Sent: 05 November 2021 16:27
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request – Gloucestershire Health and Care Services NHS Trust
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
Please respond via email if possible.
What is the annual Apprenticeship Levy?
How much Levy do you currently use? approx.
How many Apprentices do you currently have?
What training providers do you use?
What Apprenticeship standards do you use?
How many IT Apprentices do you have? Who is the best contact for Apprentices?
Search for a reference number
Public
263-2122
Sent: 17 December 2021 13:25
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: FOI 263-2122 – Clarification
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
On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 2:26 PM Freedom of Information
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 263-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Please clarify if this related to Mental Health wards only?
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
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
279-2122
Subject: Re: FOI 279-2122 – Clarification
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
Your psychosexual medicine and therapy service provides help for people in Gloucestershire with sexual problems where the underlying causes are, or are thought to be, psychological and/or physical in origin.
1
How many referrals for the above has Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT formed in October 2019 due to the merge of two legacy organisations Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust and 2gether NHS Foundation Trust. . received since bejmg formed in October 2019 to date.
2 for the figure given in response to q1, How many of those referrals were accepted and how many were rejected
3
for the figure given in response to q1, How many of those referrals resulted in an assessment.
4
for the figure given in response to q3, How many of those assessments resulted in any treatment.
5
How many clinical staff are currently employed in this speciality.
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2021 at 4:10 PM
> From: Freedom of Information
> Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 279-2122
>
> 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 due to the merge of two legacy organisations Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust and 2gether NHS Foundation Trust.. With this in mind, if such data were available, we would only be able to provide data from October 2019 onwards. Please can you confirm if this would be acceptable so we can proceed with your request accorindgly?
>
> Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
>
> > 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: Will Adams [mailto:WWAA@mail.com]
> Sent: 26 November 2021 04:34
> To: Freedom of Information
> Subject: FOI
>
> 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
>
>
> Our psychosexual medicine and therapy service provides help for people in Gloucestershire with sexual problems where the underlying causes are, or are thought to be, psychological and/or physical in origin.
>
>
>
>
> 1
> How many referrals for the above have you received per calender year > since 2010 and also so far this year
>
> 2 for each figure given in response to q1, How many of those referrals > were accepted and how many were rejected
>
> 3
> for each figure given in response to q1, How many of those referrals resulted in an assessment.
>
> 4
> for each figure given in response to q3, How many of those assessments resulted in any treatment.
>
>
> 5
> How many clinical staff are currently employed in this speciality.
>
282-2122
Sent: 28 November 2021 22:03
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
—————–,
I would like to make a Freedom of Information FOI. request for the following data please.
How many NHS staff currently working at your trust remain unvaccinated with a Covid19 vaccine? Including bank/agency workers.
What percentage of your overall staff does this equate to?
Since the start of the pandemic 01/03/20., with your data from staff absence due to Covid19, contact tracing and Healthcare acquired infection HCAI., what percentage of HCAI is directly attributable to Covid19 infection in an NHS frontline worker? Since the vaccination programme has started Approx Dec 2020., what is the breakdown of this being from a covid 19 vaccinated NHS worker or unvaccinated NHS worker?
If not directly attributable, what is the rate of inpatients on non Covid19 wards getting a HCAI and becoming infected with Covid19 within a set time frame ~10days. of an NHS worker on that ward testing positive for Covid 19? And what is the breakdown of this being a Covid19 vaccinated NHS worker or non-vaccinated NHS worker?
This information can be returned electronically in reply to this email on
293-2122
Sent: 08 December 2021 14:37
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information 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
Hello
I am PhD student at the University of Huddersfield. The aim of my research project is to identify the optimal design of a care plan template for use in NHS Community Mental Health Teams. The care plan is intended to improve service user outcomes through facilitating service user involvement in care planning and co-production of the care plan. One of the objectives of the project is to determine the range of care plan templates currently in clinical use across secondary NHS Community Mental Health teams in England and Wales. To this end, can you please provide:
1. A blank community mental health team care plan care plan template. Or
2. A community mental health team care plan completed as ‘dummy patient’
3. The name of the electronic health record that you use
314-2022
Please can you provide the following information, under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Which software, if any, does the Trust use to process the following information requests:
a. FOI requests
b. EIR requests
c. DSAR requests
d. Complaints
e. Compliments
f. The processing or management of Safeguarding cases
2. Who provides this software?
3. What does it cost the Trust annually?
310-2022
I would like to submit an FOI regarding the economic costs of Hypertension. Specifically stroke related and heart-attack related hypertension.
Please could I have the total cost of managing hypertension for 2021 and 2022 for the year 2022 up to and including the 31st August 2022..
Please could the results be grouped:
1. annually,
2. By stroke related Hypertension per patient. Please split this by direct and indirect social. costs.
3. By Heart attack related hypertension per patient. Please split this by direct and indirect social. costs.
Managing hypertension would include: preventing, screening and treating costs associated with hypertension.
If providing costs ‘per patient’ is not possible, please feel free to use ‘costs per episode’ instead.
235-2122
Sent: 19 October 2021 10:03
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Freedom of Information 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
Hi -,
Thank you for your clarification request. Please see my response below:
The patients pathway ie. through their visit, but also through care pathways I hope this has helped.
Kind regards
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:27 PM Freedom of Information
————————-Sirs
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 235-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
What IT solution does the trust use for PT pathway management? – What does this mean please?
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
Sent: 23 September 2021 09:41
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Freedom of Information 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
—————–
Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please provide the following information. If no IT solution is used for a specific process, please confirm if this process is paper-based or managed on a spreadsheet.
