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270-2022

I would like to request the following:
Details of Mental Health services procured from independent providers Details of Mental Health Services with independent providers, procured or otherwise Details of these contracts including, but not limited to; duration, value of contract, scope of work, deliverables eg number of therapy sessions or ADHD assessments provided.

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233-2022

Please provide complete answers to the following questions:
What is the name of your organisation?
How many employees are at your organisation?
How many mobile phone and mobile broadband data only. connections do you currently have in total?
How many of these are data only for laptops and tablets.?
How many of these are voice and data for mobile phones.?
Who is your mobile phone network provider?
Do you have a shared data bundle or individual allowances?
What is your organisations average total data usage across all connections?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in April 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in May 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in June 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in July 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in August 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in September 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in October 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in November 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in December 2021?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in January 2022?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in February 2022?
What was your total spend on mobile phone contract and overage costs in March 2022?
Do these numbers include VAT?
When did you renew your mobile phone contract?
How long does your contract run for?
What is the renewal date of your contract?
How did you source your contract?
What is the value of your hardware/technology/transformation fund provided with the contract if none provided please mark as .
Who is the shareholder/primary contact for this contract?

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003-2023

Freedom of Information officer,
I
am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Apologies
my last email was blank – I am not sure what happened.
A. Do you use screening
before referring children to be assessed for ADHD.
Definition
being as per NHS:
·
Screening: a triage
process, using standardised tools and/or agreed processes and carried out by experienced Liaison and Diversion practitioners.
·
Assessment including
specialist assessment: carried out by someone with a specific professional mandate, i.e. with requisite professional skills.
A2.
If yes, when did you introduce screening?
A3.
For the years 2020,2021 and 2022 please provide the following broken down by calendar year.
i. Number
of individuals who received screening.
ii.
Number
of individuals who were then referred for assessment.
B. Do you use screening
before referring Adults to be assessed for ADHD.
Definition
being as per NHS:
·
Screening: a triage
process, using standardised tools and/or agreed processes and carried out by experienced Liaison and Diversion practitioners.
·
Assessment including
specialist assessment: carried out by someone with a specific professional mandate, i.e. with requisite professional skills.
B2.
If yes what year did you introduce screening.
B3.
For the years 2020,2021 and 2022 please provide the following broken down by calendar year.
i. Number
of individuals who received screening.
ii.
Number
of individuals who were then referred for assessment.

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104-2023

Please can I request the following information from your organisation
1. If your organisation is involved, in any capacity, with any of the following companies:
FUTURESCARE LIMITED Company number 10149571
PROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENTSOLUTIONS LIMITED 10349896. PHIME PROPERTY LIMITED 10149184.
2. Provide a copy of payments made to any of the following companies.
FUTURESCARE LIMITED Company number 10149571
PROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENTSOLUTIONS LIMITED 10349896. PHIME PROPERTY LIMITED 10149184.
3. Provide a copy of contracts awarded to the following companies and if recorded the tender document.
FUTURESCARE LIMITED Company number 10149571
PROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENTSOLUTIONS LIMITED 10349896. PHIME PROPERTY LIMITED 10149184.
4. Provide a total number by month and year and copy of any complains made against of the following companies.

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058-2023

Could you please outline the current provision and wait time for :

1. Adult ADHD assessment?
2. Adult ADHD treatment?
3. Children’s ADHD assessment?
4. Children’s ADHD treatment?

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120-2022

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you answer the following questions and return by email to Nicola Cassidy:
1. Do you use a mass notification system or emergency planning software for major incidents within EPRR.? This also includes pager systems for notifying employees when a major incident occurs.
If yes, please answer the following questions:
a. What company provides the service?
b. Please confirm the value of the initial project and value of annual support/maintenance services in £.?
c. When is the contract renewal date?
2. Who is the EPRR manager within the Trust?
Who is the Emergency Accountable Office within the Trust?
W: www.adjutantsoftware.com

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119-2022

Email Acknowledgement | FOI 120 – 2022 | Freedom of Information Request
REFERENCE: 120-2022
I refer to your freedom of information request in your email below, which you have made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A final decision on your request would normally be sent to you within 4 weeks 20 days., where a week is defined as 5 working days excluding the weekend and public holidays. There are some limited situations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, where a final decision may take longer than 4 weeks. If this occurs in the case of your request, we will advise you promptly in writing setting out the reason and the new decision date.
Should our final decision not reach you in time, please feel free to email freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk. to highlight any problems that may have arisen.
Thank you for your request.
Kind regards,
Information Governance and Records Team

