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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Rostering and Self-Rostering. Please can you complete the below questions:

1. Please provide the rostering solution used for the below staffing groups. Where more than one supplier is used for each staff group, please provide the name of each supplier.

· Medical & Dental

· Nursing & Health Care Assistants

· Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied
Health Professionals

· Administration and Estates

2. Please list below the staffing groups where e-rostering is currently live and being used?

3. Please tick the below Medical Specialities that are currently rostered on the system

· General Medicine

· General Surgery

· Anaesthetics

· Obstetrics and Gynaecology

4. What percentage of workforce are rostered on the system? Please list the percentages by the staffing groups listed below-

· Medical & Dental

· Nursing & Health Care Assistants

· Scientific, Therapeutic & Technical Staff including of Allied
Health Professionals

· Administration and Estates

5. What is the contract start date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract start date.

6. What is the contract end date for your rostering supplier/suppliers? Please list the name of the supplier and contract end date.

7. What was the annual cost of your rostering supplier/ suppliers for the financial year 22/23 (April 2022 – March 2023)?

8. Did the organisation use a framework to procure your rostering supplier/ suppliers? Please state the name of the supplier and framework it was procured from.

9. From the table below please indicate which interfaces are being used and at what frequency?

Interface
In/Out Daily Weekly Monthly Ad Hoc
ESR Generic Attendance Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Absence Inbound Interface Out
ESR Generic Outbound Interface In
E-Job Planning
In/Out
Junior Doctors
In/Out
Staffbank / Agency In/Out
Identity Provider Servers In/Out

Self Rostering
1. Does your organisation use self rostering? (If yes, please complete the below questions. If no, please ignore) 2. Please list below the staffing groups where self- rostering is currently being used?
3. What percentage of your workforce is currently utilizing self-rostering?
4. Are manual or technology based mechanisms used to facilitate self-rostering?

In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) has your trust instructed someone to give a second opinion on a patient that is receiving treatment for an eating disorder?

In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) has your trust refused to give a second opinion on a patient that is receiving treatment for an eating disorder?

In the last 12 months – for both adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) where second opinions have happened, who did the trust instruct to give the second opinion?

Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) was the second opinion arranged by the clinical team or the patient/family?
Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) who paid for it?

Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) was it internal or external?

Of the second opinions given in adult and children eating disorder services (both inpatient and outpatient) what was the outcome?

Please can you help me answer the questions below:

Medical temporary staffing supply

1. Do you manage your Medical Workforce Bank Internally? – Yes/No
2. If Yes to the question above, do you manage your Medical workforce bank internally using specialist bank technology e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? Please specify which one?
If Yes to the above questions is it actively used?

3. Do you outsource the management of your Medical workforce bank? – Yes/No
4. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you?

5. Do you use Direct Engagement?
6. If Yes to the above question, can you confirm the supplier managing it for you? And can you specify the staff groups and if it is bank or agency?

7. What is your total Bank and agency hours for the Financial Year 2023/2024?

8. Does your Trust have any doctors that work on the bank via a LTD company?

Associated costs -Medical

9. Please confirm the charges that you pay to your technology provider for use of their system. e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)

10. Can you confirm how you are charged eg per hour, fixed fee, percentage? And what the fees are?

11. Please confirm the charges you pay your managed service provider for Medical Workforce? e.g. Patchwork, NHS Professionals, Locums Nest, Liaison, Allocate? (if applicable, in the last Financial Year 2023/2024)

12. Can you confirm how you are charged for managed service? eg per hour, fixed fee or percentage?

13. Please confirm the roster system provider used for your medical workforce? Eg Liaison, RL Datix etc

14. Please confirm charges that you pay to your technology provider for Direct Engagement? Eg per hour fixed fee, percentage

1. Does your hospital trust allow patients to have their Personal Assistant/paid carers assist them in hospital settings?
2. Does your trust have a protocol or policy in place regarding Personal Assistants/paid carers assisting with complex care needs in hospital settings? What is it?
3. Does this policy apply both to admissions as well appointments and treatments as a day patient?
4. How many times in the last 3 years has a patient had their care needs met by their usual PAs/paid carers whilst in hospital?