1. What IT solution does the trust use to visualise inpatient status? e.g. at which point they are on their patient journey
2. What IT solution does the trust use to manage bed occupancy?
3. What IT solution does the trust use to manage demand and capacity for:
1. Unplanned care
2. Planned/Elective care
4. What IT solution does the trust use for real-time ward and bed management?
5. What IT solution does the trust use for PT pathway management?
6. What IT solution does the trust use for Discharge Planning?
7. What IT solution does the trust use to provide Multi-Disciplinary Team views?
8. What IT solution does the trust use to manage patients from outside the region?
9. Does the trust use a single Dashboard/CommandCentre solution to manage patient placement?
1. If so, what is the name of the solution?
10. What IT solution does the trust use for Clinical Noting?
11. What IT solution does the trust use for Handovers?
12. What IT solution does the trust use for recurring task management?
13. What IT solution does the trust use for domestic services?
14. What/Which IT solutions does the trust use for task list management?
15. What IT solution does the trust use for referral, leave and bed management?
16. What IT solution does the trust use for Community team planning?
17. Does the trust provide data to, and can access a regional command centre/dashboard?
18. Does the trust have the ability to share and receive input from neighbouring Community trusts and Social services?
19. Which provider, if any, does the trust use for Hospital@Home services? e.g. repatriation of patients to their home
Kind regards,
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:54 AM Freedom of Information
Good morning,
Thank you for your email.
We don’t appear to have an FOI Request from yourself. Are you able to send this through again please so we can process?
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
From: Sarah Ford [mailto:sarah.ford1218@gmail.com] Sent: 15 September 2021 14:23
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Freedom of Information 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
Afternoon, Making reference to the Freedom of Information Request that was sent on the 22nd of July 2021. Of course I completely understand that there will be a continued delay, but I wondered if you’re able to provide a rough estimate on when this might be completed please? Kind Regards,
Sarah On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:38 AM Freedom of Information
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. In these current unprecedented times and additional demand on our staff in our response to Covid-19 we will endeavour to reply to your FOI within the allocated time however there maybe a delay and we will inform you of the new reply date as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Thank you for your understanding.
Should our response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, tel 0303 123 1113, fax 01625 524 510 or visit web site www.ico.org.uk Need Help Now?
If your enquiry is urgent and relates to the care and treatment of you, a family member, relative or friend, then please take action as follows:
Please contact your health care professional or team without delay, if you are receiving care or treatment from the Trust.
Speak with your GP or Out of Hours GP 111., if you are not receiving treatment from the Trust.
If you are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, you can contact The Samaritans, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 116 123 UK.. You can also visit http://www.samaritans.org
If you need an emergency service such as an ambulance, please dial 999.
If you have any queries or concerns in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
236-2122
Sent: 23 September 2021 15:51
Subject: 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
Hi, Please can you tell me how many cases of hospital-acquired Covid-19 the Trust has had since 1st March 2020 to the present day. Please break this down by probable and definite nosocomial infections if this data is available.
Please also give me the number of deaths from hospital acquired Covid-19 infections probable and definite cases.. If you are able, in each case, please can you tell me if you informed the patient’s relative that it was a hospital acquired infection.
Thank you,
210-2122
Sent: 26 August 2021 15:23
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Medical Appraisal & Revalidation Software Supply
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
————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to medical appraisals for revalidation; as well as 360 degree multi-source feedback [MSF] at your organisation, including information relating to your use of medical revalidation software and third-party suppliers.
1. Does the organisation use an external supplier to supply software for the management of annual appraisals, revalidation and 360 degree multi-source feedback?
2. If so, which supplier does the organisation use for:
a. Medic Appraisals and Revalidation?
b. 360 degree multi-source feedback?
3. What was the annual cost to the third party in 20/21 for:
a. Medic Appraisals and Revalidation?
b. 360 degree multi-source feedback?
4. Please can you provide the contract start and end date for:
a. Medic Appraisals and Revalidation?
b. 360 degree multi-source feedback?
5. When will the organisation commence the start of the next Tender requirement for:
a. Medic Appraisals and Revalidation?
b. 360 degree multi-source feedback?
6. Did the organisation procure the supplier via a framework? If so, which framework?
a. Medic Appraisals and Revalidation?
b. 360 degree multi-source feedback?
7. Does the organisation use internal or external Appraisers for Annual Appraisal?
——————————————————————-
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
request-785615-abf49442@whatdotheyknow.com
Is freedomofinformation@glos-care.nhs.uk the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_request/new?bodyequalsghc
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/officers
For more detailed guidance on safely disclosing information, read the latest advice from the ICO:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/ico-guidance-for-authorities
Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.
If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation’s
169-2022
I am writing to you on behalf of the Health Service Journal HSJ..
I am submitting a request for information held by the trust under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please could you provide us with following details :
1. Total spend on legal services in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22
2. The names of the law firms you bought services from over that period
3. A breakdown of the total spend by fees and settlement payments
4. The means of procurement – e.g. a direct award, competitive tender, framework including which framework you used., etc.
177-2022
Hello,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. The name of the trust’s Electronic Patient Record EPR. solution, if you have one.
2. The name of the trust’s Patient Portal solution, if you have one.
3. The name of the trust’s Clinical Portal solution, if you have one.
4. The name of your Trust Integration Engine.
5. The name of the trust’s Healthcare Information Exchange HIE. platform, if you have one.
6. Please confirm if the trust uses any digital solutions that support Multidisciplinary Teams MDTs., if so, which ones?
156-2122
Sent: 29 June 2021 15:51
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of information 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
—————–,
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.
Please send your response to me by email to h.unsworth@liverpool.ac.uk 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,
106-2022
Subject: FOI 106-2022 – Response needed by 03/06/2022
FOI Email 1
EMAIL 1 | FOI 106-2022| FOR RESPONSE | Freedom of Information Request
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
REFERENCE: 106-2022 Good afternoon both, Please see attached – is this something you can help with at all please?
I would be grateful if you could kindly arrange for this information to be provided to me as soon as possible or no later than the 3rd June 2022. If the information in the freedom of information request is commercially sensitive then please note the same on the response.
FOI Request – Information requested:
*please see attached* If you are not the correct person to respond to part/all of the request, I would be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible, and suggest who I need to send it to or forward it onto the person in question and copy me in.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 states that the respondent has 20 working days to reply to the query and if it takes longer than 20 working days to collate the information, the responder can ask the requester to grant discretionary extension of time up to a maximum of further 20 working days. Please let me know if it is likely that you will be unable to provide the relevant information to me by the above deadline.
The act also allows the respondent to reject or charge the requester for the request if it would take 18 or more working hours to deal with the request e.g. locating, retrieving, extracting the information. which would cost the respondent at least £450 charging at £25 per hour.. If you could please let me know whether or not it may take 18 or more working hours to provide the information, so that I am able to send a fee note to the requester, as appropriate.
