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Adoption of NHS National Healthcare Uniform

Dear FOI officer,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the adoption of the new NHS healthcare uniform (see info attached and from NHS Supply Chain), which is being offered to trusts in England for their workforces.

1. Adoption status
o Has your Trust committed to adopt the new NHS national healthcare uniform? (Yes/No)

2. Future commitment
o If not yet adopted, is your Trust considering adopting the new uniform? (Yes/No/Undecided)

3. Reason for non-adoption
o If your Trust has not adopted and has no current plans to adopt the new NHS healthcare uniform, please give the reason(s):

☐ Financial constraints
☐ Awaiting further national guidance or evaluation
☐ Preference to retain existing uniform policy
☐ Logistical challenges (e.g., procurement, supply chain)
☐ Staff feedback / consultation outcomes
☐ Other (please specify)

4. Timescale

If your Trust has committed to adoption, please indicate the expected timescale of roll-out (if available), e.g. 12-18 months from October 2025.

Please return this information within the 20-working day deadline provided under statute – by my reckoning this is Thursday 23 October.

Thank you very much. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Fraud / Irregularity Metrics

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I am kindly requesting the information below, and If any element risks exceeding the FOI cost limit (£450), or contains disclosable personal data, please let me know which parts could be modified or removed to bring the request within the limit. I am happy to accept redacted or summarised information where necessary.

For the years 2017-2022, please provide:

i) Annual trust-level totals:

1. Referrals to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (count)
2. Number of suspected fraud incidents
3. Number of proven fraud incidents (disciplinary or criminal)
4. £ value lost (total)
5. £ value recovered (total)

Or:

i) For each period (monthly is preferred; quarterly is acceptable), please provide:

1. Cases opened (count)
2. Cases closed (count)
3. Closure outcomes – counts by category:
[No fraud/irregularity, Management/disciplinary action, Civil recovery pursued Referred for criminal investigation/prosecution, Criminal sanction obtained] 4. Referrals to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (count) 5. Estimated financial loss/exposure recognised in the period (£) 5. £ value recovered (total)

ii) Case-level details (each incident):

1. Date discovered (DD/MM/YY)
2. Discovery method (audit, whistle-blower, analytics, other) 3. Fraud type (procurement, payroll, patient, drug, cyber, other) 4. £ value lost / exposure 5. £ recovered to date

iii) Payment practice signal

Better Payment Practice Code: percentage of invoices paid later than 30 days, by month.

I would be grateful if the information was supplied in CSV format with the organisational code and financial year.

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296-2022

Request from • Mary Muir, National Clinical Consulting Manager, Arjo UKI
Description of request information • Clinical staff who have sustained a workforce musculoskeletal disorder MSD. – 2018 to 2022 whilst undertaking patient handling activities in each NHS England healthcare organisation
Would it be possible for you to provide the following information: • Number of workplace patient handling MSD’s / injuries per 1000 clinical staff?¬ • Body locations for the reported workplace patient handling MSD’s / injury?¬ For example neck, arms, back, hip, legs, other • Number of moving and handling / safe patient handling leads for each healthcare organisation? • Number of moving and handling / safe patient handling facilitators for each clinical environment?
• Number of RIDDOR reportable workplace patient handling MSD’s / injury reported?
• Average sickness absence cost including replacement staff?¬ • Number of litigation cases made per year?
• The legal costs to the NHS of defending workplace patient handling caregiver injury claims per year.
• The amount of money paid out in compensation / settlement costs to claimants per year.
• How may claims were settled out of court per year

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