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181-2024

Please provide information regarding the following 6 system contracts and their accompanying consulting support contracts:

1. Analytics (BI that includes outcomes)
2. BI & Data Warehousing
3. Digital Dictation
4. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
5. Secondary Care EPS
6. Voice recognition

Please enter ‘No System Installed’ or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department:
a) System type –
b) Supplier name –
c) System name –
d) Date installed –
e) Contract expiration –
f) Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No
g) Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No
h) Procurement framework –
i) Other systems it integrates with? –
j) Total value of contract (£) –
k) Notes (e.g. we are currently out to tender) –

Accompanying Consulting Support Contracts (if applicable):
l) Is there an accompanying consulting support contract for this system? – Yes/No
m) If yes, please provide the consulting firm’s name:
n) Consulting contract start date –
o) Consulting contract end date –

013-2023

Public

I would like to raise a Freedom of Information request. Please complete the questions below and return to me:
For Rostering, what software system do you use? What is the contract end date for your Rostering software? For Scheduling Community Activities, what software system do you use? What is the contract end date for your Community Scheduling software? For Expense Management what software system do you use? What is the contract end date for your Expense Management software?

012-2023

Public

This is a data request both under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations.

In consideration of the climate crisis, I would like to request the following information about how the organisation is enabling staff to reduce their emissions through sustainable transport, and more specifically, cycling.

1. over the past five years, broken down by year –
a. how many staff members used the Cycle to Work scheme?
b. what percentage of staff was this?
c. what was the average value of the vouchers claimed on the scheme?
d. what was the number of those who took up the scheme, who then failed to complete, leaving the Council with costs?

2. what tools does the organisation use to encourage cycling for their staff –
a. on a work basis
b. on a leisure/health basis

3. with regards to staff, does the organisation –
a. have any monitoring for what modes of transport staff use –
i. for their journey to work
ii. for journeys during work time
b. and if this data is recorded, I request a copy of such data as detailed as it can be reasonably given, while still protecting personal data rights

4. how many of the following does the organisation have available for staff use
a. pedal cycles
b. electric bikes
c. motorbikes
d. internal combustion cars
e. electric or hybrid cars
f. internal combustion vans
g. electric or hybrid vans
h. heavy trucks

5. does the organisation mileage scheme clearly state the claim rate for cycling

6. how many cycling miles have been claimed by the organisation’s staff in the past five years

7. Regarding your current cycle to work scheme –
a. what scheme is currently in place
b. what is the maximum limit on the cost of a bike, if a limit is currently in place

008-2023

Organisation

1. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services for between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
2. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services were used between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023? 3. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used Nutrix, Genesis or AMC nursing agency for between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
4. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where Nutrix, AMC or Genesis were used between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023?
5. Please name any other OFF CONTRACT SUPPLIERS who have been utilised by the Trust between 1st January 2023 and 1st April 2023 above the NHS Improvement + 50% caps and how many shifts each of these agencies have filled. 6. If for any reason you are unable to supply data up until 1st January 2023 and 1st March 2023?
7. Can you confirm your head of procurement name, phone number and email address? 8. Can you confirm the head of bank office department phone number and email address?

007-2023

Public

1. Do you have on-premise Microsoft Exchange? If yes:

a. Which version?

b. Do you have public folders?

c. Do you manage the infrastructure yourselves? If not, who is your partner?

2. Do you have a 3rd party email archive solution such as Enterprise Vault, EMC Source One or Quest Archive Manager?

a. If yes, which one?

3. Do you have PST files?

4. If you have not already, are you planning to migrate to Office 365?

5. Which person is responsible for your email infrastructure?

006-2023

Organisation

Description of the information requested: Information relating to children and young people’s mental health service including information on transition between children’s and adult’s mental health services.
How information is to be provided: Electronically to the following email addresses: research@healthwatch.co.uk and Rebecca.Moore@healthwatch.co.uk Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Please provide the figures for the total number of children and young people discharged from children’s mental health services with a referral to adult mental health services for each of the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. 2. Please provide the waiting time figures between discharge for CAMHS services and first appointment with adult mental health services for the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. Including: o % Waiting 0-4 weeks. o % Waiting 4-6 weeks. o % Waiting 6-8 weeks. o % Waiting 8-10 weeks. o % Waiting 10-12 weeks. o % Waiting over 12 weeks. o % Still waiting no contact. 3. Please provide figures for the last three full financial years: 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. with the proportion of people who: o Did have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. o Did not have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. 4. Do mental health services for children and young people have a transition policy in place to support people to transfer to adult mental health services? o If you answered yes to question 4, please provide a link or a copy of the transition policy. o Please provide information about how you track compliance of the transition policy.

400-2024

What Do They Know

a. Who is responsible for your cleaning audit surveys?
b. Can you outline how cleaning audit surveys are completed?
c. What software, if any, is used to complete and report on cleaning surveys?
d. If you use software to complete cleaning audits, what was the original contract start and
end date?
e. If you use software to complete cleaning audits, what was the contract cost per year?
f. If you use software to complete cleaning audits, how was this procured Direct
award/tender etc..

Information on Permit to Work in the NHS

What Do They Know

I am writing to make a Freedom of Information FOI. request to obtain information regarding the Management of Permits to work PTW. on your sites. Could you kindly provide details on the following:

a. Which types of work require a Permit To Work to be completed on your sites?

b. Does your organisation utilise a software platform to issue, record, and provide evidence of completed works that require a permit?

c. If a software platform is used, please specify the name or type of software utilised to complete and evidence work permits.

d. Who within your organisation is responsible for the issuance, sign-off, and provision of evidence for Permits To Work?

