Responses

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

039-2022

NHS

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

453-2023

RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Dear Information Team

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

Please include the following information:
• What is the total value of drugs that have been disposed of due to going past their expiry date, for each of the following years: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

428-2023

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

423-2023

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the Clinical Waste Contract/s that your trust currently has in place.

The details we require are:

Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages

Actual spend on this contract/framework and any sub lots., from the start of the contract to the current date

Start date & duration of framework/contract?

Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?

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

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

– Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust + contact information?

– Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust + contact information

– Who is the Environmental/Sustainability lead for the Trust + contact information

– Who is the Waste management Lead for the trust + contact information

– Who is the Health and Safety lead for the Trust + contact information

– Who is the Clinical waste incumbent?

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

422-2023

I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding inappropriate out of area placements in children and young people’s mental health services.
Definition of inappropriate out of area placement OAP.: An ‘out of area placement’ OAP. occurs when a child or young person who requires mental health inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of their usual local network of services because no bed is available for them locally.
Please can you provide for all following questions data for children and young people’s mental health services and inappropriate OAPs.
Q1: Total number of monthly inpatient admissions and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022.
Q2: Total number of monthly inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– Number of inappropriate OAP days per month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs active at the end of each month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs started each month
– Number of inappropriate OAPs ended each month
Q3: The monthly lengths of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– In these breakdowns if possible: a. 1-30 nights, b. 31-90 nights, c. 91 or more nights
– average, longest, shortest stay as of the last day of the year.
Q4: The monthly distance travelled for inappropriate OAPs from January 2017 to December 2022:
– In these breakdowns if possible: a. less than 50km, b. 50km or greater and less than 100km, c. 100km or greater and less than 300km, d. 300km or greater
– average, longest, shortest distance as of the last day of the year.. For longest and shortest distance please include the receiving provider/inpatient unit.
Q5: The monthly cost of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
– Total cost for inappropriate out of area placements each month
– Average cost per bed day each month
Q6: Yearly totals of receiving providers of inappropriate OAPs, so the number of patients sent to each receiving provider per year as well as the proportion of receiving providers that are private providers.
Q7: Yearly average, youngest and oldest age of children and young people on inappropriate OAPs.
Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request. My details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

272-2122

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

260-2122

Subject: Freedom of Information Request – Facilities Management Services

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To whom it may concern

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

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

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

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

Many thanks in advance.

259-2122

Sent: 04 November 2021 10:34
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request on gifts J
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting information on your organisation’s gifts and hospitality register or equivalent..
I would like a breakdown for the last two years e.g. April 2019 to March 2021, or calendar years 2019 to 2021 if more appropriate to your organisation., of items logged on the organisation’s gifts and hospitality register by staff.
I request the following details:
– Date item was declared
– Description of item
– Reason for the gift/hospitality if provided
– Value or estimated value if applicable
– Whether the item was accepted or declined
– Role of staff member the gift was received by if known, e.g. nurse, doctor, midwife etc.
I would like the information on an excel spreadsheet and via email if possible.
Under the act, this information should be provided within 20 working days, which I estimate to be by 2 December 2021.
Please email me if you require any clarification at all.

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Sent: 30 November 2021 16:36
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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This is a Freedom of Information Request related to Electronic Healthcare Records in your Trust. This data is being collected for academic purposes.
Questions follow below:
Regarding Electronic Health Records EHR.:
1a. What primary EHR system does your Trust use, if any?
1b. Are electronic inpatient notes implemented in all sites within your Trust? If no, please state which sites do not have electronic notes.
1c. Is electronic recording of patient vital signs i.e. including but not limited to blood pressure, oxygen saturations, etc. implemented in all sites within your Trust? If no, please state which sites do not have electronic observation recording.
1d. Are electronic drug charts and prescribing implemented in all sites within your Trust? If no, please state which sites do not have electronic prescribing.
Regarding EHR commissioning:
2a. Have you received any direction from a Clinical Commissioning Group CCG. or Integrated Care System ICS. regarding provision of past, present or future EHR systems?
2b. Have you ever undertaken any formal negotiations with other hospital Trusts about jointly procuring an EHR system, and if so, please state with whom and whether negotiations resulted in joint procurement of an EHR system?
Regarding EHR interoperability:
3a. Assuming your Trust contains multiple hospital sites, are your EHR users able to directly access inpatient electronic notes from different hospital sites within your Trust?
3b. Aside from NHS spine summary care records SCR., are your EHR users able to directly access patient records held by local primary care EHRs e.g. by using an EHR web portal, or healthcare information exchange etc.? If yes, please specify the name of the system that enables this.
3c. Aside from NHS spine summary care records SCR., are your EHR users able to directly access patient records held on a separate hospital Trust’s EHR? If yes, please specify which Trust’s EHR where this interoperability is enabled.
Your time is much appreciated.

