1. Current Use of Asset Tracking
a) Does your organisation use any system to track the location of medical equipment?
(Yes / No)
If “No” go to section 4.
b) If yes, which of the following methods are used to track equipment? (please select all that apply)
• Fixed scanners or handheld scanners that detect tagged equipment automatically (e.g. radio-frequency or similar technologies)
• Tags or sensors attached to equipment that provide location updates within buildings (e.g. via Bluetooth or similar signals)
• Scanning barcodes or QR codes on equipment using mobile devices
• Location tracking using GPS (e.g. for equipment used in the community)
• Manual recording of equipment location (e.g. spreadsheets, paper records, or asset registers)
• Other (please specify)
c) If known, please provide the name(s) of any supplier(s) used.
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2. Scope of Tracking
a) Does tracking cover:
• Acute settings only
• Acute and community settings
• Community settings only
b) Approximately how many assets are tracked?
• <1,000
• 1,000–5,000
• 5,000–10,000
• 10,000+
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3. Operational Challenges
Does your organisation experience any of the following? (please select all that apply)
• Equipment not available when needed
• Time spent by staff searching for equipment
• Difficulty locating devices for maintenance or compliance
• None of the above
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4. Evaluation and Future Plans
a) Has your organisation produced any internal report or evaluation relating to asset tracking systems?
(Yes / No)
b) Are there plans to review or expand asset tracking capabilities within the next 24 months?
(Yes / No / Unknown)
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Staff Parking
Dear FOI officer
Hope you’re well!
I’m looking for information about staff car parking charges at your trust. Would you be able to answer the following questions please?
1. Does your trust charge staff to park in its car parks?
2. What does a month’s parking cost for a band 5 registered nurse (top step point) on a full-time contract at your trust if they have permit? If it is different at different sites, please specify.
3. What does a day’s parking cost for a band 5 registered nurse (top step point) at your trust if they do not have a permit?
4. Are permits available for all staff who want them?
Please respond within the 20 working days accorded by statute, by my reckoning April 27th.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
CAMF systems within NHS Trusts
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am currently undertaking university research on the use of technology within large organisations, with a particular focus on Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems within NHS Trusts.
Please could you provide the following information:
Q1. What software does your Trust currently use for its CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) solution?
If multiple systems are in use, please list all solutions rather than only the primary system.
Q2. What is the contract expiry date for the software used?
If the contract is annual or rolling, please state this. If multiple systems are in use, please provide the known expiry date (or contract term details) for each.
Q3. Who is the person responsible for managing this system?
Q4. What is that person’s job title?
If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit under the Act, I would be grateful if you could advise and assist in refining the request.
I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Closures due to Floods
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Please provide details of all the occasions on which wards, departments or services at hospitals and other sites operated by your trust have been temporarily or permanently closed due to flooding caused by external weather events e.g. heavy rainfall, river flooding etc., over the period 2021/22 to 2025/26.
Specifically, please provide the following information in a spreadsheet format:
• Site name (e.g. hospital)
• Name of ward/department/service that was affected
• Length of closure
• Dates of closure
I realise that the 2025/26 data will be incomplete, but please provide information for 2026 up to 24 February, when this request was sent.
If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption(s) relied upon and provide the public interest justification as required under the Act.
If you require any clarification or if you find any aspect of this FOI request problematic, I expect you to contact me under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance.
Please acknowledge receipt of this request. I look forward to receiving the information in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
Endoscopic Imaging Systems
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act please.
Please see specific questions below and if the information could please be presented in Excel format it would be appreciated.
• Manufacturer and model of all endoscopic imaging systems and video endoscopes in use within the trust.
• Location within trust (hospital site)
• Age of each unit in situ (date of manufacture or date of installation)
• Associated planned replacement programmes or supplier contracts in place
Thank you for your help.
Construction and Refurbishment Projects
Please can you provide me with a list of all current (financial year 2025/26), and planned (financial year 2026/27), construction and refurbishment projects.