492-2023

Public

I’m writing to you under the Freedom of Information act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with: 1. A list of the total number of shifts in your adult acute mental health inpatient wards that were completely unfilled, from January 2015 to December 2022, broken down by year. 2. A list of the total number of shifts in your adult acute mental health inpatient wards that were filled by banked or agency staff, from January 2015 to December 2022, broken down by year. 3. A list of the total number of staff redundancies in your adult acute mental health inpatient wards from January 2015 to December 2022, broken down by year.

491-2023

Public

I’m writing to you under the Freedom of Information act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with: 1. A list of the total number of patient deaths that occurred among people admitted to adult acute mental health inpatient wards from January 2015 to December 2022, broken down by year. Please provide the information in the form of a spreadsheet if possible.

487-2023

Organisation

FOI Request – Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Starlight Children’s Foundation uses the power of play to make the experience of illness and treatment within health care settings better for children and their families. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information to help us build a profile of the ‘state of play’ in health care settings. This will support Starlight effectively and proactively target and deliver our services to those settings that most need it. 1. Do you provide services to children aged 0-17 years? Yes☐ No☐
If yes, we would like to know, for the period between 1st April 2021 and 31st March 2022:
2. The types of services e.g., eating disorders, community mental health. provided to children aged 0-17 years and the name of the base of any community/hospital setting 3. The number of admissions/attendances/referrals whichever is applicable. for 0–17-year-olds – broken down by age and main specialty
4. A breakdown of the ethnicity, gender, and deprivation deciles using the index of multiple deprivation. for 0–17-year-olds admitted/seen
5. Do you have a Play Team members of staff trained to provide play opportunities for children.?
Yes☐ No☐
If yes, please tell us the number of the following roles, salary band, approximately how many hours do they work per week, and which services/locations they cover:
Job Title Total Number of Staff Salary Band Full-Time 40+ hours. Full Time 32-40 hours. Part Time 18-31 hours. Part Time Less than 18 hours. Zero Hours Contract Location/Service
Play Team – Leader/Manager Play Team – Health Play Specialist HPS. Play Team – Senior HPS Play Team – HPS Student Play Team – Play Therapist Play Team – Play worker or play leader Play Team- Bank Staff Play Team – Volunteers Other Play Staff please specify. 6. Does the Play Team leads./managers., if you have them, hold a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Play Specialism? Yes- all ☐ Yes- some ☐ No ☐ Not applicable ☐ 7. If any, how many of your health play specialists are registered with the Healthcare Play Specialist Education Trust HPSET.? 8. How many hours do your play team typically work during one shift? 9. Which shifts do the Play Team typically work? Select all that are applicable. Morning shifts Afternoon shifts Evening shifts Day shifts 12-hour shifts Weekends 10. If you do not have a play team, do you have staff members that are trained to create opportunities for play with children but are not health play specialists nor play workers?
Yes☐ No ☐ If yes, what are their job titles and which services/locations do they cover?
11. Does play feature in your planning for services and treatment for 0-17-year-olds?
Yes ☐ No ☐ 12. Do you have a guidance/policy for staff members to incorporate play during assessments/treatments to put children at ease?
Yes ☐ No ☐ If yes, please can you attach a copy of this or a link where it can be accessed Attached ☐ Link provided ☐ Unable to provide ☐ 13. Do you have any of the following in each of your service locations? a. Playrooms or play areas please specify if these are age-specific. Yes-age specific ☐ Yes- not age specific ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located: b. Toys, games, activities, and play items please specify if these are age-specific. Yes-age specific ☐ Yes- not age specific ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: c. Commissioned or voluntary external entertainers Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: d. Starlight provisions services offered by Starlight. Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover: e. Other donations for toys and activities Yes ☐ No ☐ i. If yes, where are they located/services they cover:
14. Is there an annual budget for the delivery of play e.g., toys, staffing, etc.. for your trust? If yes:
a. What is the overall annual budget?
b. How much of the budget is for staffing?
c. How much of the budget is spent on resources and materials for play?

378-2024

Media

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request relates to the number of deaths of mental health patients whilst they were under your care, in the last three years. It also relates to the number of people waiting for treatment.

For the avoidance of doubt, I would like to know the number of deaths, either while the individual was a patient on one of your mental health wards, or within three months of being discharged. I would also like to know on the 1st of January, for the last three years, how many people had been waiting longer than 18 weeks for your services?

ITV News would like to request the following information:

1. In the last 3 years, how many patients have died whilst being treated on one of your mental health units?

2. In the last 3 years, how many patients have died within three months of being discharged from one of your mental health units?

3. For each year, in how many of those deaths do you know the cause of death?

Please break down the data as follows:
1st January 2021 – 31st December 2021
1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022
1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023

4. On the 1st January each year, for the last three years, how many people have been waiting longer than 18 weeks for your services?

Please break down the data as follows:

1st January 2021

1st January 2022

1st January 2023

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to cost of compliance limits, please let me know how I can refine my request.

