Estates

I am looking for information with regards to your current clinical waste service provision and would like to ask the below questions under the Freedom of Information Act.

If you could kindly complete and respond.

1. The date of the next tender for the collection and disposal of clinical and offensive waste?

2. Where will details of this tender be published ? Will it be direct or run by a 3rd party?

3. Please can you give the name of the incumbent service provider for Clinical and Offensive Waste collection and disposal.

4. Current contract Term in Years with any notes relating to Extensions.

5. Contract Expiry Date

6. Annual Tonnage or Volume for Clinical Wastes

7.Estimated Contract Value

Previously you have kindly helped us with your free listing within The UK Fleet & Transport Directory and would be most grateful if you could help us do the same for the new edition.

We are currently in the process of preparing our 2025 Edition, which is scheduled to be will published in September 2025
In this edition we would like to also include Size of Fleet (including Electric/Eco Friendly vehicles) and personnel at Managerial/Director Level in the following positions:

• Cycling
• Electric Vehicles/ Zero Emissions
• Fleet & Environmental Services
• Fleet Compliance Manager
• Fleet Co-ordinator
• Fleet Manager
• Fleet Operations Manager
• Workshop Manager
• Green Fleet – Combat Specific Vehicles
• Low Carbon Sustainability (Fleet Strategy)
• Waste Vehicles
• Car Park / Parking Managers
• Public Transport Manager
• Road Safety Manager
• Roads & Pavements
• Street Care & Cleaning Managers
• Transport related
• Highways
• Vehicle Maintenance

Please feel free to add any other positions/people whose inclusion might be useful to their counterparts in other Public Sector establishments across the UK for the exchange of information, in pursuit of best practice and value in this difficult time of budget restraint.

I am writing on behalf of Philips Electronics to submit a formal Freedom of Information request, to obtain Install Base information relating to Holter ECG Monitors.

Please can you provide the following information.
• Hospital & Trust Name
• Original Equipment Manufacturer
• Contact Start date
• Contract End Date

For your convenience, I have attached a template that outlines the requested information format.

Does your trust use Elastomeric Infusion Devices? If so, please can you answer the below questions:

Which departments use Elastomeric Infusion Devices?
i.e. Oncology, Haematology, Urology, ENT, Surgery, Orthopaedics, OPAT, Paediatrics, Virtual wards, Palliative Care, other

Which brand(s) of Elastomeric Infusion Devices do you use?
i.e. Baxter Intermate, Baxter Infusor, Vygon Accufuser, Adriamed Easyflow, Nipro Surefuser+, B. Braun Easypump II, Leventon Dosi-Fuser, other

Does your trust purchase pre-filled Elastomeric Infusion Devices from commercial providers?
If yes,
How many do you buy pre-filled per year?
Which drugs do you buy pre-filled?

Does your trust fill Elastomeric Infusion Devices in your pharmacy aseptic unit?
If yes,
How many do you fill in your pharmacy aseptic unit per year?
Which drugs do you fill in your pharmacy aseptic unit?

Does your trust fill Elastomeric Infusion Devices in patient’s homes/outpatient clinic/community setting or similar environment?
If yes,
How many do you fill in patient’s homes/outpatient clinic/community setting per year?
Which drugs do you fill in patient’s homes/outpatient clinic/community setting?

This email is a Freedom of Information request. I would like to request the following information:
• Is the maintenance of medical devices (EBME) managed by an in-house engineering team or fully outsourced?
– If partially outsourced, please specify the approximate percentage of services that are outsourced.
• Who is responsible for managing the maintenance of medical equipment?
– If in-house, please provide key contacts for the EBME Department (e.g., Manager, Deputy Manager, Team Leader).
– If outsourced, please provide the name(s) and contact details of the Trust’s contract manager(s).
• How many pieces of medical equipment are listed for the hospital?
• How many operating theatres does the hospital have?
• How many patient beds are there in the hospital?

