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Payroll and Pension Services

Dear FOI Team
This is a freedom of information request. Please provide following information in relation to the provision of Payroll and Pension Services within your organisation:
1. Who is the current provider of Payroll and Pension Services?
2. Is the service provided in-house, outsourced, or through a combination of both?
3. Does the current arrangement include both HR/payroll administration (HR data entry) and payroll processing (back-end payroll processing)?
4. Please provide a brief description of the services included within the current payroll arrangement.
5. When did the current contract/arrangement commence?
6. When is the current contract/arrangement due to expire?
7. What is average number of payslips produced each month?
8. What is the current annual contract value?
9. Does the organisation intend to re-tender the payroll service when the current contract expires?
10. Which procurement framework would you expect the new provider to be?
11. Where will the tender document be published?
12. If available, please provide the procurement/contract reference number or a link to the original contract award/procurement notice.
If any of the information requested is already available publicly, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
Many Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Purchasing of Peripheral Intravenous Cannulas

ESR/Workforce, Finance, Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information about the Trust’s purchasing of peripheral intravenous cannulas.

For each of the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:

1. the manufacturer and brand of each product purchased;
2. the catalogue or product code (NPC, or the Trust’s own code);
3. the quantity purchased (please state the unit – e.g. each, box, case);
4. the total expenditure, excluding VAT;
5. the name of the supplier the Trust purchased from, where this differs from the manufacturer (for example NHS Supply Chain or another distributor);
6. the contract or framework under which the purchase was made, and its start and end dates;
7. where the Trust changed supplier or manufacturer during this period, the previous supplier or manufacturer and the date of change.

I am content to receive the information as an extract from the Trust’s purchasing or catalogue management system in whatever format is most convenient, including a spreadsheet, and I do not require it to be reformatted.

Yours faithfully,

Mental Health Services Insourcing and Outsourcing Expenditure (FY2024/25 and FY2025/26)

MH Services, Procurement

Dear Freedom of Information Team,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following information relating to all Adult and Children & Young People’s Mental Health Services commissioned or delivered by your Trust.
For each of the services listed below, please provide the requested information for the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26 (year to date).
Services
Adult Mental Health
• Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT)
• Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
• Liaison Psychiatry
• Acute Adult Inpatient Services
• Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU)
• Rehabilitation Psychiatry
• Older Adult Mental Health
• Memory Assessment Services
• Dementia Services
• Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)
• Eating Disorder Services
• Personality Disorder Services
• Perinatal Mental Health
• Mother and Baby Units
• Adult ADHD Services
• Adult Autism Assessment Services
• Psychological Therapies / Talking Therapies
• Learning Disability Mental Health Services
• Secure Mental Health Services (where applicable)
• Substance Misuse Services (where managed by the Trust)
Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CAMHS)
• Community CAMHS
• CAMHS Crisis Services
• CAMHS Inpatient Services
• CAMHS Eating Disorder Services
• CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Services (ADHD and Autism)
• CAMHS Learning Disability Services
• Paediatric Liaison Psychiatry
• Infant Mental Health Services (where applicable)
For each service, please provide:
1. The name of any external provider used.
2. Whether the service was delivered through:
o Insourcing
o Outsourcing
o Both
3. Total expenditure during FY2024/25.
4. Total expenditure during FY2025/26 (year to date).
5. Contract start date.
6. Contract expiry date.
7. Whether extension options exist.
8. Whether the provider is the current incumbent supplier.
9. The procurement framework used (where applicable).
10. Whether a formal procurement exercise was undertaken.
If multiple providers have been used for a single service, please provide the information for each provider separately.
Please present the information in a table where possible.
In addition, for each service, please provide:
• The job title and name of the individual with operational responsibility for the service.
• The job title of the individual responsible for procurement or commissioning of the service.
• The generic departmental or team email address for each role (where available).
I am not requesting personal information such as named individuals’ direct email addresses or personal contact details.
Clarification
For the avoidance of doubt, I am requesting information relating to expenditure of public funds and contracts held by the Trust. I am not requesting commercially sensitive pricing methodologies, staffing models, tender submissions, or confidential intellectual property.
If you consider any part of this request to be exempt under the Freedom of Information Act, including (but not limited to) Sections 41 or 43, please disclose all remaining information and clearly identify:
• The specific information being withheld.
• The exemption(s) being relied upon.
• Why those exemptions apply.
• Whether partial disclosure through redaction is possible.
Where only part of the requested information is considered exempt, I ask that the remainder is disclosed.
If complying with this request in full would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Act, please provide the information that is readily available from your finance systems, procurement records or contract registers. Alternatively, please contact me under your duty to advise and assist so that I may refine the request to bring it within the cost limit.
If any of the requested information is already publicly available, please provide a direct link to the relevant publication.
I would prefer the information in Microsoft Excel or CSV format where possible.
Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.
Kind regards,

TR18 Report for Advanced and Conventional Wound Care Products

Procurement

Dear Freedom of Information Team,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the TR18 report relating to both Advanced Wound Care and Conventional Wound Care products for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 July 2026 inclusive.

Please include data for all associated Acute and Community areas within your ICB and provide the report with the following fields:

• DOH Code
• District Name
• Requisition Point Code
• GLN
• Requisition Point Name
• NPC
• GTIN
• EClass
• Framework Name
• Product Description
• Catalogue Section
• Supplier
• Brand
• UOI (Unit of Issue)
• Requisition Type
• Lines Requested
• Lines Supplied
• Requested Quantity
• Supplied Quantity
• Total Demand (£) (if allowed)

For clarity, the request should cover all products within the Advanced Wound Care and Conventional Wound Care categories supplied during the period stated above.

I would prefer the information to be provided in an electronic format, ideally as an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) or CSV file.

If any part of this request is unclear, exceeds the applicable cost limit, or requires refinement to facilitate extraction, please contact me so that I may amend the request accordingly.

I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working day period.

