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FOI Request
Sent: 01 September 2021 08:50
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI service provision for orthotics and prosthetics
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-------------------------Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
My team and I are currently looking at orthotic and prosthetic service provision in the UK. We are making a Freedom of Information FOI. request with a view to gain an understanding of the current NHS provision in the following topics.
Orthotics
1. Finance
a. Does your trust/board provide a contracted orthotic service or a NHS in house service?
b. If your service is run by a contractor: i. please name them
ii. when did the current agreement start?
iii. What is the total value of the contract?
iv. Is the tender covering both service and product? Please state what it covers
v. How is your orthotics service commissioned? By Block contract? By local tariff? If you are on a local tariff how much does your Trust/ Health board get paid per contact?
c. Please provide annual volumes of orders for the last 12 months for the following products
i. Stock paediatric Footwear
ii. Modular adult Orthotic Footwear
iii. Bespoke Orthotic Footwear
iv. Orthotic Footwear repairs
v. Moulded EVA Insoles
vi. Plastic Heel cups
vii. Carbon Fibre Insoles
viii. Bespoke AFOs
d. Can you give the breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your Orthotic PRODUCT annually for the last 5 years?
e. Can you give a breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your orthotic SERVICE excluding all NON-PAY items. annually for the last 5 years?
2. Service provision
a. Please list the clinics providing orthotic services and for each of them
i. The number of orthotists utilised by the trust
ii. Annual full cost of the service
b. Over the last five financial years, how many orthotics appointments were made for your entire service? Prosthetics
1. Finance
a. Does tour trust/board provide a contracted prosthetic service or a NHS in house service?
b. If your service is run by a contractor: i. please name them
ii. when did the current agreement start?
iii. What is the total value of the contract?
iv. Is the tender covering both service and product? Please state what it covers
v. How is your prosthetics service commissioned? By Block contract? By local tariff? If you are on a local tarrif how much does your Trust/ Health board get paid per contact?
c. Please provide annual volumes of orders for the last 12 months for the following products
i. Upper limbs prosthetics
ii. Lower limbs prosthetics excluding micro-processor-controlled limbs.
iii. Micro-processor-controlled lower limbs prosthetics
d. Can you give the breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your prosthetic PRODUCT annually for the last 5 years?
e. Can you give a breakdown of your financial performance versus budget for your prosthetic SERVICE excluding all NON-PAY items.
2. Service provision
a. Please list the clinics providing prosthetic services and for each of them
i. The number of prosthetists utilised by the trust
ii. Annual full cost of the service
b. Over the last five financial years, how many prosthetic appointments were made for your entire service? We thank you in advance for the work that you will provide and for your trust’s help.