Dear FOI team, My name is Jiakun Yu and I am a doctor working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. I would like to make the following FOI request: 1. Could you provide a list of all NHS hospital at home or virtual ward available in your region as well as their email contact information please. Many thanks, Jiakun Yu

Under the Freedom of information Act 2000, I request the following information:

• What IT systems/applications are you planning to replace or upgrade over the next two years?
• What new IT systems/applications have you recently procured and are planning to implement?
• What are your implementation timescales for these deployments?
• Is the Trust using or considering external support for any IT system/applications implementations?
• If applicable, what current digital maternity system do you use?

How many of your employees are defined as lone workers or high-risk staff?
• Who is your current provider of lone worker devices/apps?
• How did you procure the service (e.g. tender, direct award, framework)?
• If framework, which framework did you procure through (GCloud, NHS Framework or other)?
• How many devices/apps do you currently pay for?
• How much are you paying per device/app?
• What is the end date for your current contract?
What is the name and job title of the person or persons managing your lone worker devices/apps

The NHS small cases policy states that codes with less than 5 cases can be shared safely when recorded as <5. Please can you give me the information I have requested including the codes with less than 5 cases recorded as <5.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could please provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the Clinical Waste Contract/s that your trust currently has in place.

The details required are as follows:

• Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful and not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
• Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date
• Start date and duration of framework/contract
• Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?
• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
• Who is the Senior Officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract + contact information
• Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Environmental/Sustainability Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Waste Management Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the Health and Safety Lead for the Trust + contact information
• Who is the current Clinical Waste incumbent (service provider)?
• Does the Trust make use of reusable or disposable sharps containers and who is the service provider?

I am a Football Development Officer (Disability Pathway) at Gloucestershire Football Association. I am emailing as I am looking to find out if there is anyone from our local NHS foundation trust and supporting networks to help upskill my knowledge around Mental Health statistics within the county of Gloucestershire. This information will be used to further support an application for a large funding project to hopefully provide new and accessible Mental Health football teams across the County.

If you are able to help or point me in the right direction of who to talk to, that would be greatly appreciated.

The information I require relates to the organisation’s software contract, please send me the organisation’s primary contract around the types of contracts below.

I require the organisations to provide me with the following contract information relating to the following corporate software/enterprise applications:

A. Enterprise Resource Planning Software Solution (ERP) -this is the organisation’s main

ERP system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades.

B. Primary Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution-this is the organisation’s main

CRM system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of CRM systems the organisation may use could include Microsoft Dynamics, Front Office, Lagan CRM, Firm step

C. Primary Human Resources (HR) and Payroll Software Solution-this is the organisation’s main

HR/payroll system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. In some cases, the HR contract maybe separate to the payroll contract please provide both types of contracts. Example of HR/Payroll systems the organisation may use could include iTrent, Resource link.

D. The organisation’s primary corporate Finance Software Solution-this is the organisation’s main

Finance system and may include service support, maintenance and upgrades. Example of finance systems the organisation may use could include E-Business suite, Agresso (Unit4), eFinancials, Integra, SAP

In some cases you may come across contracts that provides service support maintenance and upgrades separate to the main software contract, please also provide this information in the response following the requested data below.

For each of the categories above can you please provide me with the relevant contract information listed below:
1. Software Category: ERP, CRM, HR, Payroll, Finance

2. Name of Supplier: Can you please provide me with the software provider for each contract?

3. The date in which these applications were implemented

4. The brand of the software: Can you please provide me with the actual name of the software. Please do not provide me with the supplier’s name again please provide me with the actual software name.

5. Description of the contract: Please do not just state two to three words can you please provide me with detailed information about this contract and please state if upgrade, maintenance and support is included.

Please also include any modules included within the contract as this will support the categories you have selected in question 1.