267-2022

I am a senior journalist at the BBC, working with our health editor, Hugh Pym.
We are doing some work on the NHS workforce and are requesting information from every NHS Hospital Trust in England.
I want to place a Freedom of Information request with your hospital –
Q1: Please can you confirm what percentage of your wage bill is spent on
a. Agency staff?
b. Bank staff?
Q2: What does the answer to Q1 a. equate to in Pounds Sterling £.?
Q3: What percentage of all your medical and clinical patient facing shifts are filled with staff that are paid above the ‘break glass’ ceiling rate above the agency rules pay cap.?

266-2022

Digital Dictation
● Do you use Digital Dictation? If yes, could you please answer the following questions:
○ Name of the supplier & product:
○ What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what
framework:
○ The contract start date:
○ The contract end date:
○ Total contract value:
○ Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR:
○ What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key
internal stakeholder for this service:
○ What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered:
Speech Recognition
● Do you use Speech Recognition? If yes, could you please answer the following
questions:
○ Name of the supplier & product:
○ What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what
framework:
○ The contract start date:
○ The contract end date:
○ Total contract value:
○ Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR:
○ What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key
internal stakeholder for this service:
○ What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered:
Outsourced Transcription
● Do you use Outsourced Transcription? If yes, could you please answer the following
questions:
○ Name of the supplier:
○ What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what
framework:
○ The contract start date:
○ Volume of letters per month:
○ What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key
internal stakeholder for this service:
○ What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered:
Online Clinic / Video Consultation
● Do you use Online Clinic / Video Consultation? If yes, could you please answer the
following questions:
○ Name of the supplier & product:
○ What procurement method if any. was used to obtain this system i.e. what
framework:
○ The contract start date:
○ The contract end date:
○ Total contract value:
○ Is the product integrated with PAS or EPR:
○ What is the name, position and contact email/telephone number of the key
internal stakeholder for this service:
○ What would you like to see in this product that is currently not being delivered:
Health Information Systems
What suppliers do you use for the following?
● PAS Patient Administration System.
● EPR Electronic Patient Record.
● eDMS Electronic Document Management System.
● RIS Radiology Information System.
● Outward mailing service provide

265-2022

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with the following information about incidents of sexual misconduct and sexual violence, including but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault and rape, at the trust. See after the question for clarification on these definitions..
In order to assist you, I understand that some, if not all of this information should be recorded in the trust’s safety incident reporting system, e.g. Datix, NRLS or similar. or it may be recorded by your HR team.
N.B. For each question, please provide the data for each of the following years, and the five-year total. Please use the attached spreadsheet to provide your answers:
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Total
If you only have information for some of the above years, please provide what you have and explain the gaps in your data.
Sexual violence and misconduct by staff against patients
1. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by staff against patients has the trust recorded?
1.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by staff against patients has the trust recorded?
1.2 Over the past five years, how many staff have been formally disciplined for sexual violence and/or sexual misconduct against patients?
Sexual violence and misconduct by patients against other patients
2. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by patients against other patients has the trust recorded?
2.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by patients against other patients has the trust recorded?
Sexual violence and misconduct by patients against staff
3. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by patients against staff has the trust recorded?
3.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by patients against staff has the trust recorded?
Sexual violence and misconduct by staff against other staff
4. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by staff against other staff has the trust recorded?
4.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by staff against other staff has the trust recorded?
4.2 Over the past five years, how many staff have been formally disciplined for sexual misconduct and/or sexual violence against other staff?
Sexual violence and misconduct by visitors against patients
5. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by visitors against patients has the trust recorded?
5.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by visitors against patients has the trust recorded?
Sexual violence and misconduct by visitors against staff
6. Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual violence allegedly perpetrated by visitors against staff has the trust recorded?
6.1 Over the past five years, how many incidents of sexual misconduct allegedly perpetrated by visitors against staff has the trust recorded?
Terminology:
Sexual misconduct covers a broad range of inappropriate, unwanted sexual behaviour. From the most severe forms of sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault, it also extends across to sexual harassment, stalking, and abusive or degrading remarks.
The NHS definition of sexual violence describes it as any sexual act that a person did not consent to, or is forced into against their will, including rape, sexual assault, unwanted sexual touching, forced kissing, child sexual abuse, sexual torture and other sexual offences.

