Freedom of Information Request
Section -1
1. Has the trust conducted any overseas healthcare recruitment in the previous financial year of 2022-2023?
2. If yes, can you please advise which all professionals were recruited from overseas Eg. Nurses, doctors, radiographers, ODP’s
3. Can you please list out which all recruitment agencies were used for each professions respectively for year 2022-2023
4. Please list out the contact details of the recruitment agencies used
5. Please can you describe how were these agencies selected?
Section – 2
6. Is the trust planning to conduct overseas healthcare recruitment in the present financial year of 2023-2024?
7. If yes, can you please advise which all professionals were recruited from overseas Eg. Nurses, doctors, radiographers
8. Can you please list out which all recruitment agencies are being used for each professions respectively for year 2023-2024
9. Please can you describe how were these agencies selected?
Section 3
10. What is the process to get onto your framework of suppliers.
11. Would the trust be open to using a non-framework agency who could deliver a better service in a cost-effective way? if So who is the best person to contact?
12. Kindly specify when is the next lot of tenders invited for such a requirement?
13. Kindly specify where would such a tenders would be published for interested bidders to bid?
14. Are you looking for new suppliers who would be able to help you fulfil the roles?
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059-2023
I am requesting information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Q1. Does your organisation have a panel which focuses on supporting adults who hoard or a ‘hoarding panel’.?
Q2 . If yes, please can you provide me with a copy of the policy/guidance/standard operating procedure/terms of reference that informs the remit of the panel?
Q3. Is there policy or guidance in the organisation to support staff working with people who self-neglect?
Q4. If yes, please can you provide me with a copy?
087-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.
If this information is already publicly available or you might be able to guide me to another information source, any advice would be gladly received.
Please provide data for each question for the years 2018 – 2022, broken down by calendar year i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022..
1. Please provide the number of term stillbirths 37 weeks or more. at your trust
2. Please provide the review process for each stillbirth recorded, e.g.. X number of PMRTs, X number of SIIs, X number referred to the coroner. If relevant, please include the number that led to no review.
3. In any reviews done following a stillbirth please list how many times each of the following was a contributing factor, concluded from the investigation.
a. Failing to monitor reduced foetal movements
b. Wrongly interpreting test results during pregnancy
c. Failing to act on test results which highlight a problem
d. Failure to treat infections in the mother
e. Poor staffing levels
f. Failure to notice vital signs of distress
4. Please provide the number of neonatal deaths at your trust
5. Please provide the review process for each neonatal death, e.g. X number of SIIs, X number referred to the coroner. If relevant, please include the number that led to no review.
6. In any reviews following a neonatal death, please list how many times each of the following was a contributing factor, concluded from the investigation.
a. Failing to monitor reduced foetal movements
b. Wrongly interpreting test results during pregnancy
c. Failing to act on test results which highlight a problem
d. Failure to treat infections in the mother
e. Poor staffing levels
f. Failure to notice vital signs of distress
g. Failing in antenatal care
h. Insufficient or inaccurate handovers
i. Failing to recognise need for caesarean
7. Please provide the number of maternal deaths at your trust
8. Please provide the number of midwifery staffing red flags at your trust
If the request exceeds costing limits set out under the act, please advise how I can refine my request. If you do not hold data in calendar years, please provide data in financial years from 2018-19 through to 2022-23.
102-2122
Sent: 30 April 2021 12:48
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Innovation Practices and Innovation Stakeholders
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act on your organisations innovation practices and innovation stakeholders. Please complete the attached FOI questions.
Thank you very much for your time and let me know if you have any questions.
122-2122
Letter to Ingrid Barker
454-2023
I sent a FOI request on Friday regarding CAMHS waiting times and budgets. I wonder if you could take into account the following clarifications as I can see some of my questions were a little opaque, apologies.
I would appreciate if you could consider the following questions:
1: The number of young people on your waiting list for a first appointment and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. A snapshot for a single day in February for those years please.
2: The number of young people on your list who had an assessment but have not started any therapeutic intervention and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017.. PLEASE DISREGARD THIS QUESTION. INSTEAD ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL ME THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REFERRALS IN 2022, 2021 AND 2017?
3: The average length of time young people are waiting for a first appointment and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. Are you able to give a snapshot of the average wait time now, plus the average wait time in 2021 and 2017 in whatever way you record this?
4: The average length of time young people are waiting between initial referral and treatment beginning and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. 5: Your annual budget and comparable figures for 2021 and 2017. For CAMHS please, and the trust’s budget.
6: How many young people referred in to the service were refused treatment in 2022, 2021 and 2017.
I wonder if you could also tell me:
7: The longest time any young person has been on your current waiting list as of the date of the receipt of this email.
050-2122
Subject: BBC FOI Request Inpatient Deaths.: 3rd March
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Good afternoon, Please treat this email as a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I am seeking information on deaths in inpatient mental health facilities run by the NHS. If you can, please provide the following information in the form of an Excel document with a yearly breakdown. Please also provide the age and location of each death if this is possible.
I’m asking for:
• The number of self-inflicted deaths which have happened in your CAMHS Tier 4. inpatient facilities from January 2016 to December 2020
• The number of self-inflicted deaths which have happened in your ADULT Mental Health inpatient facilities from January 2016 to December 2020
If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs.