483-2023

Public

I am writing to submit an FOI concerning waiting times for consultant-led treatment, for both inpatient and outpatients.
Firstly I would like to give some context to aid in the interpretation of my request. I am familiar with the NHS England Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times statistics that are published monthly, and am looking for more specific figures about patients who leave this waiting list. I know leaving the waiting list could be because of a range of scenarios – the patient has had the scan/procedure/appointment they were waiting for, they have refused treatment, they have failed to show up and therefore been removed from the waiting list etc.
My request:
I would the following data broken down by month for between December 2018 to January 2023:
1. How many patients left the waiting list for whatever reason. Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one waiting list.
2. Of these, how many left the waiting list because they were admitted as an emergency and treated for the condition their referral related to during their emergency stay, therefore ending the treatment waiting pathway? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one waiting list. Please note that the Welsh government has outlined how this may occur on page 8 of this guidance here: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?urlequalshttps%3A%2F%2Fsenedd.wales%2Fmedia%2Fycspv5fr%2Fhospital-waiting-times.pdf&dataequals05%7C01%7CFreedomofInformation%40ghc.nhs.uk%7C20ef7d8a7e164d5c881908db13ffe979%7Cf8120e622f9442d0beb68143b2f833fb%7C0%7C1%7C638125762086147500%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdataequalsVMcPh5K0TL0u24XGsOOiDjxZmtBeGLcyQe6wc94mmuM%3D&reservedequals0
3. And of these patients in question 1., how many left the waiting list because they died? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they were on more than one waiting list when they died.
A patient could be subject to multiple different referrals, so I would like data based on the referrals rather than individual people ie If a person dies while on three waiting lists for instance, I would like them to be counted as three referral waiting periods/RTT pathways ending due to death.

445-2023

Public

. Contact Centre – target to organisations we know have a CC a. Do you have a customer/ citizen facing contact centre? If not please skip these questions.
b. Do you employ and manage your own agents, or do you outsource to a third party? If you outsource who to?
c. How many contact centre agents do you have?
d. Do agents work from home? Or just your offices?
e. Please confirm the manufacturer of your contact centre systems. that are currently in place?
f. When is your contract renewal date?
g. Who maintains your contact centre systems.?

2. CRM
a. Do you use a CRM in the contact centre? What platform is used?
b. Do you use the same CRM for the rest of the organisation? What platform is used?
c. Do you use a knowledge base / knowledge management platform? What platform is used?

3. AI & Automation
a. Does your organisation have a customer or citizen facing chatbot? If so, who provides this chatbot technology?
b. Does your organisation utilise RPA technology? If so which RPA technology provider do you use?

FOI 154-2024

This is a Freedom of Information request for statistics about patient homicides.

Please can you tell me the number of your patients that have committed, or who are suspected of committing, a homicide by date, for each of the years 2018 – 2023 inclusive?

FOI 151-2024

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2020. Please provide the following information:

1. Does your organisation provide or contract out cognitive interventions, including Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), as part of post-diagnostic services for dementia patients?
a. If you contract this out please can you confirm the provider(s)?
2. What is the current waiting period for patients to access cognitive interventions including CST at your organisation?
3. How many psychologists currently work in services delivering cognitive interventions to dementia patients in your organisation?
4. Are there other healthcare professionals, allied health professionals or support staff who deliver cognitive interventions specifically CST to dementia patients in your organisation?
5. Regarding Cognitive Stimulation Therapy specifically:
a. How many CST groups does your organisation currently run concurrently?
b. How many CST sessions have been delivered in the 2024/25 financial year to date?
c. What is the average size of a CST group in your organisation?
d. Is there currently a waiting list for CST groups? If so, how many patients are on it?
6. Does your organisation offer online CST services? If so:
a. How many online CST groups do you run per year?
b. What is the average size of an online CST group?
7. What was the budget allocation for CST in your organisation for the 2024/25 financial year?
8. Please provide the budget allocations for CST in your organisation for the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.
9. What recorded plans or strategies does your organisation have to expand access to CST? For clarity this may be a dementia strategy, a planned response to the Memory Services Spotlight Audit National Report 2023/24 or clinical service development plans.

FOI 150-2024

I am writing under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

The following questions concern the trust’s complaints handling responsibilities governed by the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009), the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (the 2009 and 2014 Regulations) and expectations to provide Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services (PALS) under the terms of the Health and Social Care Act (2001).

I would like to request the following information.

1. What budget (in £) did the trust allocate to Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) in the following financial years (If no separate PALS budget exists, please provide an estimate based on approximate funds spent on PALS related activity)?:

a. 2019/20 (1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020)
b. 2020/21 (1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021)
c. 2021/22 (1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022)
d. 2022/23 (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023)
e. 2023/24 (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024)

2. How many FTE staff were employed as part of your PALS service in the following months (If staff members work across PALS and other duties, please provide an estimate based on approximate staff time spent on PALS-related activity)?:

a. 1 March 2019 (or nearest possible date, please state)
b. 1 March 2020 (or nearest possible date, please state)
c. 1 March 2021 (or nearest possible date, please state)
d. 1 March 2022 (or nearest possible date, please state)
e. 1 March 2023 (or nearest possible date, please state)
f. 1 March 2024 (or nearest possible date, please state)

3. How many FTE staff were employed to work on complaints handling in the following months (If staff members work across complaints handling and other duties, please provide an estimate based on approximate staff time spent on complaints related activity)?