6. Number of Users/Licenses: What is the total number of user/licenses for this contract?

7. Annual Spend: What is the annual average spend for each contract?

8. Contract Duration: What is the duration of the contract please include any available extensions within the contract.

9. Contract Start Date: What is the start date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

10. Contract Expiry: What is the expiry date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

11. Contract Review Date: What is the review date of this contract? Please include month and year of the contract. If this cannot be provided, please provide me estimates of when the contract is likely to be reviewed. DD-MM-YY or MM-YY.

12. Contact Details: I require the full contact details of the person within the organisation responsible for this particular software contract (name, job title, email, contact number).

I would like to request information regarding your obstetric unit, under the FOIA

-To which LMNS does your trust belong to?
-Is your trust a tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit?
-Does your trust do a routine late third trimester scan for every woman in pregnancy?

Regarding growth scans in the second or third trimester:

-To calculate HC do you use HC or BPD + OFD?
-To calculate AC do you use AC or TAPD + APD?
-To plot FL centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )
-To plot HC centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )
-To plot AC centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )

-What algorithm do you use to calculate Estimated Fetal Weight?
(Eg Hadlock (HC, AC, FL), Hadlock (BPD-HC-AC-FL), Hadlock (FL-AC), Warsof (BPD-AC), Persson (BPD-TAD-APAD-FL), Hansmann et al, Combs, Souka, INTERGROWTH-21ST or other)

-What centile reference chart do you use to plot the Estimated Fetal Weight?

-Does your trust use GAP-GROW?

-To measure Amniotic Fluid does your trust measure Deepest Vertical Pool or measure Amniotic Fluid Index?

-Which chart do you use to plot the amniotic fluid volume?

-When measuring Uterine Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Umbilical Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Ductus Venosus Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?

Do you use the same charts for fetal biometry, Amniotic Fluid Index and Dopplers across all hospitals in your trust and all trusts in LMNS region?

I’d like to request the following records under the FOI act.

Virtual wards

• The total number of virtual ward beds you had open as of 15 January 2025
• The total number of VW beds, broken down by the different specialties served by those virtual wards
• The beds occupancy rate as of 15 January 2025, broken down by specialty
Patient initiated follow-up

• A list of the specialities for which you offer patient initiated follow-up
• The proportion of outpatient attendances discharged to PIFU pathways, as of 15 January 2025 (or the most recent data point – please specify the date if different from 15/1/25).
• The names of each technology supplier and the product used by the trust to run its PIFU pathways

A list of your sites that are under PFI / PF2 / PPP contracts that are expiring in by the end of 2030.

– The name of the site, the value of the contract, along with the date of the expiry.
– The name of your Director of Estates & Head of Procurement.

1. The name of your soft facilities management service provider/providers (if this is managed in-house please say)
2. The date/dates that your contract/contracts with your soft FM provider ends
3. The name of your hard facilities management service provider/providers (if this is managed in-house please say)
4. The date/dates that your contract/contracts with your hard FM provider ends
5. The name of your waste management service provider/provider
6. The date/dates that your contract/contracts with waste management provider ends
7. The name of your security provider/providers
8. The annual sum spent on security each year from 2020/21 to 2024/25 (for 2024/25 if you don’t have the total that you will spend then please provide a figure to-date).

I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified seven potential call-off contracts awarded by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, but I can’t find details of the framework agreements they were awarded from.

I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns (“Title of framework used” and “Further framework info”) is where I am missing information. Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreements or DPS agreements used here. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreements (e.g., a link to the framework’s Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS’s RM codes), please use the final column for this.

Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the “Title of framework used” column.

I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request information relating to Patient Transport Services in the NHS Trust. I have set out the information I require below:

– Please can you outline the procurement process for Patient Transport Service contracts.

– What is the criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts.

– Which organisation sets the criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts.

– Which organisation decides the successful bid for Patient Transport Service contracts.

– Is there any criteria for Patient Transport Service contracts attached to terms and conditions and pay of staff.

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding hospital admissions related to hiking injuries.