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 your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.
In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined, please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this before the 20 day limit. I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.
414-2023
Please can you provide response to the following Freedom of Information Request for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust to 1.matt.tucker.1@gmail.com:
1. The number of operating theatres OTs. in your Trust by type e.g., day case, general, obstetrics etc..
2. For each type of OT e.g., day, general, obstetrics etc.., please provide the number of OTs:
a. With no ventilation system
b. With a ‘conventional’ ventilation system
c. With an Ultra Clean Ventilation UCV. / laminar flow ventilation system
d. That are ‘Integrated’ OTs e.g. connected by a digital control panel.
3. The number of OT ventilation system that were refurbished/replaced in the last 5 years. For each, please list the supplier and capital cost of the equipment
4. For OT ventilation systems, where there is a servicing agreement, please specify:
a. Total value and duration of the servicing contract
b. Provider of the servicing contract
c. Renewal date
d. Type of agreement e.g., framework, warranty, tender etc..
5. Your Trust’s annual capital equipment spend on the following OT equipment, for the last 5 years
a. OT ventilation systems
b. Theatre control panels
c. Operating lights
d. Medical pendants
e. Mobile ventilation systems
6. The annual number of surgeries performed outside of an operating theatre, for the last 5 years
a. The number of those where a mobile ventilation system was used for the same period
019-2122
To whom it may concern,
I am emailing you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. The information I would like is: 1. How many Fax Machines are currently a. owned and b. used by your Trust,
and 2. What operating system does your Trust currently use Windows 8, etc.. for its Computers and Laptops?
315-2022
As per the FOI Act 2000, I would really appreciate it if you could help me by answering the following questions at your earliest convenience.
Question Response
Who is your Chief Operations Officer ? Who is your Chief Nurse ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Performance ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Transformation ? Who is your Responsible Officer for Informatics and Reporting ? Who is your Director of Finance? What stage of analytics are you in – Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive? Do you currently use predictive analytics in your Organisation? If yes, do you use it for any of the following: bed modelling, theatres, staffing and productivity better use of resources.? Is it an internal or external team that does your predictive analytics? If external, please mention their name.
191-2122
To: Freedom of Information
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Thank you for the email.
I am asking for the ECT policy to ultimately answer a question regarding the administration of ECT. I would like to receive whatever policy you have in regards to ECT. I will also add the question here that I hope you may be able to answer.
Please can you confirm that the equipment used in the administration of ECT in clinics governed by the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Thymatron System IV machine. If this is not the machine, please provide the name of the machine being used.
129-2122
Sent: 30 May 2021 13:55
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Sir / Madam
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Could you please provide some information, as laid out below; Question Response
1. Does your organisation use/perform Viscosupplementation injections? 2. How much has your organisation spent in the financial year 2019/20 on viscosupplementation in Primary care and how much has been spent in Secondary care. 3. How much has your organisation spent in the financial year 2018/19, on viscosupplementation in Primary care and how much has been spent in Secondary care. 4. Which brands. Viscosupplement have been used in the financial year 2019/20? YES/NO
Arthrum H Cingal Durolane Euflexxa Fermathron Orthovisc Ostenil Ostenil Plus RenehaVis Suplasyn Synocrom Synocrom Mini Synolis Monovisc Synopsis Synvisc Hylan G-F20. Synvisc ONE Hylan G-F20.
146-2122
Sent: 16 June 2021 15:48
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request
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To whom it may concern
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Trust regarding.
1. Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021, how many permanent Doctors Vacancies have been filled within the Trust by agencies.
2. Please break down the number of permanent roles that have been filled by agencies Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021; E.G. SHO’s, Middle Grade’s, Consultant’s
3. Please list the providers you have utilised Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021 to source permanent vacancies for doctors
4. Who is the person responsible for recruiting Permanent Doctors agency requirements within your trust?
5. Please list the agencies the trust have used ‘Off Framework’ for permanent vacancies Between January 1st 2021 and 31st May 2021.
Please provide the information in the form of an email to 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 within 20 working days as per the statute.
094-2122
Sent: 27 April 2021 10:19
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Orthotics
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We are currently doing some research into Orthotics services within the UK. We are a manufacturer of orthotic devices based in the UK. We are writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the Orthotics department at Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust to help with our research. Please could you provide us with information regarding your Orthotics services and products. A full list of questions has been attached to this email. Please provide the information in the form of letter and as digital format. 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 we can adjust our request.
If you can identify any other ways that our request could be refined we would be very grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us via email or phone and we will be very happy to clarify what we are asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and we look forward to your response.
099-2122
Are you able to provide an answer for any predecessor organizations?
068-2022
Subject: Re: FOI long covid
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information:
1. How many passwords have been generated for the Your COVID Recovery App in 2020, 2021 and 2022?
2. How many patients have been referred to the Nuffield Health long COVID recovery programme from the CCG in 2020, 2021 and 2022?
Please separate the data if you oversee FOI disclosure for more than one NHS Trust.
Please confirm you have received this request.
