Responses

Please confirm the amount of total hours utilised by the Trust for Thornbury Nursing Services on a month by month basis for every month from January 2023 to December 2024.
I would like to add that this is not commercially sensitive information- as it is not asking for any confirmation of charge rates or any other financial data.
This is for safety purposes as I would like to establish the amount of usage an off contract supplier has at the Trust that is not regulated by any regional or national framework agreement. As this information is in the public interest and in the public domain I would expect a response within the 20 day allotted time frame.

369-2024

1. Contract Register Request:
I am seeking the full and entirety of the organisation’s contract register or database. The register should include the following columns/headings or something similar:
Contract Reference -Unique reference number associated with the contract.
Contract Title
Procurement Category –
Supplier Name
Spend Total, Annual or contract value.
Contract Duration
Contract Extensions
Contract Start Date
Contract Expiry Date
Contract Description [Please provide me with as much detail as possible.]
Contact Owner Person that manages the contract register.
Contact details of section 151 officer
CPV codes/Pro-Class
If any of the headings within your contract register has not been provided, please state this within your response.
Please provide the contract’s register file in Excel format.
2. Procurement Strategy Document Request:
Can the organisation provide a full version of their Procurement Strategy for the fiscal year 2023-2024?
If the Procurement Strategy is a strategic direction 2022-2025. instead of an annual plan, please provide an update document for 2023-2024. If an update cannot be provided, please provide information on when an update is planned to be published.
We require the full document. If any parts of this document have been removed, please state this within your response.
3. Contact Details Request:
Provide contact details of the person responsible for API or data sharing, including [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address].
Provide contact details of the person responsible for the actual contract’s register, including [Name, Job Title, Telephone, Email Address].
IMPORTANT:
1. If the organisation has a CRM system or a similar system, ensure there is a facility to download and extract contract data.
2. If providing a weblink to a portal, ensure that all contracts are included, as some organisations may only upload a small portion of their contracts.
3. For organisations planning to make an exemption around spend, clarify that the spend information requested is an overall figure, and a complete breakdown is not required.

Mortuary Practices

GHNHSFT - Redirect, Misc

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the handling and storage of deceased persons at your hospital’s mortuary.
This request is being made to all NHS hospitals with mortuary facilities located in the UK. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information for your hospital for the most recent 24-month period available:
1. The average length of time deceased individuals are kept in your hospital mortuary prior to release for burial or cremation.
2. The minimum and maximum duration any deceased individual was retained in your mortuary during that period.

3. The total number of deceased released from your mortuary, broken down by:
– Online funeral directors (those primarily operating through online platforms)
– Local/traditional funeral directors (those with a physical local presence)

4. The average duration of stay in your mortuary for deceased individuals handled by:

– Online funeral directors
– Local funeral directors

5. The total number of requests for jewellery to be removed, broken down by:

– Online funeral directors (those primarily operating through online platforms)
– Local/traditional funeral directors (those with a physical local presence)

6. The total number of requests for the deceased to be dressed for viewing in the mortuary, broken down by:

– Online funeral directors (those primarily operating through online platforms)
– Local/traditional funeral directors (those with a physical local presence)

If applicable, I would also appreciate it if you could share any internal protocols or policy documents regarding the standard retention period for deceased individuals in your care.

Referral Criteria for the Community Learning Disability Team

Clinical Activity Data, Data, Health, Misc

I am making a FOI request in respect of the referral criteria for the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT), Gloucestershire.

Use of Insourcing Providers

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding your Trust’s use of Insourcing to support service delivery and reduce waiting lists.

Please could you provide responses to the following:

1. Do you currently use Insourcing providers to support delivery of clinical services and reduce patient waiting lists?
(Yes/No)
2. If yes, please provide the names of all Insourcing providers used by your Trust over the last 12 months.
3. For each provider listed above, please confirm:
o The specialties in which they have delivered services
o The total spend with each provider (for the most recent 12-month period available)
4. What specialties within your Trust currently use Insourcing providers?
5. What procurement route(s) did you use to award Insourcing contracts?
(e.g. NHS SBS, HealthTrust Europe, local procurement, etc.)
6. Are these contracts part of a framework or spot-purchased?
(Please specify for each provider if possible.)
7. What is the duration of the current Insourcing contracts?
(Start and end dates, and whether there are extension options.)

