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179-2024

For each of the last three calendar years (2022, 2023, and 2024) could you please provide me with:
1. the number of mental health patients who have been physically restrained;
2. the individual number of restraint incidents per patient on average;
3. the number that involved face-down restraint;
4. the number of patient injuries as a result of any physical restraint; and
5. the number of staff injuries as a result of any physical restraint.

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201-2024

1. Expenditure on Elective Insourcing Services: Please provide the total amount spent on elective insourcing services, for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.

2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please provide the expenditure by medical specialty (e.g., Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).

3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.

4. Procurement Framework: Please specify the procurement framework(s) under which these services were purchased (e.g., NHS SBS, NHS Workforce Alliance, or any other relevant frameworks).

5. Providers: If possible, please indicate the providers contracted for these services, per specialty.

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222-2024

1. Please can you confirm if there are any plans for new bedspaces to be created within your trust in the next five years? This can be either proposed at a discussion point or a more formal stage of the decision process.
I would like to capture new treatment areas or areas that would offer both day or overnight bed spaces. If so, please could you record the proposed site and an estimated number of additional beds to be added per year. Any example response would be as follows
2025 – example general hospital 20 bed
2026 – example wing 45 beds
2027 – example new site 30 beds

2. Please can you confirm if there are any proposed new theatres planned to be created within your trust in the next five years. Please use the example format highlighted in Q1.

3. Please can you confirm if any of your current bed spaces or theatres are planned to be moved into a new building or area in the next 5 years. Please use the example format highlighted in Q1

4. If questions 1-3 have highlighted a response that confirms new facilities, please could you confirm which organisation has been authorised to lead on the work if the project has reached the stage of awarding.

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220-2024

Please could you give us current information in relation to how prostate cancer patients are managed when they are eligible for active surveillance/monitoring. Including:

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis and treatment decision support

Follow-up pathways and protocols

Follow-up testing frequencies

Triggers for stopping active surveillance

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193-2024

Overview of Services:
A comprehensive list of all services and programmes currently offered specifically for people with co-existing mental health and substance use needs.
Details on whether these services are integrated (addressing both issues simultaneously) or if they operate separately.
Access and Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria for accessing these services.
Information on referral processes, including whether self-referrals are accepted.
Performance and Outcomes:
Copies of any evaluations, audits, or performance reports related to these services from the past three years.
Key performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the services.
Partnerships and Collaborations:
Information on any partnerships with other organisations (e.g., NHS trusts, charities, community groups) in delivering these services.
Details of joint initiatives or programmes aimed at supporting this client group.
Future Developments:
Any planned changes, expansions, or reductions to these services in the next 12 months.
Strategies in place to improve service delivery for individuals with co-existing mental health and substance use needs.
Access and Eligibility:
Average waiting times from referral to initial assessment and from assessment to commencement of treatment.
Service Capacity and Utilisation:
The total number of individuals who have accessed these services in the past three years, broken down by year.
The maximum capacity of each service or programme.
The number of staff dedicated to these services, including their professional qualifications.
Staffing and Expertise:
Details of any specialised training provided to staff for working with co-existing conditions.
Funding and Resources:
The annual budget allocated to these services for the past three financial years.
Information on any funding changes during this period and the reasons for such changes.

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182-2024

Please include the following information for 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:
– What lactose intolerance medication is prescribed by the NHS Trust
Total expenditure by the NHS Trust on
– Lactose intolerance medication for each financial year.
– Total number of people that received lactose intolerance
– A breakdown of the spending in terms of what form of lactose intolerance medication is administered.

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178-2024

I am making a Freedom of Information Request for both ICD10 first diagnosis discharge codes and cases (and the same for OPCS codes and cases if you have any), recorded per individual facility in your health authority.
Any information must be totally anonymised.
I am requesting the data for the last five calendar years, i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
The suggested data format is in columns:
1. Facility name
2. Primary diagnosis ICD-10 4 or 5 digits (The ICD 10 data set I am asking for comprises the range A000 to Q999)
3. (all OPCS codes)
4. Number of cases
5. Years

