Subject: RE: FW: FOI request for Mental Health institutions in the UK – for 2020 – GLOUCESTER STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE ?
Thank you for your email.
To confirm, we did not receive your FOI Request dated 25th April 2021. Looking through the list of contacts you sent your original request through to, I can see you sent the request to our CEO’s incorrect email address, this would explain why this request was never received. A further email from yourself was received dated 10th July 2021 as this was then sent to the correct email address for our CEO however, this is not the correct process to follow if you wish to make an FOI Request. Please can I kindly ask that you send all future FOI Requests to the correct email address on freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Further information on how to make an FOI Request to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS FT can be found on our website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information/. With this in mind, I will ask the team to work off the basis that we received your FOI Request on 10th July 2021 and endeavour to get back to you as quickly as possible.
Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 — Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FW: FOI request for Mental Health institutions in the UK – for 2020 – GLOUCESTER STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE ?
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Hello
Thank you for your email + all you do ….
Your response of September 2020 is regarding a request for 2019 data ….
We are now requesting 2020 data …
Please provide the 2020 data …
Hope we have a good week
In love + solidarity
Thank you for your email.
Our CEO has forwarded your latest email through to myself.
To confirm, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT sent their response to this same FOI Request in back in September 2020 titled ‘FOI 198-2021 – Response Letter’ Would you like another copy our Trusts response we sent in September for your records?
Kind regards,
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Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 — Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
Subject: Fwd: FOI request for Mental Health institutions in the UK – for 2020 – GLOUCESTER STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE ?
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Hello
Hope you are good + thank you for all you do …
We sent this FOI request on the 25th April 2021 detailed below. …
We do not seem to have a response from your organisation …
Please respond to this FOI request …
Hope we have a good week
In love + solidarity
Please could you answer the questions attached as per the Freedom of information act.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Hope you have a good day …
In love + solidarity
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133-2122
Sent: 04 June 2021 11:42
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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————————-Information Officer,
Please disclose the information listed in the below table by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Medical Locums Nurses Allied Health Professionals or Health Scientists
Please can you confirm whether the Trust is contracted to a managed service provider for the supply of agency staff under each of the following categories Please confirm which company provides the managed service for each staff Category and the contract expiry date For Medical Locums and for AHPs, please confirm whether the Trust utilises a Direct Engagement solution for VAT efficiency Please confirm which company provides the Direct Engagement solution and the contract expiry date
158-2122
Hospital Managers Research Project – No email
162-2122
I am writing to make a freedom of information request. Please can you provide answers to the 3 questions below?
FOI request questions:
1. Is your NHS organisation currently using any software/apps that include artificial intelligence AI.? If answer to Q1 is yes:
2. Please provide a list of any AI-based software that is currently in use within your organisation. Please include the brand name of the software and the name of the company that sells it. 3. For each of the AI-based software products currently in use, please state whether: a. it is only being used within the context of a research study or pilot project OR
b. is has been purchased/commissioned by your organisation for routine use.
Additional information that might be helpful: To help you to identify whether any AI-based software is in use in your organisation, here are some definitions and examples please note this is not a comprehensive list.:
• AI is sometimes also described as ‘machine learning’, ‘data-driven’ or ‘advanced algorithms’.
• Common examples of where AI is currently in use include: o Medical image processing software, such as: For chest/cardiac CT scans: examples include HeartFlow company name HeartFlow., Veye Chest Aidence., icolung icometrix., EchoGo Ultromics.
For brain CT scans: examples include Aidoc: head Aidoc., e-CTA and e-ASPECTS Brainomix., Icobrain Icometrix., and qER Qure., Veolity MeVis., and RapidAI iSchemaView, Inc.
For mammography: Transpara Mammography and Transpara DBT ScreenPoint Medical., HealthMammo Software Zebra Medical Vision., and ProFound AI for 2D Mammography, Mia Kheiron. and ProFound AI for DBT iCAD.