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100-2023

1. Which specific procedures are conducted by Healthcare Professionals within a. the diagnostic tests available in the Trust’s Community Diagnostic Centres and b. the surgeries available in the Trust’s Surgical Hubs?
2. What medical technologies are used within a. the diagnostic tests available in the Trust’s Community Diagnostic Centres and b. the surgeries available in the Trust’s Surgical Hubs?
3. Can the Trust provide a list of any applicable NICE Guidance followed within a. the diagnostic tests available in the Trust’s Community Diagnostic Centres and b. the surgeries available in the Trust’s Surgical Hubs?

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054-2023

Recruitment toCan I have contact with the HR of your
hospital and make an inquiry about the work for me – maybe I would be useful to you the trust?

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066-2022

Sent: 22 March 2022 18:57
Subject: Request for Information – Telecom – Networks
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Hello
I would like to submit a new FOI request.
All or some of the information provided previously has expired, I require an update on the questions below.
See my request below:
Contract 1 – Telephony/Voice Services Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP etc. 1.Telephony/Voice Services Provider- Please can you provide me with the name of the supplier for each contract.
2.Telephony/Voice Services – Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year are also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
3.Telephony/Voice Services – Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
4.Telephony/Voice Services – Type of Lines – Please can you split the type of lines per each supplier? PSTN, Analogue, SIP, ISDN, VOIP
5.Telephony/Voice Services Number of Lines / Channels / SIP Trunks- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks/connections, PSTN, Analogue, ISDN
Contract 2 – Incoming and Outgoing of call services.
6.Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier’s name NOT Mobiles. if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
7.Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year month and year is also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.
8.Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable. If SIP services, please provide me with the cost of services per month.
9.Minute’s Landlines Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider, please also include any contract extensions.
10.Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable. Contract 3 – The organisation’s broadband provider.
11.Broadband Provider- Supplier’s name if there is not information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
12.Broadband Renewal Date- please provide day, month, and year month and year is also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
13.Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
Contract 4 – Contracts relating to Wide Area Network [WAN] services, this could also include HSCN network services.
14. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main suppliers. if there is no information available, please can you provide further insight into why?
15.WAN Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month, and year month and year are also acceptable.. If this is a rolling contract, please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier, please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
16.Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description for each contract
17.The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.
18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
19.For each WAN contract can you please provide me with information on how this was procured, especially around those procurement that used frameworks, please provide me with the framework reference.
20.Internal Contact: please can you send me their full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contracts above.

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457-2023

1. Does the Trust have a person appointed Armed Forces/Veterans Champion? 2. If so, what is their name and contact details? 3. Does the Trust have an agreed suicide prevention action plan or strategy? 4. If so, does this strategy recognise veterans as an at-risk, priority or tailored group? 5. If so, does your strategy reference veterans in any other way? 6. If so, when is your strategy due to be reviewed?

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048-2022

On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 at 15:27, Freedom of Information wrote:
————————-Madlen,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 048-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Regarding the email below – is the question about COT-3 agreements specifically about medical staff only, the same as question 1?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
– —
Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 — Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you answer the following questions:
1. How many agreements with medical staff has your trust entered into under the following sections of the law in the past five years?
Section 1473. of the Equality Act 2010
Section 203 3. Employment Rights Act 1996
Section 11A Employment Rights Act 1996
2. How many COT-3 agreements have been entered into?
3. Please provide the total amount paid out in total by the trust for those agreements.
Please feel free to call me with any questions.