Insourcing

This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to NHS insourcing within your Trust / Health Board.
1. Do you use insourcing providers?
2. If yes to the previous question (use of insourcing providers) what is the total value of spend, listed by speciality and insourcing provider, used for Apr-24-Mar-25?
Note: if an insourcing provider covers multiple specialties, please list that provider multiple times (one row for each specialty)
3. Please list below contracts with insourcing providers in the current financial year April 2025 – March 2026

Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies (MICTs)

GHNHSFT - Redirect, Misc

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
I would be most grateful if you could please provide details on the use of Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies (MICTs), commissioned or delivered within your Trust area during the 2024-2025 financial year. The types of treatments MICTs include are:
• Cryoablation
• Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT)
• High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

Please confirm if your Trust does or does not commission any of these procedures. If so, please list the therapies involved.
In addition, if your Trust carry out any of these procedures, I would be most grateful if you could please provide me with details of the number of times each therapy was used or delivered within the 2024 – 2025 financial year.
To summarise, I am requesting the following:
1. Does your trust commission and/or deliver any of the following MICTs: Cryoablation, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)? If yes, which therapies?
2. For each therapy commissioned or delivered, how many times was it used or delivered within the 2024-2025 financial year?

Headbanging and Non-Anchored Ligatures

I am currently looking into the available evidence on behaviours of headbanging and non-anchored ligatures within adult inpatient mental health settings.

As part of this review, I am keen to include information on policies, procedures, areas of good practice that may have been developed. Is there anything within your setting that is shareable?

Wound Care

Health

I have attached a word document which has been laid out for ease. It clearly identifies what information I would like to receive from this freedom of information request.
By saving the attached word document file, it will allow you to fill in the boxes directly, alternatively, it can be printed off and filled in manually if that is easier.

Mental Health Patients who have Died from Diabetes Complications

Clinical Activity Data, Health, Misc

I would like to make a freedom of information request for the following:

The number of mentally unwell people in your care that have died from diabetes complications from 2014 – 2024. If you do not have these records then please direct me to the government department that does if possible.

Maintenance of Medical Devices

This email is a Freedom of Information request. I would like to request the following information:
• Is the maintenance of medical devices (EBME) managed by an in-house engineering team or fully outsourced?
– If partially outsourced, please specify the approximate percentage of services that are outsourced.
• Who is responsible for managing the maintenance of medical equipment?
– If in-house, please provide key contacts for the EBME Department (e.g., Manager, Deputy Manager, Team Leader).
– If outsourced, please provide the name(s) and contact details of the Trust’s contract manager(s).
• How many pieces of medical equipment are listed for the hospital?
• How many operating theatres does the hospital have?
• How many patient beds are there in the hospital?

Guidelines regarding Mental Health and Care Coordinators

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

Please provide the following information for the time period between 1st January 2019 (or the date of inception for your trust) and 5th May 2025, inclusive.

1. Please send me a copy of any documents outlining guidelines or codes of conduct regarding mental health care plans which have been used or disseminated within the Trust. This should include any materials relating to NICE, CPA Policy, and ‘Triangle of Care’.

2. Please send me a copy of any documents outlining guidelines or codes of conduct regarding care coordinators which have been used or disseminated within the Trust. This should include any materials relating to NICE and ‘Triangle of Care’.

3. Please send me copies of all Serious and Untoward Incident Review documents which relate to the treatment of mental health patients within your trust.

Peer Support Workers

1. How many peer workers/peer mentors or similar roles does your Trust employ?
2. How many senior peer worker/peer supervisor/peer development worker or similar roles does
your Trust employ?
3. What band(s) are your senior peer worker (or similarly titled) roles?
4. Can you provide a job description for these roles?
5. Who supervises the senior peer workers in your Trust
6. Does your Trust employ a lived experience lead/peer support lead?
7. If so, what band(s) are they recruited to?
8. Can you provide a job description for your peer support lead (or similarly titled) role(s)?
9. Did you receive any allocations via the NHSE Mental Health Programme grant funding over the
last 4 years?
10. How many peer workers and peer supervisors (or similarly titled roles) have you trained through
the NHSE training grant funding route?
11. How did the grant money help your organisation?

Solar Energy Usage and Future Plans

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information regarding your current and planned usage of solar energy across your estate.

