I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the period August 2022 – August 2023 regarding the employment and related details of Physician Associates PAs. within your trust. I believe this information is essential for public interest, transparency, and to better understand the role of PAs within the healthcare system. Please provide the information in digital media, specifically PDF, Excel, or Word documents.
To facilitate the processing of my request, please provide the following details:
1. Number of Physician Associates PAs. Employed:
– Please provide the total number of Physician Associates employed in your trust for the stated time period.
2. Average Annual Salary of PAs:
– Please disclose the average annual salary, or salary range, for Physician Associates employed in your trust for the stated time period, and a breakdown of how many PAs are on each Agenda for Change pay band.
3. Average Weekly Working Hours:
– Specify the average number of hours worked per week by Physician Associates employed at your trust for the stated time period, and the average number of hours worked outside of the 9am-5pm time range.
4. Job Duties and Responsibilities:
– Provide a detailed description of the job duties and responsibilities of Physician Associates within your trust for the stated time period.
5. Supervision and Accessibility:
– Clarify what profession and grade are supervising Physician Associates and whether PAs at your trust are able to attend work if their supervising clinician is not immediately contactable by them.
6. Role in Filling Rota Gaps:
– Indicate whether Physician Associates at your trust are permitted to fill rota gaps left by GMC Registered Medical Doctors. If so, specify the grade of doctors they are authorised to cover for.
7. Hourly Rates for Bank Shifts:
– Please provide the hourly rate range paid to Physician Associates working bank shifts at your trust for the stated time period. Break down this range according to years of service if applicable.
8. Prospective Employment:
– Please disclose the number of Physician Associates your trust plans to employ in the next 5 years, or business cases out for employing PAs in the next 5 years.
I understand that the Act requires a response within 20 working days. If, for any reason, my request cannot be fulfilled within this timeframe, please let me know the expected timeframe for a response and the reasons for any delays.
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291-2023
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 FOIA. Request
We write to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information:
Policies and guidelines in place in 2014 relating to:
Mental health assessments
Detaining patients following mental health assessments
Crisis and Recovery Team referrals
290-2023
Thank you very much for your response to the FoI request that we sent you on 8th November 2023. Your input is extremely appreciated and valued. We would like to ask for your collaboration one last time, by fully reviewing your answers and updating them as deemed adequate, in view of the information provided below and in the attachments.
Please refer to the attached document Reference Lists. to help quickly identify your answer to our FoI request. The document contains the name, date of response and reference number if provided. of all authorities that have been involved in this request.
Allow us to explain the context of this FoI request. Your answers are included in a global study on the challenges of public service organisations dealing with foreign languages, and their preparedness for the use of machine translation, a very common application of Artificial Intelligence AI.. We contacted over 500 public service organisations, consisting of all NHS Trusts, Police Forces and Local Councils in England. Previous studies have confirmed that most organisations do not have provisions for managing risks of using AI or machine translation specifically. Yet, there is sufficient evidence that these tools are very regularly used in these services, and that there is a real risk of harm caused by their misuse. Our research aims specifically at identifying good examples in public service organisations of the capacity to respond to these current societal and technological challenges.
We hope you understand the complexity of this project and the reason why we are asking you to review your answers. We have received very diverse replies from the different organisations we contacted, some of which have initially misinterpreted our request as not corresponding totally to the provisions of an FoI instrument, or found some of our questions ambiguous, or to be requesting information that we did not intend to collect.
This review request aims at giving all authorities equal opportunity to be duly represented, by sending to each and every one the clarifications that a few requested. Please read the attached PDF document FOI Q&A. and update your answers in view of the information provided. The document may seem excessively long, but for most organisations, it will simply confirm that you have given the adequate answers. Some of you will even recognise many of the clarifications. We ask that you please check the main section first, which answers queries about the questionnaire as a whole, and then the explanation of each question carefully.
477-2023
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.
398-2022
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 Perinatal Mental Health Team. I’m interested in data held between 2020 and the present day. Please can you tell me: 1. The number of patients referred or self-referred to the service and accepted for treatment, broken down by year 2. The number of patients referred or self-referred to the service and rejected, broken down by year. 3. A list of the reasons patients were rejected from the service, by year, broken down by proportion. 4. The number of appointments per year held by phone, online and in person broken down by type. 5. The average waiting time for a patient between referral and first appointment, broken down by year.