You can contact me if you have any questions about the request or believe the information will be too burdensome to retrieve on +447551395753 or at sashabaker177@gmail.com. I would be happy to refine the request if needed.
I await your response within 20 working days.
037-2022
Sent: 22 February 2022 19:41
To: Freedom of Information
Cc: isabelblench@gmail.com
Subject: FOI Request – Social Media and Mobile Phone Guidelines
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information: Any guidelines, protocols, policies or similar you have in place for patients under your psychiatric care regarding:
· Use of mobile phones
· Use of cameras/video recording devices or similar
· Use of social media Please could you provide this information for both adults and patients aged under 18 on residential wards and, if relevant, outpatients?
I would like to receive the information in an electronic format. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad, I would be grateful if you could contact me by telephone 07714287702. and let me know how I could refine the request.
If you don’t have all the relevant information, please could I have access to that which you do have.
059-2022
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I am seeking information regarding your Trust’s use of Serenity Integrated Mentoring SIM.. I understand that in some areas it uses a different acronym, but it is designed to help police officers and NHS teams handle persistent users of emergency services who have mental health conditions, and is provided via training from the High Intensity Network HIN. or Health Innovation Network HIN..
Please provide the following information:
• • • The number of police officers working with your trust as part of SIM or equivalent..
• • • • The number of service users on the programme in your Trust area. Please break this down by the
• year they started participating, as well as their age group, gender and ethnicity.
• • • • The number of service users who stopped participating in the programme. Please break this down
• by year, and whether their decision to stop participating was made in agreement with Trust staff.
• • • • The number of uses of s136 of the Mental Health Act carried out by officers participating in SIM
• in your area, by year since your trust began participating in/using SIM.
• • • • The number of times service users on the programme required admittance to hospital or the use of
• emergency services since your trust began using SIM.
• • • • Please provide any data protection impact assessments carried out regarding your use of SIM.
• • • • Please provide any Equality Impact Assessments regarding your use of SIM.
• • • • I understand that in May 2021 Tim Kendall at NHS England asked all Trusts using SIM to review it.
• Please provide a copy of the letter requesting this review, confirm whether or not your Trust has completed a review, and if it has, any correspondence with NHS England confirming that you have submitted the review.
•
060-2022
The role of Director/Chief/Lead of AHPs is commonly described as “Providing Workforce
Leadership for Allied Health Professions, map the current AHP workforce across the trust, work
with other trust AHP Directors and develop a strategic workforce plan for recruitment and
retention of Allied Health Professions within the trust.”1
Section 1. Within your Trust, do you have a role that meets the above description?
☒ Yes
☐ No
If the answer is “Yes” answer section 2 only, and if the answer is “No” answer Section 3
only.
Section 2
2.1. What is title?
☐ Director of AHPs
☒ Chief AHP
☐ Lead AHP
☐ Other please specify.: ____________________________________________
2.2 When was the role of Director/Chief/Lead AHP or its equivalent first created within the
Trust?
November 2019 at the point of the formation of the newly integrated Physical Health, Mental
Health and Learning Disabilities Trust
2.3. Is there someone currently in this post?
☒ Yes
☐ No
If no, why not?
2.4. If yes, are they registered as an allied health professional AHP.?
☒ Yes
☐ No
2.5 If yes, which profession?
☐ Art Therapist
☐ Drama therapist
☐ Music therapist
☐ Chiropodist/podiatrist
☐ Dietitian
☒ Occupational therapist
☐ Operating Department Practitioner
☐ Orthoptist
☐ Osteopath
☐ Paramedic
☐ Physiotherapist
☐ Prosthetist
☐ Orthotist
☐ Radiographer
☐ Speech and language therapist
2.6. If they are not registered as an AHP, what is their professional background?
2.7. Does this individual have a position on the Trust board?
☐ Yes
☒ No
2.8. Which Allied Healthcare professions are employed by your Trust?
Please complete the table below.
Select the AHP
professions employed by
your Trust
If your Trust employs this profession, select if
the Director/Chief/Lead AHP or its equivalent
leads/directs this profession
Art Therapists ☒ ☒
Drama therapists ☒ ☒
Music therapists ☐ ☐
Chiropodists/podiatrists ☒ ☒
Dietitians
Occupational therapists
☒ ☒
Operating Department
Practitioners
☐ ☐
Orthoptists ☐ ☐
Osteopaths ☒ ☒
Paramedics ☒ ☒
Physiotherapists ☒ ☒
Prosthetists ☐ ☐
Orthotists ☐ ☐
Radiographers ☐ ☐
Speech and language
therapists
☒ ☒
Section 3.
It has been shown that “there are benefits to improvement activity, as well as to the visibility and
influence of the AHP workforce on the Trust’s priorities when there is a designated AHP lead”,
and that these roles should be put in place in each Trust1,2
.
3.1. Do you expect to advertise/create a job role meeting the above description within the next 6
months?
☐ Yes
☐ No
3.2. If no, are you planning to advertise/create this role in the long term 12-24 months?
☐ Yes
☐ No
3.3 If no, what has been the main barrier/s that are preventing a job role meeting the above
description from being created in the long term 12-24months.?