Please provide data for the past five calendar years (from 1 January [2020] to 31 January [2025]), broken down annually and 2025 so far, on the following:

Hospital Admissions

• The number of hospital admissions where the reason for admission was linked to hiking.
• If available, the number of admissions identified through:
Text-based documentation (i.e., where “hiking” or a related term was explicitly mentioned in records).
The ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics code XE5BS (Type of sport or exercise activity, hiking).
The age and gender of those admitted.
• A brief description of the incident or injury, if recorded.

Freedom of Information Request:

1. Number of post-partum referrals to the Gloucestershire Birth Anxiety and Trauma Service (or its previous incarnation as the Maternal Mental Health Service) broken down by referral source (self or professional) and by month since Jan 2021.
Why it is important: This data will be joined with information from a separate FOI to GHFT to help to give an indication of some of the wider impact and cost of the inadequate Gloucestershire Maternity Service.

2. Provide any analyses of the impact (specifically on increased demand and additional cost) on any and all services provided by Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust caused by Gloucestershire Maternity Service since Jan 2021.
Why it is important: This will help to understand some of the impact of the provision of inadequate maternity services in Gloucestershire.

3. Provide details of any discussions with the Glos ICB (or previously the CCG) or GHFT on additional demand and cost of delivery on any services provided by GHC, believed to be linked to the ‘inadequate’ CQC rating of Gloucestershire Maternity Service since Jan 2021.
Why it is important: This will help to understand the level of awareness within the ICB and GHFT of some of the impact of the provision of inadequate maternity services in Gloucestershire.

I’m writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information about the rate of sodium nitrite poisoning in your hospital trust. Please note I am asking about sodium nitrite, not sodium nitrate. For the past five years, up to and including 6 February 2025, I’d like to know the following:

How many cases of sodium nitrite poisoning were there? Please break this down into cases of a) intentional poisoning (eg suicide) and b) unintentional poisoning. A. Of the cases of sodium nitrite poisoning, how many of them were administered Methylene Blue? How many deaths were there where sodium nitrite poisoning was listed as the, or a, cause of death? Please break this down into how many deaths were caused by a) intentional poisoning (eg suicide) and b) unintentional poisoning. A. Of the deaths caused by sodium nitrite poisoning, how many of them were administered Methylene Blue?

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and would appreciate your assistance in providing the following details regarding your NHS Trust’s expenditure on staff uniforms:

1. **Total uniform expenditure** for the last financial year (April 2022 – March 2023) and, if available, the current financial year to date (April 2023 – present).

2. **Breakdown of uniform items purchased**, including:
– Type of uniform items (e.g., tunics, trousers, scrubs, polo shirts, jackets, etc.).
– Number of each item purchased.
– Unit price of each item.

3. **Suppliers**: A list of uniform suppliers used by the Trust.

4. **Procurement Process**: Details of any existing contracts or agreements for uniform procurement, if applicable.

I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:

1. Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.
2. Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.
3. Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.
4. General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.
5. Laundry services – where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed.

1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:
2. Supplier/Provider of the services
3. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.
4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.
5. The number of sites the contract covers
6. [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation
7. The start date of the contract
8. The end date of the contract
9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.
10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? name, Job Title, contact number and email address.

I kindly request the following information for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust:
1. What is the total backlog of outpatient clinical letters awaiting completion as of January 2025? (I am interested in the operational backlog only and do not require data on older letters that may be duplicates or contain errors.
2. What was the total expenditure on temporary administrative staff in the past financial year?
3. What was the total expenditure on (external) transcription or voice recognition services in the past financial year, if applicable?
4. If applicable, when is the current contract for (external) transcription or voice recognition services set to expire?
5. Is the trust currently exploring or actively pursuing the implementation of ambient AI or AI-powered transcription services?

I am requesting access to the below information, thank you

How many adults were referred to your mental health service in the following years:

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

How many adults were treated at your mental health service in the following years:

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

How many adults treated at your service ended their own lives in the following years:

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to obtain details regarding the total expenditure by your trust on transcription services. Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the last three financial years (or the most recent available period):
1. Total expenditure on outsourced transcription services (including third-party providers and digital dictation/transcription software).
2. Total expenditure on in-house/on-premises medical secretaries whose primary role includes transcription and documentation.
3. If possible, a breakdown of costs by year and/or service provider.