272-2023
1. Please provide information on the Trust Capital spend in the following format for all years Table structure & categorisation taken from NHS Capital guidance 2022 to 2025 page 26 dated April 2022 attached for info.
2022/23 Capital Spend Categories 2022/23 Actual spend 2023/24 Budgeted 2023/24 Latest forecast estimate 2024/25 Budget
1 New build – Land and dwellings 2 New build – Theatres and critical care 3 New build – Wards 4 New build – Diagnostics 5 New build – A&E/AAU 6 New build – Non-clinical 7 New build – Car parking 8 New build – Multiple areas/other 9 Routine maintenance non-backlog. – Land, buildings and dwellings
10 Backlog maintenance – Significant and high risk CIR. 11 Backlog maintenance – Moderate and low risk 12 IT – Clinical systems 13 IT – Other software 14 IT – Hardware 15 IT – Telephony 16 IT – Cybersecurity, infrastructure/ networking 17 IT – Other 18 Fire safety 19 Plant and machinery 20 Equipment – Non-clinical 21 Equipment – Clinical theatres and critical care 22 Equipment – Clinical diagnostics 23 Equipment – Clinical other 24 Fleet, vehicles and transport 25 Fixtures and fittings 26 Other – Intangible assets 27 Other – including Investment property 2. For the following spend categories, please provide a best estimate of the total % spent replacing existing equipment as opposed to investing in additional capacity. 3. Are ICS’s having an impact on ability to spend capital funds on new equipment? If yes please describe operational challenges and expected timeline to be resolved
273-2023
I am writing today to implement a freedom of information request.
I want to know the number of occasions when written patient case notes green Rio subsidiary files. have been lost or gone missing at Charlton Lane Hospital from June 2012 until present.
I also need to know how many of these missing case note files were for patients who had died in the hospital.
342-2022
I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding Gloucestershire Health And Care NHS Foundation Trust. 1. The total duration in days or hours. for which services were closed due to maintenance or repair works. Please can you provide the data with the following breakdowns:
a. Yearly for the financial years 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13
b. The impacted site c. The impacted service area e.g. surgery, outpatient, inpatient etc.. d. The total number of cancelled services due to this 2. The total duration in days or hours. for which services were closed due to estates and infrastructure failures e.g. damages, equipment deficiencies.. Please can you provide the data with the following breakdowns:
a. Yearly for the financial years 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13
b. The impacted site c. The impacted service area e.g. surgery, outpatient, inpatient etc.. d. The total number of cancelled services due to this
293-2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:
1. Does your Trust provide adult eating disorder services?
2. If so, what is the current waiting time from referral to assessment?
3. What is the current waiting time from assessment to treatment?
4. How many people are currently waiting for treatment?
270-2023
Dear Sir/Madam
Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information:
1. In your NHS Trust, how many patients have been seen with insomnia over the last 12 months?
2. Does your NHS Trust currently offer face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia for people experiencing chronic insomnia symptoms?
3. Has your NHS Trust previously offered face-to-face Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia for people experiencing chronic insomnia symptoms, but now no longer do so?
4. Does your NHS Trust currently offer or signpost to digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia for people experiencing chronic insomnia symptoms?
5. Has your NHS Trust previously offered or signposted to digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia for people experiencing chronic insomnia symptoms, but now no longer do so?
6. Within your NHS Trust, could you provide a figure for how many referrals were made to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia services within the last 12 months that you have figures for?
265-2023
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 60 days?
2. In the last 60 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 60 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. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from ON framework agencies?
7. Who at temporary staffing is responsible for onboarding new agencies and could you provide me with their contact details?
504-2023
I am submitting an FOI request, requesting data on the NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Programme previously IAPT. provided by your trust for the year 2021-22.
Please see my questions below:
How many referrals did the trust receive for the above programme and timeframe?
How many of those were self-referrals, GP referrals or other? Please list raw number for each type of referral.
How many of those total referrals started treatment?
How many of those total referrals ended treatment before competed course?
How many of those total referrals finished a completed course of treatment?
What types of therapy are offered by the trust via the programme? Please list
How many referrals were offered each type of therapy, specifically:
One-to-one in person
One-to-one online
Computer based/workbook based self-access Silvercloud etc.
Group therapy
How many referrals started each type of therapy?
How many referrals ended each type of therapy before completing course of treatment?
How many referrals finished completed course of treatment?
