Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 398-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
We would like to place a Freedom of Information request, wishing to obtain an Install Base report for Monitoring systems within high acuity areas at your NHS hospitals.
We are specifically looking for the following information:
Hospital Name:
Postcode:
Department | OEM | Model | Installation date* | Number Installed | Number of Beds | Connected to EPR? | EPR Supplier? |
Critical Care | |||||||
Theatres Monitoring | |||||||
Coronary Care | |||||||
Emergency Department | |||||||
Neonatal (NICU) | |||||||
Special care baby unit (SCBU) |
*Please provide year of installation, where various please provide number installed within each specific year
System Definitions:
- High Acuity – A hospital that provides patients with acute care and closer monitoring e.g. critical care/intensive care.
- EPR – An electronic patient/health record is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart.
- OEM – original equipment manufacturer e.g. Philips.
- Telemetry – A wireless monitoring solution which provides constant monitoring for mobile patients.
Our response:
The Trust can only respond to the theatres monitoring question.
Please see the link below:
You asked:
– How many anaesthetic rooms do you have in theatres?
Our response:
1 anaesthetic room in Stroud’s theatre and 1 anaesthetic room in Tewkesbury’s theatre
You asked:
– How many theatre rooms do you have?
Our response:
1 theatre in Stroud, 1 theatre in Tewkesbury
You asked:
– Do you have a telemetry system for coronary care?
Our response:
The Trust does not have coronary care facilities in community hospitals
You asked:
How many telemetry systems do you have?
Our response:
The Trust does not have telemetry in community hospitals
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.