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information regarding your current and planned usage of solar energy across your estate.

Please could you provide responses to the following questions:

1. Governance & Responsibility
o Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation?
o If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required).

2. Current Solar Deployment
o How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?
o What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)?
o What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation?

3. Investment & Strategy
o Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation?
o If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published).

4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments
o Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy?
o If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)?

5. Future Plans
o Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years? If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales).
o Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared?

6. Procurement & Partnerships
o Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations? If yes, which ones?
o Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions?

7. Battery Storage
o Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels?
o Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future?

8. Funding
o Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)?

9. Barriers
o What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)?

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1. The year of purchase of every LINAC machine in operation at your Trust?

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

1. Which suppliers are currently engaged to provide air-fluidised beds and/or low-air-loss pressure care mattresses via rental or service agreements?
2. For each supplier, please include:
o Type of equipment hired/cost
o Hire terms (daily/weekly)
o Approximate number of units hired in the last 12 months
3. Is the contract managed via NHS Supply Chain, regional procurement, or direct agreement?

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation. Please may you provide me with an answer to the following:

1. Current logistics and supply chain model
a. How much space (in sq ft) does your organisation currently use for inventory storage of medical devices and consumables (please indicate whether this is on-site or off-site)?
b. Does your organisation make use of consolidated logistics hubs or off-site storage facilities for medical devices and/or consumables?
c. Is this done in partnership with other NHS organisations?
i. If so, does your organisation run this or is it run by another organisation?
ii. If so, which organisation?
d. How much does your organisation spend on medical devices and consumables through NHS Supply Chain?
i. What is this spend as a proportion of your organisation’s total spend on medical devices and consumables?

2. Delivery and stock management
a. What systems (if any) does your Trust use to manage inventory and logistics for medical devices and consumables?
b. Are these systems integrated with NHS Supply Chain or other regional or national systems?

3. Strategic priorities
a. Is your Trust actively exploring or piloting any new logistics models, technologies, or partnerships to improve supply chain efficiency? If so, please give any details.
b. Would your organisation be open to participating in a pilot of an alternative logistics model (i.e. one offering consolidated supply, enhanced stock visibility, and just-in-time delivery capabilities)?

4. Additional
a. Who in your organisation is responsible for logistics and supply chain operations? Please provide name and contact details where possible.
b. Who in your organisation is responsible for procurement decision-making relating to medical technology and consumable supplies? Please provide name and contact details where possible.

How many wheelchairs does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust issue each year and how many are currently owned/in circulation by the trust?

I am interested to know how many Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Systems (CPET/CPEX) are in use throughout the trust.

For each system I’d like to know:

1. The number of current devices in use
2. Manufacturer and type of device
3. Which hospitals are they in
4. Which departments are they in
5. Date of installation

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act 2000:

• Please confirm the current CAFM Solution used by the Estates Team to manage Reactive and Planned Maintenance tasks and the name of the provider?

• Please confirm the current system used by the Estates Team to manage CAD floor plans of the Trust estate buildings?

• When is the current CAFM solutions support and maintenance contract due for renewal?

• How much is paid per annum for support and maintenance of the CAFM system?

• How many main system user licences and mobile licences does the CAFM solution utilise?

• Please provide a list of modules used by estates within the current CAFM system?

• When was the last time the current system was reviewed by procurement for functionality/fit for purpose and value for money?