Learning and Development

Finance, Procurement

We’re currently rewriting our Learning & Development policy into a broader Education Policy at SWAST and are reviewing how education governance and standards are reflected across the ambulance sector. We would be grateful if you could share how [Trust] currently structures it’s Education/Learning & Development policy and any related policies, frameworks, or guidance documents that support areas such as quality assurance, training, onboarding, statutory / mandatory compliance, governance, academic standards/integrity, safe learning and anything of that nature in the training / education realm. If there have been any recent changes to your approach or key considerations that informed your current arrangements, we would also be interested to understand these.

NHS Insourcing and Outsourcing

Contracts, Procurement

To whom it may concern

This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to NHS insourcing and outsourcing within your Trust / Health Board / ICB.

Insourcing

1. Do you use insourcing providers? (Note: Insourcing definition as per NHS SBS copied at the end of this email / form. )

2. If yes to the previous question what is the total value of spend, listed by specialty and insourcing provider, used for April 2024 to March 2025 and April 2025 to March 2026? (Note: if an insourcing provider covers multiple specialties, please list that provider multiple times (one row for each specialty)
Specialty (e.g. general surgery, ophthalmology etc) Insourcing provider (fill empty rows with provider name, add rows if required) Total spend (Apr-24-Mar-25) Total spend (Apr-25-Mar-26)

3. Please list below contracts with insourcing providers in the current financial year April 2026 to March 2027?

Specialty (e.g. general surgery, ophthalmology etc) Insourcing provider (fill empty rows with provider name, add rows if required) Contract start date Contract end date (please leave blank if not set) Formal tender process conducted? Procurement framework used for award (for example, NHS SBS) Estimated contract value

Outsourcing

1. Do you use outsourcing providers?

2. If yes to the previous question what is the total value of spend, listed by specialty and outsourcing provider, used for April 2024 to March 2025 and April 2025 to March 2026?

Note: if an outsourcing provider covers multiple specialties, please list that provider multiple times (one row for each specialty)

Specialty (e.g. general surgery, ophthalmology etc) Outsourcing provider (fill empty rows with provider name, add rows if required) Total spend (Apr-24-Mar-25) Total spend (Apr-25-Mar-26)

3. Please list below contracts with outsourcing providers in the current financial year April 2026 to March 2027?

Specialty (e.g. general surgery, ophthalmology etc) Outsourcing provider (fill empty rows with provider name, add rows if required) Contract start date Contract end date (please leave blank if not set) Formal tender process conducted? Procurement framework used for award (for example, NHS SBS) Estimated contract value

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 – for example by suggesting certain parts of the request to prioritise initially.

Many thanks

Staff Bank, Rostering and Clinical Insourcing/Outsourcing

Contracts, ESR/Workforce, Nursing & Agency Nursing, Procurement

Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to request information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or, for public authorities in Scotland, the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002).

Scope of this request

This request concerns how your organisation operates its internal staff bank — the pool of workers your organisation engages directly to fill temporary shifts — and the rostering and temporary-staffing technology that supports it.

It is divided into three parts:

1. Part A — Staff bank management (how the bank itself is run, and by whom) 2. Part B — Rostering and bank technology (the software systems used to roster substantive staff and to book bank shifts, broken down by staff group) 3. Part C — Clinical insourcing and outsourcing (spend on additional clinical capacity used to treat patients and reduce waiting lists)

Parts A and B relate to your internal bank and your own technology and supplier arrangements. They do not ask about external recruitment agencies, off-framework agency usage, or individual worker details.

I have framed this request to be precise and straightforward to answer, and to fall within the appropriate cost limit. The three tables below are provided to make completion as quick as possible.

Part A — Staff bank management

This part asks how your internal staff bank is operated. Please answer for each of the following staff groups, where your organisation operates a bank for them:

1. Medical and dental staff bank
2. Agenda for Change staff bank (nursing, midwifery, healthcare assistants, administrative, and similar) 3. Allied Health Professional (AHP) staff bank, if operated as a separate arrangement

For each staff group, please confirm:

1. Bank management model — please indicate which one applies:
i. Managed service — a third-party supplier operates the staff bank on your behalf (for example NHS Professionals, Bank Partners, or
similar)
ii. Technology-supported, run in-house — your organisation runs the bank itself, using a third-party booking or bank-management system
iii. Fully in-house — the bank is run in-house with no external supplier or third-party technology 2. Bank management supplier name — if a managed service (model i) applies 3. Contract start date of the bank management arrangement 4. Contract end date, and whether you are currently within a contractual extension period 5. Total spend on bank management for that staff group in the most recent full financial year — a single annual figure. I am not requesting unit rates, percentage margins, or commercially sensitive pricing detail.
6. Procurement framework or route used to award the bank management arrangement — for example NHS Workforce Alliance Managed Staff Banks (RM6278), HealthTrust Europe, direct award, or local procurement 7. Re-procurement plans — whether a re-tender of the bank management arrangement is currently planned, and if so, the expected timeline

Table A — Staff bank management (please complete)

If a staff group’s bank is fully in-house (model iii), you need only mark “iii” in row 1 for that group; rows 2–8 can be left blank or marked “n/a”.

Part B — Rostering and bank technology

This part asks about the software systems your organisation uses to
(a) roster substantive staff and (b) advertise and book internal bank shifts. These are often — but not always — supplied by the same vendor (for example RLDatix / Allocate Optima with the BankStaff module, Patchwork, Locum’s Nest, or others).

Please answer for each staff group separately, even where the same system is used across more than one group. Naming the system against each staff group, rather than giving a single overall answer, is what makes the response useful — a simple “yes, we use a system” is not sufficient to answer this request.

For each staff group, please provide:

1. Rostering system name and supplier — the software used to roster substantive staff in that group 2. Bank-booking system name and supplier — the software used to advertise and fill bank shifts in that group (state if it is the same system as the rostering system) 3. Contract end date of each system, and whether you are within an extension period 4. Annual cost in the most recent full financial year — a single annual figure per system 5. Procurement framework or route used to award each technology contract — stated per system, since different systems may sit on different frameworks 6. Re-procurement plans — whether a re-tender of the technology is planned, and the expected timeline

Table B — Rostering and bank technology, by staff group (please complete)

If the same system is used across all staff groups, please still confirm the system name in each column — this confirms coverage rather than leaving it implied. Where rostering and bank-booking are the same system, you may note “as above” in row 2.