How long in minutes are one-to-one treatment sessions in person?
How long in minutes are one-to-one treatment sessions online?
If there are sessions of different lengths, please list them all and how many referrals were offered each session length?
How many referrals started 30-minute or course of the shortest-length treatment sessions offered?
How many referrals ended those sessions before completing the course of treatment?
How many referrals finished complete course of those sessions?
How many referrals started the longest-length treatment sessions offered? 45 minutes and above.
How many referrals ended those sessions before completing the course of treatment?
How many referrals finished complete course of those sessions?
How many sessions are offered to referrals?
If there are different numbers of sessions offered as a baseline, please list them all and how many were offered each number as a baseline?
How many referrals offered the shortest number of sessions finished treatment?
How many referrals offered the largest number of sessions finished treatment?
How many referrals offered the mean average. number of sessions finished treatment?
421-2023
1. Please provide the total number of A&E attendances by patients of No Fixed Abode/Address for each of the financial years from 2011/12 to 2021/2022.
2. Please also provide the number of these individuals as outlined in Q1. who were admitted with a primary/secondary diagnosis of drug poisoning. 3. Please provide the total number of hospital admissions by patients of No Fixed Abode/Address for each of the same financial years.
4. Please also provide the number of these individuals as outlined in Q3. who were admitted with a primary/secondary diagnosis of drug poisoning.
255-2023
I would like to make a Freedom of Information Request as Follows
NICE recommends NHS collects real-world evidence on devices that monitor people with Parkinson’s disease. https://www.nice.org.uk/news/nice-conditionally-recommends-five-promising-technologies-for-people-wi…
Has your Trust purchased any of the following devices reviewed by NICE between the 1st of January 2020 and the 31st of August 2023.
•The Personal KinetiGraph PKG. Movement Recording System Global Kinetics Corporation.
STAT-ON Sense4care.
Kinesia 360 Great Lakes Neurotechnologies.
KinesiaU Great Lakes Neurotechnologies.
PDMonitor PD Neurotechnology.
I am not seeking quantities or prices simply a yes or no for each product.
Has your Trust received any of the above devices reviewed by NICE between the 1st of January 2020 and the 31st of August 2023 without your Trust being required to pay.
I am not seeking quantities or prices simply a yes or no for each product.
I preferer communication by email
285-2022
We’d like to request the following information
• How many of your doctors are currently on a visa?
• How many of your healthcare workers are currently in the process of applying for a first time visa to work in the UK?
• How many of your doctors are currently in the process of applying for a first time visa to work in the UK?
• How many healthcare workers are currently in the process of applying to have their visa renewed?
• How many doctors are currently in the process of applying to have their visa renewed?
• How many healthcare workers are currently in the process of applying for indefinite leave to remain?
• How many doctors are currently in the process of applying for indefinite leave to remain?
460-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information FOI. Act 2000 to request information regarding the Trusts’ measurement of its performance against the ‘Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder’. Please provide a reference number for this request in your acknowledgement.
1. At what point – from the list below – does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust currently stop the ‘waiting times clock’ for children and young people with an eating disorder? If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
Initial phone call to the patient and/or parents/guardians
Parent/guardian psychoeducation group
Onward referral to a non-NHS organisation
Assessment appointment in person or by video call.
Second individual appointment for the patient with or without family present. i.e. First full treatment appointment
At another time, please specify.
2. Does the Community Eating Disorder Service/s for Children and Young People and any other relevant mental health services provided by your Trust provide the assessment and first treatment session for children and young people with an eating disorder on the same date? If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
3. Please list the clinical interventions that the Trust currently uses as justifications to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ for children and young people with an eating disorder. If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
4. Please disclose the median and mean gaps in calendar days. between the appointment used to stop the ‘waiting times clock’ and the subsequent individual or single family not group. treatment appointment for children and young people with an eating disorder. Please do this for each of the tax. years listed below, based on the year in which the clock was stopped. If the Trust provides more than one relevant service, please list answers separately for each.
2019/20 tax year.
2020/21 tax year.
2021/22 tax year.
2022/23 tax year – to date [please specify months covered].
