1. Can you confirm if Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have any Eating Disorder Inpatient Services?
2. Please provide the number of patients in total with an eating disorder that have died of any cause so far this year and in each of the past 5 years, providing figures as <5 for any years that include deaths less than 5.
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256-2024
1. Please state any digital technologies, e-therapies, internet-delivered therapies, online or digital therapies, digitally enabled therapies or digital therapeutics for adult mental health problems that your Trust has procured, contracted or are paid for by the service for use by service users.
2. Additionally, please state any digital technologies, e-therapies, internet-delivered therapies, online or digital therapies, digitally enabled therapies or digital therapeutics for adult mental health problems that your Trust uses or recommends to service users.
3. For the period of 2023/24, please provide any data monitoring information you collect on the technologies listed above.
4. Please list any Talking Therapies (formerly known as IAPT) providers that run services on your behalf or in connection with your Trust.
5. If these services are not run directly by the NHS please state who runs them and what they are (e.g. Social Enterprise, Limited Company, third sector group).
6. Please state any organisations or third parties (e.g. ORCHA) you have partnered with or commissioned to create or provide an app library.
7. For the period 2023/24 please state the total number of people your Trust treated for common mental health problems
217-2024
Please disclose how much (total £) the trust has spent on on-framework agency, off-framework agency, and bank staff in the past four full financial years (2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23; and 2023/24).
In this instance, “on-framework” refers to organisations on NHS England’s list of approved staffing providers. “Off-framework” refers to those who are not on this list but still provide services to trusts.
The figures should pertain to totals in each financial year and overall since 1 April 2020 (i.e., the start of the 2020/21 financial year). If possible, please also disclose:
1. A breakdown by total for all three (i.e., £2m on “on-framework”, £800k for “off-framework”, £1.2m for bank) in each of the four financial years; and
2. If available, the top three specialties by spend in each of the four financial years (e.g., gynaecology, dermatology, cardiology).
GHC-16122024-355965
We are interested in the role of peer support workers within your organisation.
A peer support worker is someone who has obtained their role (paid or voluntary) through having lived experience of mental health services.
1. How many peer support workers are employed within acute inpatient mental health settings
2. Are the posts voluntary or paid and if paid at what banding?
3. Are there any vacant peer support worker posts in these settings and if so how many?
4. What strategies and policy documents do you have in place in relation to supporting peer support workers in their roles?
211-2024
In relation to your supply of locum Psychiatrists for each grade and sub-specialty per month, please could you provide the answers to the requests below for the following periods?
i. Financial year 2022/2023
ii. Financial year 2023/2024
iii. April – September 2024
1. Please confirm the total number of vacancy requirements given out to framework and non-framework agencies for each agency
2. Please confirm the total number of shifts given out to framework and non-framework agencies for each agency
3. Please confirm the total number of agency locum doctors working per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
4. Please confirm the total number of hours worked by agency locum doctors per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
5. Please confirm the total number of unfilled vacancies (excluding locum filled posts) per month.
253-2024
In the past 12 months, please confirm
1) The number of written translation requests and how many were met (e.g. January 2023 – 2 requests / 2 met)
2) The number of pre-booked telephone interpretation requests and how many were met?
3) The number of on-demand telephone interpretation requests and how many were met?
4) The number of face-to-face interpretation requests and how many were met?
5) A breakdown of the number of Face to Face Interpreter requests by language (e.g. January 2023: Polish 80 / Romanian 62 / Bulgarian 50 / Urdu 22 etc for each language each month)
6) What % of Face to Face Interpreter requests were met?
7) How many Interpreters Did Not Attend their appointments?
8) How many patients did not attend their appointment?
9) How many patients who did not attend appointments needed an interpreter?
10) How many bookings were cancelled by patients last minute?
11) What was the total spending for the year across all interpretation and translation services?
12) Who is the incumbent provider for the Trust?
13) When did the current contract come into effect?
072-2023
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act, to confirm if you hold and are able to share the following information.
Clinical Coding
• Please can you share a copy of your Clinical Coding policy if you hold this information?
• Please can you share if you hold any Standard Operating Procedures, Guidance, process guides for the clinical coding function?
Data Quality
• Please can you share a copy of your Data Quality policy if you hold this information?
• Please can you share if you hold any Standard operating Procedures, Guidance of process guides for staff working in the Data Quality Function?
362-2024
Please may I request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please can you indicate in the table below which services, if any, your organisation procures and advise who currently provides that service. Please confirm the current contract end date, how many journeys are conducted per annum including aborts, excluding cancelled., the approximate spend per annum and lastly, please indicate how many months in the previous 12 they achieve their Inbound and Outbound KPI targets. If you are answering on behalf of multiple sites / Trusts or geographical areas please state which and if the contracts differ between these please complete a separate table as appropriate.
Services Procured Current Provider Contract End Date
Patient journeys per annum Spend per annum In the previous 12 months, how many times was KPI achieved?