Part C — Clinical insourcing and outsourcing

This part concerns spend on additional clinical capacity used to treat patients and reduce waiting lists. It is separate from the staff bank and rostering arrangements above. For clarity, by these terms I mean:

1. Clinical insourcing — where a third-party organisation (private provider or another NHS body) treats your patients using your own facilities, typically in additional or out-of-hours sessions to reduce waiting lists.
2. Clinical outsourcing — where your patients are sent to a third-party provider (for example a private hospital or another NHS
body) to be treated at the third party’s own premises.

Please confirm, for the most recent full financial year:

1. Total clinical insourcing spend in the most recent full financial year — a single annual figure.
2. Total clinical outsourcing spend in the most recent full financial year — a single annual figure.

Table C — Clinical insourcing and outsourcing spend (please complete)

Arrangement | Spend (£, last full FY)
Total clinical insourcing spend (most recent full FY) | Total clinical outsourcing spend (most recent full FY) |

A single total figure for each line is sufficient — I am not requesting a breakdown by specialty, provider, or contract. If you hold no spend under either heading, “nil” or “n/a” is a sufficient answer.

Notes to assist your response

1. Spend figures rounded to the nearest £1,000 are entirely sufficient — I am not seeking audit-quality precision.
2. For contract start dates, please give the original start date; for end dates, please give the current contractual end date including any active extension.
3. I am not requesting copies of contracts, tender documents, supplier proposals, unit rates, or any commercially sensitive pricing breakdown — only the single figures and names requested above.
4. Where one supplier covers more than one staff group or function, you may simply note this rather than repeating the detail.
5. If you consider that any element of this request would, when combined with the others, exceed the appropriate cost limit under section 12 FOIA (or the equivalent under FOI(S)A), please contact me before issuing a refusal so the scope can be narrowed. I am content to receive a partial response covering whichever elements fall within the limit — for example, Part A alone if that is more readily available.
6. If any element is unclear, please contact me for clarification under your duty to advise and assist (section 16 FOIA) rather than refusing under section 1(3).
7. I appreciate this information may sit across HR, temporary staffing, procurement, and finance functions. Please feel free to consolidate input from those teams into a single response.

Response

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, in accordance with section 10 FOIA (or the equivalent timeframe under FOI(S)A 2002).

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Yours faithfully,

IT Infrastructure, Digital Maturity and Technology Contracts

Corporate Governance, Finance, IT, Procurement, Staffing

Dear Freedom of Information Team,

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 as part of my data collection efforts for personal educational studies. Please treat this as a formal request for recorded information held by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS FT

I am requesting information relating to your organisation’s IT infrastructure, digital maturity, staffing, contracts and technology spend. To assist in processing this request efficiently, I have structured it into clearly numbered sections below.

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SECTION 1 — IT BUDGET AND SPEND
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1.1 What is your organisation’s total annual IT / digital technology budget for the current financial year (or most recently completed financial year)? Please break this down into:
(a) Capital expenditure (CapEx)
(b) Operational expenditure (OpEx)

1.2 What proportion of your total organisational budget does IT / digital technology represent (as a percentage)?

1.3 Is there a separate cyber security budget? If so, what is its value?

1.4 Please provide the name(s) of any Commissioning Support Units
(CSUs) or managed service partners that manage IT expenditure on your behalf, if applicable.

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SECTION 2 — IT STAFFING
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2.1 How many whole-time equivalent (WTE) staff are directly employed in IT, digital or technology roles within your organisation?

2.2 Please provide a breakdown of IT staff by job role or band (e.g.
Agenda for Change band or equivalent). Specific names are not required.

2.3 Does your organisation have the following named roles in post?
(Please answer Yes / No / Vacant for each):
(a) Chief Information Officer (CIO) or equivalent
(b) Chief Digital Officer (CDO) or equivalent
(c) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or equivalent
(d) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or equivalent
(e) IT Director / Head of IT
(f) Digital Transformation Lead or equivalent

2.4 How many IT staff are employed via third-party contractors or agency arrangements? What is the approximate annual spend on these arrangements?

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SECTION 3 — SERVER AND COMPUTE INFRASTRUCTURE ──────────────────────────────────────

3.1 Does your organisation operate on-premise server infrastructure? If yes:
(a) What is the approximate number of physical servers in operation?
(b) What server vendors / manufacturers does your organisation use (e.g. Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco UCS)?
(c) What is the approximate age profile of your server estate (e.g. percentage under 3 years, 3–5 years, over 5 years old)?

3.2 Does your organisation use virtualisation technologies? If yes, which platform(s) (e.g. VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix)?

3.3 Does your organisation use hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)?
If yes, which vendor(s)?

3.4 Does your organisation use cloud computing services (not including office 365)? If yes:
(a) Which cloud provider(s) do you use (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, other)?
(b) Approximately what proportion of your workloads are cloud-hosted vs on-premise?
(c) What is the approximate annual cloud spend?

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SECTION 4 — STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
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4.1 What storage platform(s) does your organisation use (e.g. NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE, IBM)?

4.2 What is the approximate total usable storage capacity across your estate (in TB or PB)?

4.3 What is the approximate age of your primary storage estate?

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SECTION 5 — BACKUP, DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY ──────────────────────────────────────

5.1 What backup software solution(s) does your organisation currently use (e.g. Veeam, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, Zerto)?

5.2 What is your backup target infrastructure (e.g. on-premise disk, tape, cloud)?

5.3 Does your organisation have a documented Disaster Recovery (DR) plan? When was it last tested?

5.4 What is the current Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for your critical clinical systems?

5.5 Does your organisation use an offsite or cloud-based backup solution? If yes, which provider?

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SECTION 6 — NETWORKING AND END-USER COMPUTING ──────────────────────────────────────

6.1 Who provides your Wide Area Network (WAN) and/or internet connectivity services?

6.2 What network equipment vendors does your organisation use (e.g.
Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto)?