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028-2022

From: mark [mailto:request-833009-13559832@whatdotheyknow.com] Sent: 13 February 2022 21:30
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – EBME/Medical Devices
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
1 – A structure chart showing the job titles and banding of staff in the medical device
EBME. team/function for the trust
2- Does the trust provide training in the use of medical devices?
2a – If yes, what software or system does it record this training in?
3. Approximately how many medical devices/EBME devices does the trust own?
4. Does the trust subcontract the maintenance of medical/EMBCE devices to a outside provider or does it maintain the devices using internal engineers?
4a. If an external provider is used, what is the name of the company?
5. A copy of your medical devices/EBME policy.
6. If the trust has a medical device management committee, please provide the terms of reference
7. Please provide the name, email address and job description of the role responsible for managing medical devices within the trust
Yours faithfully,
mark
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021-2022

Sent: 03 February 2022 18:24
To: Jack Leather
Subject: Freedom of Information request
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Hello,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your trust. Please may you provide me with figures on the following:
As of 3 February 2022, how many staff members in your trust were defined as ‘health and social care workers who have face-to-face contact with service users’?
As of 3 February 2022, how many of those staff members had not received any Covid vaccination?
How many are medically exempt?
Please provide the information in the form of an email to jack.leather@telegraph.co.uk.
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.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Best wishes,

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394-2022

I am writing to request the following information from your NHS trust:
• The number of children and young people presenting to community-based mental health services receiving help within four weeks from request for service referral.
• The total number of children and young people referred to community-based mental health services
• The number of adults presenting to community-based mental health services receiving help within four weeks from request for service referral.
• The total number of adults referred to community-based mental health services

Please provide the information for the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and break the data down by month.

For children and young people, please see the following definition of receiving help using official NHS terminology: This may involve immediate advice, support or a brief intervention, help to access another more appropriate service, the start of a longer-term intervention or agreement about a patient care plan, or the start of a specialist assessment that may take longer.

The above also applies to adults, but with the following addition: This may involve the start of a therapeutic or social intervention, or agreement about a patient care plan.

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393-2022

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST

I am looking into the parking operations, impact, and parking charge notices issued at your Trust. Please could you kindly respond to these questions under the Freedom of Information act 2000:

1. Who currently manages the car parks run for/by the trust?
2. Do you outsource the parking management to a 3rd party. If so, to who?
3. How many parking related complaints have you received over the last 12 months, split per hospital within the trust?
4. Do you use Automatic Number Plate Recognition for parking enforcement at any of the hospitals, and if so, at which ones?
5. How much money was raised through people paying to park at the trust, split per hospital over the last 12 months?
6. When were the existing payment machines installed, and can people pay using a credit/debit card at all machines?
7. Can users pay to park using a mobile phone-based APP, if so, which one?
8. How many parking charge notices PCN’s. were issued during the last 12-month period?
9. How much money was generated for the trust by people paying enforcement notices, split per hospital over the last 12 months?

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271-2122

Sent: 18 November 2021 16:39
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Agency Spend
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-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
1.What is the total Trust spend purely with framework agencies for the recruitment of locum doctors and therapists in the past 12 months? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
2.What is the total Trust spend purely with off-framework agencies for the recruitment of locum doctors and therapists in the past 12 months? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
3. What is the total Trust spend purely with agencies for the recruitment of permanent & fixed term doctors and therapists in the past 6 months? Please also provide a break-down of spend per grade, speciality and by each recruitment agency by company name.
4. Does your organization use a Direct Engagement scheme? If so, who provides it and when does their contract expire?
5. What percentage of bookings are made outside of the Direct Engagement model non-DE.?
6. Which medical services do you outsource to external companies & which companies do you outsource to?
7. How many doctors have been booked outside of IR35 in previous 12 months ?
8 . In which specialty is your highest paid Locum Consultant Doctor and what is their hourly rate ?
9. How many individual locums do you have working with each specific agency ? please provide each recruitment agency by company name and how many
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
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269-2022

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

Please provide me with an up to date Organisational Structure chart showing the names of all Team Managers, Service Managers, Heads of Service, Matrons & Clinical Leads and their email addresses if available. for the following services; General Nursing, Primary Care, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Psychological Therapies across the trust.

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190-2022

To whom it may concern, I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act the following:
i. How much money the Trust has spent on recruitment consultants in a. 2021 and b. in the year 2022 to date. ii. How much, if any, of this recruitment spending was related to recruitment for the new Integrated Care Boards

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189-2022

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-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your facilities management approach:
Which software solution is used to manage your Premise Assurance Model if any. and who is your current supplier?
If so,
What is the start date and duration of the contract?
Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, what is the duration?
Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract will be extended or renewed?
What is the annual value of the contract?
How was the contract procured, e.g., framework/tender?
Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for the contract?