INBOUND OUT
Outpatients OUT
Discharges
Non-emergency patient transport High Dependency Mental Health Renal Dialysis Taxi Services – staff and/or patients
411-2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could I request the following information:
1. Please advise if the following services are outsourced to third parties. If outsourced, please provide the scope of services outsourced, the name of organisation outsourced to and the contract end date. Outsourced or in-house? Scope of services Name of organisation outsourced to Contract end date
Finance and Accounting Services e.g. accounts payable & receivable. Payroll Procurement 2. Please advise what software platforms you use for: Name of software platform Version
Finance and Accounting
Finance ERP
e.g. Agresso. Procurement
Requisitioning System
if Finance ERP not used. Catalogue Management System
e.g. GHX Nexus. Inventory Management System
e.g. eDC Gold. Tendering/Sourcing System
e.g. Atamis. Contract Management System
e.g. Atamis.
235-2024
In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st August 2024 to 31st October 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors
Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per internal or associated external provider
245-2024
Has your trust offered key worker accommodation historically?
If your trust has offered this historically, and you don’t currently, why do you no longer provide it?
If your trust has offered this historically, what happened to the accommodation you did have?
246-2024
• What training is provided at Trust level to ensure safe and holistic care of the patients with spinal cord injury and which group of professionals is the training directed to?
• What training is available at Trust level for the Spinal Manual Handling competencies, for band 2, 3, 4, 5 and above? Who is responsible for the delivery of such training, does it fall under the Manual Handling or the Spinal Unit/Centre remit?
• How often is training delivered and how are competencies achieved and maintained?Are updates required to maintain competency?
• What guidance document/competency (e.g. MASCIP) is used during training of Spinal Manual Handling skills?
• How frequently trainers on Spinal Manual Handling skills would require updates?
243-2024
The name, email address, and contact number of the person(s) or department responsible for managing the supply of temporary staffing for Allied Health Professionals (AHP) and Health Science Services (HSS) within your trust.
255-2024
• In each year, how many MHPS investigations were instigated?
• Please provide the length of time each investigation took to complete. Length of time should begin on the date the clinician was notified that an MHPS investigation was instigated and end on the date the Case Manager wrote to confirm the outcome of the initial fact-finding report and decision on next steps.
• How many of these MHPS investigations resulted in disciplinary proceedings?
• How many of these MHPS investigations concluded the allegations were not substantiated? How many MHPS investigations were incomplete at the date of this request?
• In how many of the MHPS investigations were external investigators appointed?
• Please provide the names of the external investigators and/or the companies for whom they worked or were contracted. What are the criteria by which an external investigator is appointed?
• For each calendar year what was the financial cost to the Trust of employing the services of an external investigator?
• In how many of these MHPS investigations did the allegations relate solely to conduct?
• In how many of these MHPS investigations did the allegations relate solely to capability?
• In how many of these investigations were the clinicians excluded during the investigation?
• In how many exclusions was the reason for exclusion capability concerns?
• In how many exclusions was the reason for exclusion concern of interference in investigation process?
• What was the shortest and the longest period of exclusion?
• What proportion of the investigated were male?
• What proportion of the excluded were male?
• How many investigations involved a clinician over the age of 50?
• What ethnic origin does the clinician under investigation identify as?
• What ethnic origin does the clinician excluded identify as?
252-2024
1. Please identify the Talking Therapies service that you are answering on behalf of.
2. Please may you inform us whether Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) appears on your drop-down menu as a diagnosis/ problem descriptor on for example
IAPTus or PC-MIS software for measuring outcomes? (If not, what descriptor, do you use?)
3. If it is not on the drop-down menu, can you identify people with BDD in a different way (for example, the number who have completed the Body Image Questionnaire for BDD)?
4. Do you use a digital front door like Limbic to screen clients? If yes, which one do you use, and does it directly screen for BDD?
5. Please inform us whether your staff ask the recommended screening question to help identify people with BDD? (The “Talking Therapies manual for anxiety and depression” recommends a question “Have you worried a lot about your appearance or the way a bodily feature looked and wish you could think about it less?”. ) If you do not use the recommended question, do you routinely screen for BDD with a different question or leave it up to therapists to identify if it appears clinically relevant? (if yes, what is the question)?
6. If you use a screening question to try to identify people with BDD, at what stage do you ask the question. e.g., (a) first contact/triage, (b) at assessment at step 2 guided self-help (c) at assessment for step 3 (high intensity)?
7. Please inform us if you use the recommended Anxiety Disorder Specific Measure (ADSM) “The Body Image Questionnaire” (BIQ) in people with BDD to determine outcomes during therapy? If not, do you use the PHQ9 and GAD7 for BDD or something else?
8. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, please inform us of the total number of people you discharged (all diagnoses, at least one contact) and the total number of people discharged for BDD as the main problem.
9. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, please inform us of the total number of people you took on for therapy (all diagnoses, at least 2 contacts) and the total number of people with BDD that you took on for therapy (at least 2 contacts) that were discharged.
10. Of those that you took on for therapy, what proportion / numbers of people with BDD received treatment at Step 2 with a PWP? If treatment is with a PWP, what proportion and number is a generic CBT for anxiety/ depression or other approach, and what proportion and number received a specific computer program or workbook for BDD? Please specify which one you use.
11. Of those with BDD who received treatment at Step 2 with a PWP, what was the average number of sessions for generic CBT for anxiety/ depression and for a specific computer program or workbook for BDD?