6.3 What is the approximate number of end-user devices (laptops, desktops, tablets) in your organisation?

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SECTION 7 — SOFTWARE, LICENSING AND KEY CLINICAL SYSTEMS ──────────────────────────────────────

7.1 What is your current Electronic Patient Record (EPR) / Electronic Health Record (EHR) system? Please provide the vendor name and product.

7.2 What Patient Administration System (PAS) does your organisation use?

7.3 Does your organisation use a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) / radiology imaging system? If yes, which vendor and product?

7.4 Does your organisation have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (or
equivalent) in place? When is this due for renewal?

7.5 What is the approximate annual spend on software licences across the organisation?

7.6 Please list any other significant enterprise IT contracts (by contract type / system category — e.g. HR, finance, workforce
management) with approximate annual values where held.

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SECTION 8 — WARRANTIES, CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT ──────────────────────────────────────

8.1 For your primary server, storage and network infrastructure, are vendor warranties and/or third-party maintenance contracts in place?
Please provide:
(a) The type of coverage (vendor warranty, third-party maintenance, or both)
(b) The name of the maintenance provider(s), if applicable
(c) Approximate contract expiry dates where held

8.2 What procurement frameworks does your organisation use for IT hardware and services (e.g. Crown Commercial Service, NHS Shared Business Services, G-Cloud, Tech Products 4)?

8.3 Are any significant IT contracts due for renewal within the next
24 months? Please provide contract category (not necessarily full commercial detail).

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SECTION 9 — DIGITAL MATURITY AND STRATEGY ──────────────────────────────────────

9.1 Has your organisation completed a Digital Maturity Assessment
(DMA) or equivalent framework in the last two years? If so:
(a) Which assessment framework was used (e.g. NHS England DMA, HIMSS EMRAM, Other)?
(b) What overall maturity score or rating was achieved?

9.2 Does your organisation have a current Digital / IT Strategy? If so, what is the publication or approval date?

9.3 Has your organisation achieved or is actively working towards any recognised digital accreditations (e.g. HIMSS Level, NHS Digital aspirant status, Cyber Essentials Plus)?

9.4 What are the top three stated digital priorities for your organisation in the current or next financial year?

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FORMAT AND CLARIFICATION
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I would be grateful to receive the response in electronic format (e.g.
Microsoft Word, PDF or Excel as appropriate). Where information is readily available in an existing published document, a reference or a link to that document would be acceptable.

If you need any clarification about the scope of this request, or if you believe that any element of it would exceed the appropriate limit under Section 12 of the Act, please contact me before the 20-working-day deadline so that I may prioritise or narrow the questions accordingly.

If any information requested is considered exempt, please specify the relevant exemption for each withheld item and confirm whether the public interest test has been considered.

Yours faithfully,

Procurement

Contracts, Procurement

Dear FOI Team,

Please provide the following information.

1. Please provide the record from the organisation’s Contract Register or equivalent procurement log entry pertaining to the current contract for the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: The practice of securing organisational assets such as laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and servers against malicious activity. It encompasses tools and strategies designed to detect, prevent, and respond to threats directly on the device itself.

2. Please provide the following information for the current maintenance and licensing agreement for the primary Perimeter Firewall/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solution (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: The processes and technologies used to protect the boundaries (the perimeter) of an organisation’s internal network from unauthorised external access. It involves monitoring and controlling incoming and outgoing network traffic.

3. Please provide the following information for the service agreement covering the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) platform or equivalent third-party cloud security monitoring too (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: The set of security measures designed to protect data, applications, and infrastructure running in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). It also includes securing internally and externally facing applications themselves (application security).

4. Please provide the following information for the service agreement covering your Identity & Access Management (IAM) software (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: A framework of policies and technologies that ensures the right users have the appropriate access to the right resources at the right time. It involves managing digital identities, authentication (verifying identity), and authorisation (granting access).

5. Please provide the record from the organisation’s Contract Register or equivalent procurement log entry pertaining to the current contract for your current Managed Security / SOC Services (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: The outsourcing of security monitoring and management to a third-party expert. A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a centralised function (internal or outsourced) responsible for continuous monitoring, threat analysis, and managing security incidents.

6. Please provide the record from the organisation’s Contract Register or equivalent procurement log entry pertaining to the current contract for your current Vulnerability & Compliance Management service (Include Supplier, Product Name, Start Date, Expiry Date, Annual spend 2025/2026 [£], Additional notes [including any framework used])
 DEFINITION: The continuous, cyclical practice of identifying, classifying, prioritising, remediating, and mitigating software weaknesses (vulnerabilities). Compliance Management ensures that security practices adhere to specific internal policies, regulatory requirements (like GDPR), and industry standards.

Yours faithfully,

Medical / Surgical Equipment

Finance, Medical Equipment, Procurement

Hello,

This is a Freedom of Information request regarding the procurement of items.

For the past three years for which full data is available, could you please provide procurement data including cost and number of units for the following items purchased by the Trust:

1. Scissors, including surgical and disposable and single-use versions.

2. Forceps, including artery or tissue forceps.

3. Surgical clamps.

4. Basic hollowware, including gallipots, kidney dishes, instrument trays and bowls.

5. Single-use tourniquets.

6. Harmonic shears.

For each item category, please provide for each year:

a) Total number of units procured
b) Total spend (£)
c) Where recorded in procurement systems, whether the items were designated as single-use/disposable.

Additionally, for the same three financial years, please provide:

Total number of the following mobility aids procured: Crutches Walking frames Walking sticks

And for each of the above mobility aids:

a) Total annual spend (£)
b) If recorded centrally, the number of units refurbished or reissued through reuse schemes

If providing the above data in full would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Act, please provide the data for the most recent year only. If any clarification is required, please let me know. Yours faithfully,

Procurement Outsourcing

Procurement

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could I request the following information:

Procurement Outsourcing

Does your organisation outsource its transactional procurement function? If yes, please provide:
• The name of the outsourced service provider
• The name of the outsourced platform or product
• The contract duration (in years)
• The contract end date

Outsourced Transactional Procurement

(yes/no)? Name of the outsourced service provider? Name of the outsourced platform/
Product? Contract duration (in years)? Contract
end date?
Procurement Services

Other procurement support
Does your organisation use a third party to deliver end to end procurement services (e.g., market insight, tendering, business cases)? If yes, please name the provider.

