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Please accept this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I’m seeking:
• Copies of any Information Sharing Agreements or Data Sharing Agreements to which both Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Avon & Somerset Police are party.
I am submitting a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following information:
1. Total Falls by Hospital: The total number of inpatient falls by hospital, covering the last five years?
2. Total Falls by Ward: The total number of inpatient falls by ward, covering the last five years?
3. Contact for Falls Leads: A list of NHS email addresses for falls leads/groups within the trust or the individuals responsible for fall prevention?
4. Falls Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to inpatient falls over the past five years?
5. Absconded Patients by Ward: The number of inpatients who absconded from wards (defined as leaving without informing staff, resulting in a missing person status) by ward, covering the last five years?
6. Absconding Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to absconding incidents over the past five years?
7. One-to-One Support for Fall Risk Patients: The average cost per patient, per day, for one-to-one support provided to patients at risk of falls?
In an Excel spreadsheet with information for Q 6 – 21 broken down by each pathology provider in your trust
1. What is the size of your trust’s serviceable population?
2. How many patients has the trust tested for the following clinical biochemical markers in the last 12 months?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
3. Is there a limit to the frequency of the following tests per patient?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
4. Please provide the name and post code of all the pathology providers in your trust
5. Do you outsource any testing to commercial labs? If yes, please provide the names of each commercial provider
Please answer the following questions for each pathology provider in your trust
6. Does the laboratory currently offer testing for the following?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
7. What is the average turnaround time for an outpatient from blood sample collection to sharing of results for CRP and hs-CRP?
8. Is CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
9. Is hs-CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
10. What machines are used to conduct CRP testing in your laboratory?
11. What machines are used to conduct hs-CRP testing in your laboratory?
12. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for CRP?
13. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for hs-CRP?
14. How many requests for measurement of CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
15. How many requests for measurement of hs-CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
16. What is the maximum number of CRP tests that your laboratory can conduct in one month?
17. What is the maximum number of hs-CRP tests that laboratory can conduct in one month?
18. What is the cost of running a single CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
19. What is the cost of running a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
20. How much are you reimbursed for a single CRP test in your laboratory?
21. How much are you reimbursed for a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory?
I would like to request the following information for each of the last three financial years:
Total equipment waste:
• The volume (in units) and value (in £) of medical equipment that was discarded, either by being placed in skips, incinerated or otherwise disposed of, rather than reused or recycled.
• Please provide a breakdown by equipment type (e.g., walking frames, crutches, beds, etc.).
Costs associated with waste:
• What is the annual cost of purchasing new patient medical equipment (crutches, walking frames etc)
Recycling and reuse mechanisms:
• Details of any mechanisms, schemes, or policies your Trust has in place for reusing, recycling, or donating medical equipment, including:
o How returned equipment is processed (e.g., decontamination and refurbishment).
o The percentage of equipment successfully reused or recycled.
o Any partnerships with charities or external organisations to recycle or donate equipment.
o Who is the named person in your NHS Trust responsible for holding this work (Just job title please)
Financial savings or revenue:
• The financial savings your Trust has made through recycling or reusing medical equipment (if applicable).
• Any revenue generated from recycling or selling used equipment, including the breakdown by equipment type.
Contractor involvement:
• The total amount of money paid to contractors or suppliers for the provision of medical equipment that could potentially be reused or recycled.
Plans for future action:
• Any current or future initiatives aimed at reducing the waste of medical equipment and improving recycling or reuse efforts.”
1. Does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust use single use endoscopes for any of its endoscopy procedures?
a. If so, can you state in which procedures they are used?
b. If so, can you state which brand/s of endoscopes are used?
2. Can Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust state how many single use endoscopes have been used in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?
3. Can Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust state how many single use endoscopes are planned to be used in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
4. Does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have plans to increase the use of single use endoscopes to help in the delivery of Community Diagnostic Centres and temporary out-of-hours hubs to reduce waiting lists?
1. Number of Freedom of Information requests received.
2. Percentage that were sent out on time.
3. Number of which were sent back for internal review
4. Number of which were referred to the ICO.
5. Number of staff that you had in the year to process Freedom of Information requests. (if this changed throughout the year, please can we request the total number budgeted for and the average number actually in post)
Please can this be broken down into the following years.
a) 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023
b) 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
c) 1st April 2024 – to date
This is an information request relating to staff networks at the Trust.
Please include the following information for 2020/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:
• A list of all the staff networks at the trust.
• Whether each network receives funding from the trust and, if so, how much (please express annually for the last three financial years)
• How much FTE equivalent staff time each network is entitled to. For example, a staff network may have a chair who’s entitled to spend 10% of their working hours devoted to the network (please express annually for the last three financial years)
• A list of events that each network has held in this financial year so far (April to the present day), including the title of the event, information on any guest speakers and the time of the event.