12. For people discharged from the 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 with the last treatment type being step 3, what was the average number of sessions in the episode for those treated with BDD and the average for all other diagnoses in the service?
13. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, please inform us of the number of people with BDD who had 2 Body Image Questionnaires completed prior to discharge (and the number who had the GAD7 instead of the BIQ) at Step 2 and at Step 3 (high intensity)?
14. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, what percentage and number of people with BDD in the treated sample achieve reliable improvement at Step 2 and Step 3? (Note the reliable change on the BIQ is ≥10 – please state if you are using the GAD7 for reliable improvement). How does that compare to the percentage and number who achieve reliable improvement on all the other diagnoses in the service?
15. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, what was the mean and standard deviation and number of clients of the Body Image Questionnaire in those taken on for treatment at Step 2 and at Step 3?
16. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, what was the mean and standard deviation and number of clients with BDD on the Body Image Questionnaire after treatment at Step 2 and at Step 3?
17. For people discharged in the year 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024, what proportion and number achieve reliable improvement and recovery after treatment (≤ 40 is no longer a case) with BDD on the Body Image Questionnaire at Step 2 and Step 3?
18. How many of your CBT therapists have attended a top up workshop or any other training in treating BDD?
19. Please can you do a survey of your CBT therapists in your service and ask them.
“How much of a priority do you think is training in BDD compared to other problems in your service?”
1. – Not a priority
2. – Low priority
3. – Medium priority
4. – High priority
5. – Essential
242-2024
1. How many people do you have in your access request team?
2. How many data access requests do you get annually on average?
3. What is the average time spent on a single access request?
4. How many different systems are checked as part of an access request on average?
5. What is the approx. number or percentage of requests that breach the expected response time over an annual period?
6. What system or process do you currently use to manage your SAR requests
7. Are the Trust medical records digital, paper, or mixed
8. If digital, what EPR and/or EDM system is used to manage these records.
9. When is the expiry date to the EPR and/or EDMS contract?
239-2024
A list of all band 6, 7, 8a mental health/psychiatric nursing jobs that have been advertised since October 2023.
262-2024
1. Do you have an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system in place?
2. If so, when was the EPR is deployed?
3. What is the value of the EPR contract, either annually or total contract value ?
4. When is the current EPR contract due for renewal?
260-2024
Is FERN still operational and comprised of the same team members?
If yes, is this not counter to NHS England’s position statement that police should not be involved in care?
If no, what has replaced it and how has police involvement in care been “eradicated” as mandated by NHS England?
251-2024
Q 1 Please provide for the five individual years 2019-24 the total number of patient safety reviews in inpatient mental health carried out by the trust.
Q 2 Out of those PSR’s how many examined a patient death?
Q 3 Out of those fatal PSR’s please let me know how many deaths in the report were linked to staffing levels. ( a straightforward wordsearch in the conclusions would suffice).
249-2024
1. Has the trust received written advice or guidance from NHS England setting out how to comply with the NHS sexual safety charter? Please answer yes or no.
1.1 If yes, please set out what advice or guidance NHS England provided, or provide a copy of it.
2. Point 10 of the NHS sexual safety charter states: “We will capture and share data on prevalence and staff experience transparently.” If you answered yes to question 1, has NHS England provided written advice or guidance as to how the trust should record the prevalence of unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour in order to comply with point 10 of the charter? Please answer yes or no.
2.1 If yes, please set out what advice or guidance NHS England has provided, or provide a copy of it. Specifically, please clarify whether this guidance prescribes what sexual harm data the trust should record, and how to record it? For example, does it stipulate that the trusts should record specific categories of sexual harm, such as patient-on-staff or staff-on-patient incidents? If so, please provide details.
3. If the trust has received no guidance from NHS England as to how to record the prevalence of unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour, how does the trust currently record these incidents?
3.1 Does the trust record and centrally collate all types of sexual safety incidents? Please answer yes or no.
3.2. Which of the following categories of incidents does the trust record and centrally collate. Please answer yes or no:
• Patient-on-staff incidents
• Staff-on-staff incidents
• Patient-on-patient incidents
• Staff-on-staff incidents
• Visitor-on-staff incidents
• Visitor-on-patient incidents
• Patient-on-visitor incidents
• Staff-on-visitor incidents
3.3 Does the trust record any other categories of incidents, such as incidents perpetrated by members of the public? If so, please provide details of these categories.
4. Is the trust fully compliant with all 10 points of the sexual safety charter?
4.1. If yes, when did the trust become fully compliant?
4.2 If no, what points of the charter has the trust yet to comply with; and when does the trust expect to become fully compliant with the charter?
5. Has the trust’s compliance with the charter been assessed or audited by NHS England? Please answer yes or no.
5.1 If yes, what were the findings of that assessment or audit? Was the trust deemed to be fully compliant, partially compliant or not compliant?
5.2 If yes, when was the assessment or audit carried out and when did the trust receive its findings?
6. Has the trust undertaken any internal audits or assessments of its compliance with the sexual safety charter? Please answer yes or no.