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GHC-18112024-506850

Hello, Sophie from The House magazine here. Please could I request the following information? 1. Please specify the number of all key worker properties (i.e. through intermediate rented properties, shared ownership or FTBI) provided for NHS workers over the past five years by your trust. 2. Please specify the number of agreements with property developers your trust has made to secure key worker accommodation over the past five years. 3. Please specify whether any properties designated for key worker accommodation have then been sold or rented on the private market – i.e. to people other than NHS key worker staff in the past five years by your trust. 4. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust, please outline how many in the past five years. 5. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust and have been secured through property developer deals (as in point 2), please specify how many in the past five years. 6. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust, please outline why 7. Please outline how many key workers are currently waiting for key worker accommodation at your trust. Best wishes, Sophie

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213-2024

I am currently conducting some personal research on the size and age of imaging equipment across acute NHS Providers in England. To aid my research, I am requesting that you provide (in editable digital formats) the data points listed below per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. CT Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced CT service provider
i. Y or N
2. MR Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced MR service provider
i. Y or N
3. PET/CT Scanners
a. Number Operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use outsourced PET/CT service provider.
i. Y/N
ii. If Yes
1. Provider Name(s) and
2. Location

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175-2024

Under the FOI Act please can you provide me with the answers to the below:

In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please confirm which framework was used for the recruitment of agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport

In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please provide a breakdown month by month of total trust spend for framework agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport

In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please provide a breakdown month by month of total trust spend for off-framework agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport

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186-2024

1. Please confirm the name and email address of the relevant contact within the trust who is responsible for agency hires for the following categories:
Facilities
Estates
Administrative / Clerical
Ambulance / Patient Transport

2. Please confirm whether the trust utilises a 3rd party vendor or tech system for the hiring of the following agency staff categories. If so, please confirm the name of the vendor / tech provider:
Facilities
Estates
Administrative / Clerical
Ambulance / Patient Transport

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191-2024

Please accept this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I’m seeking:

• Copies of any Information Sharing Agreements or Data Sharing Agreements to which both Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Avon & Somerset Police are party.

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188-2024

I wish to make an FOI request. Please provide the following information for the calendar years 2020, 21,22,23 and 24:

The number of foreign national attendances at A&E services provided by your Trust.

The number of places on waiting lists for elective procedures at your trust currently occupied by foreign nationals.

The number of treatment courses currently being provided by your trust to foreign nationals.

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189-2024

I am submitting a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following information:
1. Total Falls by Hospital: The total number of inpatient falls by hospital, covering the last five years?

2. Total Falls by Ward: The total number of inpatient falls by ward, covering the last five years?

3. Contact for Falls Leads: A list of NHS email addresses for falls leads/groups within the trust or the individuals responsible for fall prevention?

4. Falls Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to inpatient falls over the past five years?

5. Absconded Patients by Ward: The number of inpatients who absconded from wards (defined as leaving without informing staff, resulting in a missing person status) by ward, covering the last five years?

6. Absconding Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to absconding incidents over the past five years?

7. One-to-One Support for Fall Risk Patients: The average cost per patient, per day, for one-to-one support provided to patients at risk of falls?

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187-2024

Could you please provide the following details:

1. Software Name and Supplier
The name of the current Decontamination Track and Trace software in use and the details of the supplier.

2. Duration of Use
How long has the Trust been using this Track and Trace solution?

3. Contract Start Date
The start date of the current contract for the Decontamination Track and Trace system.

4. Contract End Date
The end date of the current contract.

5. Current Contract Value
The total value of the current contract.

6. Procurement Framework (if applicable) If relevant, please provide details of the procurement framework used to award the contract.

7. Decontamination Manager
The name or job title of the current Decontamination Manager within the Trust.

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169-2024

How many days of sick leave, recorded as being due to “Anxiety/Stress/Depression/Other Psychiatric Illnesses”, in line with NHS recording of sickness absence, were taken by pharmacy staff in your trust in each of the following years:
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19 
2017/18