424-2023
I am writing to request the following information from your NHS trust:
• The number of adult patients who have started urgent eating disorder treatment by >0-1 week since referral, 1-4 weeks, >4-12 weeks, 12 plus, including the total number of completed pathways
• The number of adult patients who have started routine eating disorder treatment >0-1 week since referral, 1-4 weeks, >4-12 weeks, 12 plus, including the total number of completed pathways
• Please also specify a. the longest wait for urgent eating disorder treatment, and b. the longest wait for routine eating disorder treatment in days. for the calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022
Please provide this information for Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4 of 2021-22, and Q1, Q2 and Q3 of 2022-23, providing a separate table for each quarter, in the style of the CYP data: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/
440-2023
Please kindly ignore my previous FOI request, submitted just now. The attachment has been added to this FOI request. I would like to make the following FOI request to your organisation please: Background
We are conducting research into the types of care providers that are being used to provide services to Children & Young People CYP. across England, and as such, we are looking to collate a national list of care providers that are currently being used across the 42 ICBs for these services, as well as information as to how these services are currently being commissioned. The cohorts of Children & Young People CYP. who this research relates to is those who have a complex physical disability, learning disability, mental health needs and/or end-of-life needs. These CYP may require packages of care and support in their own home or other community settings, e.g., hospice/step-down, foster care arrangements. In addition, this includes children who are placed in residential and therapeutic settings, assisted/supported living which are contracted by LA’s.. In the majority, the CYP will have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SEND. and require an Education and Health Care Plan. FOI Questions 1/ How are Children & Young People CYP. services commissioned for those who have complex health needs in your area? as defined within Background.. Please answer against the categories listed in the below, where applicable. Example answers for the type of procurement model include: Operate a Framework, Operate a Dynamic Purchasing System DPS., Spot Purchasing, Preferred Provider, Block Contract, No formal process. Organisation type Who leads on the procurement Type of procurement model in use Link if applicable.
E.g., answer ICB/ICS Joint procurement across ICB and LA Framework Insert link to Framework details www..
E.g., answer Education Education No formal process
E.g., answer LA Joint procurement across ICB and LA Framework Insert link to Framework details www..
ICB/ICS Education Local Authority 2/ Please complete as much of the table within the attached spreadsheet as possible, contained on the 2nd tab. We would like to know the names of the care providers that are currently being used to deliver services to the Children & Young People CYP. cohort described in the Background. To support with identifying a national list of care providers for this cohort, we also require details about the type of provider. Reference points such as the provider postcode and CQC Location ID if it is a CQC registered service. have been requested to allow for the providers to be identified in a consistent and accurate manner across ICBs/ICSs. The 3rd tab contains a Key which provides further explanation to some of the columns, alongside possible examples. Please note that the examples are not an exhaustive list. If it is not possible to populate this template within the FOI time allowance, yet the data is recorded in an alternative spreadsheet form, please provide this.
271-2022
Please can you send me the organisation’s Local Area Network LAN. contract, which may include the following:
Support and Maintenance- e.g. switches, router, software etc
Managed- If this includes services than just LAN.
1. Contract Type: Managed or Maintenance
2. Existing Supplier: Who is the current supplier?
3. Annual Spend for each supplier: What is the annual average spending on the supplier above? If there is more than one supplier, please split the annual averages spent for each supplier.
4. Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable.
5. Number of Sites: The number of sites, where equipment is supported by each contract.
6. Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?
7. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract.
8. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract is and can you please also include any extensions this may include.
9. Contract Expiry Date: When does the contract expire?
10. Contract Review Date: When will the organisation be planning to review the contract?
11. Responsible Officer: Contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?
If the LAN maintenance is included in-house please include the following information:
1. Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?
2. Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable.
3. Number of Sites: Estimated/Actual number of sites the LAN covers.
4. Responsible Officer: Who within the organisation is responsible for LAN please provide me with contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?
If the contract is managed by a 3rd party e.g. Can you please provide me with
1. Existing Supplier: Who is the current supplier?
2. Number of Users: Please can you provide me with the number of users this contract covers. Approximate number of users will also be acceptable.
3. Number of Sites: Estimated/Actual number of sites the LAN covers.
4. Contract Type: Managed, Maintenance, Installation, Software
5. Hardware Brand: What is the hardware brand of the LAN equipment?
6. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract.
7. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract is and can you please also include any extensions this may include.
8. Contract Expiry Date: When does the contract expire?
9. Contract Review Date: When will the organisation be planning to review the contract?
10. Responsible Officer: Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts. please provide me with contact details including name, job title, contact number and email address?