1. How many NHS Staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health issues in the past three years? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)
2. Could these issues be broken down into specific types of mental conditions such as stress, work-related stress, anxiety, depression, low mood, etc.? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24).
1. How is waitlist validation carried out in your Trusts? Please select one of the following options: Manually / Semi-automated / Automated.
a. If your response was semi-automated or automated, which tools do you use? Please specify the types of tools or software used.
2. How many FTEs currently work on waitlist validation and what band are they? Please specify the number per band.
3. How has your FTE count working on waitlist validation increased in the past 2-3 years? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
4. In the past 12 months, approximately how long has the waitlist validation process taken? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
5. What data quality issues have been identified the most frequently as part of the waitlist validation process? Please select those that apply from the list below:
a. Decision to admit but no waiting list entry
b. Missing waiting list or pathway information (e.g. due date, intended procedure)
c. Patients on an admitted waiting list without an active RTT (Referral to Treatment Pathway) clock
d. Past TCI (To Come In) dates
e. Potential duplicates
f. Other – please specify
6. What are your current approaches to linking data? Please select one of the following options: Manually or semi-automated / Automated
7. What is the proportion of data linkage that is manual and automated? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
a. If automated, what tools are used? Please provide the name of the tools.
b. If manual, what tools are used e.g. R, data bricks? Please provide the name of the tools.
8. Currently, is the data linking process cumbersome? Please select one option: Yes/No
9. And does it take away from people’s everyday role? Please select one option: Yes/No
Description of the information requested: Information relating to children and young people’s mental health service including information on transition between children’s and adult’s mental health services.
How information is to be provided: Electronically to the following email addresses: research@healthwatch.co.uk and Rebecca.Moore@healthwatch.co.uk Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Please provide the figures for the total number of children and young people discharged from children’s mental health services with a referral to adult mental health services for each of the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. 2. Please provide the waiting time figures between discharge for CAMHS services and first appointment with adult mental health services for the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. Including: o % Waiting 0-4 weeks. o % Waiting 4-6 weeks. o % Waiting 6-8 weeks. o % Waiting 8-10 weeks. o % Waiting 10-12 weeks. o % Waiting over 12 weeks. o % Still waiting no contact. 3. Please provide figures for the last three full financial years: 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. with the proportion of people who: o Did have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. o Did not have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. 4. Do mental health services for children and young people have a transition policy in place to support people to transfer to adult mental health services? o If you answered yes to question 4, please provide a link or a copy of the transition policy. o Please provide information about how you track compliance of the transition policy.
1. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services for between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
2. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services were used between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023? 3. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used Nutrix, Genesis or AMC nursing agency for between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
4. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where Nutrix, AMC or Genesis were used between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
5. Please name any other OFF CONTRACT SUPPLIERS who have been utilised by the Trust between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023 above the NHS Improvement + 50% caps and how many shifts each of these agencies have filled. 6. If for any reason you are unable to supply data up until 1st January 2023 and 1st March 2023?
7. Can you confirm your head of procurement name, phone number and email address? 8. Can you confirm the head of bank office department phone number and email address?
FOI Request – Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Starlight Children’s Foundation uses the power of play to make the experience of illness and treatment within health care settings better for children and their families. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information to help us build a profile of the ‘state of play’ in health care settings. This will support Starlight effectively and proactively target and deliver our services to those settings that most need it. 1. Do you provide services to children aged 0-17 years? Yes☐ No☐
If yes, we would like to know, for the period between 1st April 2021 and 31st March 2022:
2. The types of services e.g., eating disorders, community mental health. provided to children aged 0-17 years and the name of the base of any community/hospital setting 3. The number of admissions/attendances/referrals whichever is applicable. for 0–17-year-olds – broken down by age and main specialty
4. A breakdown of the ethnicity, gender, and deprivation deciles using the index of multiple deprivation. for 0–17-year-olds admitted/seen
5. Do you have a Play Team members of staff trained to provide play opportunities for children.?
Yes☐ No☐
If yes, please tell us the number of the following roles, salary band, approximately how many hours do they work per week, and which services/locations they cover:
Job Title Total Number of Staff Salary Band Full-Time 40+ hours. Full Time 32-40 hours. Part Time 18-31 hours. Part Time Less than 18 hours. Zero Hours Contract Location/Service
Play Team – Leader/Manager Play Team – Health Play Specialist HPS. Play Team – Senior HPS Play Team – HPS Student Play Team – Play Therapist Play Team – Play worker or play leader Play Team- Bank Staff Play Team – Volunteers Other Play Staff please specify. 6. Does the Play Team leads./managers., if you have them, hold a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Play Specialism? Yes- all ☐ Yes- some ☐ No ☐ Not applicable ☐ 7. If any, how many of your health play specialists are registered with the Healthcare Play Specialist Education Trust HPSET.? 8. How many hours do your play team typically work during one shift? 9. Which shifts do the Play Team typically work? Select all that are applicable. Morning shifts Afternoon shifts Evening shifts Day shifts 12-hour shifts Weekends 10. If you do not have a play team, do you have staff members that are trained to create opportunities for play with children but are not health play specialists nor play workers?