6.1 If yes, what were the findings or this assessment or audit?
6.2 If no, does the trust have plans to conduct an audit or assessment of compliance?
6.3 If you answered yes to 6.2, when does the trust plan to conduct this assessment or audit of compliance?
7. Does the trust keep centralised records of child abuse committed on the trust premises? Please answer yes or no
8. Which incident and risk reporting system does the trust use to record sexual unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviour? (For example, Datix or Ulysses.)
9. Has the trust appointed a domestic abuse and sexual violence (DASV) lead? Please answer yes or no.
244-2024
1. How many buildings / blocks are you responsible for owning / managing from a maintenance perspective? (Include any under PFI contracts)
2. How many of these buildings / blocks contain asbestos?
3. How many Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) do you have? If you are uncertain, please provide an estimate.
4. What format of asbestos register do you have? (e.g. paper based, Excel, internal database, externally digital, asbestos consultant system, survey reports etc.)
5. Does your Trust have a dedicated person(s) to manage asbestos? If so how many roles.
6. What is the job title of the person (or persons) who are responsible for managing asbestos day to day (not the Dutyholder)?
7. Does this person / role solely cover asbestos or do they have other responsibilities?
8. What asbestos / health & safety qualifications do those persons involved in the management of asbestos hold? (e.g. Asbestos Awareness, NEBOSH, CoCA, P401, P402, P403, P404, P405, P406, P407, S301, W504 etc.)
9. Does your Trust have external support for asbestos management? (Not including undertaking removal/ abatement, surveys, sampling, air monitoring, training etc.)
10. Does your Trust employ an Independent Assessor / Authorised Person / Authorising Engineer for asbestos?
11. Does your Trust undertake external audits of asbestos management?
12. Do you undertake any of the following asbestos activities in-house – sampling, re-inspections, removal / abatement, training?
13. Do you employ asbestos consultants?
14. Do you require asbestos consultants to be UKAS accredited?
15. If using consultants, what services do you get them to undertake? (e.g. management / refurbishment / demolition surveys, air monitoring & 4SC, specification writing, training etc.)
16. If using consultants, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.)
17. Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos consultants?
18. Do you employ Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractors (LARCs)?
19. Do you employ Non-Licensed Asbestos Contractors?
20. If using contractors, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.)
21. Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos removal contractors?
232-2024
The first part of my request relates to contact centre service contracts which could relate to one of the following:
1. Advanced call distribution to control the flow of calls and maximise customer experience
2. Email, website live chat and integrations with popular social media apps like Facebook and Instagram
3. Performance monitoring tools to track performance, customer satisfaction and other key sales metrics
1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract.
2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier
3. Contract Duration: For each supplier, please state the contract duration of the contract expires. If available please also include any contract extensions.
4. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires.
5. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed.
6. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract.
7. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address. At the very least please provide me with their actual job title.
8. Number of Agents; please provide me with the total number of contact centre agents;
9. Number of Sites; please can you provide me with the number of sites the contact centre covers.
10. Manufacturer of the contact centre: Who is the manufacturer of the contact centre system that you operate?
11. Do you use Microsoft Exchange 2003 as your email server? If not, then which products do you use?
12. Number of email users: Approximate number of email users across the organisations.
The second part of my request relates to the use inbound network services contracts which could relate to one of the following:
1. 0800, 0845, 0870, 0844, 0300 number
2. Routing of calls
3. Caller Identifier
4. Caller Profile- linking caller details with caller records
5. Interactive voice response (IVR)
1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract.
2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier
3. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires.
4. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed.
5. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract.
6. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address.
238-2024
1. Tetrabenazine usage. I am trying to determine the disease areas for the usage of Tetrabenazine.
Therefore, where possible to split the usage between the following disease areas:
Huntington’s Disease
Tardive Dyskinesia
Parkinson’s disease
Medication induced Dystonia
2. I am also trying to define the treatment sites for mental health provision within both the hospital and community settings, e.g.
221-2024
All available treatment pathways for patients with eating disorders in the Trust’s various specialist services (e.g. inpatient / day patient / community)?
The number of eating disorder patients in total on each available pathway and in each available setting so far this year and in each of the past 5 years.
The number of patients in total with an eating disorder that have died of any cause so far this year and in each of the past 5 years.
Of the patients in question three, above, please provide the location in which the death occurred, for example, in an acute hospital, in the Specialist Eating Disorder Unit, in a palliative care setting, elsewhere in the Trust, or outside any Trust setting.
Please provide a copy of your Trust’s SEED (Severe and Enduring Eating disorder) pathway or similar pathway for patients with long-standing eating disorders.
236-2024
How many patients have been treated through the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s post-COVID service, and what ethnic groups are they a part of? Please can you break down the numbers year by year since the service started to the present day.
How many patients remained on the waiting list each month for the service, and what ethnic groups are they a part of? Please can you break down the numbers year by year since the service started to the present day.
How many staff have been designated to your post-COVID service each year since the service started to the present day?
224-2024
• Contact names in Medical Staffing who are responsible for booking locum psychiatrists via an agency
• Which framework you utilise for the supply of locum psychiatrists via an agency
• Does the trust utilise a 3rd party for a master vendor, neutral vendor, or direct engagement agreements
o If so, please confirm the name of the 3rd party company used
231-2024
Please could you tell me what happens to blister packs that are handed in for recycling; how and where are they processed?