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196-2024

In an Excel spreadsheet with information for Q 6 – 21 broken down by each pathology provider in your trust
1. What is the size of your trust’s serviceable population?
2. How many patients has the trust tested for the following clinical biochemical markers in the last 12 months?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
3. Is there a limit to the frequency of the following tests per patient?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
4. Please provide the name and post code of all the pathology providers in your trust
5. Do you outsource any testing to commercial labs? If yes, please provide the names of each commercial provider
Please answer the following questions for each pathology provider in your trust
6. Does the laboratory currently offer testing for the following?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
7. What is the average turnaround time for an outpatient from blood sample collection to sharing of results for CRP and hs-CRP?
8. Is CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
9. Is hs-CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
10. What machines are used to conduct CRP testing in your laboratory?
11. What machines are used to conduct hs-CRP testing in your laboratory?
12. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for CRP?
13. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for hs-CRP?
14. How many requests for measurement of CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
15. How many requests for measurement of hs-CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
16. What is the maximum number of CRP tests that your laboratory can conduct in one month?
17. What is the maximum number of hs-CRP tests that laboratory can conduct in one month?
18. What is the cost of running a single CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
19. What is the cost of running a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
20. How much are you reimbursed for a single CRP test in your laboratory?
21. How much are you reimbursed for a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory?

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GHC-14102024-249995

To whom it may concern, I am writing to you in my capacity as a researcher for the Runnymede Trust to make a FOI request for anonymised data concerning charges made to overseas visitors for non-urgent care in the period from 1 January 2019 – 1 January 2024. Please could you provide the data from your trust on the following: – Nationality of patients charged during the stated time period – Ethnicity of patients charged during the stated time period – Invoice amount for all patients subject to charges – Urgency of treatment for the patients subjected to charges – Sex of patients charged during the stated time period I would like this information to be provided by email, please. My contact email is: millie@runnymedetrust.org. Sincerely, Camila Montiel McCann

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153-2024

I would like to request the following information for each of the last three financial years:
Total equipment waste:
• The volume (in units) and value (in £) of medical equipment that was discarded, either by being placed in skips, incinerated or otherwise disposed of, rather than reused or recycled.
• Please provide a breakdown by equipment type (e.g., walking frames, crutches, beds, etc.).
Costs associated with waste:
• What is the annual cost of purchasing new patient medical equipment (crutches, walking frames etc)
Recycling and reuse mechanisms:
• Details of any mechanisms, schemes, or policies your Trust has in place for reusing, recycling, or donating medical equipment, including:
o How returned equipment is processed (e.g., decontamination and refurbishment).
o The percentage of equipment successfully reused or recycled.
o Any partnerships with charities or external organisations to recycle or donate equipment.
o Who is the named person in your NHS Trust responsible for holding this work (Just job title please)
Financial savings or revenue:
• The financial savings your Trust has made through recycling or reusing medical equipment (if applicable).
• Any revenue generated from recycling or selling used equipment, including the breakdown by equipment type.
Contractor involvement:
• The total amount of money paid to contractors or suppliers for the provision of medical equipment that could potentially be reused or recycled.
Plans for future action:
• Any current or future initiatives aimed at reducing the waste of medical equipment and improving recycling or reuse efforts.”

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190-2024

How many incidents of a retained foreign object post-procedure were logged by your Trust in the past five years?
By ‘retained foreign object post procedure’, I refer to retained guide wires, mouth props, surgical instruments, needles, vaginal swabs, throat packs, etc.
Please break down this information by:
• The retained item.
• The financial year, covering April 1st – March 31st (2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25). For the latter, please provide information from April 1st to September 30th 2024.

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204-2024

1. The number of people who have attended A&E and given Semaglutide as a reason for their visit, where there drug was indicated for weight management – in every year between 2022 and 2024. Please give a figure for each year.
Semaglutide also goes under brand names such as Ozempic, Saxenda, Rybelsus and Wegovy – can you please include these names in your records also.
2. Please break the figures down to give details of the complications patients presented with as a result of their use of Semaglutide.

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192-2024

• Who at the Trust holds the position of Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)?
• What is the SIRO’s contact information? Email address and or direct telephone number?

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227-2024

Please can you supply me with the following information?

Registration number:
Make:
Model:

of all vehicles both owned/leased by your NHS Trust and all vehicles sold between 01/09/2023 and 31/10/2024.

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210-2024

1) Does the Trust / Health Board use a third-party inventory management / point of care solution?

1A) If yes – please confirm:
I: Which inventory management / point of care solution you use.
II: Contract value (p.a.)
III: Contract renewal date
IV: When did the Trust / Health Board first start using this solution?

1B) If no – does the Trust / Health Board use any internally-built IT inventory management / point of care solutions?

2) Please could you indicate which department(s) in the Trust / Health Board use inventory management / point of care solutions, whether third-party or internal?