• Please confirm contact details for the below positions with name, email address and telephone number:

• Director of Estates:

• Director of Facilities:

• Estates Manager:

• Facilities Manager:

• Director of Soft Services:

• Soft Services Manager:

• EBME Manager:

• Property Asset Manager:

• Procurement Manager Estates:

• Director of Procurement:

I would like to request the following:

1. A list of all -cides used by the Trust. This is inclusive of, but not limited to: any and all avicides, biocides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and rodenticides.
2. The annual cost and volume of purchase of each of these -cides, broken down by -cide, from January 2014 to December 2024. Please list this on a spreadsheet (CSV), broken down by:

1. -Cide
2. Product Name
3. Volume Purchased
4. Price Paid
5. Purchase Date

3. A list of each of these -cides’ use, by volume. Through this I am trying to ascertain whether the purchased volume is matched by the used volume, so if there is a record of expired or unused -cides too, that would be ideal. Please add this to the above CSV as an additional column, also on an annual basis over the same time period. Please list volume in either litres or kilograms, whichever is more appropriate.
4. Only if available and easily accessible, the location and purpose of each specific -cide’s use. For the former, this may be classified by: location grouping, address, coordinate, or otherwise.

For all of the above, please only list -cide use for facilities not managed by NHS Property Services. Where relevant, also include the -cide use of defunct Trusts now integrated into the current Trust.

If any of the individual pieces of information listed above are not available but others are, like cost and volume, then please signal this while responding with the other available information. Additionally, if records are only available for a time period less than that specified above, please provide these instead of rejecting the request as a whole.

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please could you provide the following information:

• The names of the companies that installed the solar panels at Charlton Lane; Stroud General Hospital; Cirencester Hospital. Please state which companies relate to which sites.
• The names of the company / brand that manufactured the panels installed at each site.
• Any internal or external correspondence that discusses the risk of slave labour from the Xinjiang region being a part of this supply chain.

Has your trust offered key worker accommodation historically?
If your trust has offered this historically, and you don’t currently, why do you no longer provide it?
If your trust has offered this historically, what happened to the accommodation you did have?

1. How many buildings / blocks are you responsible for owning / managing from a maintenance perspective? (Include any under PFI contracts)
2. How many of these buildings / blocks contain asbestos?
3. How many Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) do you have? If you are uncertain, please provide an estimate.
4. What format of asbestos register do you have? (e.g. paper based, Excel, internal database, externally digital, asbestos consultant system, survey reports etc.)

5. Does your Trust have a dedicated person(s) to manage asbestos? If so how many roles.
6. What is the job title of the person (or persons) who are responsible for managing asbestos day to day (not the Dutyholder)?
7. Does this person / role solely cover asbestos or do they have other responsibilities?
8. What asbestos / health & safety qualifications do those persons involved in the management of asbestos hold? (e.g. Asbestos Awareness, NEBOSH, CoCA, P401, P402, P403, P404, P405, P406, P407, S301, W504 etc.)
9. Does your Trust have external support for asbestos management? (Not including undertaking removal/ abatement, surveys, sampling, air monitoring, training etc.)
10. Does your Trust employ an Independent Assessor / Authorised Person / Authorising Engineer for asbestos?
11. Does your Trust undertake external audits of asbestos management?
12. Do you undertake any of the following asbestos activities in-house – sampling, re-inspections, removal / abatement, training?

13. Do you employ asbestos consultants?
14. Do you require asbestos consultants to be UKAS accredited?
15. If using consultants, what services do you get them to undertake? (e.g. management / refurbishment / demolition surveys, air monitoring & 4SC, specification writing, training etc.)
16. If using consultants, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.)
17. Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos consultants?

18. Do you employ Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractors (LARCs)?
19. Do you employ Non-Licensed Asbestos Contractors?
20. If using contractors, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.)
21. Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos removal contractors?

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:

Project Management:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Project Management.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

Cost Management:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Cost Management.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

Building Surveying:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Building Surveying.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

The organisation’s actual capital spend on your estate for the financial years:

2022/23 (actual)
2023/24 (actual)

The planned capital spend on your estate for the financial years:

2024/25 (planned)
2025/26 (planned)

1. Are the Fire Dampers currently on contract for the inspection and maintenance? 2. If yes, please confirm the following:
– Due date for contract end- Actual contract spend 3. What route to market used to obtain these services (a) open tender (b) framework – if yes, which one? 4. Are the fire dampers currently maintained by an external contractor? If yes, please provide which contractor?