Yes☐ No ☐ If yes, what are their job titles and which services/locations do they cover?
11. Does play feature in your planning for services and treatment for 0-17-year-olds?
Yes ☐ No ☐ 12. Do you have a guidance/policy for staff members to incorporate play during assessments/treatments to put children at ease?
Yes ☐ No ☐ If yes, please can you attach a copy of this or a link where it can be accessed Attached ☐ Link provided ☐ Unable to provide ☐ 13. Do you have any of the following in each of your service locations? a. Playrooms or play areas please specify if these are age-specific. Yes-age specific ☐ Yes- not age specific ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located: b. Toys, games, activities, and play items please specify if these are age-specific. Yes-age specific ☐ Yes- not age specific ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: c. Commissioned or voluntary external entertainers Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: d. Starlight provisions services offered by Starlight. Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: e. Other donations for toys and activities Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover:
14. Is there an annual budget for the delivery of play e.g., toys, staffing, etc.. for your trust? If yes:
a. What is the overall annual budget?
b. How much of the budget is for staffing?
c. How much of the budget is spent on resources and materials for play?
Details of the request.
I’m interested in gaining the following information regarding Trust Procurement of pre-printed stationery, that is NOT produced within the Trust.
1. Under which OJEU/Framework contract reference is the trust currently operating under for stock and ad-hoc printing services and what is a value of each contract?
2. What is the annual spend on printed stationery for the organisation and what % of spend is ad-hoc?
3. When was the contract awarded and for what period of time? If in an extension period, when does it end?
4. Who is the current contracted supplier?
5. Is stock held by a 3rd party? If yes, what value of stock is being held by the 3rd party supplier?
6. Does the Trust have a Communication’s Department? If so, please can you advise the contact details?
7. For the further conversation, who is the main contact within the trust to discuss ongoing print contracts?
Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act:
The number of calls your NHS mental health trust received on its urgent mental health helpline for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
The number of referrals made for a face to face assessment after someone called your urgent mental health helpline by your NHS mental health trust for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
I am writing to request information under the FOI Act.
I would appreciate the results within the 20 day limit please or sooner.
I would like to know:
1: The number of referrals in to your neurodevelopmental services for children and young people for 2017, 2021 and 2022.
2: The average wait in weeks for a first assessment/appointment within your neurodevelopmental services for children and young people for 2017, 2021 and 2022.
3: The number of children and young people waiting for a neurodevelopmental assessment as of the date of this request or the nearest available date please.
4: The number of children and young people referred to your neurodevelopmental services who were discharged without an assessment or treatment for 2017, 2021 and 2022 please.
5: The longest wait in weeks of any CYP awaiting a first appointment with your neurodevelopmental services as of the date of this request or nearest available date.
I would be grateful if you could send me copies of all responses you have previously provided to any Freedom of Information FOI. requests received regarding the numbers of patients treated or prescribed with immunology drugs.
The specific criteria are:
FOI requests made between Jan 2021 and Apr 2023 with any of the following criteria:
• Patients treated with any of the following classes of drugs: anti-TNF inhibitors, JAK inhibitors, biologic medicines, biosimilars
• Drug treatments for one or more of the following diseases: Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hidradenitis Suppurativa and related conditions
• Patients treated in the dermatology department
• Patients treated in the gastroenterology department
• Patients treated in the rheumatology department
Agency spend request
Please can you provide the total amount spent on agency temporary staff for the following financial periods and in the following categories:
Staff Group Total spend on agency for the financial year 21/22 Total spend on agency for
Quarter 1 22/23 Total spend on agency for
Quarter 2
22/23 Total spend on agency for
Quarter 3
22/23 Total spend on agency for
Quarter 4
22/23
Doctors
Nurses
AHPs
HCAs
International Nurse Recruitment Spend request
Please can you provide the total spend on the international recruitment of nurses in the following financial periods:
1. For the financial year 21/22
2. For Quarters 1 and 2 of 22/23
3. For Quarters 3 and 4 of 22/23
Please can you also breakdown costs in terms of:
1. Overseas trips
2. Agency fees
3. Flights
4. Visas
5. Expenses
6. Living expenses for international recruits
Total current vacancy
Please provide your current total vacancy number for:
1. Nurses
2. AHPs
3. Doctors
4. HCAs
I hope this finds you well. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information please:
– The Trust’s spend on agency workers both on-framework and off-framework.;
– By role type;
– With which provider/s and how much the Trust spends;
– and when the current contract ends with your agency staffing provider. If possible, it would be helpful for this information to go back the last 12 months, financial or calendar, or failing that any information you might have from recently.