3.4. Is your Trust aware of the NHS England and NHS Improvement strategy 2019 Investing in
chief allied health professionals: insights from trust executives.. to have designated AHP leads?
☒ Yes
☐ No
References:
1. NHS England and NHS Improvement. Investing in chief allied health professionals:
insights from trust executives. 2019;July..
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/investing-chief-allied-health-professionals/
2. NHS England and NHS Improvement. Developing Allied Health Professional Leaders: A
Guide for Trust Boards and Clinicians.; 2019
069-2022
I am writing in respect of your current Finance solution. Please can you kindly help me out with the following information?
1. What ERP Enterprise Resource Management. or Finance system is currently used at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust?
2. When does your present contract expire?
3. Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
4. Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
5. Who is the person responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title, and contact information if possible.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
070-2022
Procurement,
I am writing in respect of your finance solution. Could you kindly help me out with the below information?
1. What ERP Enterprise Resource Management. or Finance system is currently used at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust?
2.When does your contract expire?
3.Do you have any planned upgrades of the software? If so, when?
4.Are you planning to go to market for a different ERP/ Finance system? If so, when?
5. Who is the people responsible for your ERP / Finance system? Please provide full name, title, and contact information if possible.
076-2022
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Good afternoon,
Please can you provide the following information:
Please confirm the name, position and contact details telephone number and email address. of the person responsible for arranging and administering the Authority’s insurances. Which classes of commercial insurance do the Authority currently procure in addition to NHS Resolution risk pooling schemes.? When are these policies due for renewal?
How much does the Authority spend annually on its insurance premium?
Please confirm the name of the Authority’s current insurance broker/advisor if applicable..
When was the contract for insurance broking services last reviewed/tendered?
When will the current contract for insurance brokerage services expire? Is this subject to a potential extension?
060-2122
The following freedom of information request is designed to establish what process and specific software tools are used to administer your board meeting / senior management meeting process, within the NHS Trust. I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. How does the NHS Trust administer and manage board and other senior managed events? – what process is followed to prepare, collate and manage the board meeting documents pack, including print / e-mail and distribution? 2. Is a “manual process” used for the above or does the NHS Trust use a dedicated Software tool? 3. If yes, what is the name of the software tool used? 4. If no, is the NHS Trust considering to acquire such a tool or “Board Portal” at some time in the future? 5. Who is the most appropriate person, within the NHS Trust, to contact regarding this matter?
I look forward to hearing from you regarding my request,
064-2122
Sent: 20 March 2021 00:13
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Cultural Competency Toolkits
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Good morning. I am a Doctorate in Public Health Student with Teesside University and l am investigating cultural competency in the NHS. I am kindly requesting a copy of your Cultural Competency Toolkit under the freedom of Information Act 2000..
065-2122
Sent: 23 March 2021 10:43
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Confidential waste
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————————-FOI Team,
Please could you confirm if you can provide the following information Free of Charge or if a fee will be applicable – If a fee is applicable please confirm the price before providing any information.?
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.
Confidential Waste The details we require are:
• Has confidential waste being procured via tender or framework or another means?
• If a framework, could you confirm the name of the framework please?
• Actual contract values of each framework/contract & any sub lots. • Start date & duration of contract
• Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension? • Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or renewed? • Who is the procurement officer responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
• Who is the current supplier?
• If your current supplier is a Facilities Management/Waste Company, which sub-contractor services your organisation?
066-2122
I want to submit a request for some information from the organisation, in relation to their contract’s register.
The FULL contract register should display all the organisations existing/live contracts I would like the register to display the following columns/headings:
1. Contract Reference -Unique reference number associated with the contract.
2. Contract Title
3. Procurement Category –Please state the Category name of the contract, I wish to know the Category the contract is under. 4. Supplier Name
5. Spend Total or Annual.
6. Contract Duration
7. Contract Extensions
8. Contract Starting Date
9. Expiration Date
10. Contract Description [Please provide me with as much detail as possible.]
11. Contact Owner Full contact details if possible..
12. CPV codes/ProClass
IMPORTANT
1. For those organisations planning to make an exemption around spend, the spend information I have requested is an overall figure and I am not requesting a complete breakdown of services relating to the spend.
2. If the organisation has a CRM system or a similar system, there should be a facility to download and extract contract data.
3. You may forward me a Weblink to a portal to download the contract register, please make sure all of the organisation’s contracts are provided as doing prior research I have found that most organisations have only uploaded a small portion of all of their contracts.
Please do not think that this is the only information I require if you could provide me with more information that would be great.
Contract Data/API Contact Details
13. Can you also provide me with contact details of the person responsible for the actual contract’s register or someone responsible for API? [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address] At the very least provide me with their actual job title.
Meaning of API “a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service.”.
Please provide me with the contract’s register file in an excel format.
Thanks in advance.