Net Zero Strategy
Does your organisation work with a third party supplier on its NHS Net Zero Strategy? If yes, please provide the supplier’s name.

If you need any clarification, please let me know. I would appreciate it if you could email your response at your earliest convenience.

Regards,

Finance and Accounting Outsourcing

Procurement

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could I request the following information:

Finance and Accounting Outsourcing

Does your organisation outsource any finance and accounting (F&A) services (e.g. Accounts payable and receivable). If yes, please provide:

• The name of the outsourced service provider
• The name of the outsourced platform (e.g. Oracle ERP)
• The contract duration (in years)
• The contract end date

Outsourced F&A (yes/no) Outsourced service provider Outsourced platform Contract duration (years)? Contract end date?

F&A Services

Please can you email the answers back and if you have any questions or need further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Mental Health Outsourcing

Health, MH Services, Procurement

Good morning,

Please can you provide me with the below information:

In the last 6 months (June 25- November 25), please confirm if any Mental Health services have been outsourced:

If yes, please confirm:

-The service provided E.G ADHD, Autism etc (please provide breakdown for each service if applicable)

-The name of the company each service was outsourced to

-Is there a contract in place and the length of contract for each service provided (if applicable)

-The value of each service in the last 6 months

Please confirm how this contract was procured E.G Tender, Direct Award etc

Please provide an email and contact name within the outsource provider

Thanks

Head of Procurement

Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information act 2000, I would like to request the following information;

1.The Name , Job Title and email address of the Head of Procurement ( or equivalent senior procurement lead ) at Your Trust.

2. If available the names , Job Titles and email addresses of any procurement category managers responsible for Capital Equipment.

If direct email addresses cannot be released , please provide the generic procurement contact email for supplier enquires.

I would prefer the information in electronic format Excel or email.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days

Insourcing Spend

Procurement

Please can I request the below information on the utilisation of Insourcing for the following period 01/07/2025-30/09/2025

Total spend during the period for insourcing

Total spend during the period for Insourcing for the below specialties:

1. Neurology
2. Neurophysiology
3. Dermatology
4. Gastroenterology
5. Endoscopy
6. Cardiology
7. Respiratory
8. Orthodontics
9. Dental
10. OMFS
11. ENT
12. Rheumatology
13. Gynaecology
14. Ophthalmology
15. Surgery- including all subspecialties

Please break the spend down by insourcing company

Please confirm if there was a budget and how much budget for insourcing for the specialties outlined during the same period

What was the service type relating to the specialties outlined, for example, outpatient, diagnostic or theatres.

Was it a fully managed service or Team provision for each specialty outlined

Please can you confirm the Frameworks utilised for each specialty

Please confirm any direct awards or mini competitions which are being utilised for each specialty

Total procedures/tests/patients seen completed by insourcing companies for the specialties outlined during the same period

Example:

Total spend Specialty Specialty spend Insourcing provider Insourcing provider spend Budget Service type Fully managed service Team provision Framework utilised Direct award Mini comp Total procedures

Technology Contracts with US Companies

Procurement

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
A list of all technology-related contracts currently held by the Trust with companies headquartered in the United States, where the contract value exceeds £25,000 per annum.
For each relevant contract, please provide:
• Name of the company
• Description of the product or service.

Procurement and Contract Information

Procurement

I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information regarding your organisation’s procurement activities and current contracts.

Information Requested:

1. Current Procurement Opportunities
• Details of any ongoing procurement exercises or tenders currently open or planned to commence within the next 12 months
• Estimated contract values and duration
• Key procurement contact details
2. Existing Contract Information
• List of major contracts (over £50,000 annual value) due for renewal or review in the next 24 months
• Contract end dates and review periods
• Primary contract categories
Scope: Please provide information covering the period from [current date] to [24 months forward];

Master Vendor and Neutral Vendor Services

Procurement

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your Trust’s use of Master Vendor and/or Neutral Vendor staffing arrangements:
Master Vendor Service
1. Does your Trust have a Master Vendor service in place?
2. If yes, which agency provides this service?
3. What technology platform is used to manage this service?
4. What is the end date of the current agreement/contract?
5. What cost (if any) is incurred by the Trust for this service?
6. Which staffing groups are covered under the Master Vendor service?
7. What is the average fill rate achieved under this service over the past 12 months?

Neutral Vendor Service
1. Does your Trust have a Neutral Vendor service in place?
2. If yes, which agency provides this service?
3. What technology platform is used to manage this service?
4. What is the end date of the current agreement/contract?
5. What cost (if any) is incurred by the Trust for this service?
6. Which staffing groups are covered under the Neutral Vendor service?
7. What is the average fill rate achieved under this service over the past 12 months?

Security Technology

Procurement

We would be most grateful if you could provide us, under the Freedom of Information Act, with some information regarding current Digital/Smart Buildings Platform, Fire Alarms , Fire Suppression, Access Controls, Intruder Alarms, CCTV, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning), BMS (Building Management System) and Care Comms/Nurse Call.(Care Communications).
The details we require are:
– Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation’s:
a. Digital/Smart Buildings Platform
b. Fire Alarms
c. Fire Suppression
d. Access Control
e. Intruder Alarms
f. CCTV
g. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning ) h. BMS ( Building Management Systems ) i. Care Comms / Nurse Call

– Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier, please split each contract up individually.
– Contract Type: What is included in the current contracts with these suppliers? Comprehensive, Semi Comprehensive including call outs, Basic Service Only.
– Contract duration, end date and review date of the current contracts with these suppliers.
– On average, what is the annual spend on each of these systems for the Trust?
– Contact Detail: Of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract with details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.
– If the contract is a managed by an outside Facility Management Company, please can you provide all the relevant details with including the contact details of the responsible person from the FM (Facilities Management) Company.