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
092-2022
I am writing a request for information to you under the FOI Act. Please may you respond to the below questions within the 20 working day window:
Does your organisation currently use Robotic Process Automation RPA./Intelligent Automation technology?
If no:
Are you intending on exploring the possible implementation of RPA technology in 22/23?
Who would be the best point of contact within the organisation to discuss Robotic Process Automation with, and what are their contact details?
Which EPR does your organisation use?
Which PAS does your organisation use?
Which patient communication appointment management tool. does your trust use? If yes:
Which RPA technology provider does your organisation currently use?
Who is the project managing the RPA programme within your Trust, and what are their contact details?
How many licenses are in place under your current contract? What is the current annual spend with your supplier for RPA – split between licence costs and professional services?
How many processes have you got live?
What is the contract start date?
What is the contract end date?
Which EPR does your organisation use?
Which PAS does your organisation use?
Which patient communication appointment management tool. does your trust use?
087-2122
FOI Request – Information requested:
1. Please provide on an all-specialties basis, for the end of February 2021. your aggregate 52+ weeks incomplete pathways RTT data, broken down into weekly time bands: >52-53 weeks, >53-54 weeks, >54-55 weeks, and so on, up to the weekly time band containing the longest-waiting patient.
The published RTT incomplete pathways data separately identifies patients with a decision to admit, again broken down into weekly time bands, in the “Provider with DTA” worksheet of the published spreadsheets referred to above. Trusts have in recent months coded these patients by clinical priority P1-P6., based on the guide published by the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations. However the published RTT data is not broken down by clinical priority, nor do the time bands reflect the time since decision to admit.
The clinical priority categories are:
• Priority 1 operation needed within 72 hours.
• Priority 2 surgery which can be deferred for up to four weeks.
• Priority 3 surgery which can be delayed for up to three months.
• Priority 4 surgery which can be delayed for more than three months.
• Priority 5 patients who have requested to remain on the waiting list but to defer treatment because of their concerns about covid-19.
• Priority 6 Patients who have been offered treatment but have declined to accept for non-Covid reasons, but still wish to remain on the waiting list.
• Or the patient may not have been assigned a priority.
2. Please provide on an all-specialties basis, for the end of February 2021. your aggregate waiting times for incomplete pathways with a decision to admit for treatment, broken down by priority code, and also broken down by the time waited since decision to admit NOT the time since referral. in weekly time bands: 0-1 weeks, >1-2 weeks, >2-3 weeks, >3-4 weeks, and so on, up to the weekly time band containing the patient who has waited longest since decision to admit. Trusts have also started coding patients who do not have a decision to admit, using the same clinical priority categories.
3. Please provide on an all-specialties basis, for the end of February 2021. your aggregate waiting times for incomplete pathways without a decision to admit for treatment, broken down by priority code, and also broken down by the time waited since referral in weekly time bands: 0-1 weeks, >1-2 weeks, >2-3 weeks, >3-4 weeks, and so on, up to the weekly time band containing the patient who has waited longest. If data for the end of February 2021 is no longer available, then more recent data may be provided instead, in which case please advise the census date you have used.
If you are not the correct person to respond to part/all of the request, I would be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible, and suggest who I need to send it to or forward it onto the person in question and copy me in.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 states that the respondent has 20 working days to reply to the query and if it takes longer than 20 working days to collate the information, the responder can ask the requester to grant discretionary extension of time up to a maximum of further 20 working days. Please let me know if it is likely that you will be unable to provide the relevant information to me by the above deadline.
The act also allows the respondent to reject or charge the requester for the request if it would take 18 or more working hours to deal with the request e.g. locating, retrieving, extracting the information. which would cost the respondent at least £450 charging at £25 per hour.. If you could please let me know whether or not it may take 18 or more working hours to provide the information, so that I am able to send a fee note to the requester, as appropriate.
004-2022
Subject: FOI Agency Usage
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 Evening,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with:
1. Which off framework agencies have you used in the past 12 months?
2. How many Nursing and HCA Agency Shifts were there in total for the last 12 months?
3. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to off framework agencies in the last 12 months?
4. How many Nursing and HCA shifts in total were required in the last 3 months?
5. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to on all agencies in the last 3 months?
6. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to off framework agencies in the last 3 months?
7. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to Thornbury in the last 3 months?
8. Average cost per hour to all agencies for RMN’s and HCA’s?
9. Average cost per hour to off framework agencies for RMN’s and HCA’s?
10. How many Nursing and HCA shifts fulfilled where the worker is paid by the recruitment agency via Umbrella or Personal Service Company?
Please provide the information by responding to this email. This data has been requested to aid some work I am completing on a healthcare data analytics course.
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 email me.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
015-2022
Sent: 31 January 2022 07:46
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
Can I please be sent the complaint policy for the organisation to include any new timelines in response rate?
255-2122
Sent: 01 November 2021 08:21
To: GHC Comms
Subject: Communication via the website
I have a question about the trust Your details
I work for Sirona care and health. I wonder if you can help. We’re currently scoping what other NHS organisations are reporting around Patient EDI data and how it’s being presented.
What data, if any, do you report on internally in relation to patients e.g. Protected Characteristics
AIS /access needs
analysis of patients on waiting lists / referrals
intersectionality e.g. with diagnoses, postcode etc anything else?
We can then see whether we are currently recording similar data and how complete our data sets are if we are recording it.
Patient EDI data as we know is a complex area with challenges which we’re all navigating.
262-2122
Sent: 07 November 2021 15:24
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
We are contacting you to ask for further information concerning your provision of health visiting services. Please ignore any previous request sent from info@risingstarsmentoring.org. This was sent accidentally.
As you may recall, Dr. Gabriella Conti, professor at the Department of Economics, University College London, and our team are working to evaluate the impact of health visiting on health outcomes in England. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been concerned about the families and children that rely on health visitors for vital care and safeguarding. Our research on health visiting during the pandemic has already reached policy makers and chief nurses, was cited in the recent Westminster Hall Debate on maternal mental health led by Sarah Olney MP and was featured on a BBC radio programme and in news outlets such as the Guardian. You have already provided us with highly valuable information on your health visiting services during the first wave of COVID-19. We released our findings in a briefing note – do let us know if you would like us to share this with you. This has been shared widely and was well received by Andrea Leadsom’s Early years healthy development review team. Thank you for your helpful responses. We hope to continue improving awareness of the challenges faced by health visiting teams and raising health visiting up the policy agenda.