FOI 149-2024

I’m seeking information on the use of non-clinical management consultants hired by your Trust for advisory or project-based roles, specifically related to workforce management, cost reduction, financial efficiency or operational improvement. Please exclude any data related to Medical Locums, Clinical Consultants (doctors) or agency staff (unless upholding a post aligned with those mentioned above).

Please disclose the following information in accordance with the rules of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. During the period between 1st April 2024 and 31st August 2024, how many external consultants were contracted by the Trust and what were their job roles (for example Software Developer, Agency Cost Reduction Program Director, Service Efficiency Lead etc.)? (For clarity, I’m referring to individuals, not Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) numbers).

2. Please list the Job Title / Role, pay type (Umbrella / PSC etc.), rate type (day rate, hourly) of any contractors / consultants engaged with the Trust at any time during April, May, June, July and August 2024. Please use the template below and include a one line description of the core purpose of the role (responsibilities / objectives), and whether the role pertains to the Trust only, or to a wider ICB project.

Job Title / Role Pay Type (i.e. Umbrella, PSC etc.) Rate Type (i.e. Daily or Hourly) Trust or ICB Core Responsibility / Objective(s)

3. For each job role, what was the average cost invoiced to the Trust, per day, per contractor, between 1st April 2024 and 31st 2024.

4. For each of the job roles, what is the average tenure of those who were engaged at any time during 1st April 2024 and 31st August 2024. If they are still in post, please detail their start date and earliest anticipated end date.

148-2024

I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act.

It is lawful for providers of NHS services to refuse to provide treatment where a patient’s behaviour constitutes as discrimination or harassment, or abusive violent or threatening, towards staff. Please can you tell me the number incidences where your Trust has refused treatment in the last five years?

Please present the data annually by financial year.

For example:

2020/21 – 3 incidents
2021/22 – 17 incidents
etc

Please also provide information on reason for refusal. For example: “displays abusive, violent or threatening behaviour unacceptable to the Provider”, or “behaviour which the Provider determines constitutes discrimination or harassment towards any Staff or other Service User”.

For example: 2020/21 – 24 incidents including 4x incidences of abusive violent or threatening behaviour; 20 incidences of discrimination or harassment.

Please also provide, for the same period of time, an annual breakdown of how many of these recorded incidences have been logged as involving racial abuse or racism.

For example: 2020/21 – 24 incidents including 4x incidences of abusive violent or threatening behaviour; 20 incidences of discrimination or harassment. Of these, 5 were logged as racial abuse.

FOI 147-2024

– How many children (under18) have been referred to CYMPHS/CAMHS in the last five years. [Between April 6 – April 5]?
– Can you provide the total number of children referred for each year; 2019/2020, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.
– For each year, can you provide the number of children referred broken down by primary cause (such as, anxiety, depression etc.)
– For children referred this year alone (Between April 6 – April 5 2023/24), how many received treatment?
– Between April 6 – April 5 2023/24, how many referrals to CAMHS were either deemed inappropriate or rejected?
– Between April 6 – April 5 2023/24, what was the average and maximum waiting times for CAMHS treatments from referral to first appointment?
– Between April 6 – April 5 2023/24, how many CAMHS patients were sectioned?
– As of September 2024, how many children and adolescents are on the waiting list for CAMHS?

FOI 146-2024

I am writing to request information concerning the use and evaluation of clinical artificial intelligence systems within your trust. For the purposes of this request, ‘clinical AI’ refers to artificial intelligence models used in patient diagnosis or treatment.

Context for the Request:
The integration of AI technologies into healthcare is rapidly advancing and has the potential to significantly impact patient care, diagnostics, and treatment outcomes. Understanding how NHS trusts are adopting and utilizing clinical AI systems is crucial for assessing the current landscape, identifying best practices, and informing future developments in this field.

Information Requested:
Current Use of Clinical AI Systems:
• Question 1: Does the trust currently use any clinical AI systems in diagnosing or treating patients?
Details of Clinical AI Systems in Use:
• Question 2: Please provide a list of clinical AI systems currently used by the trust.
• Question 3: If available, please provide any existing reports or summaries detailing the usage frequency of these clinical AI systems within the trust over the past 12 months.
Decision Making for Clinical AI
• Question 4: If available, please provide copies of any policies, procedures, or committee meeting minutes from the past two years that outline how the trust selects and approves clinical AI systems for use.

FOI 145-2024

1. Can you confirm your head of procurement name, phone number and email address?
2. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used Thornbury Nursing Services for between 1st June 2024 and 1st August 2024?
3. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where Thornbury Nursing Services were used between 1st June 2024 and 1st August 2024?
4. Please name any other OFF CONTRACT SUPPLIERS who have been utilised by the Trust between 1st June 2024 and 1st August 2024 above the NHS Improvement + 50% caps and how many shifts each of these agencies have filled.
5. If for any reason you are unable to supply data up until 1st June 2024 and 1st August 2024 please provide from 1st March until 1st May.
6. Can you confirm medical director name, phone number and email address for Psychiatry?

GHC-17092024-997577.1

Please can you provide the below information
Agency and bank fill rate by grade in all departments
What each agency has filled by grade and staff group
Details of off contract spend
If an MSP or Neutral Vender is in place and when the contract is coming to an end

GHC-17092024-997577

Please can you provide the below information
• Agency and bank fill rate by grade in all departments
• What each agency has filled by grade and staff group
• Details of off contract spend
• If an MSP or Neutral Vender is in place and when the contract is coming to an end

FOI 144-2024

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding nursing and care agencies at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust:

– A list of nursing agencies currently utilized for nursing and care staff at the Trust.
– Information on off-framework agencies that supplied nursing staff between April 2023 and April 2024, including the associated spend data.