Additionally, the principal contractor awarded, and the sub-contractors awarded for the below sites by the Trust:
•
• Charlton Lane Hospital
• Honeybourne
• Laurel House
• Wotton Lawn Hospital
• Berkeley House
• Cirencester Hospital
• Dilke Memorial Hospital
• Lydney and District Hospital
• North Cotswolds Hospital
• Stroud General Hospital
• Tewkesbury Community Hospital
• Vale Community Hospital
• Forest of Dean Community Hospital
• The Maxwell Centre
Also include any further satellite sites / acute hospital sites.
•
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards,
Catering Procurement
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following information in relation to your organisation’s catering procurement:
1. The total amount spent on bacon and ham products (including, but not limited to, fresh, frozen, processed, or pre-packaged bacon and ham) for each of the last 5 full financial years.
2. Where available, a breakdown of this expenditure by financial year.
For the avoidance of doubt, this request relates only to expenditure on bacon and ham products and does not require information on other meat products.
If the information is held electronically, I would prefer it to be provided in a machine-readable format such as Excel or CSV.
If fulfilling this request in full would exceed the cost limit, I would be grateful if you could provide advice and assistance under section 16 of the Act as to how the request could be refined.
I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.
Macerators / Bedpan Washers
Dear Freedom of Information Team,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to infection prevention practices within your Trust, specifically in relation to the use, servicing, and management of sluice room equipment (bedpan washers and/or macerators).
The purpose of this request is to gain a better understanding of current approaches across NHS Foundation Trusts so that we can explore how we may be able to support Trusts through value-based procurement and improved infection prevention outcomes.
Please could you provide the following information:
1. Who is the current supplier of your macerators and/or bedpan washers?
2. Who is responsible for servicing and maintaining these machines (e.g. the original equipment manufacturer, a third-party service provider, or in-house teams)?
3. When does the current contract for the supply and/or servicing of this equipment expire?
4. Which department or role within the Trust is responsible for managing these contracts?
If any of the requested information is held in multiple formats or contracts, please provide the information in the form most readily available.
If any part of this request is exempt under the Act, I would appreciate it if you could provide the non-exempt portions and advise on the applicable exemptions.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.
Kind regards
Compounding and Automated Compounding Devices
, I would like to request information on compounding practice, and automated compounding devices in your aseptic unit. If you are in the process of opening an aseptic unit, please answer these questions as if it was open, based on estimated volumes.
Section 1
Do you compound bespoke parenteral nutrition in your aseptic unit? (This should not include adding vitamins and trace elements to multi chamber licensed products)
• Yes
• No
If no, why?
• Completely Outsourced
• Patient Numbers
• Other, please specify
If no, please proceed to Section 2 and 3.
If yes, please proceed with the questions below.
How do you compound bespoke parenteral nutrition?
• Automated Compounding Device (ACDs)
• Manual, Gravity or Syringe Fill (Please proceed to Section 2 and 3)
• Other, please specify (Please proceed to Section 2 and 3)
If you compound bespoke parenteral nutrition with an ACD, please answer the below.
How many validated and in-use ACDs do you have in your aseptic unit?
How many spares/not in-use ACDs do you have?
Do you own your ACDs or are they loaned?
How old are your ACDs?
• Between 1 and 3 years old
• Between 4 and 8 years old
• Older than 8 years old
Section 2
Do you compound Systemic Anti-cancer Therapies (SACT) (chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy) in your aseptic unit?
• Yes
• No
If no, why?
• Completely Outsourced
• Patient Numbers
• Other, please specify
If no, please proceed to Section 3.
If yes, please proceed with the questions below.
How do you compound chemotherapy?
• Manually
• Automated compounding devices (ACDs)
• Repeater pumps
• Other, please specify
If you use automation, how many ACDs do you have validated and in use?
What drug categories do you compound, and in what quantity?
• MABS
• Cytotoxics
• Other, please specify
What are your final filling containers?
• IV bags
• Syringes
• Elastomeric devices
• Other, please specify
Section 3
Do you compound antibiotic preparations in your aseptic unit?
• Yes
• No
If no, why?
• Outsourced
• Patient Numbers
• Other, please specify
If no, please disregard this section.
If yes, please proceed with the questions below.
How do you compound antibiotics?
• Manually
• Automated compounding devices (ACDs)
• Repeater pumps
• Other, please specify
If you use automation, how many ACDs do you have validated and in use?