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187-2022

I’d like to know how I can apply for the Mental Health Support Team to work with my school. We are not on the drop down list. We are ‘The High School Leckhampton’.

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171-2021

The following questions with regards to patients treated in your trust are being asked for on behalf of Novartis.

1. In total, over the past 4 months, how many patients have been treated for the following diseases Rheumatoid arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa.?

2. Of these five, how many of each received the following products:
– Adalimumab Humira.
– Adalimumab Biosimilar
– Etanercept Enbrel.
– Etanercept Biosimilar
– Infliximab Remicade.
– Infliximab biosimilar
– Golimumab Simponi.
– Tofacitinib Xeljanz.
– Ustekinumab Stelara.
– Vedolizumab Entyvio.
– Filgotinib Jyseleca.
– Abatacept Orencia.
– Baricitinib Olumiant.
– Certolizumab Pegol Cimzia.
– Rituximab MabThera.
– Rituximab Biosimilar
– Tocilizumab RoActemra.
– Sarilumab Kevzara.
– Apremilast Otezla.
– Secukinumab Cosentyx.
– Isekizumab Taltz.
– Guselkumab Tremfya.
– Brodalumab Kyntheum.
– Risankizumab Skyrizi.
– Tildrakizumab Ilumetri.
– Upadacitinib Rinvoq.
– Bimekizumab Bimzelx.

3. Could you please provide the number of these patients that were treated within the gastro department still split by disease and treatment..

4. Over the same time period, how many patients for each of the five diseases Rheumatoid arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa. received the following treatments as their first ever biologic treatment?
– AxSPA
– PsA
– PsO
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions, and I look forward to your response.

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164-2022

This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months:
1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?
3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which agencies were used?
4. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
5. Please provide a breakdown of the number of staff placed as result of permanent/international recruitment using agencies split by; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-medical non-clinical? Please also provide the associated costs broken down in the same format.
6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the beforementioned job roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next 12 months?
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
Please respond as soon as possible, thanks for your cooperation in advance.

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162-2022

Please provide the following information:
1. How many people do the Community Mental Health Team CMHT. employ that can provide Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT.?
2. How many people do the CMHT employ who can provide other psychological therapies i.e. all other therapies other than DBT.? Please name the therapies. 3. How many people can the CMHT offer DBT to?
4. How many people are getting DBT via the CMHT?
5. How many people are on the waiting list for DBT via the CMHT?
6. How many people have contacted the CMHT for help with their mental health issues in each year since 2017?
7. How many of those people have subsequently been assessed by the CMHT in each year since 2017?
8. How many were identified as needing treatment in each year since 2017?
9. How many of those identified as needing treatment have been given the treatment that they needed since 2017?
10. How many more are on waiting lists to receive their treatment?
11. How long are those waiting lists?
12. How many more practitioners would the CMHT need before they can offer the same level of treatments that are required?

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145-2022

Subject: Freedom of Information
This message originated from outside of NHSmail. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning, Please provide the following statistics from across the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date., itemised by year.
1. Calls and/or referrals to the Heart Failure Team.
2. Operational deployments by the Heart Failure Team.
3. Outpatient appointments provided by Cardiology Services.
4. Inpatient consultations provided by Cardiology Services.
Many thanks.

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117/2022

Submitted details:
How can we help you?
Please select an option… I have a question about the trust Your details
Your name TONY Newsum-Brown Your email address Tony.NewsumBrown@swyt.nhs.uk Your phone number 07585686710 What is your query? I am working on a new NHS Pathway with SWYFT
and wondering if it would be possible for you to pass my details onto a member of the Recovery Team as we are seeking to establish a similar service in the Barnsley area. We are are a small team comprising of myself Peer Support Worker, admin worker, Mental Health Nurses x2 An Associate Practitioner and an OT. I am hoping that you may be able to offer some advice in terms of:
Eligibility criteria for your Recovery Service
Assessment processes
Duration and scope of interventions
Team structure etc
Tony Newsum-Brown
Peer Support Worker
Enabling Recovery Pathway
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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034-2022

To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Gloucestershire Adult Eating Disorder services FOI This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
————————-Gloucestershire Adult Eating Disorder services, I am writing to make a request for some information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information I am requesting is in the document attached to this email. If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

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008-2022

Freedom of Information request – Microsoft Power BI

Could you confirm if the Trust use or have purchased Microsoft Power BI?
If not what other reporting system does the Trust use?