Please could you provide responses to the following questions:

1. Governance & Responsibility
o Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation?
o If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required).

2. Current Solar Deployment
o How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate?
o What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)?
o What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation?

3. Investment & Strategy
o Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation?
o If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published).

4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments
o Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy?
o If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)?

5. Future Plans
o Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years? If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales).
o Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared?

6. Procurement & Partnerships
o Does your organisation currently use any third-party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations? If yes, which ones?
o Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions?

7. Battery Storage
o Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels?
o Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future?

8. Funding
o Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)?

9. Barriers
o What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)?

Safeguarding

Health, Misc

I would be very grateful for your time and support with providing the below information.

Information requested:

1. Does your Trust provide mental health services for:
o Adults (18+)?
o Children and adolescents (under 18)?

2. Please provide a brief overview of the services provided to Adults
3. Please provide a brief overview of services provided to Children

4. Please provide the number current number of employees

5. Please provide your organisations safeguarding team structure, including Executive, Named Dr’s, all statutory and non-statutory roles and admin support including:

Job titles (specifying adults and or children), MCA and Prevent etc
Please include Grade

Please can you kindly share
Whether the safeguarding function is managed centrally or across individual service areas
What the safeguarding team duties include
Do you provide Looked After Children services?
Is the LAC team part of the safeguarding team?

Who is the lead for implementing sexual safety? (job title and directorate)

Who is the lead for managing allegations against staff? (job title and directorate)

Who manages the child protection invites i.e. centrally, operational teams, safeguarding etc?

Data:

Please could you kindly share the following data

Safeguarding Adults

· Total number of Safeguarding Adult referrals made to the local authority per quarter from Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
· Total number of referrals by Care Act category of abuse per quarter from Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
· Total Number of Prevent Referral Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
Total Number of Allegations against staff referred to the local authority between April 2024 to March 2025
Total Number of allegations against staff managed internally between April 2024 and March 2025

Safeguarding Children

· Safeguarding children referrals made to the local authority per quarter from Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
· Referrals by Children Act category of abuse per quarter from Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
· Total Number of Children Early Help referrals per quarter from Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
· Total Number of Prevent Referrals Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
Total Number of Allegations against staff referred to the LADO between April 2024 to March 2025
Total Number of allegations against staff managed internally between April 2024 and March 2025

Child Protection Engagement Data

· Total % of engagement (attendance or report) with Children protection Initial Case Conferences per Quarter Q1 2024 through to Q4 2025
Please clarify the % proportion of attendance per quarter
Please clarity the % proportion of reports send instead of attendance

· Total % of engagement with Review Child Protection Conferences per Quarter
Please clarify the % proportion of attendance per quarter
Please clarity the % proportion of reports send instead of attendance

Domestic Homicide Review, SAR’s and Rapid Reviews

Total Number of DHR’s which the organisation has contributed to April 2024 to March 2025
Themes of DHR’s in this time frame

Total Number of SAR’s which the organisation has contributed to April 2024 to March 2025
Themes of the SAR’s in this time frame

Total Number of Rapid Reviews which the organisation has contributed to April 2024 to March 2025
Themes of the RR in this time Frame

Training

Do you delivery DASH training? Are your trainers accredited?

Please provide training compliance as of Q4 2025 for the below:

Children Safeguarding Level 1
Children Safeguarding Level 2
Children Safeguarding Level 3
Adults Safeguarding Level 1
Adults Safeguarding Level 2
Adults Safeguarding Level 3
Prevent
MCA

Bipolar Diagnosis and Specialist Care

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information.

1. The number of individual patients treated in your trust who are diagnosed, either as a primary diagnosis or a co-morbid diagnosis, with the following mental health conditions/available categorisation over the past five years/available time period:

– Psychosis / Schizophrenia / Schizo-Affective Disorder
– Treatment Resistant Depression
– Bipolar / Cyclothymia / Hypomania
– Eating Disorders
– EUPD/CEN
– Other
– Diagnosis not recorded

2. The total number of admissions in your trust involving the following mental health conditions/available categorisation, where individuals have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act over the past five years/available time period:

3. Does your trust have a specialist care pathway, such as EIP (Early Intervention in Psychosis), that provides treatment for the following conditions:

– Bipolar/Cyclothymia/Hypomania
– Psychosis/Schizophrenia/Schizo-Affective Disorder
– EUPD/CEN
– Treatment resistent depression
– Eating Disorders

4. If ‘yes’, please describe these care pathways.

5. If ‘yes’, please provide the estimated annual spend for said specialist care pathways for each year / available time period, providing the name of each service, from 2019 to 2025.