What antibiotic quantities do you manufacture?
What are your final filling containers?
• IV bags
• Syringes
• Elastomeric devices
• Other, please specify
Ultrasound Systems / Equipment
Dear FOI Team,
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details with respect to the Trust below, details of which can be found below:
1. How many Ultrasound Systems does the Trust own?
2. Please provide the Original Equipment Manufacturer name of each installed Ultrasound System.
3. Please provide the Original Equipment Manufacturer System Type of each installed Ultrasound System.
4. Please list the Departmental location of each individual Ultrasound System asset installed across the Trust.
5. Does the Trust maintain any of the Trust’s Ultrasound Systems by utilising external service provider(s)?
6. Does the Trust maintain any of the Trust’s Ultrasound Systems by utilising your own internal Engineering staff?
7. If an external service provider(s) is used, please provide the name of the contracted service provider?
8. If an external service provider(s) is used, what was the contract award value?
9. If an external service provider(s) is used, what is the contract type – PPM/ Fully- Comprehensive / Ad-hoc support?
10. If an external service provider(s) is used, what is the contract renewal date(s)?
11. Please provide the name, email address of the role responsible for managing medical devices within the Trust
12. If medical device maintenance is managed internally, how many clinical engineers are employed by the Trust?
13. What is the current % of assets ‘within service date’ – i.e., the date by which a device must be serviced has not expired?
Definitions
Ultrasound Devices
For the purposes of this request, this includes any diagnostic Ultrasound equipment, such as portable ultrasound units, point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) devices, or cart-based ultrasound systems.
PPM
Planned Preventative Maintenance, i.e. annual service.
Fully Comprehensive
Maintenance contract covering the cost of Planned Maintenance and cost of repair parts and labour of equipment.
Ad-hoc support
Subcontracted work to an engineering company on an informal basis.
*For clarity, contact details are kept in the strictest confidence. These details are used only to contact regarding information of legitimate interest for the relevant contracts.
Your sincerely,
Fire Alarm Systems / Waking Watch
For each hospital site operated by your trust, please provide the following information.
If information is not held at hospital level, please provide it at the closest available level of aggregation.
1. Does the hospital have a fully compliant fire alarm system in operation covering the entirety of this hospital’s estate? Please answer Yes/No.
2. During the 2024/25 financial year, did the hospital employ or contract a ‘waking watch’ service at any point? Please answer Yes/No.
a. If Yes, how much did the hospital spend on waking watch services during the 2024/25 financial year?
b. If Yes, what were the primary reasons for having a waking watch service?
Please select all which apply:
(i.) Fire alarm system absent, incomplete or not fully operational
(ii.) External wall system or cladding-related fire safety concerns
(iii.) Other
Hybrid Mail
Dear Louise Moss
Thank you for responding to this request.
In addition to Qs 4,5,6 (FOI ref: 288-2025) please could you also answer the questions regarding Hybrid Mail.
Print Room
1. Do you have a print room equipped with one/more high-speed production device/s to handle large volume printing?
2. Is this run by your own staff or outsourced to a third-party provider?
3. If run internally, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) run this facility?
4. Number of devices & model type/s?
5. Name of incumbent supplier?
6. Contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
7. If outsourced, please advise contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
8. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
9. Annual spend (ex VAT) covering equipment & staff costs or total outlay if this service is outsourced
External Print
1. Do you outsource any print requirement to an external supplier/s (for example to print forms, booklets, leaflets, manuals, posters, banners etc)?
2. Name of incumbent supplier/s?
3. If this arrangement provided under contract, please advise start / end date and length of any option to extend?
4. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
5. Alternatively, was this awarded through a DPS arrangement?
6. Annual spend (ex VAT) for this service over the past 12 months?
Mail Room (Inbound and/or Outbound)
1. Do you have your own in-house Mail Room operation?
2. If yes, how is the service run – physical or digital mail distribution?
3. Is this run by your own staff or outsourced to a third-party provider?
4. If run by your own staff, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) staff run this facility?
5. If outsourced, please advise name of current provider, contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
6. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
7. Annual spend (ex VAT) covering running and staff costs or total outlay if this service outsourced?
8. Do you use a Hybrid Mail service as part of your patient communications approach?
9. If yes, please (a) name supplier (b) contract start / end date (c) framework through which this awarded?
Medical records / Digital Forms / Storage
1. Have you yet to start, partly started or completed scanning your medical records?
2. If started or completed, was this handled in-house or by an external company? If yes, please name the supplier
3. Have you digitalised all your forms and are running a PiP (Paperless in Patient) approach (from the point of patient presentation to them leaving are all patient records digitalised)?
