Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 258
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for your Trust’s Medical Device Trainer GHC do not have a Medical Device Trainer
2. Does your trust utilise e-learning for clinical application training for medical devices? Remit of the Medical Device Trainer?.
We use clinical skills.net and some in-house e-learning for some training related to medical devices. 3. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for your Trust’s Learning and Development Manager
Information can not be provided
4. Within decontamination science, does the Trust utilise apprenticeships? Remit of Learning and Development Manager.
We are not aware we have a decontamination science department in GHC and we do not have any apprentices studying this subject.. 5. Within medical engineering/clinical engineering/medical physics, does the Trust utilise apprenticeships? Remit of Learning and Development Manager.
No but we do not have those departments as far as we are aware.. 6. Does your Trust utilise a third-party company for training medical engineering/clinical engineering/medical physics – i.e. the repair of medical devices? If so, what is the name of the third party?
As far as we are aware our Medical Engineering is done by GHT.
7. Does your Trust utilise a third-party company for training sterile services staff – operators/ technicians? If so, what is the name of the third party?
We are not aware of any training, although there might be some services/staff in Stroud and/or Cirencester Hospitals? And maybe Dental? They might know of any training.
8. Does the Trust utilise the Salisbury framework for non-apprenticeship training courses Remit of Learning and Development Manager.?
Yes. 9. Regarding the sterilisation of surgical instruments and endoscopes, does the trust undertake this ‘in-house’ or outsource the requirement?
9a. If outsourced, what company provides the service
9b. If managed in-house, how many people operate in the sterilisation department?
We have the following in dental:
Decontamination Assistant – FTE 3.60
10. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for the person responsible for sterilisation of the Trust’s medical devices
Information can not be provided.
FOI Request
Dear FOI Team,
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details with respect to the Trust below, details of which can be found below:
NHS Trust: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust 1. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for your Trust's Medical Device Trainer 2. Does your trust utilise e-learning for clinical application training for medical devices? Remit of the Medical Device Trainer?.
3. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for your Trust's Learning and Development Manager
4. Within decontamination science, does the Trust utilise apprenticeships? Remit of Learning and Development Manager.
5. Within medical engineering/clinical engineering/medical physics, does the Trust utilise apprenticeships? Remit of Learning and Development Manager.
6. Does your Trust utilise a third party company for training medical engineering/clinical engineering/medical physics – i.e. the repair of medical devices? If so, what is the name of the third party?
7. Does your Trust utilise a third party company for training sterile services staff - operators/ technicians? If so, what is the name of the third party?
8. Does the Trust utilise the Salisbury framework for non apprenticeship training courses Remit of Learning and Development Manager.
9. Regarding the sterilisation of surgical instruments and endoscopes, does the trust undertake this ‘in-house’ or outsource the requirement?
9a. If outsourced, what company provides the service?
9b. If managed in-house, how many people operate in the sterilisation department?
10. Please provide the name, email address and phone number for the person responsible for sterilisation of the Trust's medical devices