FOI 142-2024

1. What system is currently used by the Trust for Theatre Management and Scheduling?
2. When does the contract for this system expire, and when is it due for renewal?
3. What system is currently used by the Trust for managing pre-operative assessments?
4. When does the contract for this system expire, and when is it due for renewal?
5. Are your patients able to complete a pre-operative questionnaire electronically at home? If so, which system facilitates this?

141-2024

FOI Questions on NHS Infrastructure; Hospital Repairs, Backlog, and Investments (2019-2024)

1. Building Age and Infrastructure Risks
1.1 For each year from 2019 to 2024, how many hospital buildings under your Trust were identified as being in urgent need of repair due to their age? Please also include the age of each building.
1.2 For each hospital building under your Trust, what specific infrastructure risks were identified (e.g., structural deficiencies, malfunctioning equipment, fire safety hazards, etc.)?
1.3 How much funding has been allocated for the maintenance and repair of ageing hospital buildings under your Trust over the past five years?

2. Annual Backlog of Repairs in NHS Hospitals
2.1 Please provide the total cost of the backlog of repairs for hospitals buildings under your Trust, broken down by year for the period 2019 to 2024.
2.2 Could you also break down these costs into the following risk categories, for each year:
• High Risk and Critical Repairs: What is the estimated cost to eradicate high-risk backlog maintenance in hospital buildings under your Trust from 2019 to 2024?
• Moderate and Low Risk Repairs: What is the estimated cost to eradicate non-critical repairs in hospital buildings under your Trust for the same period?

3. Major Infrastructure Failures
3.1 From 2019 to 2024, have there been any significant failures in hospital infrastructure within your Trust, such as structural problems, mechanical breakdowns, fires, etc., related to repair backlogs? Please provide details for each occurrence, including:
• The type of failure (e.g., structural issues, mechanical breakdowns, fires, etc.).
• The date the failure occurred.

140-2024

1. Did any services within your trust provide SSIs to Children and Young People (CYP)?
2. If yes, which services and what SSIs did they offer? (please give as much detail as possible about these, including whether these are individual/group, aimed at a specific type of disorder or age group, what therapeutic modality/model these are based on)
3. Who delivered these interventions?
4. At what point(s) in the care pathway are SSIs are offered to CYP/families?

FOI 139-2024

1. Please share the total number of full time equivalent staff at your organisation on 1st April 2024, as well as the total number of physician associates, junior-level doctors and consultant doctors.
2. Please share the same information for 1st April 2023, 1st April 2022, 1st April 2020 and so on back to 1st April 2015.

FOI 138-2024

• What Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) resourcing that you have in post. I would appreciate if this could be broken down in to: FTE, permanent/not permanent etc, job title and band?
• What is the trust’s budget in relation to EPRR?
• What the total patient population served by the trust?
• What is the trust’s current operating budget?

FOI 137-2024

1. Does the Trust have a Social Value strategy in place?
2. If so, can you provide a link to the Trusts Social Value policy, strategy, framework or similar document.
3. Please outline the economic, social, environmental and other priorities for the Trust.
4. Please outline the KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) the Trust use to measure Social Value output and impact.
5. Who is the key contact for Social Value within the Trust

FOI 136-2024

Since April 2020, have you commissioned or received any Royal College invited reviews into your services? Please list service involved, Royal College involved, date commissioned and date delivered.
For each of the reviews
1. Were any patient safety issues raised by the invited review?
2. If so, did you inform your regulator/s? Which ones and when?
3. If patient safety issue was identified, was this discussed by the board, either in public or private? When was this and can you include a link to the relevant board papers?
4. If a patient safety issue was identified, did you publish a summary of the report – its conclusions, recommendations, terms of reference and actions taken by you? Please include a link showing where it can be seen.
5. If a patient safety issue was identified, did you exercise duty of candour to those patients affected? How many and when were they contacted?
Please attach all invited reviews commissioned or received since April 2020.

FOI 135-2024

We are collecting data about recruitment rates on commercially sponsored clinical trials (primarily Phase II and III) and would appreciate it if you could share with us a list of the trials that your hospitals have participated in the past five (5) years. We are happy to receive this information in any format but, ideally, we would like the information to include:
• A Study Identifier such as: NCT Study Number / Study Name / EudraCT no / Protocol no.;
• The name of the Hospital participating in the Study;
• Confirmation of how many patients were successfully enrolled by the Hospital (i.e. completed screening and recruited).