4. If you are not using a PiP approach, do you scan your end of episode material?
5. Do you store medical records on site or is this handled off site by an external company? If yes, please name supplier
6. Do you use a digital HR staff onboarding and administration system that interfaces with ESR to support HR processes and workflows?
Finally, who at the Trust is responsible for these arrangements?
Medical Devices
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the terms of The Freedom of Information Act, answers to the following questions.
1. How many medical devices/EBME Managed devices does the Trust own?
2. How many Trust medical devices are subject to lease/finance arrangements?
3. How many patient beds does the Trust own?
4. How many patient beds are subject to lease/finance arrangements?
5. Does the Trust maintain the devices using a EBME/Clinical Engineering/Medical Physics Department?
6. How many Engineers are employed by the Trust within the EBME/Clinical Engineering/Medical Physics Department?
7. Does the Trust subcontract the maintenance of any medical/EBME devices to an external service provider?
8. What devices are under service contract with an external service provider?
9. If an external service provider(s) is utilised, please provide the name of the contracted service provider?
10. Where an external service provider(s) is utilised, please provide the type of service contract that is in place, i.e. PPM/ Fully- Comprehensive / Ad-hoc support and for what device?
11. Where an external service provider(s) is utilised, please state the service contract period, i.e. start/end dates?
12. Where an external service provider(s) is utilised, what was the value of the contract on award?
13. Please confirm as a percentage the amount of devices that have had their routine scheduled service/inspection completed?
14. Please confirm as a percentage the amount of devices that have not had their routine scheduled service/inspection completed?
15. Please provide the name, email address of the role responsible for managing medical devices within the trust?
Printing / Mail Rooms / Electronic Records
Dear Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
Please answer the following questions:
Print Room
1. Do you have a print room equipped with one/more high-speed production device/s to handle large volume printing?
2. Is this run by your own staff or outsourced to a third-party provider?
3. If run internally, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) run this facility?
4. Number of devices & model type/s?
5. Name of incumbent supplier?
6. Contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
7. If outsourced, please advise contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
8. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
9. Annual spend (ex VAT) covering equipment & staff costs or total outlay if this service is outsourced
External Print
1. Do you outsource any print requirement to an external supplier/s (for example to print forms, booklets, leaflets, manuals, posters, banners etc)?
2. Name of incumbent supplier/s?
3. If this arrangement provided under contract, please advise start / end date and length of any option to extend?
4. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
5. Alternatively, was this awarded through a DPS arrangement?
6. Annual spend (ex VAT) for this service over the past 12 months?
Mail Room (Inbound and/or Outbound)
1. Do you have your own in-house Mail Room operation?
2. If yes, how is the service run – physical or digital mail distribution?
3. Is this run by your own staff or outsourced to a third-party provider?
4. If run by your own staff, how many full-time equivalent (FTE) staff run this facility?
5. If outsourced, please advise name of current provider, contract start / end date and length of any option to extend?
6. Was this contract awarded through a framework? If yes, which one used?
7. Annual spend (ex VAT) covering running and staff costs or total outlay if this service outsourced?
8. Do you use a Hybrid Mail service as part of your patient communications approach?
9. If yes, please (a) name supplier (b) contract start / end date (c) framework through which this awarded?
Medical records / Digital Forms / Storage
1. Have you yet to start, partly started or completed scanning your medical records?
2. If started or completed, was this handled in-house or by an external company? If yes, please name the supplier
3. Have you digitalised all your forms and are running a PiP (Paperless in Patient) approach (from the point of patient presentation to them leaving are all patient records digitalised)?