Retinal imaging, such as Automated diabetic retinal image analysis software Optos PLC.
o Radiotherapy planning, such as DLCExpert Mirada Medical Ltd.
o In primary care, such as Babylon/GP At hand, or RITA: Referral Intelligence and Triage Automation Deloitte.
o Symptom checker apps/software such as C The Signs C The Signs.
o Mobile cardiac monitoring such as Zio-Service iRhythm Technologies Ltd.
o Appointment scheduling/efficiency systems such as DrDoctor ICNH Ltd.
Background:
I am a student at the University of Liverpool, studying for an MSc in data science and artificial intelligence. My dissertation will be on how artificial intelligence AI. is used in the NHS. As part of this I am asking NHS providers whether they are currently using any AI-based software, to get a picture of the uptake of these new technologies in the NHS. The information you provide will be included in my MSc dissertation and could potentially be included in academic publications. I know that this is a very difficult time for the NHS and so I am very grateful for the time taken to complete this request. I am aware that it may take longer than the stated 20 working days to respond, any responses will be very helpful to me, regardless of how long it takes.
Many thanks,
098-2122
Sent: 27 April 2021 15:46
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request
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————————-Information Officer,
Please disclose the information listed in the below table by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Between 1st April 2020 and 31st March 2021, how many times number of shifts. did the Trust pay more than £70 per hour all-inclusive charge rate. for a band 5 agency nurse?
2. In the same time period, which agency / agencies have supplied band 5 nurses at £70 of above?
3. In each whole week since Monday 5th March 2021, how many agency nurse shifts were supplied off-framework and of these, how many were charged at £70 per hour or more?
227-2122
Sent: 19 September 2021 18:22
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Business Intelligence and Benchmarking Tools
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Under the Freedom of Information FOI. act I am submitting a request for information on your organisation’s use of business intelligence and benchmarking tools. If you have any questions on the attached questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
170-2122
1: How many women presented to hospitals within of your Trust with Retained Products of Conception RPOC. after medically induced abortion [also known as induced miscarriage or termination of pregnancy] for the 24 months starting 01 June 2019 to 31 May 2021, and how many of them required evacuation of retained products ERPC., [sometimes referred to as surgical management of miscarriage, SMM]. If possible, please can this information be broken down per month?
NB. I do not require spontaneous abortion or miscarriage data Two examples of the information I am looking for, from a previous FOI request to an NHS Hospital Trust, in a helpful format have been included below:
2: Please tell us the threshold volume of bleeding required for coding and reporting of haemorrhage at your hospitals and how many women have been treated within your hospitals with haemorrhage after starting a medically induced abortion also known as induced miscarriage or termination of pregnancy. for each month over a 24 months period starting 01 June 2019 to 31 May 2021.
NB. – If the second question goes over the 18 hour limit please ignore it and answer the first. – In the event of patient numbers being less than 5 in a particular month, please can I have the total number of patients in each three-month quarter for the period 01 June 2019 to 31 May 2021: 01 June to 31 August, 01 September to 30 November, 01 December to 2829. February and 01 March to 31 May.
Do ask if anything needs clarification.
176-2122
Sent: 15 July 2021 12:03
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request – language services This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
We are NHS England Clinical Entrepreneurs undertaking research on the provision of interpreting services for patients with limited English proficiency. We would be very grateful if you could help by providing the following information, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.: 1. Please confirm your Trust’s overall spending on Translation and Interpreting Services, for each of the financial years:
a. 2018-19
b. 2019-2020
c. 2020-2021
2. If available, for the financial years specified in Question 1, please provide a breakdown of: a. Total spend on written translation b. Total spend on telephone interpreting
c. Total spend on video interpreting
d. Total spend on in-person/face to face interpreting i.e. pre-booked consultations. e. Breakdown of spending between inpatient vs outpatient services 3. If available, please provide a breakdown of the: a. Total number of in-person/face to face interpreting sessions booked break down by language, specialty, and clinical area. a. Please confirm what is the current process for clinical or administrative staff to book:
i. An in-person / face to face interpreting consultation ii. A telephone interpreting session
iii. A video interpreting session for example, via Intranet, digital / app based, phone call.