FOI 133-2024

Subject: Freedom Of Information Request Regarding Supplier Selection Under Lot 1 Of Workforce Alliance Rm6281

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I am writing to formally submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request concerning the procurement and award of contracts under Lot 1 of the Workforce Alliance RM6281 framework for providing temporary nurses and clinical staffing. I kindly request your assistance in addressing the following inquiries:

1. Compliance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015: Please provide information on how the Trust ensures that the awarding of contracts under Lot 1 of the Workforce Alliance RM6281 framework adheres to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
2. Non-discrimination and Fairness: How does the Trust ensure that it does not discriminate or act unfairly towards suppliers when selecting contractors under this framework?
3. Supplier Invitation: Does the Trust invite all approved suppliers under the framework to bid or supply services, as stipulated by the framework’s rules? If so, could you provide evidence or examples of this process in practice?
4. Supplier Selection Process: Please outline the legal justification the Trust uses when selecting certain suppliers while excluding others under the Workforce Alliance RM6281 framework.
5. Compliance with Selection Criteria: Could you explain the process by which suppliers are selected under the framework, particularly concerning ensuring compliance with the selection criteria set out in the Workforce Alliance RM6281 framework and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015?
6. Further Competition Process: Could you describe the process your Trust follows for further competition under the Workforce Alliance RM6281 framework? Specifically, do you use direct awards, or do you invite suppliers for further competition for Lot 1? Please provide evidence to support your response.
7. Evidence of Compliance: Kindly provide any documentation or evidence demonstrating how the Trust ensures compliance with the aforementioned regulations and framework rules when awarding contracts under Lot 1 for the provision of temporary nurses and clinical staffing.
8. Legal Queries and Proceedings: Please provide contact details (department and individual, if available) for submitting legal queries or initiating legal proceedings related to procurement processes under this framework

490-2023

Public

1. Does your organisation use any applications or software to record Record of Processing Activity ROPA.?
If so, please state the product names. and version numberss. if known.

2. Does your organisation use any applications or software to support preparation for, or maintenance of ISO 27001 and/or ISO 27701 compliance?
If so, please state the product names. and version numberss. if known.

3. Does your organisation use any applications or software associated with data breach management?
If so, please state the product names. and version numberss. if known.

4. Does your organisation use any applications or software for Policy Management?
If so, please state the product names. and version numberss. if known.

5. Does your organisation use any applications or software associated with handling FOI requests?
If so, please state the product names. and version numberss. if known.

6. Does your organisation have any plans to explore the market regarding data privacy compliance tools? If so, please describe

7. Who is responsible for procuring ICT applications that support your organisation’s Information Governance teams? A job-title & directorate will be sufficient

489-2023

Public

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like to request the following information:

The total amount spent by your hospital bank on payments to doctors and nurses, from January 2022 to January 2023.

I would like this information to be provided in electronic format, such as a spreadsheet or a PDF document.

If any of this information is already available in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with reference to the relevant sources.

486-2023

Public

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your facilities management approach:
If any, which software solutions. are used to manage your corporate property/assets, ownerships and occupations, lease agreements and facilities management CAFM., and who are your current providers.?
What is the start date and duration of the contracts.?
Is there an extension clause in the contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?
Has a decision been made yet on whether the contracts. will be extended or renewed?
What is the annual value of the contracts.?
What is the total contract value of each contract?
How was the contracts. procured, e.g., framework/tender?
Who is the senior officer responsible for these systems?

485-2023

Organisation

Details of the request.
I’m interested in gaining the following information regarding Trust Procurement of pre-printed stationery, that is NOT produced within the Trust.

1. Under which OJEU/Framework contract reference is the trust currently operating under for stock and ad-hoc printing services and what is a value of each contract?
2. What is the annual spend on printed stationery for the organisation and what % of spend is ad-hoc?
3. When was the contract awarded and for what period of time? If in an extension period, when does it end?
4. Who is the current contracted supplier?
5. Is stock held by a 3rd party? If yes, what value of stock is being held by the 3rd party supplier?
6. Does the Trust have a Communication’s Department? If so, please can you advise the contact details?
7. For the further conversation, who is the main contact within the trust to discuss ongoing print contracts?

443-2023

Organisation

Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act:

The number of calls your NHS mental health trust received on its urgent mental health helpline for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020

The number of referrals made for a face to face assessment after someone called your urgent mental health helpline by your NHS mental health trust for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020

Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet.

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.

FOI 129-2024

Please could you provide the annual spend for the below suppliers from August 2023 to July 2024?

The suppliers are:-

Arco Ltd

Banner Group Ltd

Bunzl Greenham

Lyreco UK Ltd

Camfil Ltd

Alan Wilson Electrical Supplies

Albion Electric

AN Supplies Ltd

B E D ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Bennett & Fountain

Bridge Electrical Supplies

C & K Supplies

CEL Electrical

City Electrical Factors

Contact Electrical Distributor

CRS Electrical Supplies Ltd

CUMBERLAND ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD

DINNING ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE

Edmundson Electrical

Electric Base

Electric Centre

ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE SUPPLIES LTD (EWS)

Electrical Wholesale Supplies Swansea Ltd

EXPERT ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LTD

Eyre and Elliston Ltd

FYLDE ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LTD

GCG ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED,

GILBEY ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD

GILTBROOK ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

Hardings Electrical

IMPACT ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

Independent Electrical Supplies

Juice Electrical Supplies

KEW ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

LH Evans

LINCS ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD (LEW)

Links Electrical Supplies

MAINS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD

Medlock

Newey & Eyre

NORTHERN & CENTRAL ORMSKIRK ELECTRICAL LTD

Park Electrical Distribution

Phase Electrical Distributors

QUALITY ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES AND TECHNOLOGY LTD