113-2023

Please see information for this request, if we are able to provide this information in line with the section 12 mentioned:
1.Total spend on international recruitment activity with agency providers for the last financial year?
Approximately £157,150
2.Names, total number of agency providers currently being used for international recruitment and total spend with each provider for the last financial year?
3 agencies being used. Charkos – £120,000
ID Medical – £23.400
Sanctuary – £13,750
3.The average fee per Nurse, for International Recruitment via agency?
Between £1,950 and £4,000
4.The main challenges faced by the Trust when recruiting overseas nurses?
Supply of suitable candidates e.g. mental health experience/community experience
Accommodation for nurses

106-2023

Thanks for your response and the emails for other trust which will be useful.
As your Trust provides joined up physical health, mental health and learning disability services I would be interested in finding out what physical healthcare policies etc etc you have inplace/use and specificallywhether u have any that address even briefly. tinnitus, pulstaile tinnitus, or Sjogren’s. I am for example interested in what guidance staff have on what to do if say someone with a primary psychiatric disorder reports tinnitus and what policies etc are in place to help staff identify when autoimmune conditions such as sjogren’s. could be responsible for some of the cognitive or mental health symptoms.
I therefore wonder whether you could let me know whether the trust or its constituents hospitals/sites have any policies, procedures, guidance etc which address i.e. refer to and provide some information on for staff. tinnitus or sjogrens?
Could u also please let me know as part of the orginal request if posisble. whether you have any training documents from the last 5 years. which address tinnitus or sjogren’s?

066-2023

NHS

Please would you consider answering the below four questions as a FOI request?

1. Which local risk management system does your trust currently use please? eg: Ulysses 2000 Ltd / InPhase Ltd / RLDatix etc etc.

2. How many responses are required as a minimum for your staff to complete a patient safety report?

3. On average how many patient safety forms have been completed by your staff per month over the previous 6 month period please?

4. What is your ratio of events associated with harm to events associated with no harm please?

5. How many staff does your organisation employ?

127-2122

Sent: 29 May 2021 13:55
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – High Intensity Network / Serenity Integrated Model – business case, impact assessment and risk assessment – request for information
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-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
The High Intensity Network organisation https://highintensitynetwork.org. has publicly identified your trust as a provider of the Serenity Integrated Model SIM. for patients with high-intensity crisis use.
I am therefore seeking any and all information including related correspondence, documentation or other supporting data that is eligible for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. held relating to the following:
a. Business cases submitted to support the introduction of the SIM
b. Any impact assessments conducted equality impact assessments, quality impact assessments, and any other types undertaken. in support of SIM
c. Any risk assessments conducted prior to the introduction of SIM.
d. Any statistical information relating to evaluations of treatment outcomes for patients treated under SIM.

501-2023

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. What was your trust spend on agency for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates? 2. What was your trust spend on agency for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates? 3. What was your trust spend on agency for the period I January 2020 to 31 December 2020 inclusive for the following staff groups: – a. Registered nurse RN. b. Health care support workers/healthcare assistants/nursing associates?

499-2023

I would like to make a Freedom Of Information Request.

How do you process Subject Access Requests?

What tools do you use to ensure that what needs to be redacted from patient records is redacted when responding to SARs?

How do you share/send personal/patient information with insurance companies or solicitors when you receive such a request?

391-2022

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the FOI Act 2000.

Please enter ‘No System Installed’ or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department:

System type – Outpatient e-prescribing

Supplier name

System name –

Date installed –

Contract expiration –

Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No

Procurement framework –

Other systems it integrates with? –

Total value of contract £. –

Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender

–

System name – Inpatient e-prescribing

Date installed –

Contract expiration –

Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No

Procurement framework –

Other systems it integrates with? –

Total value of contract £. –

Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender

–

System type – Order Communications

Supplier name

System name –

Date installed –

Contract expiration –

Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No

Procurement framework –

Other systems it integrates with? –

Total value of contract £. –

Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender

–

System type – Pharmacy

Supplier name

System name –

Date installed –

Contract expiration –

Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No

Procurement framework –

Other systems it integrates with? –

Total value of contract £. –

Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender

–

System type – Critical Care

Supplier name

System name –

Date installed –

Contract expiration –

Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No

Procurement framework –

Other systems it integrates with? –

Total value of contract £. –

Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender

System definitions:

Outpatient e-prescribing – Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for outpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and ideally. clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Inpatient e-prescribing – Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for inpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and ideally. clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Order Communications – Electronic ordering communications systems OCS. are computer applications used to enter diagnostic and therapeutic patient care orders, for example laboratory test requests or prescriptions, and to view test results. The primary aim of the system is to remove most of the current paper-based process for requesting laboratory investigations and for receiving results.

Pharmacy – Pharmacy orders and stock control is managed electronically

Critical care – A critical care information system for Intensive Care Units and high acuity care that enables clinicians to manage critical workflow and care plans for patients.