4. If you are not using a PiP approach, do you scan your end of episode material?
5. Do you store medical records on site or is this handled off site by an external company? If yes, please name supplier
6. Do you use a digital HR staff onboarding and administration system that interfaces with ESR to support HR processes and workflows?
Finally, who at the Trust is responsible for these arrangements?
Monitoring Technology used in Patient Bedrooms
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Please confirm, does the Trust use, or have plans to use, Oxevision* in ward bedrooms, 136 suites and/or seclusion rooms?
*Please note that Oxevision may be referred to by other names including LIO or ‘vision-based monitoring technology’ etc. It is an infrared camera system.
2. Please confirm, does that Trust use, or have plans to use, ‘Project X’^ in ward bedrooms, 136 suites and/or seclusion rooms.
^Please note that Project X may be referred to by different names, for the avoidance of doubt it is marketed by Safehinge Primera and may be described as a ‘non-visual patient safety aid’ and uses radar to track patients’ movements.
3. Please outline whether the trust uses any other video, camera or vision-based patient monitoring systems within patient bedrooms. Please state brand names if appropriate.
4. If the response to any of the above questions is ‘yes’, please provide the following information:
4.1. Please confirm the number of wards/136 suites/seclusion rooms, and provide ward names, where Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies is currently used.
4.2. Please provide your policy or standard operating procedure for the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies, up to the date and time of this request.
4.3. Please provide your Data Protection Impact assessment for the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies.
4.4. Please provide an Equality Impact Assessment in relation to the use of Oxevision/Project X/other vision based monitoring technologies
4.5. Please state the contract end date(s) for all current contract(s) with Oxehealth/LIO health/other organisations that provide the above technologies..
4.6. Please provide patient posters, leaflets and/or information packs.
Doctors / Nurses Mess
Under the Freedom of Information act please can I request the following information:
• Contact name for the doctor mess within the trust
• Contact email for the doctor mess within the trust
• Postal address for the doctors mess within the trust
• Contact name for the nurses mess within the trust
• Contact email for the nurses mess within the trust
• Postal address for the nurses mess within the trust
Energy Contracts
Please consider this a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would be grateful if you could provide the information requested below, related to the energy contracts within your NHS trust.
1. In relation to your Electricity contract(s):
1.1. name of current supplier?
1.2. start date of current contract?
1.3. end date of current contract?
1.4. total number of meters?
1.5. agreed unit prices pence per kWh (average or range)?
1.6. standing charges pence per day (average or range)?
1.7. total annual volume of electricity supplied for the last year?
1.8. any other fixed fees pence per day (e.g. capacity charges)?
1.9. is a future contract already agreed following the end of the current contract?
1.10. if so, what is the duration of the new contract?
1.11. total amount paid to your supplier in each of the last 3 financial years?
1.12. was your contract procured through the CCS (Crown Commercial Service) or another basket/framework, and if so which one?
1.13. what notice period/break clause (if any) exist within your current contract/framework?
1.14. what is the earliest date on which notice can be served?
1.15. is your contract a fixed price contract, or a flexible contract (where prices can vary according to market prices and when you purhcase)?
1.16. was an energy broker used in the procurement of your electricity contract? If so which one?
1.17. if a broker was used what commission was paid to the broker (in pence per kWh and total £ amount)?
1.18. do you have any power purchase agreements (PPAs) in place with any renewable electricity generators?
1.19. If so can you provide details?
1.20. what proportion of your electricity was sourced from renewable sources?
2. In relation to your Gas contract(s):
2.1. name of current supplier?
2.2. start date of current contract?
2.3. end date of current contract?
2.4. total number of meters?
2.5. agreed unit prices pence per kWh (average or range)?
2.6. standing charges pence per day (average or range)?
2.7. total annual volume of gas supplied for the last year?
2.8. any other fixed fees pence per day (e.g. capacity charges)?
2.9. is a future contract already agreed following the end of the current contract?
2.10. if so what is the duration of the new contract?
2.11. total amount paid to your supplier in each of the last 3 financial years?
2.12. was your contract procured through the CCS (Crown Commercial Service) or another basket/framework, and if so which one?
2.13. what notice period/break clauses (if any) exist within your current contract/framework?