I would like you to provide this information in the following format please:
In a Microsoft Word/Microsoft Excel document, or by simply replying to this email. I understand that a public authority has 20 working days to comply with information requests, so I trust you will be able to provide your response within this timeframe.
1. From 1st January 2023 to 28th February 2023, please list the wards/departments you have requested shifts for off framework agencies in your Adult Nursing, Mental Health, Community Hospitals?
2. From 1st January 2023 to 28th February 2023 have you requested shifts for off framework agencies in your UTC/UCC/MIU?
3. Please provide me with the name, contact number & email address of the person responsible for agreeing temporary nursing agency contracts for your Trust?
4. Please provide a list of off-framework agencies used by the trust in the past 3 months
5. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between January 1st 2023 – March 10th 2023 a. RGN’s b. RCN’s c. RMN d. ITU Nurse e. A&E Nurse f. HCA g. CPN 6. How much was your off framework spent for a. Urgent Treatment Centre b. Urgent Care Centre c. Minor Injuries Unit?
I wish to request the following information:
• The total spend with off framework agencies for Nursing and Healthcare Assistant shifts between June 2023 – Present
• Breakdown of departments this spend was used in i.e. A&E/ITU and also the breakdown of grade i.e. RGN/RMN
• The total spend with framework agencies for Nursing and Healthcare Assistant shifts between June 2023 – Present
• Breakdown of departments this was used in i.e. A&E/ITU and also the breakdown of grade I.e RGN/RMN
• Total spent with off framework agencies for Doctor shifts/jobs between June 2023-Present
• Breakdown of Grade/Specialty this was used in
• Total spend with on framework agencies for Doctors shifts/jobs between June 2023-Present
• Breakdown of Grade/Specialty this was used in
• Breakdown of agencies and their spend during the same above period for both Doctors and Nursing.
• List of names who authorise agency usage for both Doctors and Nursing.
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
I am writing to make an information request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if the Authority could provide the following information in relation to any Managed Print and Reprographic Services:
Details of Current Contracts:
Please can you provide details of current contracts for Managed Print Services and Reprographic Services? Specifically, I am interested in:
• The start and end dates of these contracts.
• The annual value of each contract.
• The names of the service providers involved.
• Are there any extension clauses in these contracts, if so how long?
Procurement Process:
What process was used for the procurement of these services e.g., open tender, direct award.?
Where any frameworks used for the procurement? If so, which ones?
Service Specifications:
What are the key performance indicators KPIs. and service level agreements SLAs. outlined in these contracts?
How does the Authority evaluate the performance of these services?
Environmental Impact Considerations:
Does the Authority have any policies or criteria in these contracts related to environmental sustainability or carbon footprint reduction?
Expenditure and Usage Data:
Can you provide a summary of expenditure on Managed Print Services and Reprographic Services for the last two financial years?
Additionally, could you provide any available data on the volume of printing and reprographic services utilised during the same period?
Please can you provide numbers and a breakdown summary of current devices in use, i.e A3/A4, colour/mono etc?
I am sending this request under the FOI Act. This request relates to inpatient admissions to your trust with a primary or secondary diagnosis of an eating disorder please include all eating disorders – i.e. ICD10 code F50 – Eating Disorders.. 1. Please state the number of inpatients with an eating disorder diagnosis that were discharged from your trust in: a. 2018
b. 2019 c. 2020
d. 2021
e. 2022
f. Total 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2022. 2. Please break down the early totals above by patient BMI at time of discharge in the following categories: i. BMI > 18.5 ii. BMI 17-18.5
iii. BMI 16-16.99 iv. BMI 15-15.99
v. BMI <15kg For ease, I have created a table template that can be completed. Please also find it attached. Number of inpatients with a diagnosed eating disorder that were discharged from your trust, by BMI at time of discharge: Q1 Q2.i Q2.ii Q2.iii Q2.iv Q2.v
Total discharged BMI > 18.5 BMI 17-18.5 BMI 16-16.99 BMI 15-15.99 BMI <15kg 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2022. If numbers above are so small that a significant proportion of the data is supressed, please complete the alternative table outlining broader BMI categories also attached.
I am conducting an analysis of employment-exit questionnaire data and the methods used to capture this information in a range of NHS Organisations. It is hoped that this information will inform the design of a new exit data collection process for my own NHS Trust. To achieve this, I kindly request your help under FOI Act 2000.. I would be grateful if you could fill in the attached excel document. Please can the answers be added to the spreadsheet and the completed spreadsheet returned via email before the 8th March 2024.