Dementia Diagnosis Pathways

I would like to know a bit about the dementia diagnosis pathways at your organisation. I have detailed my request in the attached letter.

Annual Report and Financial Statements

Finance

I am an academia from UCL and I am now doing a research project regrading finance in NHS. I would like to request annual report and financial statements of your trust for year 2021-2022 and 2024-2025 which are not available on your website.

Impulse Disorders

Can you please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

How many people have been identified as having a behavioural addiction which are partly (or wholly) linked to screen usage e.g gambling, porn or gaming, during the following periods:
a. 2020/21
b. 2021/22
c. 2022/23
d. 2023/24
e. 2024/25
f. 2025-to date
What is the age and gender of those identified above? (For this question, I am not requesting any information that would identify patients).

Vegan Options at NHS

Eating Disorder, Health, Misc

I am writing to request information on vegan options. I request the information below under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Freedom of Information Request
1. Have you undertaken an equality impact assessment for vegans at the NHS? If yes, can you provide a copy of the assessment?

2. Are you following your public sector equality duty toward vegans? Please provide any documents or information to explain whether and how the PSED is being followed towards vegans.

3. Do you guarantee a full vegan option that is nutritionally appropriate on all NHS menus and cafeterias at all times, for all meals, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack options. By ‘guaranteed’ I mean, is there always a fully vegan option available.

For clarity, a salad without a plant-based protein and starch or carbohydrate would obviously not be nutritionally appropriate, nor would having only fruit or toast with jam available for a vegan person. For example, many vegetarian options adapted to be vegan would not be nutritionally appropriate as they would be lacking in protein unless there was a substitution provided.

4. Do you guarantee plant milk availability on all NHS campuses for coffee and tea? For clarity, plant milk refers to: Soy, oat, almond, or coconut milk.

Consultant Posts

ESR/Workforce

Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please supply for your NHS board:

● The total number of consultant-level doctors you currently have [WTE or equivalent]
● The total number of vacant consultant-level doctor posts you currently have [WTE or equivalent]

Please also supply:

● The total number of consultant-level posts substantially filled by agency locums for more than 6 months [WTE or equivalent]
● The total spend on agencies for locum consultants (both framework and non-framework) for the 2024/25 financial year [£s]
● Any existing or planned controls on recruitment of medical staff in 2025/26 [free text]

Withdrawal of all NexGen Knee Replacement

GHNHSFT - Redirect, Misc

I am a journalist working for BBC Radio 4, writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
On 15 February 2023, the Medical and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MRHA) issued a notice advising of the withdrawal of all All NexGen Complete Knee Solution Stemmed Nonaugmentable Option Tibial Components made by Zimmer Biomet.
This was followed by an MHRA notice issued on 15th February 2023 stating that there was a higher revision rate for NexGen knee replacements compared to other knee replacements.
They identified the NexGen® Stemmed Option Tibial Components when paired with either the Legacy® Posterior Stabilized (LPS) Flex Option Femoral or the LPS Flex Gender Solutions Femoral (GSF) Option Femoral.
The MHRA advised the patients should be offered additional follow-up.
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
From the 15th February 2023 until 13 June 2025:
1. How many patients has your Trust identified that have been implanted with the affected devices?
2. How many of these patients have been notified about this recall?
3. How many of these patients have received a follow up consultation?
4. How many of these patients have received revision surgery?
5. How many of these patients are awaiting revision surgery?

Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

FOI Request – Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
1. I would be grateful if you could send the Trust’s most recent planning document(s) for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease including implementation of lumbar punctures (CSF) and Blood-based Biomarker testing. Please include planning documents that cover the entire Trust and specific department plans, such as neurology, psychiatry, care of the elderly, pathology or memory clinic teams.