4. Do you employ your own in-house / face-face interpreters? If yes:
a. How many interpreters do you have on payroll breakdown by substantive and bank.? b. What languages do they cover? c. What is the hourly pay for in-house interpreters 5. Do you outsource interpreting services to an external provider? If yes: a. Which providers. do you currently use?
b. Are you able to provide approximate fee / interpreting session for:
i. In-person/face to face interpreting
ii. Telephone interpreting
iii. Video interpreting 6. If you outsource the provision of interpreting services to an external provider, could you please confirm: a. Whether the provider was contracted via a national framework? If so, which one? b. When does the current contract expire? c. Is there is an exclusivity clause, which would prevent the trust from piloting additional / complementary interpreting services during the duration of your contract with your existing provider?
7. From which budget within your organisation are interpreting services funded? Which staff member/role is responsible for signing off that budget? a. Which stakeholders are involved in the decision concerning contracting of interpreting services no need to provide actual names – please only provide role and/or job titles. 8. If available, could you please provide the following information for the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21: a. Anonymised list of procedures cancelled due to lack of interpreter for key stages for example Consent process., including date when procedure was due and date when it was rescheduled alternatively, if unable to adequately anonymise, would you be able to provide us with the 1. total count of procedures that had to be cancelled 2. average delay until procedure rescheduled 3. break down by specialty if possible.
b. Anonymised list of outpatient appointments cancelled due to lack of interpreter, including date when procedure was due and date when it was rescheduled alternatively, if unable to adequately anonymise, would you be able to provide us with the 1. total count of procedures that had to be cancelled 2. average delay until procedure rescheduled 3. break down by specialty if possible.
c. Total number of incidents where one of the contributing factors was language barrier d. Total number of complaints where one of the contributing factors was language barrier 9. What is your hospital’s policy on allowing multilingual clinicians or administrative staff to perform ad-hoc interpreting for patients? a. Is this 1. not officially allowed 2. allowed in exceptional circumstances 3. encouraged alternatively please attach any relevant policies and we will review these ourselves.
10. If we would like to engage in conversation with a member of staff in your organisation to discuss the innovation we propose to develop, who would be the most suitable person to approach?
The purpose of this data collection exercise is to support the planning and development of an innovative solution which aims to reduce language barriers for patients accessing NHS services.
032-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI: mental health services
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding your mental health services.
Please could you break the information down into the past 5 years, up to and including 2020 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.. Please could you provide:
1. 2. The number of patients
3. who have been referred to your mental health services. 4. 5. 6. The number of patients
7. who have been discharged prematurely from your mental health services. 8. 9. 10. 11. The reason that the patient was discharged i.e. could you group patients who were discharged according
12. to the reason they were discharged, so that you provide the number of patients who were discharged for each reason.. 13. 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 cflillywhite@gmail.com. or phone 07748747677. and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
036-2122
Thank you very much for responding to our FOI request. In answer to your clarification question, yes this request should be answered by an Acute Trust.
Please do let me know if you have any other questions.
Thank you again, and I look forward to hearing from you.
037-2122
Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Staffing information
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I am requesting the below information under the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, please respond within 20 working days to the questions submitted below.
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.
1. Do you outsource your Staff Bank to a third-party provider?
If you have answered yes, please also provide answers to the following questions, otherwise please stipulate ‘’
a. Who is the provider that you have outsourced to? If different providers are used for different staffing groups, please state all, and indicate which staffing group each is used for
b. What date was this contract awarded?
c. When is this contract due to end?
d. Was this contract awarded as a result of a tender process or via a direct award?
2. Do you use a third-party Vendor Management System for your agency supply?
If you have answered yes, please also provide answers to the following questions, otherwise please stipulate ‘’
a. Who is the provider of your VMS? If different systems are used for different staffing groups, please state all, and indicate which staffing group they are used for
b. What date was this contract awarded?
c. When is this contract due to end?
d. Was this contract awarded as a result of a tender process or via a direct award?
3. Do you use a third-party to provide Direct Engagement services to any staff group?
If you have answered yes, please also provide answers to the following questions, otherwise please stipulate ‘’
a. Who is your Direct Engagement provider? If different providers are used for different staffing groups, please state all, and indicate which staffing group they are used for
b. What date was this contract awarded?
c. When is this contract due to end?
d. Was this contract awarded as a result of a tender process or via a direct award?