301-2122
Sent: 22 December 2021 15:26
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Subject access request – Our Ref: 160774/0001
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We have been instructed by Mr and Mrs Choudhury in relation to a potential clinical negligence arising out of and in connection with the death of their son, Jabid Choudhury on 25 April 2021. We are also instructed to represent the family at the forthcoming Inquest which has been listed to take place on 26 and 27 April 2022. Jabid received treatment from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust prior to his death and a Clinical Incident Report into the care afforded to Jabid was carried out by the Trust thereafter. The clinical incident report makes reference to a number of internal policies, and we would be grateful if you could please provide us with copies of the following by return: – 1. Assessing and Managing Clinical Risk and Safety Policy CLP249 v14.1.. 2. Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team CRHTT. Operational Policy v10.. 3. Health Records and Clinical Record Keeping Policy CLP005 v10.. 4. Incidents Policy Including Serious Incidents. CGP001 v2.1.. 5. Mental Health Intermediate Care Team MHICT. Operational Policy v10..
We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
002-2022
Sent: 12 January 2022 11:12
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request for Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust
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I hope you’re well.
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible, however, if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate it if you would get in touch at adriana.myther@gmail.com. Please could you provide the following information:
1. 2. 3. What software are you currently using for your website? 4. 5. 6. 7. What team/individual is responsible for maintaining your website? 8. 9. 10. 11. Do you work with an external supplier to maintain your website, if so when does your contract expire? 12. 13. 14. 15. When did you last conduct an accessibility audit against your public website? 16. 17. 18. 19. What team/individual is responsible for digital accessibility across your public facing services? 20. 21. 22. 23. What is your budget for digital accessibility? 24. 25. 26. 27. What is your annual marketing/communications budget for creating content for residents? 28. 29. 30. 31. Do you work with external marketing/communications suppliers to create content for your public
32. facing services?
33. 34. 35. 36. When was the last time you conducted a content audit on your website to remove outdated content?
37. If possible, please could you present the information via a Microsoft Word or Excel document, sent to me via email.
I would appreciate it if you could confirm receipt of my request and look forward to hearing from you.
214-2122
Sent: 03 September 2021 14:30
Subject: Freedom of Information request
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Good afternoon,
I would like to make an FOI request please, please feel free to publish the response publicly, however if you do I would appreciate if my personal details were removed prior to publishing.
1. Does the Trust have appointed Information Asset Owner’s IAO’s.
2. If the answer to Q1 is yes, how often are they trained, when was the training last delivered and who is responsible for organising the training? as in, the person. 3. Are you or have you considered becoming ISO 27001 compliant or certified? If so whom is responsible for the project? as in, the person. 4. How is 3rd Party supplier risk assurance managed, in particular the risk in the areas of data protection and information security and who is responsible for this, if relevant as in, the person. 5. When did you last conduct a Physical Security risk assessment of the Trust’s Estates. and Buildings., and who is responsible for managing risk in this area? as in, the person. Kind Regards
216-2122
Sent: 06 September 2021 17:07
Subject: Communication via the website
Submitted details:
How can we help you?
Please select an option… I have a question about the trust Your details
Your name Victoria Mills Your email address victoria.mills@somersetft.nhs.uk Your phone number 07827 879551 What is your query? FOI Request
Please could you confirm what Software provider you use for your fixed asset register?
234-2122
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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To whom it may concern
I would like to make a freedom of information request, under the Freedom of Information Act, pertaining to the trust use of insourcing providers to aid in waiting list management. Specifically, I would like to know;
– Does the trust currently use private insourcing providers?
– Which providers are currently used, and for what type of work are they employed e.g general surgery, ophthalmology, etc.?
– Does the trust also outsource waiting list work to private hospitals, etc?
– What % of patients are insourced vs outsourced?
– Please provide a list of insourcing contracts that have been awarded to insourcing providers within the last 5 financial years, to include the following information;
o Contract award date
o Contract end date
o Name of company the contract was awarded to
o Value of contract
o Nature of contract which specialism does the contract relate to, what does the contract cover.
o Contact name title and contact details for the person in charge of each contract awarded
I would be grateful if you could email your response to me, or if preferable you may post a response to me at Alliance Health Group, 54 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 8PE.
Kind regards
201-2122
Sent: 17 August 2021 10:56
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – PACS System Update
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
We are currently updating data on your trust’s PACS system. Can you please complete the fields below with what you currently hold?
Please enter ‘No System Installed’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system:
System type – PACS
Supplier name –
System name –
Date installed –
Contract expiration –
Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender
Is this annually renewed? – Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No
System definition:
PACS picture archiving and communication system. – is medical imaging technology used primarily by radiologists to securely store and share electronic images and clinical reports.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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209-2122
Sent: 23 August 2021 15:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request on the treatment of schizophrenia
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to you today to request information relating to the treatment of schizophrenia by your trust
Q1. In the past 6 months, how many patients has your trust treated [for any condition] with the following drugs:
• Aripiprazole long-acting injectable Abilify Maintena.
• Olanzapine pamoate Zypadhera.
• Paliperidone palmitate, once monthly Xeplion.
• Paliperidone palmitate, three monthly Trevicta.
• Risperidone long-acting injectable Risperdal Consta.
• Flupentixol decanoate Depixol.
• Fluphenazine decanoate Modecate.
• Haloperidol decanoate Haldol Decanoate.
• Pipotiazine palmitate Piportil.
• Zuclopenthixol decanoate Clopixol.