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338-2022

1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?

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331-2022

My name is Jacob John, and I am sending this email on behalf of Health Service Journal HSJ.. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. I would be grateful if you could acknowledge receipt of this request and look forward to your full response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the act.
FOI request: please submit your answer to both questions in the attached spreadsheet.:
1. Please state the suppliers – and name of software used – for the following systems used by the trust if applicable.:
Bed management system
Clinical decision support system
Hospital pharmacy system
Population health management system
Hospital discharge system
Theatre scheduling system
Clinical communications system
Remote consultation system provider e.g. video and online consultations.
Advice and guidance system provider
Virtual ward and remote monitoring system provider
2. Please state the expiry date for the trust’s contracts with the suppliers referred to above for the systems in question.

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330-2022

1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?

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268-2022

Please provide me with an up to date Organisational Structure chart showing Team Managers and Service Managers and their email addresses for General Nursing, Primary Care, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Psychological Therapies across your trust.

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188-2022

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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Do you provide free parking for NHS staff and/or patients?
If not, how much do you charge staff to park?
how long does it take for staff to be issued a permit when joining your trust?

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186-2022

Under the freedom of information act please could you provide the following information in relation to the conditions or probably or suspected conditions in i-xiv. below?
i. Pandas Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. ii. PANS Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. iii. Long COVID iv. immune mediated neuro behaviour conditions v. neuro psychiatric conditions vi. behavioural changes or altered behaviour vii. sudden onset tics viii. sudden onset ocd iv. sudden onset eating difficulties x. bodily distress disorder xi. autoimmune encephalitis with an idiopathic cause xii. idiopathic transverse myelitis xiii. immune dysregulation xiv. psychiatric disorder 1. Please can you provide any a. clinical guidance, b. policy, c. procedure d. diagnostic pathway e. treatment pathways f. management pathway g. the clinical classification ICD-11 code or the code which would have traditionally been used if there is an absence of code for each of the conditions i.-xiv. above in paediatric patients. 2a. Please could you also provide for each condition or probable/ suspected condition i.-xiv. above the number of paediatric patients presenting with these conditions for each year for the past 5 years? & b. how many were referred for treatment c. how many referrals rejected d. how many referrals were accepted e. how many patients were referred to another service outside of the trust. Please could this be provided in a table format?
3. Please could you provide me with any minutes of meetings which decided how patients are treated following the British Paediatric Neurology Association Consensus Statement dated April 2021 and details of any changes in how the trust treated or diagnosed patients following this statement along with details of who made the decision to implement any changes.

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185-2022

In line with FOI, can you kindly provide the following information regarding lasers used for BPH and Stone Management Procedures type of Laser used for BPH and stone Management e.g. Holmium/Thulium. Number of Laser generators at each site Make of Laser generators Age of laser generators Number of fibres used per annum Usage figures if possible. are the fibres part of a consignment deal, if so when will it expire Is there a minimum spend for fibres. that each site is committed to Are the fibres purchased direct or through NHS SC

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178-2022

Freedom of Information Request
Good afternoon,
I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the use of zero hours contracts by the Trust.
Please could you provide the following information: • Whether the Trust has a policy regarding the use of zero hours contracts
• The total number and percentage of employees employed on zero hours contracts
I would prefer to receive the information electronically. If you require any clarification, please contact me under your Section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance if you find any aspect of this FOI request problematic.

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173-2022

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Hi
1: can you advise if the trust uses printed cable ties for their waste ?, if the answer is no , would the trust consider using them , if the price is right for the trust ?, also we would like to let the trust know within the next 18 months the cable ties will be fully biodegradable from SPK promotions , but currently we only use and supply nylon PA66.
2: can you advise the size of cable tie , the colour and print required?
3: can you advise if you are currently under contract when is the end date ?
4: can you advise the person or departments contact details, who deals with these and orders them ?
5: can you advise the price per thousand of these which the trust would like to pay to keep there consumable prices down , not what they pay already ?
6: would the trust like to see samples from SPK promotions ,?, free of charge .
7: can we advise the trust that we currently can provide as many prints as possiblemaybe for wards and departments to have their own ties .instead of just 1 generic print ie the trust name ., and we have the facility and large storage to print ahead and store until delivery , so no lead times .
8: can we advise the trust we can supply references if needed from the many trusts we already supply .