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203-2024

For the 6-month period ending 31st October 2024, can you please provide:

– Total Framework Agency Spend for Dental Nursing
– Total Off Framework Agency Spend for Dental Nursing
– Total dental nursing hours filled by Framework Agencies
– Total dental nursing hours filled by Off Framework agencies
– A list of all Framework agencies utilised by the Trust for dental nursing and total number of shifts for each framework agency
– A list of all Off Framework agencies utilised by the Trust for dental nursing and total number of shifts for each non framework agency
– A list of Agency suppliers with a day charge rate of over £30 for dental nursing
– A list of Agency suppliers with a night charge rate of over £35 for dental nursing
– A list of any Off Framework suppliers that have ongoing block booking arrangements for dental nurses with your Trust within the identified time frame (30.4.2024 – 31.10.2024)

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200-2024

1. Does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust use single use endoscopes for any of its endoscopy procedures?
a. If so, can you state in which procedures they are used?
b. If so, can you state which brand/s of endoscopes are used?

2. Can Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust state how many single use endoscopes have been used in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?

3. Can Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust state how many single use endoscopes are planned to be used in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

4. Does Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust have plans to increase the use of single use endoscopes to help in the delivery of Community Diagnostic Centres and temporary out-of-hours hubs to reduce waiting lists?

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171-2024

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 171-2024 Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information...

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152-2024

A list of all hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) within your Trust along with the total number of beds (maximum capacity) and total number of beds broken down by type (more details below). My preference is for this to be provided using the same “Location Name” and “Location ID” as specified by the CQC, so that I can accurately identify each hospital. I already have access to the CQC data, but I would appreciate it if you could present it in this consistent format so I can match the service.

So in summary for each hospital, please provide:

1. The hospital name/address (ideally the same name and location ID registered with the CQC); 2. The total number of beds in each hospital (maximum capacity); 2. A breakdown of the total number of beds by the following 4 bed types in each hospital: “Mental Illness”, “Learning Disabilities”, “Maternity” and “General & Acute”.

I appreciate beds in the NHS system are dynamic and change over time so if needed please provide the data for the latest Quarter available.

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195-2024

1. How many FOI requests did you receive in FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 and FY24/25 (to date)?
2. What is the average monthly number of FOI requests received by your organisation?
3. Percentage of the responses that were sent within 20 working days (compliance rate).
4. How many staff do you employ for processing FOI requests? What is their whole time equivalent? What band are they?

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155-2024

1. Number of Freedom of Information requests received.
2. Percentage that were sent out on time.
3. Number of which were sent back for internal review
4. Number of which were referred to the ICO.
5. Number of staff that you had in the year to process Freedom of Information requests. (if this changed throughout the year, please can we request the total number budgeted for and the average number actually in post)

Please can this be broken down into the following years.
a) 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023
b) 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
c) 1st April 2024 – to date

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194-2024

I would like to know the difference in spending for Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). As part of this I am trying to get clarification on what constitutes OH and EAP.
1) Could you please provide me with an understanding of how your Trust defines OH and EAP respectively? What elements/criteria do you measure to track the provision of each?

2.) Could you also please provide a breakdown of how much the trust spends on OH and EAP respectively from the total spending figures you have provided in your initial FOI response?

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185-2024

Please may I know if your NHS Trust
a. owns any staff accommodation?
b. If this accommodation currently available for your NHS staff to book on a short term and ad hoc basis?
c. Is the management of bookings of these properties (by staff) outsourced to a 3rd party?
d. If the management of these properties is done inhouse, by the Trust, what software (if any) is used to manage these bookings?
e. Please may I have the name and email address of the manager of this NHS Staff Accommodation service

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157-2024

Q# Question Your answer
1 Did you use an external VAT/ tax advisor? (If no, please disregard all other questions for this financial year) Yes/ No
2 What was the FY spend on VAT/ tax advice (£)
3 What was the name of the primary VAT/ tax advice supplier?
4 Was this advice procured on a contract or an ad hoc basis?
If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘ad hoc’ please go directly to Q. 6. If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘contract’, then:
5a What was the contract start date?
5b What was/ is the contract end date?
5c Which framework agreement was used for contract procurement?
6 What support/advice was included in the contract (e.g. VAT, Corporation tax, National Insurance)?