Q2. Within your organisation how many patients are currently [within the past 6 months] being treated for Schizophrenia ICD code: F20.
Q3. Of the Schizophrenia patients ONLY, how many are currently [within the past 6 months] being treated with the following drugs:
• Aripiprazole long-acting injectable Abilify Maintena.
• Olanzapine pamoate Zypadhera.
• Paliperidone palmitate, once monthly Xeplion.
• Paliperidone palmitate, three monthly Trevicta.
• Risperidone long-acting injectable Risperdal Consta.
• Flupentixol decanoate Depixol.
• Fluphenazine decanoate Modecate.
• Haloperidol decanoate Haldol Decanoate.
• Pipotiazine palmitate Piportil.
• Zuclopenthixol decanoate Clopixol.
Thank you for your assistance.
024-2022
Sent: 09 February 2022 16:37
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: NHS Freedom of Information Request – 09.02.22.
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To whom it may concern,
Under the freedom of information act 2000, please could Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust provide answers to the following:
A. For the financial year 2018-2019 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed by [Insert trust name] ii. whether a named continence lead was in place iii. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and iv. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. B. For the financial year 2019 – 2020 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. whether a named continence lead was in place iv. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and v. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. C. For the financial year 2020 – 2021 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. whether a named continence lead was in place iv. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and v. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year. D. For the financial year 2021 – 2022 i. how many dedicated continence staff were employed ii. How many continence staff were redeployed to other services as a result of COVID19 iii. how many continence staff are still redeployed as a result of COVID19 iv. whether a named continence lead was in place v. to provide the name and contact details of any continence lead in place and vi. what budget allocations were made for continence services during this financial year.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could confirm receipt of this request.
I look forward to hearing from you.
299-2022
I want to ask about something that has been bothering me for a long time
I am a person from Morocco and am currently in the UK, and I have a brother who suffers from psychological problems and maybe mental, it seems that he suffers from bipolar disorder
We have tried to treat him in my country of origin, but the level of psychiatry is fragile,
so I want to bring him to the United Kingdom, especially to your hospital, to receive treatment due to your excellent reputation for your services in psychiatry, and my inquiry is about:
Is there follow-up and treatment of bipolar cases for expatriates?
And if yes, what are the necessary procedures for a treatment visa in the UK with treatment fees for expatriates?
299-2122
Sent: 21 December 2021 13:14
Subject: freedom of info
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Digital Dictation 1. Do you use Digital Dictation? If yes, could you please answer the following questions: o Name of the supplier & product: o What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what framework: o The contract start date: o The contract end date: o Total contract value: o Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR: o What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key internal stakeholder for this service: o What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key procurement personnel for this service: o Which departments in the trust are currently using digital dictation? o Outpatient or department secretarial/admin manager contact details?
Speech Recognition • Do you use Speech Recognition? If yes, could you please answer the following questions: o Name of the supplier & product: o What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what framework: o The contract start date: o The contract end date: o Total contract value: o Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR: o What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key internal stakeholder for this service: o What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered: Outsourced Transcription 1. Do you use Outsourced Transcription? If yes, could you please answer the following questions: o Name of the supplier: o What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what framework: o The contract start date: o Volume of letters per month: o Volume of letters hard copies. sent out per month? o What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key internal stakeholder for this service: o How much is being spent on outsourced transcription per annum?
Online Clinic / Video Consultation • Do you use Online Clinic / Video Consultation? If yes, could you please answer the following questions: o Name of the supplier & product: o What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what framework: o The contract start date: o The contract end date: o Total contract value: o Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR: o What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key internal stakeholder for this service: o What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered: Health Information Systems What suppliers do you use for the following? • PAS Patient Administration System. • EPR Electronic Patient Record. • eDMS Electronic Document Management System. • RIS Radiology Information System. • Outward mailing service provider
300-2122
Sent: 07 September 2021 09:00
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom Of Information Request
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Hello, Freedom of Information Team
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can we have responses to the below questions:
• How many facilities management staff both contracted and agency. has your trust had each year for the last 5 years?
• How many cleaning staff both contracted and agency. has your trust had each year for the last 5 years?
• How much has been spent on facilities management salaries both contracted and agency. by your trust, each year for the last 5 years?
• How much has been spent on cleaning salaries both contracted and agency. by your trust, each year for the last 5 years?
• How many pieces of software do you use to run your facility? Please name the software if possible..
• How much has been spent on new technology investments for facilities management each year, for the last 5 years?
• How much is spent on paper and ink each year, for the last 5 years?
• How many new pieces of software have you implemented in the last 5 years? If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
267-2122
Sent: 10 December 2021 13:50
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FOI 267-2122 – Further Clarification Required 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
In this case please respond to questions 1 and 3 but not question 2.
Best,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 267-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
• Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT are a Community and Mental Health Trust. Your request for information relates to Intensive Care Units, Accident & Emergency departments and Operating rooms. We therefore cannot answer both parts of Q2. This part of your request needs to be directed to the Acute Hospital, can we therefore suggest that you contact Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who should be able to provide this information https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/about-us/our-trust/freedom-information/.. Please can you confirm if you still wish Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT to answer Q1 and Q3?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
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
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Yes I can confirm this is acceptable.