2.14. what is the earliest date on which notice can be served?
2.15. is your contract a fixed price contract, or a flexible contract (where prices can vary according to market prices and when you purhcase)?
2.16. was an energy broker used in the procurement of your electricity contract? If so which one?
2.17. if a broker was used what commission was paid to the broker (in pence per kWh and total £ amount)?
3. In relation to your sustainability activities:
3.1. what are the Trust’s priorities in regard to a net zero pathway?
3.2. what carbon reporting you have in place, or plans to put in place?
3.3. please provide the contact details for the Energy, ESG or Sustainability lead within the Trust.
Cables Ties and Used Waste Bags
Hi
We would like to ask a few questions regarding the printed or plain cable ties used as waste bag ties , and to just advise we are working with many trusts to get these products bought within the individual trusts budget for consumables , we have produced a few different options that still maintain tensile strength and quality , just to advise we make, print and store all within our facility and use no sub contractors .
1: Can you advise does the trust use plain or printed cable ties ?, even if you use them for other operations , if not would you consider starting to use them if a amicable budget can be found ?
2: What would be your annual usage
3: Can you advise the current price paid per thousand ?, if this is sensitive information please advise the price you would like to pay to fit your budget.
4: Advise the size of tie , colour and print required ?, we do offer a generic print or you can have department and wards to streamline waste better .
5: Name and email of the current waste manager
6: Address for samples if required .
7: Would bio degradable be of interest ?
Trust Fleet
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
I’d like to request a list including the vehicle registration number, make and model of all vehicles currently on your fleet (both owned and leased) and all vehicles sold, between the dates of 01/11/2024 to 30/09/2025, within your NHS Trust.
LINAC Machines
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
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?
Kind Regards,
Vehicle Fleet List (2)
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care FOI Team,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request details of all vehicles currently used or operated by Gloucestershire Health and Care, whether owned, leased, or otherwise provided for use by the Trust. For each vehicle, please provide the following information: Make and model Body colour Date of first registration with the DVLA Date of the next MOT (where applicable – I am aware that vehicles under three years old are exempt from MOT testing) I would also be grateful if you could confirm whether the Trust itself holds the V5C registration documents for these vehicles, or whether these are retained by a leasing company or another third party.
The information requested relates only to basic vehicle details and statutory roadworthiness requirements.
It does not include registration marks or any personal data, and should therefore be straightforward to disclose.
If possible, I would appreciate the information in a spreadsheet format such as CSV or Excel. Thank you for your assistance.
Vehicle Fleet List
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request a vehicle fleet list operated by the Trust, whether owned or leased. I would appreciate it if you could provide the following details for each vehicle: – Chassis Make and Model – Registration Mark of each motor vehicle (VRM) – Date of acquisition – Date of disposal (if applicable) for vehicles decommissioned between 2020 and 2025 I would be grateful if this information could be provided in an accessible format such as Excel, Word, PDF, or text. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please share the details you can and explain the reasons for withholding any content. Should you need any clarification regarding this request, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.
Radiotherapy Equipment and Systems
I am currently conducting some personal research on Radiotherapy equipment installed at NHS Providers in England.
In order to aid my research, I am requesting that you provide (in editable digital formats) the data requested per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Linear accelerators
For each linear accelerator could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.
CT scanners in Radiotherapy
For CT scanner could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.
MR scanners in Radiotherapy
For each MR scanner could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.
Treatment planning systems
For each Treatment planning systems could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.
Oncology Information Systems
For each oncology information systems could you provide the hospital where the system is installed, the make, model and date installed.
Clinical Waste Service Provision
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
The UK Fleet & Transport Directory 2025
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.
Trust Estate Infrastructure
I am emailing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding your Trust’s estate and infrastructure. Please find all relevant questions in the attached document.
Holter ECG Analysis
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.
Elastomeric Infusion Devices
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?
Maintenance of Medical Devices
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?
Solar Energy Usage and Future Plans
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)?
LINAC Machines
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?
Rental Suppliers for Pressure Care Beds
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?
Logistics and Supply Chain for Medical Devices and Consumables
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.
Data about Wheelchairs
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?