2. How many patients were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease (ICD-10 codes = G30, G30.1, G30.8, G30.9, F00, F00.1, F00.2 or F00.9) in your Trust in the last 12-month period for which data are available?
3. How many patients were diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment and / or Mild Dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease (ICD-10 codes = G31.84, G30.1, or MMSE scores = 21 to 24) in your Trust in the last 12-month period for which data are available?
4. Where, if at all, does the Trust carry out lumbar punctures (cerebrospinal fluid) for diagnosing patients with Alzheimer’s Disease?
5. Please provide a list of the full names of other Trusts or other organisations to which the Trust refers patients for lumbar punctures in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
6. What is the average waiting time for a patient to get an appointment for a lumbar puncture to test for a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease?
7. How many lumbar punctures to test for Alzheimer’s Disease took place in the last 3-month period for which data are available?
8. How many Blood-based Biomarker (BBBM) tests from Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to test for Alzheimer’s Disease were conducted in the last 3-month period for which data are available?
9. Where, if at all, does the Trust carry out Blood-based Biomarker (BBBM) tests from Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for diagnosing patients with Alzheimer’s Disease?
10. Please provide a list of the full names of other Trusts or other organisations, to which the Trust refers Blood-based Biomarker tests from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for pathology in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
11. What is the average waiting time for pathology results to come back from Blood-based Biomarker tests?
12. To what extent are there plans for service improvement of diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease?
13. Are the plans for service improvement of diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease related to:
Cognitive assessment services
Biomarker services
None / neither
14. Which of the following services does the Trust have in place in preparation for increased service delivery for Alzheimer’s Disease? Please complete the table provided.

Learning Technologies and Associated Services

IT, Misc, Staff Training

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to your organisation’s use of learning technologies and associated services.
1. Current Learning Management System (LMS)
a. What Learning Management System (LMS) or e-learning platform(s) does your organisation currently use?
b. If Totara or Moodle is in use, please confirm which version is currently implemented.
c. What is the LMS primarily used for (e.g. internal staff development, compliance training, onboarding, external learner access, apprenticeship delivery)?

2. Contract and Provider Details
a. Who is your current LMS support, hosting, or implementation provider?
b. What is the value of your LMS-related contract per annum?
c. What is the contract start and end date (including any optional extension periods)?
d. Please confirm if the LMS is hosted on-premise, via a private cloud, or through a SaaS model.
3. Procurement and Decision-Making
a. What is the name and role of the person responsible for the learning platform and/or digital learning strategy?
b. What is the name and role of the commercial contact responsible for LMS procurement or renewals?

4. Planned Changes or Reviews
a. Are there any plans to review or replace your LMS in the next 12–24 months?
b. Are there any scheduled or anticipated procurement events or tenders related to learning, compliance, or workforce development systems?

5. Integration and Strategic Use
a. Is your LMS currently integrated with other internal systems (e.g. HRIS, payroll, CRM)?
b. Are there strategic goals linked to digital learning, compliance reporting, or learner engagement which the LMS is expected to support?

Mental Health Interventions

I am compiling some data for a research project, and would appreciate it if you could provide answers to the following 10 questions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. How many individuals are currently receiving mental health interventions from the community mental health team and associated community mental health initiatives, such as Talking Therapies.

Individuals aged:
18 to 35
35 to 64
65+

2. How many in each age range are male, how many are female and how many identify as other genders?

3. How many of those individuals have been known to community mental health services for more than three years?

4. What is the average length of time for an individual to reach treatment of some kind (group, one to one, or skills course etc) from self or GP’s referral?

5. What is the average length of time from referral for an individual to reach one to one treatment with a clinician?

6. In the past 12 months, how many individuals have received the following:

Group therapy sessions.
One to one therapy sessions (CBT/counselling etc)
Other forms of therapy.

7. In the past 12 months how many individuals attended group therapy remotely?

8. In the past 12 months how many individuals attended group therapy in person?

9. In the past 12 months, how many individuals received therapeutic interventions (such as CBT/psychotherapy/IPT/counselling etc) one to one with a clinician via the following methods:

Face to face appointments.
Video Meeting (Teams/Attend Anywhere etc)
Telephone calls.

10. In the past 12 months, how many individuals have stopped engaging or failed to complete treatment?

11. How many individuals in the past 12 months have received onward referral from the CMHT/Talking Therapies etc to psychiatric services for further assessment?

ADHD

This is a freedom of information request.