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From: Freedom of Information
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 10:50 AM
To: Wootton, Daniel he/him.
Subject: FOI 267-2122 – Clarification You don’t often get email from freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk. Learn why this is important
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Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 267-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT was formed in October 2019 following the merge of 2gether NHS FT and Gloucestershire Care Service NHS Trust. As GHC was formed in Oct 2019 we can therefore only provide data from this time. Please confirm if you wish for us to only provide data from Oct 2019 onwards?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
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
From: Wootton, Daniel he/him. [mailto:dwootton@apcoworldwide.com] Sent: 09 November 2021 16:24
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust. I would like to obtain specific information regarding medicines wastage, medication errors and adverse drug events within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust. I would also like to obtain information on the uptake of prefilled syringes within an Intensive Care Unit setting, including the specific medicines used in prefilled syringes.
1. We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 please include total and year-by-year breakdown.: a. The value of medicines wastage every year in Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust in £.
2. We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 please include total and year-by-year breakdown.:
a. The number of medicines in prefilled syringes procured for usage in the following departments within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust:
Intensive Care Units;
Accident & Emergency departments;
Operating rooms.
b. The names of the specific medicines which are procured in prefilled syringes for usage in the following departments within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust:
Intensive Care Units;
Accident & Emergency departments;
Operating rooms.
3. We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 please include total and year-by-year breakdown.: a. The number of recorded cases of medication errors and adverse drug events resulting from the medication preparation of drugs prepared from vials and ampoules within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust.
b. The number of recorded cases of medication errors and adverse drug events where a prefilled syringe was used within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foudation Trust.
Please provide the information in electronic form if possible. Kind regards, and thank you so much in advance for taking the time to address this request,
290-2022
Please acknowledge this request as soon as the request has been accepted.
This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contracts. for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network SAN. Maintenance/Support, which may include:
● Server Hardware Maintenance- contracts relating to the support and maintenance of the organisation’s physical servers.
● Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server.
● Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support EMC, NetApp etc.
For each of the types of contract described above, please can you provide me with the following data. If there is more than one contract, please split the information for each separate supplier this includes annual spend
1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
2. Type of Contracts ABOVE.: Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relate to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN Storage Area Network.
3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier’s name for each contract.
4. Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software 5. Operating System / Software Platform.: Windows, Linux, Unix, vSphere, AIX, Solaris etc.. Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
7. Contract Duration: Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract
Extension periods..
8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
9. Contract Review Date: An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract..
10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers’ servers.
13. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance. I need at least a sentence.
14. Contract Owner: The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address..
247-2122
Sent: 21 October 2021 15:53
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request on Treatment Resistant Depression
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Hello Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I have a freedom of information request. Could you please answer the following three questions:
Q1. How many patients have received the following treatments for any condition. in the past 12 months:
• Electro-convulsive therapy ECT.
• Esketamine nasal spray
• Ketamine infusion
• r-TMS therapy
Q2. For patients receiving electro-convulsive therapy in the past 12 months, how many patients were under treatment for:
• Major depressive disorder
• Other mental health conditions
Q3. How many patients with Major Depressive Disorder have been treated by your trust in the past 12 months?
Thanks very much in advance for your help.
248-2122
Sent: 22 October 2021 13:40
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FOI team, I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the Clinical Waste Contract/s that your trust currently has in place.
The details we require are:
Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
Actual spend on this contract/framework and any sub lots., from the start of the contract to the current date
Start date & duration of framework/contract?
Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?
Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or renewed?
Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract?
– Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust
– Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust
– Who is the Environmental/Sustainability lead for the Trust
– Who is the Waste management Lead for the trust
Thank you for your help.
253-2022
Under the freedom of information act please could you provide answers to the following questions if they are applicable to the Trust, If the Trust does not hold all of the titles please could you provide the person with the responsibility.
1. The name and email address of the Director of Clinical Audit
2. The name and email address of the Clinical Audit Manager
3. The name and email address of The Director of Nursing
4. The name and email address of the Director of Quality
5. The name and email address of the Director of Medicine
6. The name and email address of the Director of Pharmacy
7. The name and email address of the Director of Governance.
207-2122
Sent: 14 September 2021 12:58
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FOI 207-2122 – Clarification
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Thank you for your email. Yes, please, it’d be great to still receive information from 2019 October onwards. It is all data reportable and those that you record.
It’d be, for example, emails sent to the wrong recipient. Fial to BCC and CC instead.. On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 10:51, Freedom of Information
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Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 207-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT was formed in October 2019 following the merge of two legacy organisations 2gether NHS FT and Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust.. Please can you therefore confirm that you still wish for us to pull data from October 2019 onwards?
Is it reportable breaches that you require the data from?
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
From: Nada Bednarova [mailto:nada@bednarcomms.co.uk] Sent: 20 August 2021 09:47
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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To whom it may concern, I hope you are well? I would like to submit a Freedom of Information request. I would like to receive information about the number of data breaches your NHS foundation has experienced. This can be, for example, an email sent out to the wrong recipient, fail to BCC in an email or other human errors that caused data breach. Can. I please receive the number of data breaches for the past 5 financial years meaning financial year 2020/2021,2019/2020.2018/2019, 2017/2018 and 2016/2017.