457-2023
1. Does the Trust have a person appointed Armed Forces/Veterans Champion? 2. If so, what is their name and contact details? 3. Does the Trust have an agreed suicide prevention action plan or strategy? 4. If so, does this strategy recognise veterans as an at-risk, priority or tailored group? 5. If so, does your strategy reference veterans in any other way? 6. If so, when is your strategy due to be reviewed?
393-2022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST
I am looking into the parking operations, impact, and parking charge notices issued at your Trust. Please could you kindly respond to these questions under the Freedom of Information act 2000:
1. Who currently manages the car parks run for/by the trust?
2. Do you outsource the parking management to a 3rd party. If so, to who?
3. How many parking related complaints have you received over the last 12 months, split per hospital within the trust?
4. Do you use Automatic Number Plate Recognition for parking enforcement at any of the hospitals, and if so, at which ones?
5. How much money was raised through people paying to park at the trust, split per hospital over the last 12 months?
6. When were the existing payment machines installed, and can people pay using a credit/debit card at all machines?
7. Can users pay to park using a mobile phone-based APP, if so, which one?
8. How many parking charge notices PCN’s. were issued during the last 12-month period?
9. How much money was generated for the trust by people paying enforcement notices, split per hospital over the last 12 months?
394-2022
I am writing to request the following information from your NHS trust:
• The number of children and young people presenting to community-based mental health services receiving help within four weeks from request for service referral.
• The total number of children and young people referred to community-based mental health services
• The number of adults presenting to community-based mental health services receiving help within four weeks from request for service referral.
• The total number of adults referred to community-based mental health services
Please provide the information for the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and break the data down by month.
For children and young people, please see the following definition of receiving help using official NHS terminology: This may involve immediate advice, support or a brief intervention, help to access another more appropriate service, the start of a longer-term intervention or agreement about a patient care plan, or the start of a specialist assessment that may take longer.
The above also applies to adults, but with the following addition: This may involve the start of a therapeutic or social intervention, or agreement about a patient care plan.
187-2022
I’d like to know how I can apply for the Mental Health Support Team to work with my school. We are not on the drop down list. We are ‘The High School Leckhampton’.
330-2022
1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?
331-2022
My name is Jacob John, and I am sending this email on behalf of Health Service Journal HSJ.. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. I would be grateful if you could acknowledge receipt of this request and look forward to your full response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the act.
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.:
Bed management system
Clinical decision support system
Hospital pharmacy system
Population health management system
Hospital discharge system
Theatre scheduling system
Clinical communications system
Remote consultation system provider e.g. video and online consultations.
Advice and guidance system provider
Virtual ward and remote monitoring system provider
2. Please state the expiry date for the trust’s contracts with the suppliers referred to above for the systems in question.
338-2022
1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?
020-2023
Please could you answer the following questions in relation to the trusts off- framework usage in financial year 2022-2023:
1. How much in total did the trust spend on off-framework nursing supply?
2. How was that total split between Community and Mental Health Nursing? 3. How many HCA shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
4. How many Nursing shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
5. Who within the trust is responsible for reporting on off-framework usage?
428-2023
The council, along with all other Gloucestershire authorities, declared a climate emergency in 2019 and the county council adopted a Climate Change Strategy. This strategy saw the council set out the following carbon reduction targets:
• The county council’s own operational emissions to be net zero by 2030
• Emissions from all sources across the county to be net zero by 2050
• The county to work with partners to deliver an 80% reduction in emissions by 2030, relative to 2005.
In 2020, the county council strengthened its targets further, committing to reaching net zero emissions from all sources across the county by 2045.
The council, in partnership with UK100, held the Gloucestershire Decarbonising Transport Forum 2022 – Journey to Net Zero in July 2022. The forum’s aim was to bring together key stakeholders and experts to discuss Gloucestershire’s journey to net zero. The council wants to hear from its residents, businesses, and community groups, to understand what they think are the best methods for reducing the emissions and tackling the climate emergency.
We want to hear from as many people as possible, so please share this link widely and take the survey – https://haveyoursaygloucestershire.uk.engagementhq.com/journey-to-net-zero
453-2023
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Dear Information Team
This is an information request relating to the cost of drugs going out of date.
Please include the following information:
• What is the total value of drugs that have been disposed of due to going past their expiry date, for each of the following years: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
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.