Our previous FOI requests asked about staff redeployment up to September, but the pandemic continued, with further waves of COVID-19. We are however further interested in studying the periods preceding the pandemic to properly compare outcomes and hence are seeking information on your health visiting teams for the preceding period. We are writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information, for Gloucestershire County Council
Regarding your health visiting teams for Gloucestershire County Council on the 1st of February 2016, 2017, 2018 AND 2019:
1. How many FTE health visitors were employed in your health visiting teams? Both with and without caseload.. Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band. 2. How many FTE clinical staff who are NOT coded as health visitors. were employed in your health visiting teams? Both with and without caseload.. Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.
We hope that the attached excel table makes clear exactly what we are requesting – please use this as a template. Regarding the questions above: – For your answers, please either use the NHS Digital definition of health visitor below or alternatively provide the definition that you are using in your answer.
Definitions: Definition used by NHS Digital re. Health visitors notes 28 and 29 from the nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff matrix of Occupation Code Manual.: 28. Please ensure to code the following as Health Visitors: * qualified nurses/midwives who also hold a qualification as a Registered Health Visitor under the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC Register working directly with children and families; * qualified and registered Health Visitors who perform specific activities such as providing breastfeeding advice to parents; * family nurses working within the Family Nurse Partnership Programme who are qualified and registered as Health Visitors; * Sure Start Children’s Centre qualified and registered named Health Visitors; * managers within a Health visiting team who hold a health visiting qualification and registration and are involved in clinical work or safeguarding.
29. Please ensure that the following employees are not coded as Health Visitors:
* any person working in a health visiting team who does not hold a qualification and registration as a Health Visitor;
* any person who holds a qualification and registration as a Health Visitor but is not employed in a role where this is a requirement;
* managers within a health visiting team who hold health visiting qualification and registration but are not involved in clinical work or safeguarding.
Please see below the general definition for ‘health visitor’ from the Occupation Code Manual:
Health Visitor: an employee who holds a qualification as a Registered Health Visitor under the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC Register and who occupies a post where such a qualification is a requirement. Not below Agenda for Change Band 6. Thank you again for your time and cooperation and we look forward to hearing from you in due course.
245-2122
Sent: 18 October 2021 10:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
—————–,
Can you please provide me with the information requested below.
1. How much did your Trust spend on chaplaincy or equivalent
non-Christian religious/pastoral support. pay and non-pay. funding in
the financial year 2018/19?
2. How much did your Trust spend on chaplaincy or equivalent
non-Christian religious/pastoral support. pay and non-pay. funding in
the financial year 2019/20?
3. How much did your Trust spend on chaplaincy or equivalent
non-Christian religious/pastoral support. pay and non-pay. funding in
the financial year 2020/21?
4. How many chaplains do you currently employ and if known. of which
faith/denomination?
Many thanks.
246-2122
Sent: 20 October 2021 09:49
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Nursing Framework
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
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
1. Which off framework agencies have you used in the past 12 months?
2. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to off framework agencies in the last 3 months?
3. How many Nursing and HCA shifts were sent to Thornbury in the last 3 months?
4. Average cost per hour to off framework agencies for RMN’s and HCA’s?
167-2122
Subject: Request for information – Learning Management System remote training.
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
————————-officer,
Under the FOI act, could you provide me with the following information:
Does the Trust currently have a Learning Management System, or other forms of digital training delivery tools?
If so, what is the name of the product and vendor?
If not, do you currently provide remote learning/training?
If you currently have a digital learning platform in place, when does the contract end? if applicable.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response.
104-2022
Hope you are good + thank you for all you do …
Please answer the following questions as per the Freedom of information act …
Hope we have a good week
In love + solidarity
Wendy Micklewright
Please provide ECT information under the FOI act to the following questions: – 1.Please supply patient’s information ECT leaflet.
2.Please supply patient ECT consent form
3.Please supply any ECT reports/investigations
4.How many ECT in 2021? 5.What proportion of patients were men/women? 6.How old were they? 7.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities POC / BAME.? 8.How many were receiving ECT for the first time? 9.How many patients consented to ECT? 10.How many ECT complaints were investigated outside the NHS and CCG? 11.How many patients died during or 1 month after ECT and what was the cause whether or not ECT was considered the cause.? 12.How many patients died within 6 months after ECT and what was the cause whether or not ECT was considered the cause.? 13.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving ECT whether or not ECT was considered the cause.? 14.How many patients have suffered complications during and after ECT and what were those complications? 15.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about ECT? 16.If so, what was their concerns? 17.How many patients report memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
18.What tests are used to assess memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
19.Have MRI or CT scans been used before and after ECT?
20.If so, what was the conclusion? 21.How does the Trust plan to prevent ECT in the future? Please provide SERIOUS INCIDENT information under the FOI act to the following questions: – 1.Please supply any serious incident reports/investigations?
2.How many SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS in 2021?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities POC / BAME.?
6.How many SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
7.How many patients died during or 1 month after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what was the cause whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause.?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what was the cause whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause.?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause.?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.How does the Trust plan to prevent SERIOUS INCIDENTS in the future?
Please provide restraints information under the FOI act to the following questions: –
1.Please supply any Restraints/investigations? 2.How many RESTRAINTS in 2021? 3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they? 5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities POC / BAME.? 6.How many RESTRAINTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG? 7.How many patients died during or 1 month after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause.? 8.How many patients died within 6 months after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause.? 9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving RESTRAINTS whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause.? 10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after RESTRAINTS and what were those complications? 11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about RESTRAINTS? 12.If so, what was their concerns? 13.Are counts of forced injections available?