4. Do you use a recruitment process outsourcing model RPO. for substantive staff at your Trust?
If you have answered yes, please also provide answers to the following questions, otherwise please stipulate ‘’
a. Who is the provider that you have outsourced to? If different providers are used for different staffing groups, please state all, and indicate which staffing group they are used for
c. What date was this contract awarded?
d. When is this contract due to end?
e. Was this contract awarded as a result of a tender process or via a direct award? Alexander Byron
198-2122
Subject: FOI: Serious Incidents
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————————-FOI team, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you provide the following information. Please provide for each financial year from 2017-18 to 2020-21: 1. The number of serious incidents which were 1. reported to the trust b. for which a review was started, and c. of the reviews started, the number which were completed within the 60 day limit.
2. The average duration in days taken to complete all serious incident reviews.
3. The longest time in days taken to complete any serious incident review 4. The number of serious incident reports outstanding at the end of each financial year; and at the end of July 2021
Under the act you have 20 working days to provide the information – giving a deadline of 3 September. Please let me know if you require any further clarification. Many thanks,
052-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Gloucestershire Care Services
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I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please send me responses to the following two questions:
When does the existing maintenance contracts. expire for the Trust’s rigid endoscope inventory?
Who is your current service provider of rigid endoscope repair & maintenance?
I would like the above information to be provided to me as a reply via email.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this email. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.
016-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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Good Morning,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please provide the following information:
– Are you part of an NHS-led Partner Collaborative? – If yes, what is the name of the Partner Collaborative? – If no, are there any future plans to be part of an NHS-led Partner Collaborative?
For the purposes of this request, I refer to an NHS-led Partner Collaborative as per the NHS England’s definition; ‘A group of providers of specialised mental health, learning disability and autism services who have agreed to work together to improve the care pathway for their local population.
031-2122
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act Please could you supply me with the following information: a. How many members of your medical staff have a GRC? b. How many members of your medical staff identify as transgender who do not hold a GRC? c. Does your trust restrict doctors or nurses with a GRC who are legally recognised as female to conduct intimate exams on females eg. smear tests, pelvic exams, breast exams.? d. Does your trust restrict any of the duties of nurses and doctors who identity as transgender who do not hold a GRC in relation to their work with male or female patients? I would be grateful if you would supply this information by email to bernadette@netsmart.co.uk
286-2122
Sent: 08 December 2021 01:30
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FOI 286-2122 – Clarification required
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Hi -, The second option please – I want to count the patient every month that they remained a delay in hospital.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 12:05 PM Freedom of Information
——————- Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 286-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
– Can you confirm for the second bullet point please. Do you want to count new patient delay starts from November 2020 to November 2021 e.g. Patient is delayed In November 2020 and is counted once in November and no other month or do you want to count the patient every month that they remained a delay in hospital?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
– —
Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 — Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
—–Original Message—–
From: Alexandra Phillips [mailto:alexaphillips274@gmail.com] Sent: 01 December 2021 16:33
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request re delayed discharges
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, I would like to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Can you please provide:
1. the total number of patients in hospital on 30 November whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home.
2. For each of the last 12 months starting with November 2020 and ending with November 2021., can you please provide the number of hospital patients whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability, awaiting nursing home placement or availability, or awaiting a care package in their own home.
Can you please provide the information in an excel spreadsheet if possible, with the information for question 1 in the first column, and the figures for question 2 in the next 12 columns.
254-2122
Sent: 28 November 2021 15:43
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: no response to request
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To whom it may concern, I m writing to inform you that I am going to go to the ICO’s office as you have broken the law.
The freedom of information act states that you must respond within 20 working days to a request for information.
I have given you 24 working days to respond to my request, and am still waiting.
I find this unacceptable.
copy of original request sent to yourselves:
From: Katie King
Date: 25 October 2021 at 18:13:37 BST
To: FreedomofInformation@ghc.nhs.uk
Subject: Agency emergency nurse practitioner
Good afternoon,
My name is Katie King. I have just started working for Hallam Medical nursing Agency as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner.
The Agency sent my application to Gloucester Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust for approval to work in their MIiU’s when needed.