Section A

(A1) Does your organisation commission Adult ADHD Assessments? If yes, please list:
(A1-i) the organisation or organisations in receipt of commission from you alongside the contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).

(A2)Does your organisation commission Child ADHD Assessments? If yes, please list:
(A2-i) the organisation or organisations in receipt of commission from you alongside the contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).

(A3) Does your organisation undertake Adult ADHD Assessments? If yes, please list:
(A3-i) the organisation or organisations that have contracted you to provide the ADHD Assessment service alongside the financial contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).

(A4) Does your organisation undertake Child ADHD Assessments? If yes, please list:
(A4-i) the organisation or organisations that have contracted you to provide the ADHD Assessment service alongside the financial contract value for the last public sector financial year (1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025) and the current public sector financial year (1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026).

Section B

Please could you provide the information for the last public sector year (the period covering 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025).

(B1). The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B2). The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
(B3). The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the date of receipt of this FOI request.
(B4). The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B5). The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
(B6). The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment as of the date of receipt of this FOI request.

If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask similar questions for the prior public sector year. For the period covering 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024.

(B7). The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B8). The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
(B9). The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B10). The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.

If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023.

(B11). The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B12). The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
(B13). The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B14). The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.

If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask the same questions for the public sector, the year before the above. For the period covering 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022.

(B15). The number of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B16). The number of Adults waiting for an ADHD Assessment at the end of that period.
(B17). The number of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken in that period
(B18). The number of Children waiting for an ADHD Assessment in that period.

Section C

If it does not take us over the FOI cost threshold, then please can we ask this additional set of questions

(C1). Did you pay out under Right to Choose for Adult ADHD Assessments in the prior public sector year? If yes:

(C1-i) How many Adult ADHD Assessments were paid out under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
(C2-ii) What was the total value of Adult ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25).
(C2-iii) Please list the organisations you paid out for Adult ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose, alongside the total financial amount paid, and the quantity of Adult ADHD Assessments undertaken for the last public sector year (April 1st 2024- 31st March 2025).

(C2). Did you pay out under Right to Choose for Child ADHD Assessments in the prior public sector year? If yes:

(C1-i) How many Child ADHD Assessments were paid out under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25)
(C2-ii) What was the total value of Child ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose in the last public sector year (20024-25).
(C2-iii) Please list the organisations you paid out for Child ADHD Assessments under Right to Choose, alongside the total financial amount paid, and the quantity of Child ADHD Assessments undertaken for the last public sector year (April 1st 2024- 31st March 2025).

School Nursing Workforce – Royal College of Nursing

NHS

1. Do you currently commission a school nursing service? Yes/No

2. Which of the following best describes your current school nursing contract provider:
a. NHS trust
b. Charity
c. Local authority
d. Community Interest Company
e. Private healthcare provider
f. Other [please specify]

3. How many full-time equivalent (FTE) clinical staff were employed in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

4. How many FTE SCPHN qualified school nurses were employed at each of the following bands (6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

5. If your school nursing team is employed on Agenda for Change bands, please tell us how many FTE clinical staff were employed on each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) in March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

6. For each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) please state the percentage of school nursing staff on: temporary (agency), temporary (employed), fixed term, permanent contacts in March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

7. What was the total number of school-aged children that your school nursing service was responsible for in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024?

8. What was the average number of [primary, secondary and specialist] schools per SCPHN qualified school nurse in your area in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024?

9. What was the SCPHN qualified school nurse (Band 6) FTE vacancy rate in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

10. Is your school nursing service currently [in April 2025] employing any SCPHN student school nurses? Yes/No, If Yes how many? [If you do not have data for these specific months please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

11. Is your school nursing service planning to employ the SCPHN student School Nurses upon completion of their training Yes/No, If Yes how many?

Risk Assessment in Domestic Abuse

Health, MH Services, Misc

I am writing to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act, regarding use of and provision for the DASH checklist, aka Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence

1. Is the DASH RIC used by your organisation as part of services (e.g. domestic abuse provision, victim support)?
2. Is the use of DASH RIC a standard provision or a requirement in contracts with third-party providers of relevant services (e.g. domestic abuse services, sheltered housing)?
3. If the DASH checklist is used by your organisation, which organisation or organisations provide the training that includes DASH training? (e.g. Domestic Abuse Matters training)
4. What is the cost to your organisation of such training? Please break this down by financial year over the last five years, as well as by organisation (if more than one organisation provides the relevant training)

Social Media Management and Listening Tools

Communications

1) Do you use a social media management platform?
2) If so, what tools do you use?
3) What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool?
4) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year]) ?
5)Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform?
6) If so, what tools do you use?
7) What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool?
8) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year])

LINAC Machines

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1. The year of purchase of every LINAC machine in operation at your Trust?