14.How does the Trust plan to reduce restraints in the future? Please provide SECLUSION information under the FOI act to the following questions: – 1.Please supply any SECLUSION reports/investigations 2.How many SECLUSIONS in 2021? 3.What proportion of patients were men/women? 4.How old were they? 5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities POC / BAME.? 6.How many SECLUSIONS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG? 7.How many patients died during or 1 month after SECLUSION and what was the cause whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause.?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after SECLUSION and what was the cause whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause.?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SECLUSION whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause.?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SECLUSION and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SECLUSION?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.How does the Trust plan to reduce SECLUSIONS in the future? Please provide MEDICATION ERRORS information under the FOI act to the following questions: – 1.Please supply any MEDICATION ERRORS reports/investigations 2.How many MEDICATION ERRORS in 2021? 3.What proportion of patients were men/women? 4.How old were they? 5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities POC / BAME.? 6.How many MEDICATION ERRORS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG? 7.How many patients died during or 1 month after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause.? 8.How many patients died within 6 months after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause.? 9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving MEDICATION ERRORS whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause.? 10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after MEDICATION ERRORS and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about MEDICATION ERRORS? 12.If so, what was their concerns? 13.How does the Trust plan to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS in the future?
130-2022
10 June 2022
To whom it may concern, I’m writing to you to obtain information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I wish to know the following: How much money has been spent by the Trust employing hospital security staff with an SIA licence over the last five years? Please break the costs down into a yearly budget. I am specifically asking for the amount spent on salaries for staff holding an SIA licence for the years below and the number of staff employed holding an SIA licence for each year. 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 to date Please include the number of staff employed currently by your Trust who hold the SIA licence.
I would also like to find out how many assaults took place on NHS staff for each of the years above. I look forward to receiving the information within 20 working days.
137-2022
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please can you provide the following information regarding charging non-UK citizens for abortion services, as per The National Health Service Charges to Overseas Visitors. Amendment. Regulations 2017.
Please note there are three parts to my request. 1. Between 23 October 2017 and 31 May 2022, how many overseas visitors have been charged for accessing abortion healthcare at your Trust
2. Between 23 October 2017 and 31 May 2022, what is the total sum raised by your Trust from payments from overseas visitors accessing abortion healthcare 3. Between 23 October 2017 and 31 May 2022, how many non-EEA citizens who do not have indefinite leave to remain have been charged for accessing abortion healthcare at your Trust
If answering all three questions takes my request over the cost limit, please can you respond to Questions 1 and 2 only. I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me, either by email or telephone 07723324240. and provide assistance as how I could refine the request. Many thanks.
161-2022
Subject: An FOI request: Treatment as usual in terms of the provision of physical activity opportunities
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
I would be very grateful if you could possibly help me. We are undertaking project which aims to describe usual care in terms of current physical activity programmes that are offered to people with severe mental ill health SMI. in NHS Mental Health Trusts in England.
Provision of physical activity PA. programmes varies across the trusts and remains unknown to the wider community of interest. This variation in PA provision for people with SMI has, in some locations, hindered commissioning and evaluation of the programmes. Furthermore, there are no guidelines that specify the optimal PA provision/TAU for those with SMI. This is a further significant gap, given that provision of PA has the potential to reduce the burden on the NHS, communities and society as a whole. Our work/project will produce new knowledge that will be of value to policy makers, commissioners and providers who are involved in the current provision of PA for those with SMI. It is organised by researchers from Sheffield Hallam University, University of York, Northumbria University and King’s College London. It has been funded by the UKRI Policy Support Fund and it has been approved by the Northumbria University Research Ethics Committee. We would be very grateful if you could provide us with information about current physical activity programmes that offered to people with SMI in your Trust. The easiest way to provide this information is through filling out the questionnaire survey. It consists of 19 questions, and it will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. To participate, click on the link below:
https://york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2bO1CFWTKZsFEYC
I’ve also attached the Word document version of the FOI request. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with us the provision of PA opportunities for people with SMI during an online meeting or phone conversation, please let us know. I would be very grateful if you could let me know which options is the most convenient for you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Many thanks and kind regards,
105-2022
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Do you use any applications or tools to communicate with your patients digitally?
I am interested in all aspects of patient communication, but particularly:
– Pre- and post-operative communication
– eConsent
– Outpatients
– Emergency Care
– Patient engagement at home
– Patient satisfaction
Please advise of the individuals. name and/or job title. with responsibility for developing digital communications with patients.
Also, do you have performance targets for monitoring patient satisfaction?
If so, please advise of the individuals. name and/or job title. with responsibility for monitoring or reporting on these targets.
082-2122
086-2122
Sent: 15 April 2021 14:59
Subject: Freedom of Information request re under-18 therapy sessions
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
—————–
I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please note that questions 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are for all sessions regardless of the form of delivery therefore including face-to-face, online, phone etc., whereas questions 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 and 12 are specifically for face-to-face sessions. 1. How many physiotherapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20, if possible broken down by month?
2. How many physiotherapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21, if possible broken down by month?
3. How many face-to-face physiotherapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20 annual total, not monthly.?
4. How many face-to-face physiotherapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21 annual total, not monthly.?
5. How many occupational therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20, if possible broken down by month?
6. How many occupational therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21, if possible broken down by month?
7. How many face-to-face occupational therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20 annual total, not monthly.?
8. How many face-to-face occupational therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21 annual total, not monthly.?
9. How many speech and language therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20, if possible broken down by month?
10. How many speech and language therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21, if possible broken down by month?
11. How many face-to-face speech and language therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2019/20 annual total, not monthly.?
12. How many face-to-face speech and language therapy sessions did the Trust arrange or provide for under-18s in 2020/21 annual total, not monthly.?
Please send the requested information in an editable Excel spreadsheet file – not a pdf or Word file or in the text of the email.
286-2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information on the number of staff impacted by Long Covid working in your trust.
Could you state the number of staff members who were recorded to have had Long Covid while working for your trust at any time in the period between October 2021 – October 2022?
Could you state all leave of absences taken where Long Covid was cited as the cause between October 2021 – October 2022 and the length of time each absence lasted for.
Does your trust offer any specialised support for staff members living with Long Covid? If so could you please provide details of these services?
301-2022
Can you please provide answers to the following questions relating to Subject Access Requests SARs.?