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061-2023 BBC

I hope you are well. Following on from my previous FOI, as of the 9th May, I would like to send an updated corrected FOI, replacing the last one. Please do let me know if there are any issues.

1.How many cases of total adult patients with eating disorders have been referred to your eating disorder services every calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

2a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment after being referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

2b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

3a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for an adult patient between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

3b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

4a. . I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment after being referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services? I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

4b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for a non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment who were referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

5a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for an adult patient between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

5b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?

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050-2023

My request concerns your NHS mental health services. Please provide the following information as a month-by-month breakdown each month from 1 November 2018 to 1 November 2022.

On the first day of each month, how many people were on the waiting list for the following:
diagnosis from your NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services CYPMHS.?
treatment from your NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services CYPMHS.?
diagnosis from your NHS adult mental health services?
treatment from your NHS adult mental health services?

Of those, how many were – at that time – waiting for:
3 months?
6 months?
12 months?
more than 12 months?

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020-2023

Please could you answer the following questions in relation to the trusts off- framework usage in financial year 2022-2023:
1. How much in total did the trust spend on off-framework nursing supply?
2. How was that total split between Community and Mental Health Nursing? 3. How many HCA shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
4. How many Nursing shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
5. Who within the trust is responsible for reporting on off-framework usage?

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019-2023

Do you have a Virtual Ward?

If yes,
– For what specialities and care pathway have you implemented Virtual Wards?
– How many Virtual Ward beds do you have?
– Do you know how many Virtual Ward beds you need? If so, how many?
– Who is your Virtual ward providers.?

If no,
– Do you intend to implement a Virtual Ward?
– If yes, have you identified and engaged a Virtual Ward provider?
– Do you know how many Virtual Ward beds you need? If so, how many?
– Do you have an internal Virtual Ward lead?

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087-2022

Sent: 07 April 2022 18:44
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Adult Safeguarding
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-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please advise whether your organisation is a signatory to a current Information Sharing Protocol / Agreement with other partners including Gloucestershire County Council for the purposes of Adult Safeguarding and if so provide a copy of that protocol / agreement.

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039-2022

Sent: 17 March 2022 15:28
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: RE: FOI 039-2022 – Clarification Required
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Hello, Thank you for your email. Please include a note in your answer to indicate when the PC was formed. Please let me know if you require any further clarifications, From: Freedom of Information Sent: 17 March 2022 15:26
To: Casals Mariona RNU. Oxford Health
Subject: FOI 039-2022 – Clarification Required
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________________________________________
————————-Mariona,
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 039-2022
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. In order to respond to your request our information teams are seeking the below clarification:
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT was formed in October 2019 therefore we can only provide data from this time. Please can you confirm if this is acceptable and we will continue with your request?
Would you be able to provide clarification around the information you are expecting the response to include for this question?
Kind Regards,
– —
Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 — Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
From: Casals Mariona RNU. Oxford Health [mailto:Mariona.Casals@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk] Sent: 01 March 2022 11:06
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Query. Adult MH had to admit under 18s – Gloucester HC
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Good morning FOI, I would like to request your help with answering the fields in light blue for the questions that I paste below. Please let me know any questions, Your NHSE/I region: 1. For each adult mental health NHS Trust that is located within the geographical footprint of your Provider Collaborative region: please let us know whether, since 2018, they have sometimes had to admit under-18-year-olds onto adult mental health wards*.
* this does not include being assessed or placed in a Section 136 provision/suite..
Name of Trust Yes No
2. For each of these adult mental health Trusts, since 1st February 2021, how many under-18-year-olds have been admitted to an adult mental health ward*?
* this does not include being assessed or placed in a Section 136 provision/suite..
Name of Trust Number of under-18-year-olds
3. Of these under-18-year-olds admitted to an adult mental health ward since 1st February 2021, how many were awaiting:
Number of under-18-year-olds
a. A bed in a General Adolescent Unit b. A bed in a more specialist unit e.g. PICU; Forensic / Secure; Intellectual disability / ASD; Eating disorder SEDU. unit.? Kind regards
Mariona
Mariona Casals pronouns she/her.
Contracts and Performance Manager | Thames Valley CAMHS T4 Provider Collaborative and HOPE Adult Eating Disorder Provider Collaborative
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | Slade House | Horspath Driftway | Oxford | OX3 7JH  07799658346  E: mariona.casals@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

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453-2023

RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Dear Information Team

This is an information request relating to the cost of drugs going out of date.