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. Who provides your non-emergency patient transport services NEPTS.?
2. When does this contract run until?
3. What is the value of this contract per annum i.e. for 2023/24.?
4. Do you contract your NEPTS for your organisation in isolation, or is it contracted jointly with other NHS organisations? If so, which other NHS organisations?
5. Who is the best person to contact regarding the NEPTS service for your organisation? Please provide name, position and contact details where possible.
We are writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, we are requesting information about the local Formularys. used by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Question 1: What local Formulary does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust use? Answer 1: Please list all formularies used by your Trust
Question 2: Is the Formulary publicly accessible e.g. on Netformulary.?
Answer 2: Yes/No
If Yes, please provide the online links.? Formulary links.: If No, please attach your Formulary as a document / table, if possible.
The following questions are being asked for on behalf of Novartis. The purpose of these questions is to understand the variability of treatment within your trust and in context to the rest of the country.
Q1. In the past 3 months or the latest 3 months data you have available., how many melanoma patients were treated with:
Bevacizumab Avastin.
Dacarbazine DTIC.
Trametinib Mekinist.
Dabrafenib Tafinlar.
Ipilimumab Yervoy.
Vemurafenib Zelboraf.
Nivolumab Opdivo.
Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Opdivo + Yervoy.
Pembrolizumab Keytruda.
Vemurafenib + cobimetinib Zelboraf + Cotellic.
Dabrafenib + Trametinib Tafinlar + Mekinist.
Braftovi encorafenib. in combination with Mektovi binimetinib. for BRAF V600 patients
Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy [please state]
Palliative care only
Q2. In the past 3 months or the latest 3 months data you have available., how many metastatic melanoma patients were treated with the following:
Ipilimumab
Ipilimumab AND Nivolumab
Nivolumab
Pembrolizumab
Dabrafenib AND Trametinib
Any Other Targeted Therapy Dabrafenib /Encorafenib AND Binimetinib /Trametinib /Vemurafenib /Vemurafenib AND Cobimetinib.
Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy
Palliative care only
Please can you provide the following service and maintenance contract information with regards to the organisation’s Digital/Smart Buildings Platform, Fire Alarms & Fire Suppression, Access Controls, Security / CCTV, HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning., BMS Building Management System. and Care Comms/Nurse Call Care Communications.. Can this be sent over via email once available: 1. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall service provided under this contract. 2. Contract Type: Comprehensive, Semi Comprehensive including call outs, Basic Service Only. 3. Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier, please split each contract up individually. 4. Annual Average Spend: The annual average spends for this contract and please provide the average spend over the past 3 years for each provider 5. Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation’s Digital/Smart Buildings Platform, Fire Alarms & Fire Suppression, Access Controls, Security / CCTV, HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning., BMS Building Management System. and Care Comms/Nurse Call Care Communications..
6. Number of sites with the above-mentioned solutions.
7. Contract Duration: please include any extension periods. 8. Contract Expiry Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year. 9. Contract Review Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year. 10. Go to Market: How where these services procured, please provide me with either the tender notice or the framework reference number. Please specify if procured through other routes. 11. 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.
12. If the service support area has more than one provider for Digital/Smart Buildings Platform, Fire Alarms & Fire Suppression, Access Controls, Security / CCTV, HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning., BMS Building Management System. and Care Comms/Nurse Call.Care Communications..
13. Maintenance then can you please split each contract up individually for each provider? 14. 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. This request includes both DDI number and Mobile Number.
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Please may you provide me with:
Confirmation if the trust works under, Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff CCS Framework RM6160 and the new CCS Non-Clinical Staffing Framework Agreement RM6277.
If the trust works under, these frameworks, please can you provide a list of agencies that have supplied you with non-clinical staff and a breakdown of agency spend by bands between May 2022 and April 2023.
Can you also please provide the contact details of the person/persons responsible for agreeing non-clinical staffing call-off contracts, for roles which would fall under Lot 2 Corporate Functions. and Lot 6 Estates, Facilities Management & Ancillary Staff..
Please provide the information in the form of electronic copies of information.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you provide the following information:
1. Prior to blood culture collection, what skin asepsis solution does your hospital/Trust/Health Board use in the skin preparation/ cleaning process – a. licensed skin antisepsis applicator b. licensed skin disinfection wipe c. non licensed wipe d. other?
2. How long do you clean the patient’s skin for and what technique is used?
3. How long does your organisation allow the patients skin to dry before blood culture collection?
4. Do you know the percentage of contamination rate of blood cultures in your organisation?
5. What is the management process following a confirmed blood sample contamination. Is it escalation to a. infection control team b. microbiology c. education and development d. other, please specify or e. no process?