I completely understand that any application/cv may or may not be accepted, but seeing that I have all the qualifications needed to work there, I was at a total loss when I was advised that my application had been refused.
Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to know the reasons for this refusal and also who made this refusal.
030-2122
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Please could you tell me how many people living in Cirencester had tested positive with Coronavirus Covid 19. before the 23rd March 2020?
Thankyou
006-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOIA
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————————-Information Governance Officer,
Please disclose the information for the below by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 1. Since 1st April 2020, what are the top three / most expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency Nurses working at each of the following Bands? Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Highest Second highest Third highest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Band 2 / HCA Band 5 Band 6 Example General £27.50 Critical £33.20 Theatres £43.80
2. Since 1st April 2020, what are the bottom three / least expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency Nurses working at each of the following bands? Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Lowest Second lowest Third lowest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Band 2 / HCA Band 5 Band 6 Example HCA £19.40 RMN £22.40 Midwife £25.90
3. For each of the “job titles” Band / Specialty. mentioned in your response to questions 1 and 2, please disclose the average hourly rate paid for agency nurses of the same Band and Specialty since 1st April 2020. There should be a maximum of 18 unique “job titles” in the tables above; please use the template below as per the example given at the bottom.
Job Title Band / Speciality Average hourly rate Number of individual Nurses worked
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Example Band 6 Midwife £38.00 4
4. Has the Trust set maximum hourly rates for agency nurses and, if so, what is the maximum hourly rate for each of the job titles you’ve listed in response to question 1.
007-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOIA_Agency Doctors
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————————-Information Governance Officer,
Please disclose the information for the below by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Since 1st April 2020, what are the top three / most expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades? Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Highest Second highest Third highest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Consultant ST4-ST8 ST1-ST3 Example Cardiology £100 Acute Med £90 Psych £80
2. Since 1st April 2020, what are the bottom three / least expensive hourly rates including all cost elements i.e. pay, agency fee, NI, PAYE taxes, VAT and any associated managed service / master vendor fee. paid for agency doctors working at each of the following grades?
Please respond to question one by populating the template below as per the example.
Please clarify the Specialty for which each of the rates was paid as shown.
Grade Lowest Second lowest Third lowest
Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate Specialty Hourly rate
Consultant ST4-ST8 ST1-ST3 Example Cardiology £100 Acute Med £90 Psych £80
3. For each of the “job titles” Grade / Specialty. mention in your response to questions 1 and 2, please disclose the average hourly rate paid for agency doctors of the same Grade and Specialty since 1st April 2020.
There should be a maximum of 18 unique “job titles” in the tables above; please use the template below as per the example given at the bottom.
Job Title Grade / Speciality Average hourly rate Number of individual doctors worked
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Example Consultant / Psychiatry £82.40 4
008-2122
Subject: Request for Information – Telecoms and Networks
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I would like to submit a new FOI request.
All or some of the information provided previously has expired, i require an update on the questions below.
See my request below:
Contract 1
1. Current Lines/Voice Services Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP etc. Provider- Please can you provide me with the name of the supplier for the contract.
2. Fixed Line- Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year are also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
3. Fixed Line- Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider
4. Type of Lines- Please can you split the type of lines per each supplier? PSTN, Analogue, SIP
5. Number of Lines- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks, PSN Lines, Analogue Lines Contract 2
6. Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier’s name NOT Mobiles. if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?
7. Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year is also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.
8. Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
9. Minute’s Landlines Contract Duration: the number of years the contract is with the supplier.
10. Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable. Contract 3
11. Fixed Broadband Provider- Supplier’s name if there is not information available please can you provide further insight into why?
12. Fixed Broadband Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year is also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
13. Fixed Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 4
14. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main suppliers. if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?
15. WAN Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year are also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
16. Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description of the contract
17. The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.
18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
19. For each WAN contract can you please provide me with information on how this was procured, especially around those procurement that used frameworks, please provide me with the framework reference.
20. Internal Contact: please can you send me there full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contracts above.