Commissioning of Mental Health Services

Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am writing to request information about adult mental health services in High Secure Units (HSUs), Medium Secure Units (MSUs), Low Secure Units (LSUs) and Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) – specifically where these services fall under adult mental health commissioning (excluding learning disability or other non-mental health pathways).
From what I have read, services may be commissioned under a combination of spot contracts, out-of-area (OOA) placements, and block contracts, depending on the service type and provider. I am seeking to better understand the structure of commissioning and the associated payment flows.
Please provide the information separately for the financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26 Year to Date (YTD) for the following:
1. Spot Contracts (excluding OOA)
• Total income (in £) on spot-priced adult mental health patients
• Total number of adult mental health bed days commissioned
• Average fee (in £) per bed day
2. OOA Contracts
• Total income (in £) on out-of-area adult mental health patients
• Total number of adult mental health bed days commissioned
• Average fee (in £) per bed day
3. Block Contracts
• Total value (in £) of the block contract obtained for adult mental health services
• Total adult mental health bed days commissioned under the block by type (HSUs, MSUs, LSUs, PICUs)
• Average fee (in £) per bed day under the block
4. If breakdown by 1, 2, 3 not available
• Please provide aggregate figures for adult mental health services only:
a) Total cost (in £) of delivering care for adults for each service type
b) Total number of adult bed days delivered for each service type
c) Average cost (in £) per occupied bed day (or per week) for adults for each service type
Please fill out your responses in the attached Excel spreadsheet and return the completed file via email reply.

Therapy and Community Rehabilitation Services

Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information regarding your Therapy and Community Rehabilitation services, including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Dietetics:

Are any of these services currently delivered by external providers through:

Insourcing
Outsourcing
Subcontracting
For each external provider currently engaged, please provide:

Name of the provider
Type of engagement (insourced, outsourced, subcontracted)
Service(s) provided
Contract start date
Contract end date or review date
Annual contract value or total spend to date Volume of activity delivered (e.g. number of patients seen, sessions delivered, or hours worked) Performance metrics or KPIs, if available Was the contract awarded via a framework or open tender? If so, please specify which framework (e.g. NHS SBS, HealthTrust Europe, etc.).

Who is the internal lead responsible for managing these contracts? Please provide their job title and department.

Who do the external providers report into operationally within your organisation? (e.g. Clinical Lead, Service Manager)

Are there any current or upcoming plans to procure additional external support for these services in the next 12 months?

Have you experienced any challenges in meeting waiting time targets or service demand in these areas over the past 12 months?

Market for Bank or Agency Management Services

Procurement

I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request under the 20-day response requirement, to inquire whether your organisation intends to come to market for bank or agency management services in the next 12 months. Specifically, I would appreciate information on:
1. Whether the trust plans to tender for these services in the near future.
2. The scope of services expected to be included in the upcoming tender.
3. The key point of contact within the trust responsible for this area.

Use of Insourcing Providers

Procurement

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding your Trust’s use of Insourcing to support service delivery and reduce waiting lists.

Please could you provide responses to the following:

1. Do you currently use Insourcing providers to support delivery of clinical services and reduce patient waiting lists?
(Yes/No)
2. If yes, please provide the names of all Insourcing providers used by your Trust over the last 12 months.
3. For each provider listed above, please confirm:
o The specialties in which they have delivered services
o The total spend with each provider (for the most recent 12-month period available)
4. What specialties within your Trust currently use Insourcing providers?
5. What procurement route(s) did you use to award Insourcing contracts?
(e.g. NHS SBS, HealthTrust Europe, local procurement, etc.)
6. Are these contracts part of a framework or spot-purchased?
(Please specify for each provider if possible.)
7. What is the duration of the current Insourcing contracts?
(Start and end dates, and whether there are extension options.)

Insourcing

Procurement

This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to NHS insourcing within your Trust / Health Board.
1. Do you use insourcing providers?
2. If yes to the previous question (use of insourcing providers) what is the total value of spend, listed by speciality and insourcing provider, used for Apr-24-Mar-25?
Note: if an insourcing provider covers multiple specialties, please list that provider multiple times (one row for each specialty)
3. Please list below contracts with insourcing providers in the current financial year April 2025 – March 2026

Outsourcing of Mental Health Services

MH Services, Procurement

Please can you provide me with the below information:

In the last 6 months, please confirm if any Mental Health services have been outsourced:

If yes, please confirm:

-The service provided E.G ADHD, Autism etc (please provide breakdown for each service if applicable)
-The name of the company each service was outsourced to
-Is there a contract in place and the length of contract for each service provided (if applicable)
-The value of each service in the last 6 months

Please provide an email and contact name within the outsource provider

Office Print Procurement Contracts

Procurement

I would be grateful if you could help in answering our request for information regarding any current office print procurement contracts your organisation may hold.

1. Do you have a print contract for your general office printers or multi-functional devices (MFDs), if so, please provide the name of the contract provider?
2. Please confirm the start and end date of each contract named in question 1.
3. Please confirm the end date of any extension periods for each contract named in question 1.
4. When do you intend to start re-tendering for each contract named in question 1.
5. How many printers and MFDs are deployed across your organisation?
6. What is your annual output (print and copy) volume (mono and colour) and spend?
7. Who is the person(s) within your organisation responsible for these contract(s)? please provide their role/title and contact details?

HSCN and Connectivity

Contracts, ICT Contracts, IT, Procurement

1. HSCN connectivity (Health and Social Care Network)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

2. Software Defined WAN (SDWAN)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

3. Local Area Network (LAN)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

4. Wireless Access (WIFI)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

Procurement of cyber security services and software platforms

Procurement

I am conducting a research project into how public sector organisations procure cyber security services and enterprise software platforms. As part of this, I would be grateful if you could provide the most recent contract information you hold for the following areas:
1. Standard Firewall (Network)
Firewall services that protect the organisation’s network from unauthorised access and other internet security threats.
2. Anti-virus Software Application
Programs designed to prevent, detect, and remove viruses, malware, trojans, adware, and related threats.
3. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
A volume licensing agreement that may include:
• Microsoft 365 (Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams)

• Windows Enterprise

• Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS)

• Azure services (committed or pay-as-you-go)

4. Microsoft Power BI
Or any alternative business intelligence platform used for data connectivity, dashboards, and reporting.
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For each of the above areas, I kindly request the following:
1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract?