1. How many clinical episodes does your Trust record on average each month or over an annual period?
2. What is the size of your clinical coding team?
3. Is the coding team focused on coding clinical episodes within inpatient, outpatient, or A&E (Emergency Care) – or all of the above? Any other settings or niche areas that are coded by this team?
4. On average, how many systems do coding teams need to access and review to code a typical episode?
5. What is the average time spent on coding a clinical episode?
6. What is the maximum time spent on coding a clinical episode?
7. On average, what number or percentage of episodes go uncoded?
8. On average, what number or percentage of episodes are not coded to sufficient detail?
9. What are the main reasons why episodes go uncoded or are not coded to sufficient detail?
10. Who is the budget holder for clinical coding team and/or what is their role?

Please could you provide me with the below information for all Lloyds OPD within your trust’s control during January 2021 to December 2024. Please could this be returned to me in the form of an excel or CSV file.

• Contractor name
• Contractor Address
• Contractor code / GPHC number (which ever is available)
• Drug name
• Drug strength
• Items of each of the above dispensed
• Quantity of each of the above dispensed
• By month
• Date range January 2021 to December 2024

I would just like to clarify I would like the data to reflect the dispensing month.

The drugs I would like to see specifically are categorised as
• Special
• Special Obtain
• Unlicensed medications

I understand that the data held within the trust may present in a different format to my request. If my requested categorisation (last 3 bullet points) is unavailable, then I am requesting all dispensing data (first 9 bullet points of my request) for each of the Lloyds OPD sites from January 2021 to December 2024.

Dementia Care

It is my understanding that there is only one full-time Admiral Nurse covering both Gloucestershire
Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital. Could you please confirm if this is correct?

Additionally, as Admiral Nurses are typically based in the community, I would like to request
information on the number of full-time Admiral Nurses available in the following areas:
• Stow on the Wold
• Moreton in Marsh
• The Rissingtons
• Bourton on the Water

Furthermore, I would like to know the number of beds available in the aforementioned towns that
offer dementia care services where patients can reside. This information is crucial to ensure that
patients are not held on general wards in either Gloucestershire Royal Hospital or Cheltenham
General Hospital, and to facilitate easier visits for relatives.

Could you also provide details on whether any of the care homes in these towns have arrangements
with the NHS that allow for dementia patients to be treated within the care homes rather than in
hospitals?

Additionally, what care packages are in place to support dementia patients living at home? Do any
GPs in these towns offer home visits to dementia patients who are living at home?

X-Ray and other services

Regarding the X-ray department, I have the following queries:

1. When did the X-ray department change from a walk-in/appointment arrangement to an appointment-only system?
2. How many days per week are X-ray services available at the hospital, and what are the operating hours?
3. What is the annual number of people who have had X-rays at the hospital from the year 2000 to 2024?
4. Are there any plans to increase the number of days that X-ray services are available?
5. Are there any plans to reintroduce a walk-in service for X-rays?
Lastly, when the hospital was built in 2012 to replace the old Victorian hospital, did the business case for the project include the financial costs for operating the X-ray department as a walk-in and daily service? Are there any plans to increase or decrease other services offered at the hospital?

1. How many episodes of care were coded by your organisation in 2024 (both inpatient and outpatient)?
2. How many episodes of care went uncoded in 2024?
3. How much income do you estimate was not generated due to uncoded activity?
4. Can you provide the split of coding volumes between specialities (e.g., oncology, cardiology)?
5. Please explain how your organisation manages coding activity.
6. Are outpatient and inpatient coding managed by the same team or separate teams?
7. How many Whole-Time Equivalent (WTE) staff complete clinical coding for the Trust?
8. What proportion of the total WTE staff for clinical coding is substantive (permanent), bank staff, and agency staff?
9. Does the Trust currently have any automated solutions in place for clinical coding?
10. If yes, please explain the automated solution that is in place.
11. If not, is the Trust planning to implement automated coding solutions in the next 12–24 months? Or would it be interested in exploring potential solutions?
12. Is the Trust currently on Payment by Results (PbR), block contracts, or another financial model?
13. What clinical coding systems or software does the Trust currently use to capture clinical codes?
14. Does your Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system integrate clinical coding, or do clinical departments use standalone systems?
15. What are the main challenges the Trust faces in clinical coding (e.g., timeliness, accuracy, staffing shortages)?
16. Could you provide the contact details (name, job title, and email) of the person who is ultimately responsible for overseeing clinical coding within the Trust?

Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you kindly provide details in respect to your contract for Friends and Family Test Surveys.

1.Are you currently using a 3rd party provider platform to manage the FFT surveys ?, if so please provide the name?
2.Actual spend from the Start of the contract to the current date with costs detailed per annum.
3.Initial Start date of the contract?
4. Expiry date of the original contract?
5. Is there an extension option in the contract ? How many extension terms are available ? and what stage of extensions are you currently on ?
6. If nearing extension has a decision been made on extending the contract and to what period?
7. The pay bands of staff and Whole Time Equivalents directly responsible for the management of the Friends and Family Test.
8. Kindly advise on all the methods of collecting feedback used : ( For example, online survey,telephone survey, sms outbound and inbound , paper forms). Including volumes of each.
9.Name & Job Title of the senior staff (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

I am writing to make a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your radiology reporting services. I am particularly interested in understanding the scope of radiological services provided, the extent of outsourcing, and the associated operational details.
Please could you provide the following information:
General Information
1. The total number of radiology scans performed at your hospital in the last 12 months, broken down by modality (CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine).
2. A detailed breakdown of the scans performed by body part for each of the above modalities.
3. The total number of outsourced scans, categorized by modality (CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine).
Outsourcing and Teleradiology
4. Whether any radiology scans are outsourced to external providers.
5. The percentage of scans outsourced for each modality, if applicable.
6. The names of the external providers contracted for outsourced radiology reporting.
7. The cost per scan for outsourced services, broken down by modality and body part.
Financial Information
8. The total expenditure on outsourced radiology reporting services in the last financial year.
9. Whether there are fixed pricing agreements with teleradiology providers, and if so, the details of these agreements.
Contracts and Agreements
10. Any active contracts with teleradiology companies, including:
a. The names of the contracted providers.
b. The start and end dates of the contracts.
c. The performance or quality metrics outlined in the contracts.
Backlogs and Reporting Times
11. The current backlog for radiology scan reporting, broken down by modality and body part.
12. The average reporting time for in-house radiology scans, categorized by modality.
13. The average reporting time for outsourced scans.
14. Whether specific modalities or body parts have more significant backlogs.
Additional Details
15. Any delays in reporting radiology scans over the last 12 months and the primary causes of such delays.
16. Whether the hospital has plans to reduce reliance on outsourcing for radiology reporting, and if so, the details of these strategies.

Could you please give me the below information.

Do you have a digital pathology setup?
If so what providers do you use?
Spend for the year on digital pathology?
If you have digital pathology Implemented , What scanner do you use?

Digital radiology
Do you have a digital radiology set up
If so what providers do you use?
Spend for the year on digital radiology?

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please could you kindly complete the spreadsheet attached to provide information on the microbiology, virology and molecular tests carried out within the Pathology Laboratory at the Trust over the previous 2 calendar years (April 2023 – March 2025).

All questions relate to microbiology and virology molecular tests and traditional microbiology testing only, please do not include details for any other disciplines unless otherwise stated.

Please complete all questions where possible – if precise data is unavailable, please provide an estimate (stating that data is an estimate plus likely error margin expressed as a percentage).

If unable to complete all questions, please provide a partial response (just completing the data that you can).

1. Does the Trust have a chronic pelvic pain clinic? (yes,no)
2. If yes- which specialities are involved? i.e. GP, radiology, gynaecology, urogynaecology, pain management, physiotherapy, gastroenterology, psychology?
If no- what service/pathway is available for women with chronic pelvic pain?
3. What is the current referral time for patients to access this clinic and how many patients in total are waiting to access this service?
4. How many patients are currently under the care of this clinic?
5. How many appointments per year does this clinic utilise?