014-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Rota Supplier Information
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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Rota Supplier information. Please can you complete the attached questions. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
015-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Payroll Software FOI
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust I am writing to make a Freedom of Information Request regarding the payroll software used at your organisation and its functionality. Please complete the FOI questions in the attached document. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
046-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Blood Testing at Cirencester Hospital
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Hello, I have been referred to yourselves by Gloucestershire CCG.
I am trying to obtain details of the cost of providing the blood testing clinic at Cirencester hospital that was discontinued in August 2020.
Please can you provide the annual cost of providing this service, ideally for each of the last three years’ of its operation, but if only the last year’s figure are available, that will be acceptable.
002-2122
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with the following information, as I require this information for a project I am currently undertaking:
I can see the figures that you publish online, but these are deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, so they could have died from other causes.
I just want to know the exact figures between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020 for the following questions:
Question 1
How many people have died in each of your hospitals between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020?
Question 2
How many people have died in your hospitals from Covid-19 alone between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020?
As in they died ONLY due to Covid-19 and did not have any comorbidities at the time of death..
with the Data filtered :
· By Hospital showing deaths per month per hospital between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020.
Question 3
How many people have died in your hospitals from Covid-19 between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020?
As in they died due to Covid-19 but they did have comorbidities at the time of their death..
with the Data filtered :
· By Hospital showing deaths per month per hospital between 1st February 2020 until the 31st December 2020.
I understand that under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I am entitled to a response within 20 working days of your receipt of this request.
I would prefer to receive the information electronically and the Data contained in the form of a Microsoft Excel Workbook would be preferable.
If my request is denied in whole or in part, I ask that you justify all deletions and/or omissions by reference to specific exemptions of the act and include the name of the persons. instructing the information to be omitted as I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information.
If you require any clarification, I expect you to contact me under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance if you find any aspect of this Freedom Of Information request problematic.
Please acknowledge receipt of this request, and I look forward to receiving the information on or before 29th January 2021.
004-2122
Subject: Freedom of Information Request- Current Staff Members
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Hi, Under the Freedom of Information FOI. act I am submitting a request for information on the staff currently working in the following positions in your trust. Could you please supply full contact names and email addresses where possible please.
1. Head of Estates
2. Head of Facilities
3. Head of Procurement
4. Director of Infection Control
5. Chief Nurse
6. Deputy Chief Nurse
7. Consultant Microbiologists
8. Senior Fire Officers/Fire Safety Managers
9. Emergency Services Senior Service Manager
10. Radiology Senior Service Manager
11. Paediatrics Senior Service Manager
145-2122
Sent: 15 June 2021 16:42
Subject: Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Required
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Good Afternoon
Please can you supply a list of suppliers your trust to undertake and supply any of the soft facilities listed below under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ‘the Act’..
Guarding Fixed and Mobile
Security Services Assessment and Design
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Security Alarms, Fire Alarms and Access Control Systems
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of CCTV Systems
Staff Call/Lone Working Devices and Monitoring
Total Security Services Solution
Porterage
Courier Services
Asbestos Management
Asbestos Removal
Demolition Services
Lift Maintenance
Legionella and Water Treatment Services
Fire Risk Assessments and Consultancy Services
Passive Fire Safety
Active Fire Safety
PAT Testing
Pneumatic Tube Systems
Pest Control
Cleaning Services including Deep Clean/Specialist Cleaning
Cleaning Consumables
Laundry Services
Grounds and Gardens Maintenance
Grounds and Hard Surface Landscaping and Maintenance
Grounds and Gardens – Tree Management
Gritting, Snow Clearance and Winter Services
Window Cleaning Internal
Window Cleaning External
Catering Services General + optional retail outlets.
Catering Services Corporate
Total Soft Facilities Management
Thank you in advance.
228-2122
Sent: 16 September 2021 17:53
To: anhsft.foi@nhs.net
Subject: FOIR: SELR Exemption and MTI Route
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————————-FOI Team,
I am writing to make a request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide the following:
1. Whether or not the Trust has been providing SELR Structured English Language Reference. to Doctors with job offers for the Doctors to obtain GMC registration so that they can work in the Trust.