226-2024
• What level of annual resource (full time equivalent) is dedicated to energy management?
• Does the Organisation have a full time energy manager?
• If so, does the energy manager have any formal qualifications in engineering or energy management?
• How many years’ experience does the Energy manager have?
• What NHS pay band is the Energy manager on?
• What scope of work of is addressed by the energy manager (i.e. energy procurement, monitoring and targeting, invoice validation, development of energy efficiency business cases, energy forecasting, energy compliance, etc.).
• What is the Organisation’s annual energy budget in £ (Electricity, Gas and Oil)?
• Are any energy management related services procured from external suppliers?
• If so, what energy related services does the Trust commission from external suppliers?
• How much is spent annually on external energy management services, including compliance services?
215-2024
1. What is your annual IT Budget for 2024, 2025 & 2026?
2. Storage:
A) What storage vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
B) What is the capacity of the storage data in TB & How much of this is utilised?
C) What were the installation dates of the above storage vendor(s) and when do you estimate you will refresh them? (Month/Year)
D) Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
E) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part A and part D, what was the value of the contract(s), and when does the contract(s) end?
3. Server/Compute:
A) What number of physical servers do you have?
B) What server vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
C) What were the installation dates of the above server vendor(s) and when do you estimate you’ll refresh them? (Month/Year)
D) Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
E) Which operating systems are used?
F) Are you currently using VMWare, do you have any plan to move away from VMWare?
G) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part B/C, part D, and part F, what was the value of the contract(s), and when does the contract(s) end?
4. End User Technologies
A) How many users within your organisation receive a laptop or desktop device?
B) What laptop and desktop device vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
C) How many mobile phones are used within your organisation?
D) What mobile vendor(s) and network provider do you currently use?
E) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part B and part D and when does the contract(s) end?
F) Have you transitioned to Windows 11, or do you have a plan in place to transition to Windows 11.
G) Is your current device estate compatible with Windows 11?
H) What deployment methods are you using (e.g SCCM or Intune/Autopilot)?
5. Managed Print Services
A) What number of MFDs and production print devices do you have?
B) Who is the current vendor(s) and the suppliers(s) and when do these contracts end?
C) What is your annual spend on Managed Print Services?
D) Do you use any document management or scanning / storage services? If so please can you provide the details of the supplier and the end date of the contract.
6. ITSM/ESM & Business Process Automation
A) What IT Service Management / Enterprise Service Management tool do you currently use and who is the supplier?
B) When was your current system installed and when does the contract or support expire?
C) Do you utilise Business Process Automation or have a plan to implement this tooling?
7. Do you have a managed/shared service with any other organisations?
8. Do you normally purchase equipment and services as a capital investment (CapEx) or ongoing operational charges (OpEx)?
064-2024
Please provide Electro Convulsive Treatment (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 2023?
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 people covered by the equality act received ECT ?
9.How many people were offered talking therapy prior to ECT ?
10.How many were receiving ECT for the first time?
11.How many patients consented to ECT?
12.How many ECT complaints were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
13.How many patients died during or 1 month after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
14.How many patients died within 6 months after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
15.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving ECT (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
16.How many patients have suffered complications during and after ECT and what were those complications?
17.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about ECT?
18.If so, what was their concerns?
19.How many patients report memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
20.What tests are used to assess memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
21.Have MRI or CT scans been used before and after ECT?
22.If so, what was the conclusion?
23.How does the Trust plan to prevent ECT 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 2023?
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 people covered by the equality act were restrained?
7.How many RESTRAINTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.How many patients died during or 1 month after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving RESTRAINTS (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after RESTRAINTS and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about RESTRAINTS?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.Are counts of forced injections available?
15.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 2023?
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 people covered by the Equality Act were secluded ?
7.How many SECLUSIONS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.How many patients died during or 1 month after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SECLUSION (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SECLUSION and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SECLUSION?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.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 2023?
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 people covered by the equality act endured medication errors ?
7.How many MEDICATION ERRORS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.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)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving MEDICATION ERRORS (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after MEDICATION ERRORS and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about MEDICATION ERRORS?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.How does the Trust plan to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS in the future?
216-2024
SECTION 1: Hospital Demographics
1. Please indicate your trust/hospital type and type of care:
1. Trust/Hospital Type:
i) Acute
ii) Mental Health
iii) Community
iv) Ambulance
v) Other (please specify)
2. Type of Care:
i) Secondary
ii) Tertiary
iii) Other (please specify)
3. Total Number of Beds: Please indicate the total number of inpatient beds in your hospital, including all types (e.g., general, ICU, maternity) if applicable.
4. ICU/ITU Bed Count: How many beds are designated for intensive or high-dependency care?
5. Annual Admissions: Please provide the total number of patient admissions in the last calendar year. If exact figures are unavailable, please provide your best estimate.