For the financial year 2022/ 2023:

Q# Question Your answer
1 Did you use an external VAT/ tax advisor? (If no, please disregard all other questions for this financial year) Yes/ No
2 What was the FY spend on VAT/ tax advice (£)
3 What was the name of the primary VAT/ tax advice supplier?
4 Was this advice procured on a contract or an ad hoc basis?
If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘ad hoc’ please go directly to Q. 6. If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘contract’, then:
5a What was the contract start date?
5b What was/ is the contract end date?
5c Which framework agreement was used for contract procurement?
6 What support/advice was included in the contract (e.g. VAT, Corporation tax, National Insurance)?

For the financial year 2023/ 2024:

Q# Question Your answer
1 Did you use an external VAT/ tax advisor? (If no, please disregard all other questions for this financial year) Yes/ No
2 What was the FY spend on VAT/ tax advice (£)
3 What was the name of the primary VAT/ tax advice supplier?
4 Was this advice procured on a contract or an ad hoc basis?
If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘ad hoc’ please go directly to Q. 6. If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘contract’, then:
5a What was the contract start date?
5b What was/ is the contract end date?
5c Which framework agreement was used for contract procurement?
6 What support/advice was included in the contract (e.g. VAT, Corporation tax, National Insurance)?

Year to date for financial year 2024/2025:

Q# Question Your answer
1 Are you using an external VAT/ tax advisor? (If no, please disregard all other questions for this financial year) Yes/ No
2 What is your forecast FY spend on VAT/ tax advice (£)
3 What is the name of the primary VAT/ tax advice supplier?
4 Are these advice service(s) procured on a contract or ad hoc basis?
If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘ad hoc’ please go directly to Q. 6. If the answer to Q. 4 is ‘contract’, then:
5a What was the contract start date?
5b What was/ is the contract end date?
5c Is there an option to extend the contract? Yes/ No
5d If already expired, do you plan to procure a new contract? Yes/ No
5e Which framework agreement was used for contract procurement?
6 What support/advice is included in the contract?

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183-2024

This is an information request relating to staff networks at the Trust.
Please include the following information for 2020/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:
• A list of all the staff networks at the trust.
• Whether each network receives funding from the trust and, if so, how much (please express annually for the last three financial years)
• How much FTE equivalent staff time each network is entitled to. For example, a staff network may have a chair who’s entitled to spend 10% of their working hours devoted to the network (please express annually for the last three financial years)
• A list of events that each network has held in this financial year so far (April to the present day), including the title of the event, information on any guest speakers and the time of the event.

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GHC-19102024-116688

SUBJECT: RHEUMATOLOGY/RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 1) Does your Rheumatology Department prescribe Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors for severe cases of rheumatoid arthritis?; 2) If it does what JAK inhibitors are available/prescribed?; 3) Does your Rheumatology Department prescribe JAK Inhibitor Baricitinib (Olumiant) in table form?

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180-2024

I am interested to understand how you ensure more efficient financial and HR performance management of your Trust. Could you let me know if you use any particular software to support the financial and HR activities/tasks in the table below.

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174-2024

I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24:

Project Management:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Project Management.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

Cost Management:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Cost Management.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

Building Surveying:

• The names of all consultancies used for Estates Building Surveying.
• The value of the spend with each consultancy for this service broken down by the financial years requested.

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173-2024

The organisation’s actual capital spend on your estate for the financial years:

2022/23 (actual)
2023/24 (actual)

The planned capital spend on your estate for the financial years:

2024/25 (planned)
2025/26 (planned)

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172-2024

1. How many Long Covid Clinics for Adults are there within your Trust?
2. How many Long Covid Clinics for Children are there within your Trust?
3. Can you list each Long Covid Clinic for Adults within your Trust?
4. Can you list each Long Covid Clinic for Children within your Trust?
5. If you have no Long Covid Clinics for Adults within your Trust, what services do you provide for Adults?
6. If you have no Long Covid Clinics for Children within your Trust, what services do you provide for Children?

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168-2024

1. How many NHS Staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health issues in the past three years? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)

2. Could these issues be broken down into specific types of mental conditions such as stress, work-related stress, anxiety, depression, low mood, etc.? (Broken down by years: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24).