Rental Suppliers for Pressure Care Beds

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:

1. Which suppliers are currently engaged to provide air-fluidised beds and/or low-air-loss pressure care mattresses via rental or service agreements?
2. For each supplier, please include:
o Type of equipment hired/cost
o Hire terms (daily/weekly)
o Approximate number of units hired in the last 12 months
3. Is the contract managed via NHS Supply Chain, regional procurement, or direct agreement?

Treatment of Bruxism

Health, Misc

Please provide the following information, Any and all annual data on record to the present day.

1. How many patients have been referred to the trust and presented for the treatment of BRUXISM (Grinding of the teeth)?

2. Please provide geographical date in regards which hospital the patients presented to.

3. Annual cost to the trust and its subsidiaries.

Wearing/Use of Fragranced Products

HR, Misc, Staffing

Does the Trust have a staff policy in respect of the wearing/use of fragranced products? Please provide a copy of your staff policy concerning the wearing/use of fragranced products (including use of fragranced laundry products). Where terms such as ‘overwhelming’, ‘overpowering’ or ‘discreet’ are used in respect of fragrance, how are these terms defined and who decides if the level of scent contravenes the guidance: the wearer, the Trust or the patient? How is the policy brought to the attention of staff? Is the policy in respect of the wearing of fragranced products enforced? How is it enforced? What training is given to staff to make them aware that the use of fragranced products can be an accessibility barrier for patients? Please provide details. If any such material is third party copyrighted, please provide a synopsis. Please provide copies of any correspondence, memos or minutes of meetings pertaining to discussion of the use of/ wearing of fragranced products by staff, including use of fragranced laundry products to wash clothing worn at work.

Outsourcing of Mental Health Services

MH Services, Procurement

Please can you provide me with the below information:

In the last 6 months, please confirm if any Mental Health services have been outsourced:

If yes, please confirm:

-The service provided E.G ADHD, Autism etc (please provide breakdown for each service if applicable)
-The name of the company each service was outsourced to
-Is there a contract in place and the length of contract for each service provided (if applicable)
-The value of each service in the last 6 months

Please provide an email and contact name within the outsource provider

098-2023

Organisation

This is an information request relating to Pride Month.
Please include the following information:
• Whether any events have been organised for Pride month. If so please provide the date, start and end time, and title/topic of the event
• Whether any LGBT themed merchandise has been purchased for Pride month. i.e. since the beginning of the 2023/24 financial year. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased and the cost
• Whether the organisation has sponsored any Pride events. If so which events and please provide details of the nature of the sponsorship particularly the financial value.
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.

052-2023

Media

Under The Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you kindly answer the following questions:

1. How much has your Trust spent on specialist bariatric equipment for obese/bariatric patients patients over 160kg. during the last five financial years? Please give a figure for each year: 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

2. How many patients needed special adaptations due to their weight in the past 12 months?

3. Please give a breakdown of the amounts spent by the Trust by the type of specialist bariatric equipment.

3.1 If equipment is used on a rental contract basis, please provide a list of contracts, including the values and suppliers.

4. How many bariatric beds does the Trust own?

5. How many bariatric fridges does the Trust own?

005-2023

Please could you provide the annual spend for the below suppliers from July 2021 to July 2022? Please note this information is not commercially sensitive as all you will be providing is the total money spent with each supplier not any detail of what you bought. Please could I have this in an excel spread sheet?

004-2023

Organisation

Can you please carry out an internal review of the handling of my request? My specific queries that necessitate this review are outlined below in this email. I look forward to receiving your response within the next 20 working days, as outlined in the Information Commissioner’s guidance.

Questions 1 and 3 – Please can you answer these questions? I am familiar with the national guidance, however there are differing interpretations of it across the country, which is a large part of the reason that we conducted this request.