2. If Yes to Question 1, please provide a breakdown by the number of Doctors per month given a SELR by the Trust for the past 36 months across every grade Consultant, Middle Grade, and Junior. and specialty eg Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Radiology, etc…
3. Whether or not the Trust has been employing Doctors via MTI Medical Training Initiative..
4. If Yes to Question 3, please provide a breakdown by the number of Doctors per month employed on MTI for the past 10 years across every grade Consultant, Middle Grade, and Junior. and specialty eg Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Radiology, etc…
Please provide the results in excel spreadsheet format or an alternative format.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary?
If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
250-2122
Sent: 27 October 2021 05:52
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Failure to isolate between pre-op Covid test and appointment
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please advise how many patients per calendar month were asked to leave and rearrange their hospital investigation, treatment or review appointment due to not conforming to the self isolation request between any pre-visit COVID test including pre-op assessments and their appointment each month of 2021, by specialty. Thank you.
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177-2122
Sent: 16 July 2021 14:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI secure outdoor spaces
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————————–, My name is Vanessa Fillis and I would like to request, under the freedom of information act, the following information for mental health services in Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
1. Please name all mental health wards you are operating. For each ward, please state whether they are low/medium/high secure and to which kind of ward it belongs to out of the following: a. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Wards
b. Adult Mental Health Wards
c. Learning Disabilities Wards
d. Older People’s Mental Health Wards
2. For each of the identified wards, please state if they have secure outdoor spaces that patients can access and use. To clarify outdoor spaces, I am referring to any outdoor area belonging to ward that can be accessed by its patients. This includes gardens, courtyards or any other similar space.
3. If such spaces exist, please provide guidelines that specify the use of secure outdoor spaces. If no guidelines exist, please provide answers to the following questions:
a. Can the secure outdoor spaces be used by all patients? b. How many patients can be in these spaces at the same time? c. Can all patients freely access these spaces whenever they want or need to? 4. For each of such spaces, please state its size in square meters. 5. If possible, could you also provide the makeup of the outdoor space. This refers to whether the space is concrete or has grassy areas. Please detail which of the two makes up the majority of the outdoor space. 6. Please state if there have been any changes to the use of secure outdoor spaces because of the Covid-19 pandemic. 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 can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
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. My details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
195-2122
Sent: 04 August 2021 09:59
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Gloucestershire care services FOI request This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
Good afternoon I have some questions regarding your NHS Hospital Trust that I would like answered as per the Freedom of Information Act. I hope that you can supply me with this information.
1. What are your post-covid recovery plans?
2. How are you currently looking to reduce the demand for your elective care services?
3. Are you currently experiencing any issues managing referrals and if you are can you explain them, please?
Kind regards
197-2122
Sent: 05 August 2021 15:15
Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Recruitment & Staffing
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Good Afternoon
Please see below questions for a freedom of information request.
I am making this request on behalf of Cubed Resourcing Ltd T/A Indigo Healthcare Recruitment., Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, BD18 3LF.
1. Please can you give me the breakdown of locum agency doctor, nursing, AHP, Nonclinical spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by hours, specialty and grade 2. Can you confirm if any agency locum doctors have been in contract for 6 months or longer? Can you break down by specialty and grade? 3. Please can you give me the breakdown of bank doctor spend in the past 12 months? Please break this down by specialty and grade. 4. Please can you give me a breakdown of permanent or fixed term doctor vacancies across the Trust? Please break down by specialty and grade. 5. Can you please advise of any doctor vacancies that have been vacant for 6 months or more? 6. In the last 12 months, how much has the Trust paid in introductory fees to recruitment agencies for recruiting doctors on a permanent or fixed term basis? Please break down by specialist and grade. 7. Which agencies have the Trust engaged with in the last 12 months for permanent, fixed term or locum recruitment of doctors? 8. What is your Non framework agency spend for the permanent, fixed term or locum placement of doctors? 9. Which Framework/s are you currently on? Please could you return the answers by email to jess@cubedresourcing.co.uk. Recruitment Operations Manager
218-2122
Sent: 01 September 2021 08:50
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI service provision for orthotics and prosthetics
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
My team and I are currently looking at orthotic and prosthetic service provision in the UK. We are making a Freedom of Information FOI. request with a view to gain an understanding of the current NHS provision in the following topics.
