Agreements with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Liverpool Hospitals

Summary

A request was made for all agreements between Manx Care and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre or Liverpool Hospitals from 2018 to present, and the authority responded by sending all requested information, including a specific 2023 commissioning contract.

Key Facts

• Manx Care confirmed that all information requested regarding off-island treatment agreements was sent.
• A specific contract (Ref: 1707) with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust was disclosed.
• The Clatterbridge contract commenced on 1 April 2023 with an initial term of three years.
• The contract includes provisions for a potential extension of up to 24 months upon mutual agreement.
• The response included 26 documents totaling 450 pages.

Data Disclosed

• 2026-03-16
• 2026-02-11
• 450
• 26
• 01 January 2018
• 1 April 2023
• 31 March 2026
• 24 months
• 1707
• 3 years

Original Request

I write to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Isle of Man).

Please provide copies of any agreements, contracts, memoranda of understanding, service-level agreements, commissioning arrangements, or equivalent documents which were entered into, varied, renewed, or otherwise operative at any time between 01 January 2018 and the present, under which the Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Care and/or Manx Care (or any predecessor body) has arranged for the treatment and/or diagnostic services of Isle of Man patients provided by:

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust; and

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This request includes agreements held directly by the Department of Health and Social Care and/or Manx Care, as well as any agreements held or administered on their behalf by a third-party commissioning, contracting, or support body.

This includes, but is not limited to, arrangements relating to oncology, haematology, transplantation, diagnostics, and associated specialist services.

For clarity, this request includes (where held):

• Any formal written agreements (including contracts, memoranda of understanding, framework agreements, or service-level agreements).

• Any variations, extensions, renewals, side letters, schedules, annexes, or appendices to such agreements.

• Any documents setting out governance or oversight arrangements, quality assurance or accreditation expectations, clinical responsibility or liability allocation, arrangements for diagnostic testing or laboratory services, and escalation, incident management, serious incident reporting, or duty-of-candour obligations between the parties.

• The date ranges during which each agreement was in force.

• Any documents describing the financial or commissioning basis for these arrangements (for example, block contracts, per-patient funding, or cross-border reimbursement mechanisms).

If the information is held across multiple documents, please provide all documents that together constitute the agreement(s).

If any part of this request is considered exempt, please identify the specific exemption relied upon and disclose any non-exempt information in accordance with the Act. Where documents, or parts of documents, are withheld, please provide sufficient particulars to identify the document and the exemption applied.

If the Department of Health and Social Care and/or Manx Care does not hold the requested information, please confirm this explicitly.

If it would assist processing, I am content for the response to be provided electronically.

I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.