13
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2013/14
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(a) increase by more than 10%
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(b) increase by less than 10%
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(c) remain the same
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(d) decrease by up to 10%
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(e) decrease by more than 10%
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I look forward to receiving the information requested as soon as possible and in any event within 20 working days of receipt.
We have enclosed an Excel spreadsheet so that you can populate the cells and send it back to us. This should make the data collation easier for yourselves, but of course we are happy to receive the information in any format available.
In the unlikely event that this information is not already available in a standard electronic format, could you please provide it in another format
Our reponse
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of ICT spend.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do not hold all of the information that you have requested. However, the information that we do hold can be found in the pdf attachment.
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 Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
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