R & M Electrical

Rexel

Roblett Electrical Supplies Ltd

RS Components

Ryness Electrical

S & A Electrical Distribution

Screwfix

Service Electrical Wholesale

Smith Brothers

Stearn Electrical

SWIFT ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

THE WHOLESALE LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL COMPANY

TJ ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LTD

TLC Electrical Supplies

TN Robinson

TRAFFORD ELEC WHOLESALERS

Upex Electrical Distributors Ltd

WF Senate

Wilson Electrical Distibutors Ltd

Wilts Wholesale

Wyeverne Electrical

YESSS Electrical

Cu-Plas

FOI 131-2024

1. What is your organisation’s name?

2. How many full-time employees are at your organisation?

3. Who is your mobile phone network provider?

Renewal

4. Did you switch on last renewal?

5. When did you renew the last time?

6. What is the contract length?

7. Did you use a Framework, if so which one?

Contract and usage details

8. How many total connections do you currently have?

9. How many connections are Voice only?

10. How many connections are Voice and Data?

11. Do you use a shared data bundle, if so, what is the data allowance?

12. What is your average data usage of the last 3 months?

13. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for July 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

14. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for August 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

15. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for September 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

16. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for October 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

17. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for November 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

18. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for December 2023 (excluding purchase of handsets):

19. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for January 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

20. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for February 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

21. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for March 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

22. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for April 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

23. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for May 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

24. Please provide your total mobile phone contract costs for June 2024 (excluding purchase of handsets):

25. Is VAT included in the above figures?

26. Do you have a hardware fund, if so, how much and is it included in the monthly spend?

27. Do you host any mobile phone masts on your premises, if so, how many and who provides them?

28. Who is the primary contact for this contract?

FOI 130-2024

1. Does your Trust provide mental health services for children and young people?
2. NHS England has decided that referrals to children and young people’s gender services must come from NHS Paediatric or mental health services. It has said that this will come into effect from 1 September 2024 to allow time for NHS services to adjust their operating protocols. Please outline what changes you have made to your operating protocols in response to this decision by NHS England and what date these changes were made by.
3. Can you identify:
a. Which staff assess patients requesting access to gender services
b. Which staff decide whether to refer onward to gender services
c. What is the basis of the decision whether to refer to gender services
4. Please outline any training your trust provides staff around trans healthcare. Please include:
a. the title of the training
b. the length of the training
c. who provides the training
d. what staff group it is for
e. whether it is mandatory
5. What percentage of staff who assess patients requesting access to gender services have completed the training listed above around trans healthcare?

FOI 128-2024

The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the UK. As part of ongoing work undertaken by the BMA to improve the working lives of doctors and medical students, we are currently conducting a Freedom of Information request to all NHS Trusts/Health Boards in the UK to better understand the support and accommodations offered to disabled doctors and medical students.

We would therefore be grateful if you could reply to the following questions within 20 working days:

1. Sickness absence
The Bradford factor is a formula used by HR departments to calculate the impact of employees’ absences on an organisation.

Q1. Does your Trust/Board use Bradford Factor scoring as part of monitoring sickness absence?

Q2: Does your Trust/Board’s sickness absence policy include a threshold at which sickness absence triggers performance management action?
-If yes, what is the threshold? (either days absent or, if used, Bradford Factor score)

Q3: Does your Trust/Board’s record disability-related absence separately from sickness absence?

2. Disability Leave
Disability leave is a period of time off work for a reason related to an employee’s disability; for example, to attend hospital appointments or to receive treatment, usually agreed in advance.

Q4: Does your Trust/Board have a disability leave policy?
-If yes, please provide a link to/copy of the policy.

Q5: Does your Trust/Board offer paid disability leave?

3. Championing disability
Disability champions are people in roles that provide a personal lead and commitment to championing accessibility and opportunity for disabled people within their organisation.

Q6: Does your Trust/Board have the following available to doctors and medical students:
– A disabled staff/student network
– A disability champion at a senior/Board level *
– Disability advocates/champions with lived experience

Q7: Do you have anyone who is employed in a paid role specifically to ensure that disabled doctors receive workplace support?
– If yes, please provide a brief description of the job role

4. Reasonable adjustments process
Q8: Does your Trust/Board have a reasonable adjustments policy?
-If yes, please provide a link/copy

Q9: Does your Trust/Board have a centralised budget for making workplace adjustments for disabled doctors/medical students?

Q10: Does your Trust/Board have a single point of contact/centralised process for disabled doctors/medical students to request reasonable adjustments?
-If no, please provide brief details of how individual employees can make requests for adjustments (e.g. via their line manager)

FOI 127-2024

1. a) The total amount paid in waiting list initiative payments (and other higher rate additional payments for weekend and evening work) to consultants for the following financial years
• i) 2023-24
• ii) 2022-23
• iii) 2021-22

b) The five highest totals of such payments paid to individual consultants, stating the department of each consultant, and how many sessions and hours they worked, for the 2023-24 financial year.

c) The maximum hourly rate or session rate for such payments for the 2023-24 financial year (if providing by session please state length of session (in hours).

2. During junior doctor strike days since March 2023 and up to and including the one in late June / early July 2024 please provide the five highest hourly rates paid to consultants to provide cover, stating their normal department and what department they provide cover in, and the date of payment and how long their shift was for

FOI 122-2024

1. Does your NHS Trust provide its employees (doctors, nurses, other clinical staff) with Occupational Health (OH) Services? (Yes/No)

2. If yes, what has been your annual spend on Occupational Health (OH) services for your employees over the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)?

3. Please split the annual spending between physical occupational health services and mental occupational health services for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24).