Please include the following information:
• What is the total value of drugs that have been disposed of due to going past their expiry date, for each of the following years: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
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.

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428-2023

The council, along with all other Gloucestershire authorities, declared a climate emergency in 2019 and the county council adopted a Climate Change Strategy. This strategy saw the council set out the following carbon reduction targets:
• The county council’s own operational emissions to be net zero by 2030
• Emissions from all sources across the county to be net zero by 2050
• The county to work with partners to deliver an 80% reduction in emissions by 2030, relative to 2005.
In 2020, the county council strengthened its targets further, committing to reaching net zero emissions from all sources across the county by 2045.
The council, in partnership with UK100, held the Gloucestershire Decarbonising Transport Forum 2022 – Journey to Net Zero in July 2022. The forum’s aim was to bring together key stakeholders and experts to discuss Gloucestershire’s journey to net zero. The council wants to hear from its residents, businesses, and community groups, to understand what they think are the best methods for reducing the emissions and tackling the climate emergency.
We want to hear from as many people as possible, so please share this link widely and take the survey – https://haveyoursaygloucestershire.uk.engagementhq.com/journey-to-net-zero

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423-2023

I would be most grateful if you would 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 we require are:

Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & 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 & 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 frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?

Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or renewed?

Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract?

– 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 Clinical waste incumbent?

– Does the Trust make use of reusable or disposable sharps containers?

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422-2023

I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding inappropriate out of area placements in children and young people’s mental health services.
Definition of inappropriate out of area placement OAP.: An ‘out of area placement’ OAP. occurs when a child or young person who requires mental health inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of their usual local network of services because no bed is available for them locally.
Please can you provide for all following questions data for children and young people’s mental health services and inappropriate OAPs.
Q1: Total number of monthly inpatient admissions and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022.
Q2: Total number of monthly inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– Number of inappropriate OAP days per month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs active at the end of each month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs started each month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs ended each month
Q3: The monthly lengths of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– In these breakdowns if possible: a. 1-30 nights, b. 31-90 nights, c. 91 or more nights
– average, longest, shortest stay as of the last day of the year.
Q4: The monthly distance travelled for inappropriate OAPs from January 2017 to December 2022:
– In these breakdowns if possible: a. less than 50km, b. 50km or greater and less than 100km, c. 100km or greater and less than 300km, d. 300km or greater
– average, longest, shortest distance as of the last day of the year.. For longest and shortest distance please include the receiving provider/inpatient unit.
Q5: The monthly cost of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– Total cost for inappropriate out of area placements each month
– Average cost per bed day each month
Q6: Yearly totals of receiving providers of inappropriate OAPs, so the number of patients sent to each receiving provider per year as well as the proportion of receiving providers that are private providers.
Q7: Yearly average, youngest and oldest age of children and young people on inappropriate OAPs.
Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file.
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. If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request. My details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

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272-2122

Sent: 19 November 2021 10:00
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI request on Provider Collaboratives
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Gloucestershire Hlth and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I hope that you are well I have a Freedom of Information request that I would like to raise, could you please provide the answers to the below questions.
1. Is your mental health trust part of a mental health provider collaborative? 1a. If yes, could you please provide the name of the mental health provider collaborative that you are a part of?
1b. Could you please provide the name of the person people. who represent your organisation at the mental health provider collaborative? 2. Is your mental health trust a member of a place-based collaborative? 2a. If yes, could you please provide the name of the place-based collaborative that you are a part of?
2b. Could you please provide the name of the person people. who represent your organisation at the place based collaborative?
Thank you in advance for your assistance, looking forward to hearing from you.

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260-2122

Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Facilities Management Services

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To whom it may concern

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information regarding the Facilities Management Services provided to your Estate.

I attach a template for your review. I would be grateful if you could provide this information through full completion of the template and return to me via email.

I look forward to hearing from you and understand I should expect to receive a response within 20 working days as outlined by the Act.

Please feel free to reach out with any queries or concerns.

Many thanks in advance.

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