Can the information supplied be broken down by year?
Thank you very much in advance. –
212-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Request
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Hello,
Please find request attached.
Please also let me know if your Trust does not provide training of this nature. Thank you,
220-2122
Sent: 08 September 2021 14:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom Of Information Request – Expenditure Greater Than £25,000
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Thank you for publishing your supplier spending data here https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information/what-we-spend/. However, the file for the March 2021 is a duplicate of April 2021.
Please can this be corrected and advise when the amendment is available?
Kind regards,
226-2122
Sent: 20 September 2021 16:47
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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Good afternoon, In line with the freedom of information act, please could you let me know the following information is accordance with your guidelines: 1. If any, which Digital Dictation/Speech Recognition solutions you The Trust. use
2. Contract end date for any current solution as named above.
3. What your plans are, if any, to replace your Digital Dictation or Speech Recognition solutions
I look forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards,
229-2122
Sent: 17 September 2021 05:51
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Facilities Management
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Hello there,
I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management.
1. Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.
Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:
1. Supplier/Provider of the services
2. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.
3. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.
4. The number of sites the contract covers
5. The start date of the contract
6. The end date of the contract
7. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.
8. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? name, Job Title, contact number and email address.
You may have received the same request in the past. The information sent has now expired and I required an update as soon as possible. If all the information besides the contract dates are the same, I am happy to just receive an update on the contract dates.
Look forward to your acknowledgement/response.
149-2122
Sent: 18 June 2021 15:42
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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1. a. What job title / department within the trust is responsible for E-rostering and associated projects? b. Does the trust have any projects or procurements in the E-rostering, E-job planning or locum bank area on-going or scheduled in the next 12 months? 2. What is the scheduling / rota software the trust uses for medical doctors ? 3. What software does the trust currently use to support its staff bank for medical doctors? 4. When does the contract for the software outlined in the answer to Question 2 and Question 3 end? 5. What is the scheduling / rota software the trust uses for surgery doctors?
6. What software does the trust currently use to support its staff bank for surgery doctors? 7. When does the contract for the software outlined in the answer to Question 5 and Question 6 end?
8. What is the scheduling / rota software the trust uses for nurses?
9. What software does the trust currently use to support its staff bank for nurses? 10. When does the contract for the software outlined in the answer to Question 8 and Question 9 end?
11. What is the scheduling / rota software used for admin and clerical staff?
12. What software does the trust currently use to support its staff bank for admin and clerical staff?
13. When does the contract for the software outlined in the answer to Question 11 and Question 12 end?
We would like the above information provided in return as an electronic copy in the following format. a. What job title / department within the trust is responsible for E-rostering and associated projects? b. Does the trust have any projects or procurements in the E-rostering, E-job planning or locum bank area on-going or scheduled in the next 12 months? Rostering Software End Date Bank Software End Date Medical Doctors Surgery doctors Nurses Admin and Clerical
044-2122
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Hello – I am an IT student and have been tasked with a project around the NHS and how they face their IT networking challenges.
Hope this does not come as an inconvenience to your organisation, but under the freedom of information act I would like to gain some insight on the below questions:
1. Who is the current provider for the trusts network infrastructure? – When considering network infrastructure this is specifically the switching hardware and wireless access points that may be deployed throughout the trust’s estate and associated cabling etc. 2. What manufacturer does the trust use for the above-mentioned network infrastructure? 3. What are the approximate number of network switches deployed throughout the trust?
4. What are the approximate number of wireless access points deployed throughout the trust?
5. What is the latest Wi-Fi version the trust support i.e. 802.11 b/g/c/ax
6. What vendor currently provides the trusts cyber security system?
7. How often do the trust refresh the deployed network infrastructure?
8. When do the existing contracts for the switching network and the wireless network?
9. Does the trust currently have a SIEM security information and event management. solution in place?
10. When do contracts expire for Firewalls and SIEM filtering?
11. Does the trust have a fully defined IT strategy?
12. If the answer to question 10 is yes can a copy be provided?
13. Please provide a copy of the IT departments organisational chart including names, contact details and job titles. If not available, a list of the names and roles of those people that work in it. 14. Can the trust confirm if the IT department make the final decisions with regards to purchasing new solutions for the IT environment?
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We are looking to update our records to ensure that we make timely contact in the future in relation to Patient and Staff Insight and Feedback programmes. We would therefore be grateful if you could respond to the following questions by return email and at the earliest opportunity.
Can you answer the three questions for each of the below surveys:
1. CQC patient surveys: a. Urgent and Emergency Care b. Children and Young Peoples Inpatient c. Community Mental Health d. Adult Inpatient e. Maternity 2. NHS PROMs patient Reported Outcome Measures.for hip and knee replacements
3. NHS National Staff Survey 4. Quarterly Staff Friends and Family test now called National Quarterly Pulse Survey.
5. Patient Friends and Family Test. Can you provide details of your current supplier : Can you provide details of the current renewal/end date of this contract?
Who is the main point of contact for this contract and their title and contact details?
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