SECTION 2: Procurement and Inventory Management
1. Formal Procurement Policies: Does your hospital have formal policies or guidelines for medical equipment procurement?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary)
ii) No
2. Designated Procurement Roles: Is there a designated individual or team responsible for managing the procurement of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and a brief description of responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Team
iii) No
3. Inventory Review Frequency: How often is your medical equipment inventory reviewed for excess or unused items?
i) Monthly
ii) Quarterly
iii) Biannually
iv) Annually
v) Other (please specify)
4. Primary Sources for Procurement:
What are the primary sources for your medical equipment procurement?
Please indicate the proportion sourced from the NHS supply chain versus individual suppliers, and provide any additional details as applicable.
SECTION 3: Waste and Disposal
1. Excess/Expired Equipment:
What percentage of your medical equipment inventory was classified as excess, unused, or expired in the last 12 months?
Please provide a breakdown by equipment type, if available.
2. Disposal Responsibility: Is there a specific role or department responsible for overseeing the disposal of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Department
iii) No
3. Formal Disposal Policy: Does your hospital have a formal policy for the disposal of medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary of any policies)
ii) No
4. Types of Commonly Disposed Equipment: Please specify the types of medical equipment most commonly disposed of due to expiry or non-use. Include examples and approximate percentages for each type, if possible.
i) Surgical instruments
ii) Diagnostic devices
iii) Monitoring equipment
iv) Imaging equipment
v) Other (please specify)
SECTION 4: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
1. Sustainability Initiatives: Does your hospital have a sustainability initiative for recycling, reuse, or redistribution of excess or unused medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide details)
ii) No
2. Disposal of Excess or Expired Equipment: How does your hospital manage the disposal of excess, expired, or damaged equipment? Please provide a breakdown by disposal method and indicate the approximate amount (in tonnes) used per year for each method.
i) Recycling
ii) Donation
iii) General waste
iv) Other (please specify)
SECTION 5: Policies and Compliance
1. Compliance with Disposal Guidelines: How does your hospital ensure compliance with national or NHS guidelines on the disposal and management of medical equipment?
i) Internal audits
ii) External audits
iii) Regular staff training
iv) Other (please specify)
2. Internal Audits of Equipment Management: Has your hospital conducted internal audits within the last 12 months to assess the management of excess medical equipment?
i) Yes (If yes, please indicate the frequency of audits and any key findings, if available)
ii) No
214-2024
1. Staff Count: Could you please provide the current total number of staff employed by the trust? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
2. Remote/Hybrid Workers: How many staff members are currently designated as remote or hybrid workers? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
3. How many days per week are hybrid employees allowed to work from home?
4. Remote Working Policy: I would appreciate it if you could share a copy of the remote working policy implemented within the organisation.
5. How long has this been the policy and has it changed since the pandemic?
6. Monitoring Work Hours: How do you ensure that remote or hybrid workers fulfil their full contractual hours?
7. Laptop Purchases in 2024: In the year 2024 so far, how many new laptops have been procured specifically for remote or hybrid working?
8. Cost of Laptop Purchases: What has been the total cost associated with the procurement of these laptops in 2024 so far?
247-2024
Would it be possible under the FOI to request who currently maintains, repairs and services hoists at the hospital?
241-2024
1. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending for the last three financial years (ending March)?
2. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending on a) ophthalmology b) gastroenterology c) dermatology d) ENT for the last three financial years (ending March)?
3. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending on a) 18 Week Support b) Medinet c) HBS UK (Healthcare Business Solutions UK)
212-2024
1 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), in total how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders (F20-F29 inclusive) were managed by your Trust.
1 (b) In the last 12 months (of data), in total how many patients diagnosed Schizophrenia (F20 only) were managed by your Trust.
2 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders have been treated within each of the following services:
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
2 (b) In the last 3 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia had no change to the antipsychotic medication within each of the following services. This includes patients with no change in dose.
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
3 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders were discharged to primary care from each of the following services?
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
3 (b) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders were discharged from the Early Intervention Psychosis service team to the Community Mental Health Team
410-2024
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, i. the number of hospitals in your trust which hold paper only medical records for one or more patients, and ii. the number of patients for whom your trust or hospitals within your trust. holds only paper medical records.
401-2024
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you please provide me with the following information in relation to temporary agency staffing.
1. Neutral Vend NV. or Master Vend MV. Agency Supplier:
i. Medical
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier?
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
iii. Nursing
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
2. Direct Engagement DE.:
i. Medical
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
iii. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
3. Financial Year 2022/2023 or most recent if available. – spend figures on temporary agency staffing – worker pay & agency commission only.:
i. Medical
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
iii. Nursing
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
4. Financial Year 2022/2023 – number of hours worked by temporary agency workers:
i. Medical
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
iii. Nursing
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
5. Does the Trust or Health Board currently operate a Non-Medical Non-Clinical Staff Bank?
– If yes, what is the name of the provider?
– Expiry Date of the contract with the provider
6. Does the Trust or Health Board utilise an Insourcing Contracting provider in place?
– If yes, what is the name of the provider?
– Expiry Date of the contract with the provider
7. Contact responsible for temporary agency staffing at the Trust or Health Board:
i. Workforce Lead
– Name
– Job Title
ii. Procurement Lead
– Name
– Job Title
iii. Finance Lead
– Name
– Job Title
HSJ 118-2023
1. The number of inpatient mental health beds closed by your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
a. Please break down by type of bed closed i.e. adult acute inpatient, older adult, CYP, etc.
