FOI/2025/26/418

Your request below:

 

1. Does the trust offer cardiometabolic services (covering any form of cardiometabolic, cardiology, cardiovascular services or a community service that covers cardiology care including those delivered by another provider)?

 

If yes:

 

2. For each service and/or contract identified in the answer to #1, please provide the following schedules as included in the contract the Trust holds:

 

Schedule 2A or equivalent: Service Specification that describes the service (whether standalone or integrated in a broader Service Specification)

Schedule 3A, 3B or 3C or equivalents: Describing national currencies and any local prices that apply to the services

 

Our response below in Blue:

 

1. Does the trust offer cardiometabolic services (covering any form of cardiometabolic, cardiology, cardiovascular services or a community service that covers cardiology care including those delivered by another provider)?

 

If yes:

 

This service is provided in our Hertfordshire, South West and Outer North West Division. For more information, please find the link to our website, https://clch.nhs.uk/services

 

2. For each service and/or contract identified in the answer to #1, please provide the following schedules as included in the contract the Trust holds:

 

Schedule 2A or equivalent: Service Specification that describes the service (whether standalone or integrated in a broader Service Specification) Please find attached the Service Specification documents attached.

 

Schedule 3A, 3B or 3C or equivalents: Describing national currencies and any local prices that apply to the services

 

Central London Community Healthcare will be withholding information under FOI Act 2000 Section 43 – Commercial Interest

 

Review

 

Section 43 – Commercial Interest

Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). Disclosure of the requested information could prejudice pending or future negotiations the CLCH may be subject to.

 

This is a qualified exemption under the FOIA, which means that consideration must also be given to whether in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favouring disclosure is greater than the public interest in maintaining the exemption. The public interest means what is in the best interests of the public not what is of interest to the public.

 

Factors in favour of discloser:  

• Disclosing information relating to the value of the rent charged would benefit the public interest by encouraging transparency. 
• Disclosing information relating to Service specification Adult Cardiometabolic services would promote accountability and transparency by showing how CLCH receive and spend public money. 

 

Factors in favour of non-disclosure: 

• Disclosing the national currencies and any local prices that apply to the services would undermine our competitive position in the marketplace. 
• Disclosing the national currencies and any local prices that apply to the services would compromise the commercial activities of CLCH, as it would compromise its ability to negotiate competitive future deals.

 

Having considered the above, we maintain that the factors in favour of upholding the exemption outweigh the factors in favour of disclosure. Therefore, the balance of the public interest test is greater in maintaining the exemption available under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.