2. What is the annual spend for each contract?

3. What is the description of the services provided?

4. Primary brand (where applicable)

5. What is the start date of the contract?

6. What is the expiry date of the contract?

7. What is the total duration of the contract?

8. Who is the responsible contract officer?
• Please include at least their job title, and where possible, name, contact number, and direct email address

9. How many licences or users are included (where applicable)?

Procurement Information

Procurement

Could you please advise of the following in terms of your Trust:

1. Is your Procurement Function in- house or outsourced?
2. How many people FTE work in your Procurement Dept including roles and bands?
3. What is the cost of your Procurement Function?
4. What is the scope of activity your Procurement Function delivers? Does this specifically include: Operational Procurement ie: transactional activity raising requisitions/ orders, Strategic Procurement ie: Category Management, tendering etc, Contract Management, general advice and guidance?

Insourcing for Pathology Services

Health, Procurement

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information regarding your use of insourcing for haematology, histopathology, and/or microbiology services between 1 April 2024 and the date of this request (i.e., the last 12 months):

Service Usage:

Does your trust currently use (or has it used in the last 12 months) insourcing providers for any of the following services?

a) Haematology
b) Histopathology
c) Microbiology
d) Oncology
(If yes, please specify which specialties)

Provider Details:

For each insourced specialty above, provide:
a) The name(s) of the external provider(s).
b) The start and end date(s) of the contract(s).

Scope & Volume:

A brief description of the services covered (e.g., “blood film reporting,” “biopsy analysis,” “infection screening”).

Estimated annual spend (or total spend) on these insourcing arrangements for 2023/24.

Procurement Method:
Was the contract awarded via a framework (e.g., NHS SBS DPS, Crown Commercial Service)? If yes, state which one.

If no insourcing is used for these specialties, please state “None.”

Call-off contracts

Procurement

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.

I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified several potential call-off contracts awarded by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, but I can’t find details of the framework agreements they were awarded from.

I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns (“Title of framework used” and “Further framework info”) is where I am missing information. Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreements or DPS agreements used here. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreements (e.g., a link to the framework’s Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS’s RM codes), please use the final column for this.

Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the “Title of framework used” column.

I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.

If you do not feel like this request could be completed in good time, please could you work down the list and do as much of a subset as you can?

Use of Insourcing

Contracts, Procurement

Use of insourcing in FY 2024-25:

1. What was the total amount spent by the Trust on insourcing services during the financial year 2024/25?
2. Please provide a list of all external providers engaged to deliver insourcing services during 2024/25.
3. For each provider listed in response to Question 2, please state the total amount paid to that provider for insourcing services during 2024/25.
4. For each provider, please list the types of clinical services or specialties they delivered (e.g. endoscopy, dermatology, ophthalmology, etc.).

Utilisation of Insourcing

Contracts, Procurement

Please can I request the below information on the utilisation of Insourcing for the following period 01/01/2025-31/03/2025

• Total spend during the period for Insourcing for the below specialties:

• Neurology
• Neurophysiology
• Dermatology
• Gastroenterology
• Endoscopy
• Cardiology
• Respiratory
• Orthodontics / Dental
• OMFS
• ENT
• Rheumatology
• Gynaecology

– Please break the spend down by insourcing company

• Please confirm if there was a budget for insourcing for the specialties outlined during the same period

• What was the service type relating to the specialties outlined, for example, outpatient, diagnostic or theatres.

• Was it a fully managed service or Team provision

• Please can you confirm the Frameworks utilised for each specialty

• Please confirm any direct awards or mini competitions which are being utilised for each specialty

• Total procedures completed by insourcing companies for the specialties outlined during the same period

Organisation Service Provision Cost

Contracts, Procurement

I am writing to request information under the freedom of information act on your organisations service provision cost.

1. Please can you provide the annual cost of providing the below services for the financial year 2023/2024?
• Learning Disability Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost
• Autism Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost
• Eating Disorder Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost
• Early Intervention in Psychosis Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost
• ADHD Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost
• Anxiety and Depression Services
o Adult Cost
o Children and Young People Cost

269-2024

Organisation, Procurement, Public

1. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics rostering software
2. Which software provider does the Trust use for doctors temporary staff management software
3. Which software provider does the Trust use for direct engagement management of medical locums software
4. Which software provider does the Trust use for master vendor management software
5. What was the annual cost for the Trust’s medics rostering software in the last FY
6. What is the contractual end date of your current medics rostering software
7. What is the contractual end date of your current direct engagement software
8. What is the contractual end date of your current master vendor management software
9. What is the contractual end date of your current temporary staff management software

216-2024

Clinical Activity Data, Estates, Procurement

SECTION 1: Hospital Demographics
1. Please indicate your trust/hospital type and type of care:

1. Trust/Hospital Type:
i) Acute
ii) Mental Health
iii) Community
iv) Ambulance
v) Other (please specify)

2. Type of Care:
i) Secondary
ii) Tertiary
iii) Other (please specify)

3. Total Number of Beds: Please indicate the total number of inpatient beds in your hospital, including all types (e.g., general, ICU, maternity) if applicable.

4. ICU/ITU Bed Count: How many beds are designated for intensive or high-dependency care?

5. Annual Admissions: Please provide the total number of patient admissions in the last calendar year. If exact figures are unavailable, please provide your best estimate.