Please can the following be actioned as a Freedom of Information request.
In an attempt to understand the landscape across the NHS I am requesting information about clinical waste contracts. Please can you provide the information for the queries below for your trust. If your trust has split or amalgamated in the last 3 years, please could you break the information down into historic trusts as relevant.
1. Who is your current contractor for clinical waste collections? This will usually be one contractor for offensive/hazardous waste tiger and orange bags. as well as sharps however if you have more than one contractor, please could you name them all
2. Please could you confirm if you are in a specific contract for clinical waste management or if clinical waste is collected as part of a wider total waste management solution. If a part of a total waste management solution, the TWM provider should be named in question 1
3. If in contract for clinical waste management, please could you confirm the start date and the term of the contract? Could you please state if you contractually have the option extend past the standard duration and if so by how long? An example answer would be as follows.
‘Aug 2022 start date for 3 years with the option of +1 extension wrote into the contract’
4. If known, please could you confirm how many separate sites clinical waste is collected from across your estate?
Under Freedom of Information legislation, I would like to request the following. 1. Is your organisation and apprenticeship levy payer? Yes or no is sufficient. 2. What was the value £. of your organisation’s apprenticeship levy contributions in a. 2019-20 b. 2020-21 c. 2021-22 and d. 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown. 3. How much apprenticeship levy ‘expired’ – i.e. was not used – in a. 2019-20 b. 2020-21 c. 2021-22 and d. 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown. 4. How many apprenticeship starts did your organisation create in a. 2019-20 b. 2020-21 c. 2021-22 and d. 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown.
5. How many of those apprenticeship starts created were a. male and b. female in 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23. Please provide an annual breakdown for each gender. Given the statutory deadline for a response to a Freedom of Information Request is 20 working days, the deadline for your response is Tuesday 12 December. If you fail to meet this deadline, I will request an Internal Review. After that, I will log a complaint via the Commissioner’s Office.
1. How many patients of [Trust Name] are using or have been prescribed the following medical devices for use in their home? a. Nebuliser b. Oxygen concentrator c. Suction d. Ventilator or non-invasive ventilation BiPAP or CPAP. e. Feeding pump f. Powered hospital bed g. Electric wheelchair h. Haemodialysis machine i. Body drier j. Chair lift.
2. What, if any, rebate or refund schemes are made available by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust for patients in respect of the energy costs they incur running the above devices?
We have identified that you have capacity within your trust to deliver mental health services within England. Please provide the following information:
• Hospital names.
• Unit names.
• Security level
• Number of beds
• Adult or children / adolescent service
We have attached a pro-forma and would be grateful if you could provide the information in that format.
1. Who is responsible for managing the recruitment of temporary staff and what is their work email address
2. Could you please provide your total OFF-Framework agency spend between 1st of January 2022 to 31st of December 2022 for: A. Nurses all bands and specialties. and B. General Practitioners please answer separately.
3. Could you please list individually which specialty of nurses hired through off-framework agencies that accumulated agency spend in excess of £100,000 between the 1st of January 2022 to 31st of December 2022. Example answers for question 3: Advance Nurse Practitioners total off framework agency spend £101,000, Mental Health Nurses total off framework agency spend £202,596, Paediatric Nurses total off framework agency spend £185,696.
Could you please provide me with the information counting treatment beginning as from the first appointment following the assessment of need?
For nursing registered and unregistered please could you share the below agency data:
• For registered Nursing o How many hours were used in the last year?
o What is your spend over the corresponding period?
• For unregistered Nursing o How many hours were used in the last year?
o What is your spend over the corresponding period?
Please could you also confirm if you have a:
• Master vendor and their contract end date?
• Neutral vendor and their contract end date?
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Sent: 24 March 2021 13:36
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: IAPT Services
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Good afternoon
I wanted to get in touch, to request a full list of IAPT services within this trust.
Is it possible that this gets sent over to me ASAP? Thank you so much
I would like to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the following:
1. The spending per financial year on translation services written. and interpreting services oral. for your organisation over each of the following 5 financial years: 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, as well as the languages involved. Please do not include data regarding the spending on services for the deaf and blind such as sign language interpreting or Braille..
2. The total budget for your organisation for each of the 5 financial years the information above is provided on, for all expenses not just for translation and interpreting services, i.e. to include all expenses such as salaries, utilities, equipment, consumables etc., with only the total figure given, no breakdown necessary. For example, I assume the total budget would be a few dozen or hundred million pounds per financial year. This is so that I can calculate the translation and interpreting spending as a percentage of the organisation’s total budget which I suspect would be around or under 0.1%.. The data will be compiled, analysed and published on https://inboxtranslation.com
The above data and subsequent analysis will be part of my research and published on the above website. This means it would be available for free to anyone, so not used commercially. Can you please confirm this is OK from a copyright point of view? I would appreciate it if you could fill in and return the attached Excel document with the information requested only the first tab, named Data.. The second tab, named Example, is just an example of what I am looking for in terms of the information provided.