113-2023
Please see information for this request, if we are able to provide this information in line with the section 12 mentioned:
1.Total spend on international recruitment activity with agency providers for the last financial year?
Approximately £157,150
2.Names, total number of agency providers currently being used for international recruitment and total spend with each provider for the last financial year?
3 agencies being used. Charkos – £120,000
ID Medical – £23.400
Sanctuary – £13,750
3.The average fee per Nurse, for International Recruitment via agency?
Between £1,950 and £4,000
4.The main challenges faced by the Trust when recruiting overseas nurses?
Supply of suitable candidates e.g. mental health experience/community experience
Accommodation for nurses
501-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. What was your trust spend on agency for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates? 2. What was your trust spend on agency for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates? 3. What was your trust spend on agency for the period I January 2020 to 31 December 2020 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates?
017-2023
Please disclose:
1. All pieces of work and projects that the trust has commissioned from the company TheValueCircle LLP Company Number OC419158
2. Total spending on TheValueCircle’s services and products to date
3. Which consultants supplied by TheValueCircle have undertaken the work for the trust
4. Any reports produced by TheValueCircle arising from the work undertaken for the trust
5. Who/ what bodies/ organisations recommended TheValueCircle to the trust? Did NHS England or any of its predecessor bodies suggest that the trust hire TheValueCircle?
005-2022
Sent: 13 January 2022 15:24
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request: Rainbow Crossings
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Thursday 13th January 2022
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
————————-Information Team
This is an information request relating to rainbow themed crossings at hospitals within the NHS Trust.
Please include the information for each of the following periods; 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21:
• Total expenditure on rainbow crossings at hospitals within the trust’s remit
• A full list of rainbow crossings at all hospitals added/built during this period
For an example of a rainbow crossing, see this article: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/health/2020/08/19/diversity-message-as-rainbow-pedestrian-crossings-unveiled-at-shrewsbury-and-telford-hospitals/
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.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.
I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.
Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
415-2023
We are Amritsar based immigration consultants . We are doing study visas and work visas since year 2008. We are having large number of qualified nurses with BSC/GNM and good work experience in India. They are also having good communication skills as per requirements of the UKBA. Further to add , we are ready to work with your esteemed organisation as per terms and conditions of your organisation .
324-2022
I am putting together a document for Police staff to have available abut services for victims. My question is, what age range does YMM provide for.
327-2022
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act the Act.. The request comprises four questions, numbered 1 to 4 below.
I am writing regarding funding provided by the government in 2019-20, distributed to your Trust via Health Education England HEE., to improve rest facilities for junior doctors in line with the BMA Fatigue and Facilities Charter.
I understand from HEE that your Trust was provided with of this funding.
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3. Please detail how this money was spent on improving rest facilities for junior doctors.
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3.
4. Please provide me with any documentation that the Trust holds e.g. board papers, business plans,
5. emails. that documents the allocation of this funding and the justification for its use.
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5. Please provide me with any documentation that the trust holds e.g. board papers, business plans,
6. emails. that documents how the Director of Medical Education and Junior Doctors’ Forum in your Trust determined, signed off and monitored the allocation of this funding.
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6. If your answers to questions 1-3 above do not account for the full amount of the funding in question,
7. with which your Trust was provided, please detail what happened to the remainder.
8.
If you believe that this request will exceed the cost limits of the Act, then I would be willing to receive the answer to the questions prioritised by order, ie to only questions 1, 2 and 3; or sequentially to only questions 1 and 2; or sequentially to only question 1.
328-2022
Dear Freedom of Information Team
Section 140 Mental Health Act
Section 140 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as amended 2007. states:
“It shall be the duty of integrated care board and of every Local Health Board to give notice to every local social services authority for an area wholly or partly comprised within the area of the integrated care board or Local Health Board specifying the hospital or hospitals administered by or otherwise available to the integrated care board or Local Health Board in which arrangements are from time to time in force
a.for the reception of patients in cases of special urgency;
b.for the provision of accommodation or facilities designed so as to be specially suitable for patients who have not attained the age of 18 years.”
Could you please answer the questions below, I have also attached them in a spreadsheet if preferred.
Thank you.