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contract below.

Confidential Waste Destruction Contract

The details I require are:
• Has confidential waste been procured via tender or framework, or another means, if other means, please confirm how you procured your confidential waste.
• If a framework, could you confirm the name of the framework please?
• Actual contract values of each framework/contract (& any sub lots)
• Start date & duration of contract
• Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension, along with the final possible contract end date?
• Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?
• Who is the procurement officer responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
• Do you have a generic email address for your procurement department, for example procurement@organisation.com, if so could you confirm this?
Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract and could you provide their email address and phone number please?
• Who is the current supplier?
• If your current supplier is a Facilities Management/Waste/Cleaning Company, which sub-contractor services your organisation? E.g., which company’s staff actually collect your confidential waste?

1. Do you know how many children in your area have a diagnosis of autism and have turned to your service for help? Out of those numbers how many have been discharged without any long-term treatment? (Long term as defined as individual treatment spanning more than 3 and up to 12 clinical and therapeutic sessions over several months).

2. How many children with autism currently receive ongoing and longer-term individual (by which I mean a combination of long-term medication and or therapy/counselling or both) within your service and how many of these have been funded by your service to receive treatment elsewhere?

Freedom of Information – Claudication Services

Services
Q1. Does your Trust currently provide a vascular service for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases, specifically including vascular surgery and interventional vascular radiology?
 Yes
 No

Q2. If vascular services are available, is your organisation designated as a specialist vascular care centre or a hub centre within the network of care providers? (please select all that apply)
Specialist services: providing diagnostics and expert advice in an outpatient setting and providing elective and 24/7 emergency vascular services.
Hub centre: providing diagnostics and expert advice in an outpatient setting.

 Specialist centre
 Hub
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Claudication clinics
Intermittent claudication: Intermittent claudication is the most common clinical symptom associated with peripheral arterial disease — walking (exercise) induced pain in the lower limbs caused by diminished circulation that is relieved by rest.
Q3. In your organisation, are there specific claudication clinics for patients with intermittent claudication?
 Yes
 No – If no please skip to question Q10

Q4. If yes, which healthcare professional usually sees patients in these clinics? Please select all that apply.
 Vascular surgeon/medical doctor
 Vascular nurse specialist
 Allied health professional
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Q5. In your organisation, what is the format of claudication clinics? Please select all that apply.
 Diagnostic testing
 Disease counselling and treatment planning
 Offer lifestyle management
 Offer exercise
 Other (Please specify) ………………………………………………………………..

Q6. How frequently are claudication specialist clinics held?
 Weekly
 Every 2–4 weeks
 Every 2–4 months
 Less frequently than all the above options
 Other (Please specify) ………………………………………………………………..

Q7. What is the standard interval for routine follow-up for patients diagnosed with intermittent claudication?
 Every 1 month,
 Every 3–6 months
 Every 12 months
 Determined by clinical need
 No formal follow-up
 Not Known
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Q9. In your organisation, what is the current waiting time for patients with intermittent claudication between referral and 1st appointment in the vascular specialist clinics?
Please specify …………………………………………………………………….

Exercise
Q10. Are patients with intermittent claudication who attend your Trust offered a supported exercise programme specifically designed for claudication? Please select all that apply.
 Yes
 No
 Verbal advice only

Q11. What is the format of the exercise programme for patients with claudication? Please select all that apply.
 Supervised classes in hospital or community setting
 Virtual Supervised classes at home
 App based directed exercise at home
 Home/Unsupervised
 Don’t Know

Q12. If a structured programme exists, where is this programme provided?
 Your hospital/ Trust, i.e within your organisation
 Another hospital/ Trust, i.e outside your organisation
 Referral to primary care setting outside your organisation
 Referral to a private setting outside your organisation
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Q13. Over what duration do these supervised exercise programmes typically last for patients diagnosed with claudication?
 4-8 weeks
 12–16 weeks
 More frequently than all the above options (Please specify) …………………..
 Less frequently than all the above options (Please specify) …………………..