Radiology Equipment and Systems
**Freedom of Information Request: Radiology Equipment and Systems**
I am currently conducting personal academic research on the radiology equipment operated by NHS providers in England. To support this research, I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I kindly ask that the data be provided in an editable digital format (e.g., Excel, Word, or CSV).
Digital X-Ray Systems (static, non-fluoroscopy)
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Date installed
CT Scanners
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Date installed
MR Scanners
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Date installed
Mobile X-Ray Systems
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Date installed
Interventional X-Ray Systems (Angiography)
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Date installed
Gamma Camera and SPECT-CT Systems
For each nuclear medicine system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Year installed
Ultrasound Systems (Radiology)
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Year installed
Fluoroscopy Systems
(including remote control, multi-purpose, and under-couch variants)
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Year installed
Mobile/Surgical C-Arm Fluoroscopy Systems
For each system, please provide:
– Hospital where installed
– Make
– Model
– Year installed
Servicing of Weighing Scales
• The name of the supplier/s who service your weighing devices (baby scales, chair scales, floor scales, column scales, patient transfer scales, bench scales for example)
• How many weighing devices are covered by this contract?
• What standard (or average) price per scale do you pay for servicing
• The date that the servicing contract ends.
• The value of total spend on weighing devices (split between patient weighing and other) excluding servicing in the last 3 calendar years split by year and the value of that spend by weighing device supplier in the last 3 calendar years split by year.
• Do you have any weighing devices integrated directly or indirectly to an electronic patient records system (EPR)?
• Which electronic patient records system do you use/plan to use?
• If you haven’t done so already, do you intend to integrate weighing scales to an EPR in the next 12-24 months?
• Do you use Welch Allen Vital signs monitors in the Trust, if so, how many and are any of these connected to weighing devices?
• How many suppliers were invited to tender/were considered for your current contract
• What was the decision criteria with regard to the current contract including any weighting
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Systems (CPET/CPEX)
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
CAFM Solution
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:
Cide Use
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.
Waste Management Software
I am writing to make a Freedom of Information request.
Do you have a waste management software in place in your NHS Board currently? If so, which software are you using?
* How do you ensure compliance is followed in regard to storing Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes?
* How do you store Waste Transfer Notes?
* What reporting, if any, do you produce based on data from Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes or Waste Transfer Notes?
* How many hours a month are spent on: Storing/Organising Waste related documents, reporting on information contained in Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes/Waste Transfer Notes
* On average, how many Hazardous Waste Consignment Notes per month do you receive?
* On average, how many Waste Transfer Notes do you receive per month?
* What processes are in place to verify waste contractors are providing the correct documentation and operating with correct permits?
* What is your waste audit process?
* What is the contact information for your department that deals with Waste Management?
Solar Panels
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.
Installation Contractor Details
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.
Boiler Room Sitewide
The details we require are:
Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?
Who would be the installation contractor?
Contracts for Transport/Warehousing
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to have the following information in possession of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Microsoft Excel format please:
1. Details (Supplier Name, Type of Service, Value, Expiry Dates) of Contracts the Trust holds with suppliers of transport, courier and delivery services (including taxi services)
2. Details (Supplier Name, Type of Service, Value, Expiry Dates) of Contracts the Trusts holds with suppliers of logistics, warehousing and off-site storage services
3. Names and contact information for staff members at the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust who are responsible for procuring and managing the above contracts
Access Controls, Security / CCTV & Care Comms/Nurse Call Systems
We would be most grateful if you could provide us, under the Freedom of Information Act, with some information regarding current Access Controls, Security / CCTV & Care Comms/Nurse Call Systems in place.
The details we require are:
– Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation’s:
a. Access Control
b. Security
c. CCTV
d. care comms/ nurse call
– Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier, please split each contract up individually.
– Contract Type: What is included in the current contracts with these suppliers? Comprehensive, Semi Comprehensive including call outs, Basic Service Only.
– Contract duration, end date and review date of the current contracts with these suppliers.
– On average, what is the annual spend on each of these systems for the Trust?
– Contact Detail: Of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract with details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.
– If the contract is a managed by an outside Facility Management Company, please can you provide all the relevant details with including the contact details of the responsible person from the FM (Facilities Management) Company.