1. How many SARs have been made to the council in the last 12 months?
2. How many SAR requests have gone over the allocated calendar month for responding?
3. How many staff deal with responses?
4. On average how many hours are spent dealing with a SAR?
5. Do you have any software to assist with SAR production?
6. Who has budget responsibility over the costs & resources required to respond to the SARs? Please provide
Name:
Title:
Direct Email:
Direct Phone Number:
224-2122
Subject: Trust spending on unlicensed medicine
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
————————-NHS Trust, I would like to request the total spend on unlicensed medicine across your trust for the periods 2018,2019 and 2020. If possible could I have the data broken down into 1. imported medicines products approved outside the uk. 2. compounded/specials 3. drug shortages.
Please send this information in an email to drdebraainge@gmail.com.
All the best,
252-2022
Can you please forward me the organisation structure of your IT department and the names of the manager within it.
256-2022
Please provide full details of all staff members who have administered injections of the covid 19 vaccination in Gloucestershire.
Please confirm that the regulations for legally required informed consent were followed and patients were informed of the following 1. The full list of ingredients.
MHRA have confirmed this has never
been published.
2. The full list of potential adverse effects up to and including death.
Pfizer list 9 pages of adverse effects.
3. The risk to patients if they choose not to take the experimental mRNA gene therapy. Confirm that the patients were told this is experimental.
Most importantly please provide a phone number for the NHS legal team. Not an email as they do not respond. We are looking to take civil action against members of our health organisations especially our directors of public health.
This will be done through civil court and will hold staff personally accountable for the professional negligence and wilfull blindness they have committed
202-2122
Sent: 18 August 2021 11:20
Subject: FOI 202-2122 – Response needed by 14/09/2021
FOI Email 1
EMAIL 1 | FOI 202-2122| FOR RESPONSE | Freedom of Information Request
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
REFERENCE: 202-2122 Good morning Would you be able to help with the below FOI request? Or could you please point me in the right direction as to who this should be sent to? Would it be best sent to the BI Team as the request relates to data? I would be grateful if you could kindly arrange for this information to be provided to me as soon as possible or no later than the 14th September 2021. If the information in the freedom of information request is commercially sensitive then please note the same on the response.
FOI Request – Information requested:
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1. How many patients on the cancer pathway started treatment within the 62 days and over 62 days, from urgent GP referral to starting treatment in each month of 2020 and 2021. 2. How many patients referred under the 2 weeks wait pathway were seen within 14 days in each month of 2020 and 2021.
3. How many patients started cancer treatment in each month of:
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
If you are not the correct person to respond to part/all of the request, I would be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible, and suggest who I need to send it to or forward it onto the person in question and copy me in.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 states that the respondent has 20 working days to reply to the query and if it takes longer than 20 working days to collate the information, the responder can ask the requester to grant discretionary extension of time up to a maximum of further 20 working days. Please let me know if it is likely that you will be unable to provide the relevant information to me by the above deadline.
The act also allows the respondent to reject or charge the requester for the request if it would take 18 or more working hours to deal with the request e.g. locating, retrieving, extracting the information. which would cost the respondent at least £450 charging at £25 per hour.. If you could please let me know whether or not it may take 18 or more working hours to provide the information, so that I am able to send a fee note to the requester, as appropriate.
070-2122
We are contacting you to ask for further information on how your health visiting services have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As you may recall, Dr. Gabriella Conti, professor at the Department of Economics, University College London, and our team are working to evaluate the impact of health visiting on health outcomes in England. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been concerned about the families and children that rely on health visitors for vital care and safeguarding. Our research on health visiting during the pandemic has already reached policy makers and chief nurses, was cited in the recent Westminster Hall Debate on maternal mental health led by Sarah Olney MP, and was featured on a BBC radio programme and in news outlets such as the Guardian. You have already provided us with highly valuable information on your health visiting services during the first wave of COVID-19. We released our findings in a briefing note – do let us know if you would like us to share this with you. This has been shared widely and was well received by Andrea Leadsom’s Early years healthy development review team. Thank you for your helpful responses. We hope to continue improving awareness of the challenges faced by health visiting teams and raising health visiting up the policy agenda.
Our first FOI request asked about staff redeployment up to September, but the pandemic continued, with further waves of COVID-19. We are, therefore, seeking information on your health visiting teams for the subsequent period. We are writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Regarding how Covid-19 has affected your health visiting teams for Gloucestershire County Council since September 2020: 1. Have you redeployed any health visiting staff between 1st September and 31st March? 2. If Q1 is yes, what was the start date of redeployment? The date on which the first staff member left their post for redeployment between 1st September and 31st March.. Please indicate in your response if redeployment was ongoing from before September. 3. If Q1 is yes, what was the end date of redeployment? The date on which the last staff member returned to their post from redeployment between 1st September and 31st March..
4. If Q1 is yes, what was the maximum number of full time equivalent FTE. health visitors both with and without caseload. that were redeployed because of COVID-19 between:
a. 1st September and 7th October[1] 2020? b. 8th October and 31st December 2020?
c. 1st January and 31st March 2021?
5. If Q1 is yes, what was the maximum number of FTE clinical staff working in health visiting teams who are NOT coded as health visitors. both with and without caseload. that were redeployed because of COVID-19 between: a. 1st September and 7th October 2020? b. 8th October and 31st December 2020?
c. 1st January and 31st March 2021?
Regarding your health visiting teams for Gloucestershire County Council on the 1st February 2021:
6. How many FTE health visitors were employed in your health visiting teams? Both with and without caseload.. Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band. 7. How many FTE health visitors with caseload were employed in your health visiting teams? Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.
8. How many FTE clinical staff who are NOT coded as health visitors. were employed in your health visiting teams? Both with and without caseload.. Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.