Integration Engine

Misc

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, could you kindly confirm the name of your Trust’s Integration Engine?

Office Print Procurement Contracts

I would be grateful if you could help in answering our request for information regarding any current office print procurement contracts your organisation may hold.

1. Do you have a print contract for your general office printers or multi-functional devices (MFDs), if so, please provide the name of the contract provider?
2. Please confirm the start and end date of each contract named in question 1.
3. Please confirm the end date of any extension periods for each contract named in question 1.
4. When do you intend to start re-tendering for each contract named in question 1.
5. How many printers and MFDs are deployed across your organisation?
6. What is your annual output (print and copy) volume (mono and colour) and spend?
7. Who is the person(s) within your organisation responsible for these contract(s)? please provide their role/title and contact details?

Logistics and Supply Chain for Medical Devices and Consumables

Corporate Governance, Misc

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation. Please may you provide me with an answer to the following:

1. Current logistics and supply chain model
a. How much space (in sq ft) does your organisation currently use for inventory storage of medical devices and consumables (please indicate whether this is on-site or off-site)?
b. Does your organisation make use of consolidated logistics hubs or off-site storage facilities for medical devices and/or consumables?
c. Is this done in partnership with other NHS organisations?
i. If so, does your organisation run this or is it run by another organisation?
ii. If so, which organisation?
d. How much does your organisation spend on medical devices and consumables through NHS Supply Chain?
i. What is this spend as a proportion of your organisation’s total spend on medical devices and consumables?

2. Delivery and stock management
a. What systems (if any) does your Trust use to manage inventory and logistics for medical devices and consumables?
b. Are these systems integrated with NHS Supply Chain or other regional or national systems?

3. Strategic priorities
a. Is your Trust actively exploring or piloting any new logistics models, technologies, or partnerships to improve supply chain efficiency? If so, please give any details.
b. Would your organisation be open to participating in a pilot of an alternative logistics model (i.e. one offering consolidated supply, enhanced stock visibility, and just-in-time delivery capabilities)?

4. Additional
a. Who in your organisation is responsible for logistics and supply chain operations? Please provide name and contact details where possible.
b. Who in your organisation is responsible for procurement decision-making relating to medical technology and consumable supplies? Please provide name and contact details where possible.

HSCN and Connectivity

Contracts, ICT Contracts, IT, Procurement

1. HSCN connectivity (Health and Social Care Network)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

2. Software Defined WAN (SDWAN)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

3. Local Area Network (LAN)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

4. Wireless Access (WIFI)

a. Please can advise who is the existing supplier
b. Contract end dates
c. Total contract value
d. Which framework this was purchased under
e. Name of the contact responsible for this

Contact Details for Legal Correspondence from Third Parties

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
After reviewing your website and other publicly available information, I have not been able to identify the appropriate contact details for third parties (such as suppliers or service providers) to send formal legal correspondence to your organisation.
Please could you confirm the following:
1. Whether your organisation has one or more specific teams, departments, or named individuals responsible for receiving formal legal correspondence from third parties.
2. The relevant postal address(es), email address(es), and telephone number(s) that such correspondence should be directed to. If responsibility differs by type of issue (e.g. contractual, procurement-related, legal) or by region, please provide the details for each as applicable.
3. If this information is already published, please confirm where it can be found.
This request is made in the public interest to ensure there are clear and transparent routes for formal engagement with public authorities.

NHS Patients SARC

Health, Misc

I wish to make a freedom of information request and would be grateful if you could provide the following information within 20 working days:

a) The number of staff employed at your Trust’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) for the years 2010 – 2024.

b) The number of children aged under 18 years old who have been received support by your Trust’s SARC between the years 2010 – 2024 and, if possible, the number of these who are identified as having been victims of gang-based CSE.

c) The number of victims of CSE who received mental health support from your trust between 2018 and 2024.

d) The number of children identified by your Trust as requiring safeguarding measures as a result of CSE between the years 2010 and 2024.

This should not exceed any cost limits you may have but should you, for whatever reason, decide that it does, the please proceed with parts a – c.

523-2023

I am writing on behalf of a registered charity dedicated to supporting elderly people in our local community. We are seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to enhance our understanding of the services available to older residents within your NHS’s jurisdiction.

Procurement of cyber security services and software platforms