If there is anything unclear in my request or would like more information regarding the purpose of my research, please let me know, I would be happy to clarify.
Many thanks.
Please can you detail the number of grievances & bullying and harassment complaints that have been raised in the last 5 years. It would be helpful if you could detail the information in the following table:
Year Number of Grievances Raised Number of B&H complaints raised
1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019 1st April 2019 – 31st March 2020 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021 1st April 2021 – 31st March 2022 1st April 2022 – 31st November 2022 How many of the above cases remain unresolved as of 31st November 2022.
What number of employees, who have raised a grievance or B&H complaint since 1st April 2018, remained at the Trust, in their same role, one year after their complaint was concluded? What number of respondents* involved in grievance or B&H complaints since 1st April 2018, remained at the Trust, in their same role, one year after their complaint was concluded?
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could you send me answers to questions below. It is likely your Post Room will be able to help with most of this request.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. 1. How many inpatients, outpatient and waiting list patients in total is your trust currently responsible for?
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2. How many letters are received by the trust on an annual basis?
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3. Does your print and post room currently scan and distribute inbound communications i.e., physical letters received by the trust.?
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4. What make of Scanner do you use? Kodak Yes/No
Fujitsu Yes/No
MFD – Copier Yes /No
Other please specify. _________________________
5. Do you have scanning software or extraction software linked to your scanner to help identify and categorise your inbound communications? If yes, who supplies your service _________________________
How many images do you validate? _________________________
What is the cost of each image communication_________________________
6. Do you currently use an outsourced scanning service? If yes, who supplies you with your scanning service? _________________________ How many images do you send to the supplier a year? ______________________¬
What is the cost of each image / page communication? ______________________
7. What volume of your current inbound post in scanned and sent digitally throughout your organisation?
Total number scanned letters _________________________ 8. Who has responsibility for digital transformation in your organisation?
Name _____________________________________
Email Address ______________________________
9. Who is responsible for your post room i.e., who is your post room manager.?
Name _____________________________________
Email Address ______________________________
10. Who is the Director of IT in your organisation?
Name _____________________________________
Email Address ______________________________
11. Who is the procurement manager responsible for print and post solutions in your organisation?
Name _____________________________________
Email Address ______________________________
Hello,
I’m a local councillor in Cheltenham and also part of a working group hosted by the NHS looking at health inequalities in west Cheltenham. I have a few questions I would like to ask regarding Sexual Health Provision in Cheltenham. I have been advised I need to ask these under the FOI.
I would like the following information for the last 5 years, please, broken down by year:
Milson Clinic
1. Who uses the Milson Clinic in Cheltenham demographics including but not limited to age of clients, sex, ethnicity, postcode area/council ward.?
2. What do they use it for contraception, unwanted pregnancy advice, STIs or other.?
3. How do they access it face to face, online, telephone.? 4. How long have people had to wait between first making contact and seeing someone if they need a face to face appointment and what is the reason for their appointment?
Hope House and wider
5. How many Cheltenham residents per month use Hope House in Gloucester and for what services?
6. Other than Hope House and Milson Clinic, what other sexual health/contraception help and advice is offered in Cheltenham?
Are there any studies or reports regarding Sexual Health provision in Gloucestershire that I can be directed towards, please, for a greater understanding.
Kind regards,
QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON ADULT ADHD SERVICES
1. For your financial years 2022-23 and 2021-22 please can you tell us: a. For each of those years how many adult assessments for ADHD were done? i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
b. For each of those years what was the average waiting time in weeks. for adults who had an assessment for ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.. i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
c. For each of those years how many adult ADHD referrals were rejected prior to the individual receiving an assessment? i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
d. For each of those years how many adults were waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of the year. i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON CHILD ADHD SERVICES
2. For your financial years 2022-23 and 2021-22 please can you tell us: a. For each of those years how many child assessments for ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. were done? i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
b. For each of those years what was the average waiting time in weeks. for children who had an assessment for ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.. i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
c. For each of those years how many child ADHD referrals were rejected prior to assessment? i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
d. For each of those years how many children were waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of the year. i. If you have the data and it won’t take us over the costs limit please can you break this down by gender.
GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION AND ITS ADHD SERVICES
3. With relation to the present time reflecting the most recent data that you have.. Please can you answer the following questions: a. With regards to your adult ADHD services. i. Do you currently have a commissioned adult ADHD assessment service?
ii. How many adults do you have waiting for an adult ADHD assessment?
iii. What is your current expected waiting time in weeks. for an adult ADHD Assessment?
iv. What is your current longest waiting time for an adult ADHD Assessment?
v. What is your process for reviewing and deciding whether to accept or reject adults who have been referred for an ADHD assessment.
vi. Is your organisation confident that it is satisfying the NICE guidelines for adults with ADHD?
b. With regards to your child ADHD services i. Do you currently have a commissioned child ADHD Assessment service?
ii. How many children do you have waiting for a child ADHD assessment?
iii. What is your current expected waiting time in weeks. for a child ADHD Assessment?
iv. What is your current longest waiting time for a child ADHD Assessment?
v. What is your process for reviewing and deciding whether to accept or reject children who have been referred for an ADHD assessment.
vi. Is your organisation confident that it is satisfying the NICE guidelines for children with ADHD?
c. Information on your financial year. i. What are the dates of your financial year 2022-23.
ii. What are the dates of your financial year 2021-22.
1. Which ERP Enterprise Resource Management. or Finance system is currently used?
2. What was the total value of the contract?
3. What is the annual contract value?
4. What is the duration of the contract?
5. When does your contract expire?
6. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
7. Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
8. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible.
Sent: 20 March 2022 18:30
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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Hello,
I am making a request regarding Assessment & Treatment Units. Please could you supply:
The total number of in-patient Assessment & Treatment Units within the trust.
The total number of people currently registered as in-patients ATUs.
If possible: please supply a full list of every NHS ATU under your authority.
Firstly, Happy New Year.
Please could you answer the below questions in relation to Nursing on framework supply;
1. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to ON framework agencies within the last 90 days?
2. In the last 90 days which wards, or departments were these ON framework requests for?
3. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by ON framework agencies within the last 90 days?
4. How many long term lines of work or block bookings are currently being supplied by ON framework agencies?
5. Which ON framework agencies is the trust currently utilising for Nursing vacancies and what is the spend on these agencies year to date?
6. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to OFF framework agencies within the last 90 days?
7. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from ON framework agencies?
8. Who at Temporary Staffing is responsible for onboarding new agencies and could you provide their email address and contact number?
9. What is the generic Nurse bank email address for staff bank?
10. How many shifts were cascaded to Thornbury Nursing within the last 90 days?
As part of the Clinical Psychology Training Programme at the University of Birmingham, we are currently in the process of reviewing our recruitment and selection processes. In the future, we hope to ensure that our trainees are representative of the diverse communities and people that live in the Midlands region and that access onto our training programme is fair and equitable. We have partnered with the British Psychological Society BPS. and the Psychological Professions Network PPN. to undertake this task, as we also hope to develop some synergy across the region in a combined approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion EDI. within the psychological workforce . Before we can make any formal changes to the process, we first require data about the diversity within the Practicing Psychologist workforce ethnicity and gender.. I have approached various psychology leads to obtain this information at a regional level, however, what is evident is that this data is not held centrally. I was therefore wondering how I could obtain the following sets of information from your Trust
1. The total number of all Practicing Psychologists in your Trust as defined by the HCPC
2. The total number of Clinical Psychologists in your Trust
3. The ethnic breakdown of all Practicing Psychologists in your Trust via census categories
4. The ethnic breakdown of all Clinical Psychologists in your Trust via Census categories. 5. The gender breakdown of all Practicing Psychologist in your Trust via census categories
6. The gender breakdown of all Clinical Psychologists in your Trust via census categories
FOI request: please submit your answer to both questions in the attached spreadsheet.:
1. Please state the suppliers – and name of software used – for the following systems used by the trust if applicable.:
• Cloud provider
• Robotic process automation system • Payroll system
• Staff rostering system
• HR/workforce management system
• Financial management system
• Supply chain and inventory management system
• Barcode and scanning technology system provider
• Computer hardware provider laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets, iPads etc.
2. Please state the expiry date for the trust’s contracts with the suppliers referred to above for the systems in question.
Under the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, please can you provide me with the following information: Thromboprophylaxis
1. Does the Trust routinely meet the 95% VTE Risk Assessment level required by NHS England?
2. Please provide the monthly percentage admissions numbers/VTE risk assessments carried out. for VTE risk assessments carried across the Trust between 1st January 2022 – 31 December 2022.
3. Does the Trust have dedicated funding for a team ensuring VTE prevention occurs?
I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please provide data on:
– How many times pest control has been called out by your Trust for EACH year for instances of rodents rats or mice. for 2017, 2018. 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
Please provide information on how much was spent per annum on pest control for these call outs for rodents rats or mice. for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.