9. How many FTE clinical staff who are NOT coded as health visitors. with caseload were employed in your health visiting teams? Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band. 10. What was the total number of children under 5 years of age that your health visiting teams were responsible for? The attached table makes it clear exactly what we are requesting – please use this as a template. _________________________________________________________________________________
Regarding the questions above: – For your answers, please either use the NHS Digital definition of health visitor below or alternatively provide the definition that you are using in your answer.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Definitions: Definition used by NHS Digital re. Health visitors notes 28 and 29 from the nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff matrix of Occupation Code Manual.: 28. Please ensure to code the following as Health Visitors: * qualified nurses/midwives who also hold a qualification as a Registered Health Visitor under the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC Register working directly with children and families; * qualified and registered Health Visitors who perform specific activities such as providing breastfeeding advice to parents; * family nurses working within the Family Nurse Partnership Programme who are qualified and registered as Health Visitors; * Sure Start Children’s Centre qualified and registered named Health Visitors; * managers within a Health visiting team who hold a health visiting qualification and registration and are involved in clinical work or safeguarding.
29. Please ensure that the following employees are not coded as Health Visitors:
* any person working in a health visiting team who does not hold a qualification and registration as a Health Visitor;
* any person who holds a qualification and registration as a Health Visitor but is not employed in a role where this is a requirement;
* managers within a health visiting team who hold health visiting qualification and registration but are not involved in clinical work or safeguarding.
Please see below the general definition for ‘health visitor’ from the Occupation Code Manual:
Health Visitor: an employee who holds a qualification as a Registered Health Visitor under the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC Register and who occupies a post where such a qualification is a requirement. Not below Agenda for Change Band 6. _________________________________________________________________________________
084-2122
Sent: 17 April 2021 18:26
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
I would like to put in a request of information. The questions are as follows:
Which Risk Management System do you use? Which version of the system are you currently using?
Have you received an upgrade in the last 18 months? Do you have a dedicated administrator for your risk management system ? By dedicated we mean more than 75% of their role is to administrate, maintain and develop the system
What is the AfC grade of the dedicated administrator person?
088-2122
Sent: 17 April 2021 19:20
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information 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
I am making a Freedom of Information request to your Trust . I would like to know: a. How many people are currently regarded as habitual / unreasonably persistent / vexatious complainants under your Trust’s Complaints policy?
b. How many have been regarded as habitual / unreasonably persistent / vexatious complainants under your complaints policy in the last five years?
and a copy of the protocol / policy on how your Trust deals with enquiries from Members of Parliament. Thank you.
045-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI
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
Please disclose the information listed in the below tables by return email within 20 days as per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Average Band 5 Agency Nurse Rates
Please respond to question one by populating the template below.
a. Average cost per hour inclusive of base pay, agency margin, NI, PAYE etc. but excluding VAT. paid for Band 5 agency Nurses for Standard Day hours between 1st April 2020 and 31st January 2021 b. Average cost per hour inclusive of base pay, agency margin, NI, PAYE etc. but excluding VAT. paid for Band 5 agency Nurses for Saturday & Evening hours between 1st April 2020 and 31st January 2021.
c. Average cost per hour inclusive of base pay, agency margin, NI, PAYE etc. but excluding VAT. paid for Band 5 agency Nurses for Sunday & Bank Holiday hours between 1st April 2020 and 31st January 2021
Part 2 – High Rate Band 5 Nurse Hours
For the below questions, please answer number of shifts rather than number of hours if this figure is easier to obtain – please clarify which unit you’re referring to within your response. Please also indicate how many individual nurses make up the figure in response to each of the below.
a. For Band 5 Agency Nurses, regardless of rate type i.e. Days, Nights, Bank Holidays etc.., how many hours since 1st April cost £50 per hour or more?
b. For Band 5 Agency Nurses, regardless of rate type i.e. Days, Nights, Bank Holidays etc.., how many hours since 1st April cost £75 per hour or more?
c. For Band 5 Agency Nurses, regardless of rate type i.e. Days, Nights, Bank Holidays etc.., how many hours since 1st April cost £100 per hour or more?
020-2122
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information please, regarding your current contractual and supply chain arrangements for the following categories:
• Provision of online payment acceptance – e.g. online website payments or payment portals
• Provision of point of sale card/EPOS machines – e.g. as found in payment offices or reception areas
• Provision of MOTO Mail Order and Telephone Order. payment acceptance
• Provision of Direct Debit services
• Provision of over the counter payment services, e.g. as used to make payments in Post Office & Pay Point outlets if relevant.
• Merchant Acquirer services
I would appreciate you providing the following for each of the above points, by completing the attached spreadsheet:
• Current supplier/s names
• Scope of current Contract
• Contract End Date
• Approximate date of your next sourcing/tender exercise
• Annual Value of the Contract
• Annual transaction volume & value, where known
• Contact details of the members. of Staff responsible for payment collection
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. Also, 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. Should the release of any of this information be prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, please specifically advise.
311-2021
Under the Freedom of Information Act I wish to request the following information:
1. The number of occasions, during each financial year from 2016/17 to 2021/22 and for 2022/23 to date, the trust has admitted a patient to an inpatient bed out of area. For each instance please provide the location facility name, trust or postcode. of the inpatient bed. 2. Please provide the total cost to the trust – for each of the above financial years – of funding out of area inpatient placements.
175-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RE: FOI 175-2122 – Clarification 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
Hi there, This request is for the following: General and Acute, Maternity, Learning Disability and Mental Health.
From: Freedom of Information
To: Pooja Kumari
Subject: FOI 175-2122 – Clarification ——————-
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 175-2122
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 if you are referring to Mental Health beds specifically. You mention the KH03 which is Mental Health but at the start of the request says ‘across the trust’.
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
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: 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
—————–,
I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information on ‘active beds’ across your Trust. An active bed is any staffed bed that is in service, occupied, or unoccupied. As of 1st of July 2021 or most recent available data.:
1. How many active beds were in service? If possible, please break this down by sector as delineated by NHS England in the KH03 quarterly collection General & Acute, Maternity, Learning Disability and Mental Health – please note, if you are a mental health trust, no additional breakdown is needed.
2. How many beds were not in service? If possible, please break this down by sector as delineated by NHS England in the KH03 quarterly collection.
3. Please clarify why these beds were not in service.
In the first week of July 2019:
1. How many active beds were in service? If possible, please break this down by sector as delineated by NHS England in the KH03 quarterly collection. 2. How many beds were not in service? If possible, please break this down by sector as delineated by NHS England in the KH03 quarterly collection.