Fire Alarm and Fire Suppression Systems
We would be most grateful if you could provide us, under the Freedom of Information Act, with some information regarding current Fire Alarms & Fire Suppression Systems in place.
The details we require are:
– Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation’s:
a. Fire Alarms
b. Sprinklers
c. Fire extinguishers
d. Fire Doors
– Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier, please split each contract up individually.
– Contract Type: What is included in the current contracts with these suppliers? Comprehensive, Semi Comprehensive including call outs, Basic Service Only.
– Contract duration, end date and review date of the current contracts with these suppliers.
– On average, what is the annual spend on each of these systems for the Trust?
– Contact Detail: Of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract with details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.
– If the contract is a managed by an outside Facility Management Company, please can you provide all the relevant details with including the contact details of the responsible person from the FM (Facilities Management) Company.
Trust processes to reduce medication waste
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding your Trust’s processes to reduce medication waste. Please may you provide me with an answer to the following:
1. Does your Trust have a formal policy on medicines waste reduction?
i. Yes/No
2. Have any sustainability or environmental impact assessments been conducted regarding your Trust’s pharmaceutical waste
i. Yes/No
ii. If yes, please provide a brief summary of key findings.
3. Do you currently employ any staff specifically to support medicines waste?
i. Yes/No
ii. If yes, how many full time equivalents do you employ?
4. How often does your organisation report on the management of waste (including cost) at Board level?
i. Annually/Quarterly/Monthly/Never/Other (please state)
5. For each of the hospitals in your Trust, what is the value of medication you have had to waste in the last 2 financial years? This the value of medication that was the property of the hospital at the point it was wasted, i.e. the cost of medication that expired before int could be used.
6. For each hospital in your Trust, what has been your total drug spend over the past two financial years?
7. For the last two financial years combined what is the drug that you have wasted the most of, and what was the total cost?
8. Have any sustainability or environmental impact assessments been conducted regarding your Trust’s pharmaceutical waste
i. Yes/No
ii. If yes, please provide a brief summary of key findings.
Clinical waste contracts
It would be greatly appreciated if you could please provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the Clinical Waste Contract/s that your trust currently has in place.
The details required are as follows:
• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful and not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
• Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
• Start date and duration of framework/contract
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
• Who is the Senior Officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract + contact information
• Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Environmental/Sustainability Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Waste Management Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Health and Safety Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the current Clinical Waste incumbent (service provider)?
• Does the Trust make use of reusable or disposable sharps containers and who is the service provider?
Facilities management
I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:
1. Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.
2. Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.
3. Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.
4. General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.
5. Laundry services – where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed.
1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:
2. Supplier/Provider of the services
3. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.
4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.
5. The number of sites the contract covers
6. [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation
7. The start date of the contract
8. The end date of the contract
9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.
10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? name, Job Title, contact number and email address.
254-2024
Please send me copies of all available and permitted documents relating to the redevelopment of the Wotton Lawn Hospital site since 2022 to date.
Specifically include:
– Minutes from Maxwell Suite project team meetings.
– documents that relate to the S136 Maxwell Suite and the gym
– accompanying notes / messages linked to the project team meetings including notes messages from online meetings
Please include minutes of meetings; consultation documents; option appraisals, project documents, outline business case; architect drawings; Equality Impact Assessments (approved and draft).
312-2024
• Provide the name, job title and contact details for the person responsible for car park management
• Provide the name, job title and contact details for the person responsible for procuring any external provider of car park management services
• Confirm if your car parks are managed by yourselves ‘in house’ or are managed by an external contractor
• Where an external contractor manages your car parks please state the following:
o Company name(s)
o Value of the current contract(s)
o Start and end date of current contract(s)
o Any contract extensions already implemented, or planned to be implemented, and the length of these extensions
• For external provision of the service, please confirm the procurement route used to tender for these services (eg. via a named framework agreement, direct award, etc.)
• What methods do you currently have in place to manage your car parks (eg. attendant, ANPR, barrier, permit system)
• What is the planned date(s) for the renewal of your contract(s) or re-tender of the car park management services
• How do you plan to procure your next external provider of car park management services and what is the time scale for this?