4. Does the trust provide these services in-house, or does it outsource it through a contract?

a. Please provide the split of the percentage of in-house vs outsourced services based on the values provided in Question 2 (i.e., how much is spent on OH services in-house vs contracting to outsourced providers) for the last 3 years (FY 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)?

FOI 125-2024

1/ How much money was spent by your trust on private security for the protection of staff in the following years?

2018 –
2019 –
2020 –
2021 –
2022 –
2023 –

Secondly,

2/ How many attacks were recorded on members hospital/ambulance staff by non-hospital staff in the same years?

2018 –
2019 –
2020 –
2021 –
2022 –
2023 –

Finally,

3/ If recorded, what was the nature of these incidents (verbal/physical/racial etc)?

2018 –
2019 –
2020 –
2021 –
2022 –
2023 –

FOI 119-2024

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding expenditure for mental health provision, healthcare software, dermatology, imaging and medical devices.

Mental Health
• Which providers are you working with to support on ADHD assessment and treatment?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which providers are you working with for Autism assessment and treatment?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which providers are on the NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) framework?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which online mental health providers are you working with?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23

Healthcare software
• Which software providers are you working with for electronic patient/health records?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which software providers are you working with for healthcare compliance/incident tracking e.g RL Datix, inphase etc…
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which consultancy providers are you working with for digital transformation support?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23

Dermatology
• Which providers are you working with to provide community dermatology/skin screening services?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23

Imaging
• Which providers are you working with to provide teleradiology services
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23
• Which private radiology providers are you working with to increase capacity?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23

Medical Devices
• Which medical device suppliers are you working with for wound care products?
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY23/24
• Please can you share the spend broken down by provider for FY22/23

FOI 120-2024

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting detailed information regarding your organisations Access Control System. This information is likely known by someone within Estates, Security, or Facilities Management.

Please provide the following details: 

Access Control System Overview: 

1. Current System(s):
* What electronic access control system(s) do you currently have in place? Please include manufacturer of control unit & model (e.g. SALTO, PAXTON, ASSA) 

2. Access-Controlled Doors:
* How many doors across all of your sites have access control systems installed? How many per each site?  

3. Access Control Types:
* Please provide a detailed breakdown of the different types of access control setups in place (e.g., magnetic lock doors, electric strike doors, battery-operated electronic handle sets, battery-operated electronic cylinders, etc.). 

4. System Age:
* When was your current access control system installed? Which company installed it?  

5. System Integration:
* Is your access control system integrated with your ID card production or other systems (e.g., time and attendance, building management/CCTV and/or fire/security alarm systems)? If so, which system(s) is it integrated with?  

6. Supplier Information:
* What are the names of the suppliers of your existing access control system?
* Who is your current supplier for access cards and fobs, and do you purchase these directly or through your access control installers/maintenance contractors? 

7. Manufacturer and Models:
* What manufacturer and model of cards and fobs do you use for your access control system? Please provide specific details of each of the exact manufacturer/model of card(s)/fob(s) that you use at each site (e.g. Paxton 692-052 Net2 Proximity ISO Cards Pack of 500 SKU: AC-PAX-692-052) together with the cost (including VAT) each month/year. 

8. Management Software:
* What software is used to manage the door controllers and readers in your access control system? (e.g. Paxton Net2 Pro) 

Usage and Distribution Details:

9. Consumable Usage:
* Please provide data on the monthly and annual usage/purchases of access control cards and fobs. This should include how many are issued, lost/replaced, and returned faulty/damaged each month/annum.  

10. User Information:
* How many individual users require access control cards/fobs across all sites? If possible, please provide a breakdown by site or building. 

Maintenance and Support:

11. Management and Contact Information:

* Who manages your site’s access control system? Please provide a name, direct email address and direct telephone number / extension for this contact. 

12. Support/Maintenance Contracts:

* Do you have a current support/maintenance contract for your access control system? If so, when does this contract expire? 

Future Plans:

13. Planned Changes:
* What are the organisations plans related to the installation, upgrade, or support/maintenance of access control systems over the next three to five years? 

522-2023

Public

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to your NHS Trust, please see the questions below:

This request relates specifically to the training if any. that the Trust provides to its clinical staff, for example nurses, in how to correctly use medical devices.

Medical Device equals A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. For the purposes of this query, examples such as Anaesthetic machine, patient monitor, Infusion device, ECG Machine, defibrillator, thermometers, etc.

1. Do employees at the trust undertake clinical end user training for medical devices?

2. Which departments or employee titles are required to undertake medical device end user training?

3. How is the training provided?
• Online/E-learning
• In person
• Combination of online & in person
• Other please state.

4. Who provides/ produces the training?
• Manufacturer
• Someone directly employed by the trust please provide job title.
• A third party please provide the name of the provider.
• Other please state.

5. What types of medical devices are subject to such end user training?

6. If the training is online/e-learning, what Learning Management System LMS. does the Trust use for employee training? Examples: Moodle, Totara, Mindflash, Google Classroom

7. If you do use Learning Management Software, does it enable managers to see whether their staff are up to date with training?

8. Is annual recertification of competence managed manually, or does your Learning Management System automatically send reminders and allocate the appropriate courses to users?

9. How much funding has the trust allocated to e-Learning in the past year?

515-2023

Public

* How many patient trolleys/stretchers are used/owned within GHC and what make and model are they? Please could the list be split between all your sites.
* How many of these products have been procured in last 2 years
* Expected level of spend on these products for next 12 months

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