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167-2024

1. How is waitlist validation carried out in your Trusts? Please select one of the following options: Manually / Semi-automated / Automated.
a. If your response was semi-automated or automated, which tools do you use? Please specify the types of tools or software used.
2. How many FTEs currently work on waitlist validation and what band are they? Please specify the number per band.
3. How has your FTE count working on waitlist validation increased in the past 2-3 years? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
4. In the past 12 months, approximately how long has the waitlist validation process taken? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
5. What data quality issues have been identified the most frequently as part of the waitlist validation process? Please select those that apply from the list below:
a. Decision to admit but no waiting list entry
b. Missing waiting list or pathway information (e.g. due date, intended procedure)
c. Patients on an admitted waiting list without an active RTT (Referral to Treatment Pathway) clock
d. Past TCI (To Come In) dates
e. Potential duplicates
f. Other – please specify
6. What are your current approaches to linking data? Please select one of the following options: Manually or semi-automated / Automated
7. What is the proportion of data linkage that is manual and automated? Please provide an estimate if you do not have the exact number.
a. If automated, what tools are used? Please provide the name of the tools.
b. If manual, what tools are used e.g. R, data bricks? Please provide the name of the tools.
8. Currently, is the data linking process cumbersome? Please select one option: Yes/No
9. And does it take away from people’s everyday role? Please select one option: Yes/No

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166-2024

1. Can you please disclose the Bank Staff Pay Rates for Doctors per month, by grade and specialty over the last 12 months.

2. Please also provide the average and highest charge rate for locum doctors, by grade and specialty over the same period.

3. Please provide the total number of locum doctors that have transferred to Bank over the last 12 months, please present the numbers in a monthly format and by grade and specialty.

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165-2024

1. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 what were the BMI of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?

2. For your adult eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged with a BMI of under 15?

3. For your Children’s eating disorder service what was the weight for height percentage of inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder at the time they were discharged?

4. For your Children’s eating disorder service in 2024 how many inpatients and community patients with an eating disorder were discharged at a weight for height of less than 75 ?

5. At point of discharge if patients had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75, where were your patients discharged to? (for both adults and children)

6. In your adult and children’s eating disorder service what treatment is offered to inpatient and community patients who had a BMI of under 15, or equivalent to weight for height of less than 75?

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163-2024

We are a Medical Recruitment Agency who supply doctors into the NHS. As such, we supply under specific NHS Frameworks, one of the framework obligations is that we receive written confirmation that we have verified that the worker completed this training.

Can you please confirm that Dr Olusola Kolawole has an E – learning account with you and all courses are aligned to CSTF or UK Resus as applicable.

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161-2024

1. Are the Fire Dampers currently on contract for the inspection and maintenance? 2. If yes, please confirm the following:
– Due date for contract end- Actual contract spend 3. What route to market used to obtain these services (a) open tender (b) framework – if yes, which one? 4. Are the fire dampers currently maintained by an external contractor? If yes, please provide which contractor?

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160-2024

Since the beginning of April 2024 how many nurses have left your trust?

From the date of receipt of this request until March 31st 2025, how many nurses are expected to leave your trust?

What are your current total vacancies for nurses on the date of receiving this request?

Does your trusts have any plans to recruit internationally in the next financial year, April 2025 – April 2026?

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158-2024

1. How many registered [normally band 4] nursing associates does your trust employ?
2. In the last 12 months (September 2023-24), how many registered [normally band 4] nursing associates at your trust is your nursing lead (ie: chief nurse or nurse director or most senior nurse) aware of that have applied to do a ‘Registered nursing top up’ course?
3. In the last 12 months (September 2023-24), how many registered [normally band 4] nursing associates at your trust have completed a ‘Registered nursing top up’ course? 
a) Of those who have completed the course, how many now work as registered nurses at the trust?
4. How many ‘Registered nursing top up’ training places did your trust fund in the last 12 months, (September 2023-24) using the apprenticeship levy? 
5. What criteria must a registered [normally band 4] nursing associates meet to qualify for funding for a ‘Registered nursing top up’ training place from your trust? 

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156-2024

1. Number of Subject Access Requests received.
2. Percentage that were sent out on time.
3. Number of which were sent back for internal review
4. Number of which were referred to the ICO.
5. Number of staff that you had in the year to process Subject Access requests. (if this changed throughout the year, please can we request the total number budgeted for and the average number actually in post)

Please can this be broken down into the following years.
a) 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023
b) 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
c) 1st April 2024 – to date

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164-2024

1. In the calendar year 2023 (1 Jan 2023-31 Dec 2023) please provide the total number of new diagnoses your trust has made for a personality disorder in a patient under 18 years of age.

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