Freedom of Information Request s140
1. Does the Trust have a policy or protocol or issue guidance for the use of s140? If there is a policy/protocol/guidance can this be shared 2. Does the Trust admit patients via the s140 process? 3. If patients are admitted via s140 who within the Trust makes this decision: – Senior Manager? Bed Management Team? Section 12 Doctor? Approved Mental Health Professional? Approved Mental Health Professional and S12 Doctor? 4. Does the Trust keep data about the number of times s140 is used per year? – If so please can data be supplied for the last 5 years or if less for whatever period this has been kept 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
329-2022
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Dear Information Team
This is an information request relating to the cost of producing an annual gender pay gap report.
Please include the information for each of the following periods; 2019-20; 2020-21, 2021-22:
• The cost of producing each gender pay gap report, including a breakdown of the cost such as the number of FTE staff working on the report and any costs involved with design, printing, distribution
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.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.
225-2022
1. Who is the head of procurement responsible for approving agency usage for the Radiography Department at your trust?
2. Who is responsible for agency usage on and off framework. in the Radiography department at all hospitals associated with the Trust:
3. Please can you provide the contact number and email address for the managers. in questions 1 and 2.
4. Have you used off-framework agency staff between March 2021 – March 2022 in Radiography?
5. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for Radiography between August 2021 and August 2022?
125-2023
I am looking for some assistance with your organisation’s Spend/Transparency data, available on the following weblink:
https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/freedom-of-information/
Are you able to provide me with a copy of the July 2020 file or advise when the correct file will be available on the website above?
116/2022
Please can you provide the following information for the community dental services. provided by your organisation for 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 unless otherwise stated.
1. Did your organisation provide a community dental service*?
*By community dental service we mean a service that provides dental care in community settings to children and vulnerable adults, including elderly and housebound people, people with physical disabilities or mental illness.
Yes, we did provide a community dental service. Please continue to Question 2.
No, we did not provide a community dental service. Please provide the name of the organisation that provides this service in your geographical area. You do not need to respond to the remainder of the questions in this FOIA request.
2. For each band please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels. *By WTE we mean ‘whole time equivalent’. This is the total hours worked by all dentists divided by average hours worked by a full-time dentist. Please write ‘0’ if there are no staff at a specific band.
Band Currently today. how many dentists are employed by your organisation under Salaried primary dental care terms and conditions: Currently how many dentist positions are vacant: Between 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 how many headcount.:
headcount WTE* headcount posts became vacant vacant posts were advertised vacant posts were filled. Please do not include partially filled positions
Band A Band B Band C Clinical Band C Managerial Band C Clinical Managerial: Other dentist: 3. For each grade please enter the relevant number corresponding to the column and row labels.
*By WTE we mean ‘whole time equivalent’. This is the total hours worked by all dentists divided by average hours worked by a full-time dentist. Please write ‘0’ if there are no staff at a specific grade.
Grade Currently today., how many dentists are employed on each of the given grades by your organisation on Hospital Medical and Dental Contracts and who perform: headcount WTE*
Dental Core Trainee DCT/SHO.: Specialty Trainee StR. Staff and Associate Specialist grades Consultant 4. How many courses of treatment has your community dental services. provided in the 6th April 2021 to 5th April 2022 year?
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
498-2023
Under the FOI Act please provide me with the information below. Please confirm receipt of this request as soon as possible. The number of inpatients who are currently medically fit to leave hospital in your area, but still reside there. Please provide this as a series of data points for the last calendar year and the year to date, broken down by day. For each day, please break the data into further categories which detail the reason behind the delayed discharge. I am aware that some of the data showing the total number of delayed transfers of care is published here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays-acute-data/ however I am looking for further information relating to the cause of the discharge delay. For example, the Welsh Government also used to publish a detailed breakdown of reasons behind delayed discharge - https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Health-and-Social-Care/NHS-Performance/Delayed-Transfers-of-Care By way of illustration, a response may look like this: 01/01/22 - 100 people awaiting discharge, 20 awaiting physiotherapy, 30 awaiting transport home, 50 awaiting care packages 02/01/22 – 90 people awaiting discharge, 15 awaiting physiotherapy, 30 awaiting transport home, 45 awaiting care packages
403-2022
1. Does your Pathology Department currently use a solution to monitor the fridge temperature
2. If yes who is the supplier?
3. When does the contract expire?
4. How much are you currently paying for the solution?
5. Does the department monitor anything else eg. Humidity, Pressure.
6. Does your Pharmacy Department currently use a solution to remotely monitor the fridge temperature?
7. If yes who is the supplier?
8. When does the contract expire?
9. How much are you currently paying for the solution?
10. Does the department monitor anything else eg. Humidity, Pressure.
404-2022
Information under FOI Request
1. Do you use any digital dictation software within your trust?
a. If yes:
i. Which provider do you use? please provide supplier and system names.
ii. How many users / licences do you currently have and what is your yearly spend?