SECTION 2: Procurement and Inventory Management
1. Formal Procurement Policies: Does your hospital have formal policies or guidelines for medical equipment procurement?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary)
ii) No

2. Designated Procurement Roles: Is there a designated individual or team responsible for managing the procurement of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and a brief description of responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Team
iii) No

3. Inventory Review Frequency: How often is your medical equipment inventory reviewed for excess or unused items?
i) Monthly
ii) Quarterly
iii) Biannually
iv) Annually
v) Other (please specify)

4. Primary Sources for Procurement:
What are the primary sources for your medical equipment procurement?
Please indicate the proportion sourced from the NHS supply chain versus individual suppliers, and provide any additional details as applicable.

SECTION 3: Waste and Disposal
1. Excess/Expired Equipment:
What percentage of your medical equipment inventory was classified as excess, unused, or expired in the last 12 months?
Please provide a breakdown by equipment type, if available.

2. Disposal Responsibility: Is there a specific role or department responsible for overseeing the disposal of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Department
iii) No

3. Formal Disposal Policy: Does your hospital have a formal policy for the disposal of medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary of any policies)
ii) No

4. Types of Commonly Disposed Equipment: Please specify the types of medical equipment most commonly disposed of due to expiry or non-use. Include examples and approximate percentages for each type, if possible.
i) Surgical instruments
ii) Diagnostic devices
iii) Monitoring equipment
iv) Imaging equipment
v) Other (please specify)

SECTION 4: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
1. Sustainability Initiatives: Does your hospital have a sustainability initiative for recycling, reuse, or redistribution of excess or unused medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide details)
ii) No

2. Disposal of Excess or Expired Equipment: How does your hospital manage the disposal of excess, expired, or damaged equipment? Please provide a breakdown by disposal method and indicate the approximate amount (in tonnes) used per year for each method.
i) Recycling
ii) Donation
iii) General waste
iv) Other (please specify)

SECTION 5: Policies and Compliance
1. Compliance with Disposal Guidelines: How does your hospital ensure compliance with national or NHS guidelines on the disposal and management of medical equipment?
i) Internal audits
ii) External audits
iii) Regular staff training
iv) Other (please specify)

2. Internal Audits of Equipment Management: Has your hospital conducted internal audits within the last 12 months to assess the management of excess medical equipment?
i) Yes (If yes, please indicate the frequency of audits and any key findings, if available)
ii) No

197-2024

Procurement, What Do They Know

For all psychiatry grades (e.g. Consultant, SAS) and all sub-specialties (e.g. General Adult, Old Age, CAMHS) for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/2024 and April to September 2024:

1. Please could you provide the data for total spend, for each locum agency used, divided between on and off framework

2. Please confirm the total number of agency locum psychiatrists working per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.

3. Please confirm the total number of hours worked by agency locum psychiatrists per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.

4. Please confirm the total number of unfilled vacancies (excluding locum filled posts) per month.

159-2024

Procurement

This is in relation to the use of social value weighting of 10 per cent in your procurement of goods and services, which has been mandated by government for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts since April 2022.
Please send me:
1. What methods do you use to measure social value from your procurements? Please include any additional measurement methods you use (e.g. TOMs) as well as the NHS Social Value Model.
2. What is the total social value accrued by your procurement activities each year from April 2022, according to how you measure and report this at a corporate level? If possible, can you provide any explanatory notes to explain how you have measured this?
3. Do you use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social value, such as social local economic value? If so:
1. a. Please specify the method or measure you use to monetise the measurement of social value
1. b. Please provide the total number of contracts to which you applied this financial proxy each financial year since April 2022
1. c. Please provide the total value of those contracts
1. d. Please provide the total monetized social value of those contracts
1. e. Please provide the total value of all contracts let during that same period
4. How much in total have you spent in procurement on local business/organisations, each financial year, since April 2022? Please including your definition of a local business/organisation, if you have one.
5. How much have you spent on SMEs each FY since April 2022? The government defines an SME as a company with fewer than 250 employees, turnover under €50m and balance sheet under €43. If the trust has a different definition then please provide it.
6. How much have you spent on VCSEs each FY since April 2022? Again, please include your definition of a VCSE if you have one.

202-2024

Organisation, Procurement

1. Codes used by insourcing provider: Please provide a list of each individual tariff (HRG) code, HRG reference name, and total count of references for each code for activity completed by third party insourcing providers. We do not need to know the provider nor the spend. Just the total number of references per code (e.g., FZ51Z, Diagnostic Colonoscopy. Count: 76).
2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please associate and provide the medical specialty (e.g., Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).
3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.
4. This information is requested for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.
Clarification of Terms:
For the purposes of this request, “HRG tariff” renamed “NHS Payment Scheme” refers to the standardised categories and pricing used for specific specialties and delivery types within the NHS.
For the purpose of this request, “elective insourcing services” refers to services provided by an external organisation within your facilities, typically aimed at reducing waiting lists and improving patient access to elective care.

213-2024

Estates, Procurement, Public

I am currently conducting some personal research on the size and age of imaging equipment across acute NHS Providers in England. To aid my research, I am requesting that you provide (in editable digital formats) the data points listed below per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. CT Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced CT service provider
i. Y or N
2. MR Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced MR service provider
i. Y or N
3. PET/CT Scanners
a. Number Operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use outsourced PET/CT service provider.
i. Y/N
ii. If Yes
1. Provider Name(s) and
2. Location

210-2024

Commercial, Procurement

1) Does the Trust / Health Board use a third-party inventory management / point of care solution?

1A) If yes – please confirm:
I: Which inventory management / point of care solution you use.
II: Contract value (p.a.)
III: Contract renewal date
IV: When did the Trust / Health Board first start using this solution?

1B) If no – does the Trust / Health Board use any internally-built IT inventory management / point of care solutions?

2) Please could you indicate which department(s) in the Trust / Health Board use inventory management / point of care solutions, whether third-party or internal?

165-2024

CPI, Procurement

1. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 what were the BMI of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?

2. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged with a BMI of under 15?

3. For your Children’s eating disorder service what was the weight for height percentage of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?

4. For your Children’s eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged at a weight for height of less than 75 ?

5. At point of discharge if patients had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75, where were your patients discharged to? (for both adults and children)

6. In your adult and children’s eating disorder service what treatment is offered to inpatient and community patients who had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75?

Procurement

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