Orthotics
1. Finance
a. Does your trust/board provide a contracted orthotic service or a NHS in house service?
b. If your service is run by a contractor: i. please name them
ii. when did the current agreement start?
iii. What is the total value of the contract?
iv. Is the tender covering both service and product? Please state what it covers
v. How is your orthotics service commissioned? By Block contract? By local tariff? If you are on a local tariff how much does your Trust/ Health board get paid per contact?
c. Please provide annual volumes of orders for the last 12 months for the following products
i. Stock paediatric Footwear
ii. Modular adult Orthotic Footwear
iii. Bespoke Orthotic Footwear
iv. Orthotic Footwear repairs
v. Moulded EVA Insoles
vi. Plastic Heel cups
vii. Carbon Fibre Insoles
viii. Bespoke AFOs
d. Can you give the breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your Orthotic PRODUCT annually for the last 5 years?
e. Can you give a breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your orthotic SERVICE excluding all NON-PAY items. annually for the last 5 years?
2. Service provision
a. Please list the clinics providing orthotic services and for each of them
i. The number of orthotists utilised by the trust
ii. Annual full cost of the service
b. Over the last five financial years, how many orthotics appointments were made for your entire service? Prosthetics
1. Finance
a. Does tour trust/board provide a contracted prosthetic service or a NHS in house service?
b. If your service is run by a contractor: i. please name them
ii. when did the current agreement start?
iii. What is the total value of the contract?
iv. Is the tender covering both service and product? Please state what it covers
v. How is your prosthetics service commissioned? By Block contract? By local tariff? If you are on a local tarrif how much does your Trust/ Health board get paid per contact?
c. Please provide annual volumes of orders for the last 12 months for the following products
i. Upper limbs prosthetics
ii. Lower limbs prosthetics excluding micro-processor-controlled limbs.
iii. Micro-processor-controlled lower limbs prosthetics
d. Can you give the breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your prosthetic PRODUCT annually for the last 5 years?
e. Can you give a breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your prosthetic SERVICE excluding all NON-PAY items.
2. Service provision
a. Please list the clinics providing prosthetic services and for each of them
i. The number of prosthetists utilised by the trust
ii. Annual full cost of the service
b. Over the last five financial years, how many prosthetic appointments were made for your entire service? We thank you in advance for the work that you will provide and for your trust’s help.
232-2122
Sent: 13 January 2022 09:44
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Updated FOI Request
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Thank you for your response. Please disregard the original request and only answer the later one with regard to mental health services only.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:18 PM Freedom of Information
RE: FOI 232-2122 Thank you for your email. We are currently working on your original request after receiving clarification from yourself on 17/12/2021
Reading through your new attached request, it would appear the questions differ slightly and are now only subject to Mental Health. Therefore, can you please confirm you wish us to disregard your original request and now only work to collate the information together and answer the questions in your attached FOI Request?
Once confirmed, I will make the team aware of the change and ask that they gather the information as quickly as possible, but as this would be deemed as a new request due to the change in questions. we do have 20 days to comply. I will however chase an update on this end to ensure we get a response to you before the 20 day cut-off.
Kind regards, Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: www.ghc.nhs.uk
From: Tony Robson [mailto:anthonydavidrobson@gmail.com] Sent: 05 January 2022 16:11
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Updated FOI Request
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Please find attached. Further to my previous request, I am interested in only data for the mental health services provided by your trust, not for the physical services. Thank you for your help so far.
038-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI voluntary and sectioned patients
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I would like to request, under the freedom of information act, the following information for the Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
1. 2. The total number of patients admitted to an inpatient mental health
3. unit every month broken down into voluntary/informal and sectioned patients for the following years:
4. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
2. 3. The total number of patients that are inpatient in a mental health
4. unit at the end of the month broken down into voluntary/informal and sectioned patients for the following years:
5. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
3. 4. Please provide the information for the following time period:
5. a. 01/2018 to 12/2018
b. 01/2019 to 12/2019
c. 01/2020 to 12/2020
4. 5. Please provide the information in the form of an .csv
6. 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 can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
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. My details are outlined below.