1. Please split spend by fixed annual licence fee vs any volume-based usage fees if possible
iii. How long have you been with this provider? What was the date of your most recent contract and when does this expire? Who was your previous provider?
b. If no:
i. Do you use any analogue solutions eg. Dictaphone.?
ii. What solutions do you use and who provides those?
iii. What is your approximate yearly spend on these solutions?
2. Do you use any speech recognition software within your trust?
a. If yes:
i. Which provider do you use? please provide supplier and system names.
ii. How many users / licences do you currently have and what is your yearly spend?
1. Please split spend by fixed annual licence fee vs any volume-based usage fees if possible
iii. How long have you been with this provider? What was the date of your most recent contract and when does this expire? Who was your previous provider?
3. Do you use any outsourced transcription services within your trust?
a. If yes:
i. Which provider do you use?
ii. How many users / licences do you currently have and what is your annual spend and volume usage eg. lines per year.?
1. Please split spend by fixed annual fee vs any volume-based usage fees is possible eg. spend on lines per year.
iii. How long have you been with this provider? What was the date of your most recent contract and when does this expire? Who was your previous provider?
b. If no:
i. Do you do transcription in-house?
ii. If so who does this? ie. the clinician, admin staff, IT team etc..
Terminology
1. Digital Dictation – Device or software used to record audio and share recordings digitally
2. Speech Recognition Software – Software used to automatically identify and translate spoken words into text. Used to complete tasks or transcribe documents
3. Outsourced Transcription Services – Use of a 3rd party to identify and transcribe spoken words into text
316-2022
How many individuals attempting to take their own life between 2016 and 2021 have been triaged to mental health services and/or liaison and diversion services within the NHS by the police? How many individuals attempting to take their own life between 2016 and 2021 have previously a. attempted to take their own life b. have a history of suicide attempts c. have a history of using mental health services with the NHS? How many individuals between 2016 and 2021 who have attempted to take their own life, have then been detained under the Mental Health Act and were treated by your organisation? Police intervention is once the police are called to the scene of the individual whom is attempting to take their own life and begin assisting the individual – either through triages of liaison and diversion, or charging the individual.
015-2023
I currently deal with queries in regard to helping students gain work experience placements within the trust and organise school events for our ambassadors to attend to promote the activities that we do. I am writing today because I would like to know what processes you do in order to help students gain work experience placements in your trust as I am hoping to incorporate some of these ideas to our Trust in order to gain more placements and awareness for our staff and students within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
419-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Mental Health Trust. Please may you provide me with:
1. The number of individuals who have been referred to IAPT services, who have been flagged as having financial difficulties in their social and personal circumstances, by financial year, since 2010.
2. The total number of individuals who have been referred to IAPT services, by financial year, since 2010.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
319-2022
1. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services for between 1st August 2022 and 1st November 2022?
2. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services were used between 1st August 2022 and 1st November 2022?
3. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used Nutrix, Genesis or AMC nursing agency for between 1st August 2022 and 1st November 2022?
4. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where Nutrix, AMC or Genesis were used between 1st August 2022 and 1st November 2022?
5. Please name any other OFF CONTRACT SUPPLIERS who have been utilised by the Trust between 1st August 2022 and 1st November 2022 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 November please provide the data until 31st October 2022
7. Can you confirm your head of procurement name, phone number and email address?
320-2022
I would like to request under the Freedom of Information Act the following information:
1. Do you or have you used the patient administration system Epex?
2. If Yes, can you confirm if you are still actively using this system, if it is a read only system or have you successfully decommissioned this system?
3. If you decommissioned the system did you successfully extract and transfer the patient details and any letters and documents into another system, if so which one, and what format was the data extracted in?
4. If you successfully transferred information from Epex, did you do this using the supplier Emis, In-house ICT support or did you use an external contractor?
5. If you used a contractor please can you provide the name of the organisation you used, if this was done in-house can you provide the name of the manager for this particular team/person and a contact email address?
249-2021
I would like to request the following details.
• Procurement team Email
• Head of Procurement and contact details