Q14. How long are the classes (in minutes)?
 30-60 minutes
 60–90 minutes
 More frequently than all the above options (Please specify) …………………..
 Less frequently than all the above options (Please specify) …………………..

Q15. How often/frequently (times per week) do the classes meet?
 Once per week
 Every 2–4 weeks
 Every 2–4 months
 Less frequently than all the above options
 Other (Please specify) …………………..

Q16. Which healthcare professionals are involved in delivering the classes? Please select all that apply.
 Physiotherapist
 Nurse
 Exercise professional
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Smoking
Q17. In your organisation, where do you offer a smoking cessation service to patients with intermittent claudication?
 Your hospital/ Trust, i.e within your organisation
 Another hospital/ Trust, i.e outside your organisation
 Referral to primary care setting outside your organisation
 Referral to a private setting outside your organisation
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Dietetics
Q18. In your organisation, where do you offer a dietetics service to patients with intermittent claudication?
 Your hospital/ Trust, i.e within your organisation
 Another hospital/ Trust, i.e outside your organisation
 Referral to primary care setting outside your organisation
 Referral to a private setting outside your organisation
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Psychology
Q19. Does your organisation offer a psychology service specific for patients with intermittent claudication?
 Yes
 No – If no please skip to question Q21

Q20. Is there a screening pathway for patients with intermittent claudication to be referred to a psychologist?
 Yes
 No – If no please skip to question Q21

Referral
Q21 What are the available pathways or methods by which patients with intermittent claudication are referred to the vascular service in your organisation? Please select all that apply:
 Vascular staff screen lists of hospital ward patients
 A telephone/pager referral system
 A paper referral form (collected in person/faxed/posted)
 Secure email system
 Electronic computerised system (e.g. patient record system)
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Q22. Is there a standard proforma for referral to vascular?
 Yes
 No
 Other (Please specify) …………………………………………………………………….

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information relating to systems used by your organisation:

1. The name of all document management systems (not patient records) currently in use by your trust.

2. The name of the policy management system (if any) currently in use by your trust.

3. The name of any board report portals / systems currently in use by your trust.

4. The cost of these systems, including any licensing or ongoing support fees.

5. Whether there are any open tenders or procurement processes related to document or policy management systems that your trust is currently involved in or plans to release in the near future.

Request 1.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you answer the following questions:

1. Does your organisation use/perform Viscosupplementation injections?

2. If so, how much did your organisation spend on Viscosupplementation between the period of 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024?

3. If your organisation used Viscosupplementation between the period 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024, which brand(s) Viscosupplement did you use?

To make your research easier, I have listed all commonly used Viscosupplements that you can cross reference:

· Arthrum H
· Orthovisc
· Crespine Gel
· Durolane
· Euflexxa
· Fermathron
· Ostenil
· Ostenil Plus
· Ostenil Mini
· RenehaVis
· Suplasyn
· Synocrom
· Synocrom Mini
· Synolis
· Monovisc
· Synopsis
· Synvisc (Hylan GF-20)
· Synvisc One (Hylan GF-20)

4. How many units of each brand of Viscosupplement did you use? 

Request 2.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you answer the following questions:

1. How much did your organisation spend on Sodium Hyaluronate eye drop formulations between the period of 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024?

2. Between the period 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024, which brand(s) of Sodium Hyaluronate eye drop formulations did you use?

To make your research easier, I have listed all commonly used brands which you can cross reference:

• Blink Intensive Tears
• Lacrifresh
• Artelac Rebalance
• Oxyal
• Xailin HA
• Optive Fusion
• Hyabak
• Hydramed
• Evolve HA
• Vismed Multi
• Clinitas Multi
• Eye Logic
• Euphrasia
• Biotrue
• Vismed Gel Multi
• Hysoothe
• Optrex Night Restore Gel
• Hy-Opti
• Hylo-Tear
• Murine Professional
• Hylo-Forte
• Hycosan Fresh
• Hylo Care
• Hycosan

3. How many units of each brand did you use?