2. The total number of inpatient mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
3. The average number of available mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
4. The average number of occupied mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
5. The total number of times your NHS trust has had no inpatient mental health beds available / bed occupancy has been at 100%, since 2012-13 please break down occasions by year and type of bed if possible.
071-2023
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the number of pagers that are currently in use in your Trust.
494-2023
The main points I am looking to gain info on are as follows:
* The number of nurses employed through International Recruitment within your trust between January 2021 – Present Feb 23..
* The current budget the trust holds for international recruitment between January 2021 – Present Feb 23.
* Your current protocol for recruiting internationally – ie: in house or within agencies?
* If agencies, please list the agencies currently used & if possible, a point of contact for them that I could maybe reach out to for further info? I am happy to have an email address for POC.
* Budget/Cost for agencies used – if any.
* Estimated number of international recruitment needs for 2023 – if any.
493-2023
Hi,
1.In the last 60 days how many hours has your Trust utilised Thornbury Nursing Services for agency nurses? 3547.6
2. In the last 60 days which wards, or departments were these TNS requests for? Cashes Green – Stroud Hospital
Charlton Lane – Chestnut Ward
Charlton Lane – Mulberry Ward
Charlton Lane – Willow Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Coln Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Windrush Ward
CRHT Cots & Vale
CRHT West Glos
Dilke Hosp – Forest Ward
Honeybourne Rehab Inpatients
Jubilee Ward Laurel Rehab Inpatients
Lydney Hosp – Lydney Ward
MIiu – Cirencester Hospital
MIiU – Lydney Hosp
MIiU – Nth Cots Hosp
MIiU – Stroud Hosp
MIiU – Tewkesbury Hospital MIiU – Vale
Montpellier Low Secure Unit
NC Hosp – Cotswold View Ward
Stroud Hosp – Theatre Tewks Hosp – Abbey View Ward
Tewks Hosp – Theatre Vale Hosp – Peak View Ward
Wotton Lawn – Abbey Ward
Wotton Lawn – Dean Ward
Wotton Lawn – ECT Suite
Wotton Lawn – Greyfriars Ward
Wotton Lawn – Kingsholm Ward
Wotton Lawn – Priory Ward
3. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by Thornbury Nursing Services, within the last 60 days? 234
4. In the last 60 days has your Trust utilised any other off framework provider for agency nurses? If yes, please name these providers. Medgen
5. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to off framework agencies within the last 60 days? 644
6. In the last 60 days which wards, or departments were these off framework requests for? Cashes Green – Stroud Hospital
Charlton Lane – Chestnut Ward
Charlton Lane – Mulberry Ward
Charlton Lane – Willow Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Coln Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Windrush Ward
CRHT Cots & Vale
CRHT West Glos
Dilke Hosp – Forest Ward
Honeybourne Rehab Inpatients
Jubilee Ward Laurel Rehab Inpatients
Lydney Hosp – Lydney Ward
MIiu – Cirencester Hospital
MIiU – Lydney Hosp
MIiU – Nth Cots Hosp
MIiU – Stroud Hosp
MIiU – Tewkesbury Hospital MIiU – Vale
Montpellier Low Secure Unit
NC Hosp – Cotswold View Ward
Stroud Hosp – Theatre Tewks Hosp – Abbey View Ward
Tewks Hosp – Theatre Vale Hosp – Peak View Ward
Wotton Lawn – Abbey Ward
Wotton Lawn – Dean Ward
Wotton Lawn – ECT Suite
Wotton Lawn – Greyfriars Ward
Wotton Lawn – Kingsholm Ward
Wotton Lawn – Priory Ward
7. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by off framework agencies within the last 60 days? 271
8. How many long-term lines of work or block bookings are currently being supplied by off framework agencies? Nil
9. Which off framework agencies is the trust currently utilising for Nursing vacancies and what is the spend on these agencies year to date? 10. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from off framework agencies? £56.69
240-2024
1. At the end of every wet AMD injection, what proportion of patients receive an immediate appointment for their next injection versus what proportion have to wait until additional capacity is available (e.g. after 2-3 days)?
2. Number of wet AMD patients and injections being treated in your Trust over the last three financial years seen (ending March)?
3. Number of wet AMD patients and injections being outsourced to each private provider (e.g. SpaMedica, NewMedica, Optegra, Practice Plus Group, Circle, Ramsay, Spire, etc.) over the last three financial years (ending March)? Please segment the injections by year and by private provider
360-2024
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 360-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
– Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful and not
successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
Stericycle was successful and awarded the contract. Tradebe Healthcare National Limited bid and was
unsuccessful.
– Actual spend on this contract/framework and any sub lots., from the start of the contract to the current
date
£1,218,752.52
– Start date and duration of framework/contract
18th Jan 2022 – 17th Jan 2027
– Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this
contract was last advertised?
Attached to email
– Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?
There is an option to extend the contract by one plus one 1+1-year basis.
– Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or
renewed?
Not as of yet as the current contract is due to run until at least 2027.