3. Please clarify why these beds were not in service. If helpful, you can input the data in to the table below. General and Acute Maternity Mental Health Learning disability Total
As of 1 July 2021 or most recent figures. Number of active beds in service Number of beds not in service Please clarify why these beds were not in service? As of the first week of July 2019: Number of active beds in service Number of beds not in service Please clarify why these beds were not in service?
188-2122
Subject: Request for Information – Mobile
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
————————-FOI Officer,
I want to make a Freedom of Information request, could you please send me the following information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract. You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following information:
If there is more than one provider please split all the information including the annual average spend, number of connection, duration, contract dates and internal contact details.
1. Network Providers. – Please provide me with the network provider name e.g. EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three
2. Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider – Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the last 3 years. If this is a new contract can you please provide the estimated annual spend.
3. Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider. number of voice only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices. please provide me with the breakdown and not the overall total.
4. Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.
5. Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. if there are multiple start dates, could you please provide me with the earliest date for each provider.
6. Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling please state.
7. Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract.
8. The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided please send me their actual job title.
9.If the mobile phone contract is provided by a managed contract please provide me with the actual name of the network provider along with the number of connections and the internal contact from within the organisation responsible for this contract.
Please can you provide me with the latest information- If the organisations are currently out to tender please can you also state the approx. date of the award along with the information above.
Also if the contract in the response has expired/rolling please can you provide me with further information if available of the organisation’s plans going forward with regards to mobiles and the current status?
If this contract was awarded within the past three months can you please provide me with a shortlist of suppliers that bid on the contract?
189-2122
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: TEAM Software Freedom of Information Request on Porter Support
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
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust FOI team to request information on Estates, Facilities & Ancillary Departments, specifically relating to the current management of hospital Porters. My enquiry is being submitted from the organisation called Innovise Software Trading as TEAM Software.. The information requested below has not been located within any of the Trust’s Disclosure Logs or the ‘Publication Scheme’. The date today is 26/07/2021, I understand that should the trust require additional clarification on the below questions this could delay the mandated FOI response time frame.
Can the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust please provide 4 responses to the 4 questions below:
1. Can the Trust please provide the total number porters that are currently employed/ contracted to perform porter services across the Trust’s Hospitals? This total number of porters can include individual part-time, bank and permanent porter staff that are directly employed by the Trust or porter support procured through a private service provider..
2. Can the Trust please identify the names. of the current systems. used by Trust staff to dispatch porters to jobs around the Trust’s Hospitals on a daily basis? e.g. Push To Talk Radio / Bleeper, Smart Phone / Tablet Application, Excel Spreadsheet, Paper-based System and/or Task Management Software on a Computer.. By Dispatch we refer to the process of activating an individual Porter to take on a specific Job with the hospital.
3. Can the Trust please provide clarification on the current contractual relationship of porter support, by this I mean – are porters directly employed by the Trust? or can the Trust provide both the name of the private provider contracted to deliver porter services and the time frame remaining on that contract until review?
4. Finally can the Trust please provide an updated estimate of the total number of ‘acute care’ beds currently dispersed across its hospital sites.? Thanks in advance for your time, if I can provide any further clarification on my request or alternatively if you’d prefer to arrange a time to respond through a telephone call instead of an email, please use my contact details below.
090-2122
Sent: 21 April 2021 09:07
Subject: 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
—————–
Please see the request for information below as per the FOIA:
Subject: Insourcing, Outsourcing and Hospitals own Waiting List initiatives Question: How much has been spent and the number of patients seen via Insourcing, Outsourcing and the Hospitals own Waiting List initiatives in the last 3 years. In the most recent FY in the 12 months ending March 2021 With regards to the requested clarification please see below:
• Insourcing we would be looking at the definition being described as an external organisation which works within a Trust to provide services to NHS Patients.
• Outsourcing – using an external provider and facilities on behalf of the NHS To support I have attached a sample template document if required.
096-2122
Sent: 27 April 2021 10:54
Subject: Freedom of Information 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 morning,
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please could you supply responses to the following questions please:
1. The number of Full time FT. and Part Time PT. employees in your Trust in:
a. March 2020 Total number; split into Medical and Support staff. b. March 2021 Total number; split into Medical and Support staff.
2. The number of Trust employees absent from work during the months March 2020 to March 2021 inclusive, in the following format:
Month Total number absent Absent due to Covid-19 March 2020 April 2020 etc If the data is held weekly, then please average the numbers across the month or provide the weekly data if easier. 3. The number of Trust employees absent from work due to a Test and Trace requirement to isolate. As above, if the data is held weekly then please average the numbers across the month or provide the weekly data if easier. 4. The total number of beds across the Hospitals. in your Trust
5. The total number of beds unused due to Covid-19 infection control measures commonly referred to as ‘red’/’green’ pathways.. Please provide these figures month by month from March 2020 to March 2021. 6. The number of retired staff returning to the Trust from March 2021 onwards to practice during Covid-19.
As per requirements, full contact details can be found in my signature below.
106-2122
Sent: 07 May 2021 09:02
Subject: Trust Contract Data 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
—————–,
We are looking to obtain some information about your Trust as a Freedom of Information request.
We would like to know details of contracts awarded by the Trust; the vendor involved, the Category e.g. equipment maintenance, date of award, value and contract length. We would like this information for the past 3 years.
266-2122
Sent: 08 November 2021 14:35
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI REQUEST – Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I am writing to request the latest monthly statistics on waiting times for memory clinics from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust for:
• mean waiting time from referral to diagnosis • mean waiting time for patient with possible dementia’s first appointment with memory clinic • Number of patients currently on waiting list for memory clinic • Number of patients waiting more than 13 weeks from referral to diagnosis • Number of patients waiting more than 26 weeks from referral to diagnosis 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 the information is already in the public domain please can you direct me to it with page references and URLs if necessary.
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.
270-2122
Sent: 17 November 2021 11:47
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Foureyes Insight
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
Could you please provide the following information:
Do you use a software/solution in the Trust called Foureyes Insight?
If so when does the contract end for the Foureyes Insight system?
How many years is the Foureyes Insight system contract in place for?
How much do you spend on the support for the Foureyes Insight system on an annual basis?
Yours faithfully,
Is freedomofinformation@glos-care.nhs.uk the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/change_request/new?bodyequalsghc