– Who is the Senior Officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract + contact information
Under section 40 personal information exemption. there is no obligation to disclose staff personal
details.
– Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Environmental/Sustainability Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Waste Management Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Health and Safety Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the current Clinical Waste incumbent service provider.?
Stericycle
– Does the Trust make use of reusable or disposable sharps containers and who is the service
provider?
Yes. We have an ongoing trial with a company called Sharpsmart.
358-2024
Dear Information Team
This is an information request relating to NHS Translators.
Please include the following information for the following years: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23:
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• Trust’s overall spending on Translation and Interpreting
• Services
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• Total translators employed by the Trust
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• The hourly pay for in-house interpreters
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• What languages do they cover
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• Total number of in-person/face to face interpreting sessions
• booked break down by language and clinical area.
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• How many appointments or procedures have had to be rescheduled/cancelled
• due to lack of an interpreter
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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.
447-2023
I write to request information about your use of zero hours contracts in the tax year 2022/2023 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are aware that we sent you a similar request for the data on zero hours contract in 2020/2021. We are now interested to know whether this data has changed and some of the questions are different. For clarification:
By zero hours contract, I refer to the definition provided by section 27A of the Employment Rights Act 1996: a contract for employment or other worker’s contract under which – the undertaking to or perform work or services is an undertaking to do so conditionally on the employer making work available or services available to the worker, and
– there is no certainty that any such work or services will be made available to the worker.
By minimum hours contract, I mean a contract where the employer guarantees a small number of hours work, say 1 to 10 hours a week, which can be topped up by more hours if available.
1. What other terminology to do you use for contracts or arrangements meeting the above legal definition of zero hours contract? 2. How many workers/employees do you currently directly employ on zero hours contracts? What is the breakdown of these figures according to:
a. sex: Male, Female, Other, Prefer not to say
b. age: 16-17, 18-20, 21-22, 23-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+
c. race:
White – English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British Irish
White – Gypsy or Irish Traveller
White – any other background
Asian or Asian British – Indian
Asian or Asian British – Pakistani
Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi
Asian or Asian British – Chinese
Asian or Asian British – Any other background
Black or Black British – Caribbean
Black or Black British – African
Black or Black British – Any other background
Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
Mixed – White and Black African
Mixed – White and Asian
Mixed – Any other mixed background
Other ethnic group
Prefer not to say
3. What is the minimum, maximum and average number of hours per week carried out by zero hours staff?
4. Do you have a policy to offer zero hours shifts with notice, pay for zero hours shifts cancelled at short notice and to offer a fixed hours contracts to zero hours staff based on actual hours worked?
5. How many workers/employees do you currently indirectly employ on zero hours contracts via agencies, contractors or sub-contractors? If this data is not available, please provide the names of the agencies, contractors or sub-contractors that you use to employ workers indirectly.
6. How many workers/employees do you currently directly employ on minimum hours contracts or via agencies, contractors or sub-contractors?
7. How many workers/employees in total do you currently employ? What is the breakdown of these figure according to same breakdown as Question 2? – please note this question concerns your entire workforce, not just zero hours staff.
444-2023
Connectivity and Network Services
a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend f. Please confirm the manufacturers. of your wired network core and edge switching?
g. When was your core network installed?
h. Has it been updated subsequently?
i. Who maintains your core network?
j. When is the contract renewal date?
k. Please confirm value of the initial project?
l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services in £.?
197-2024
For all psychiatry grades (e.g. Consultant, SAS) and all sub-specialties (e.g. General Adult, Old Age, CAMHS) for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/2024 and April to September 2024:
1. Please could you provide the data for total spend, for each locum agency used, divided between on and off framework
2. Please confirm the total number of agency locum psychiatrists working per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
3. Please confirm the total number of hours worked by agency locum psychiatrists per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
4. Please confirm the total number of unfilled vacancies (excluding locum filled posts) per month.
176-2024
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period (1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024)
159-2024
This is in relation to the use of social value weighting of 10 per cent in your procurement of goods and services, which has been mandated by government for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts since April 2022.
Please send me:
1. What methods do you use to measure social value from your procurements? Please include any additional measurement methods you use (e.g. TOMs) as well as the NHS Social Value Model.
2. What is the total social value accrued by your procurement activities each year from April 2022, according to how you measure and report this at a corporate level? If possible, can you provide any explanatory notes to explain how you have measured this?
3. Do you use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social value, such as social local economic value? If so:
1. a. Please specify the method or measure you use to monetise the measurement of social value
1. b. Please provide the total number of contracts to which you applied this financial proxy each financial year since April 2022
1. c. Please provide the total value of those contracts
1. d. Please provide the total monetized social value of those contracts
1. e. Please provide the total value of all contracts let during that same period
4. How much in total have you spent in procurement on local business/organisations, each financial year, since April 2022? Please including your definition of a local business/organisation, if you have one.
5. How much have you spent on SMEs each FY since April 2022? The government defines an SME as a company with fewer than 250 employees, turnover under €50m and balance sheet under €43. If the trust has a different definition then please provide it.
6. How much have you spent on VCSEs each FY since April 2022? Again, please include your definition of a VCSE if you have one.