290-2022

Please acknowledge this request as soon as the request has been accepted.
This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contracts. for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network SAN. Maintenance/Support, which may include:
● Server Hardware Maintenance- contracts relating to the support and maintenance of the organisation’s physical servers.
● Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server.
● Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support EMC, NetApp etc.
For each of the types of contract described above, please can you provide me with the following data. If there is more than one contract, please split the information for each separate supplier this includes annual spend
1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
2. Type of Contracts ABOVE.: Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relate to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN Storage Area Network.
3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier’s name for each contract.
4. Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software 5. Operating System / Software Platform.: Windows, Linux, Unix, vSphere, AIX, Solaris etc.. Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
7. Contract Duration: Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract
Extension periods..
8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
9. Contract Review Date: An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract..
10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers’ servers.
13. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance. I need at least a sentence.
14. Contract Owner: The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address..

070-2023

This email is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for details relating to how your histology services were commissioned as well as details on workload, staffing, turnaround times, and budgets.

Full details of the request are detailed below as well as being contained within the attached word document.

280-2122

Subject: Freedom of Information request re CAHMS autism and ADHD referral waiting times
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I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. How many current CAMHS/CYPMHS autism referrals are currently awaiting a first appointment?
2. What is the average waiting time among the referrals in question 1?
3. What is the longest current outstanding waiting time among the referrals in question 1?
4. What is the estimated waiting time for a first appointment for a new CAMHS/CYPMHS autism referral?
5. How many current CAMHS/CYPMHS ADHD referrals are currently awaiting a first appointment?
6. What is the average waiting time among the referrals in question 1?
7. What is the longest current outstanding waiting time among the referrals in question 1?
8. What is the estimated waiting time for a first appointment for a new CAMHS/CYPMHS ADHD referral?
9. For each month since January 2020, please state how many CAMHS/CYPMHS referrals for any condition and/or treatment, not just autism and ADHD. the trust received.
10. Please break the question 9 figures down by the condition or illness the referral concerns/concerned.
I would like the information sent by email, preferably in an editable Excel spreadsheet not a pdf.. If any question would exceed the section 12 cost limit to fulfil, please mark that question as ‘information not held’ and respond to the remaining questions.
Yours sincerely

278-2122

Sent: 25 November 2021 15:29
Subject: FOI request – Mental health rehabilitation wards
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I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information.
1. Of your patients currently placed within inpatient mental health rehabilitation wards, how many have been on their current ward for longer than 12 months? 2. Of those in answer 1, how many of the patients are:
i. On wards run by the independent sector
ii. On wards run by the NHS
iii. On out-of-area placements
Please understand an “out-of-area placement” to be where a patient has been admitted to an inpatient mental health rehabilitation ward that does not form part of the usual local network of services.
3. Of those in answer 1, what is the longest length of time, in days, a patient has remained on their current ward?
4. Is the patient in answer 3 on a ward run by the NHS or independent sector?
Please send the response via email to

277-2122

Subject: FOI Request
This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. If unsure, please contact ghcit@ghc.nhs.uk
To whom it may concern,
I write under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:
1. Whether the Trust is on a fixed rate tariff contract for energy.
2. The Trust’s annual energy budget for 2021/22.
3. Whether the Trust anticipates any additional energy costs in the second half of 2021/22.
4. If yes to the above, the value of any estimated additional energy costs for the second half of 2021/22.
I request that the information be sent to me digitally and within the legal timeframe for requests.

227-2022

Commercial

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I would like to know the following information for the last ten years 1 April 2011 to 31st March 2022. –

A. How much money was paid out by your Trust regarding claims brought in your maternity unit? Per year.

B. Out of the above claims each year. how many related to 1. mothers dying 2. babies dying 3. still births 4. babies born with brain damage or cerebral palsy.

226-2022

I am writing on behalf of Mr Edward Mountford Sutton NHS Number: 4723148833. who received an MRI earlier this year February 2022. from his Neurologist Dr G Fuller Hospital Number: MRN 1525687..
Edward is currently receiving treatment from a chiropractor for ongoing pain experienced in his neck. To support this treatment, Edward requires copies of the MRI images taken of his neck/spinal cord so as to provide the best possible information when assessing and treating his neck pain. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and as Edwards Healthcare Proxy, I request that these images be supplied to me subject to any necessary fee. to aid Edwards ongoing treatment. Our preference would be to receive digital copies of these images by email to either this, or the CC’d address if possible please. If you require any further information relating to this request, please see my contact information below. Should a fee be payable, please provide information on making the necessary payment. Email: Daniel.Sutton@ageas.co.uk Mobile: 07584014281
We hope to hear from you soon regarding this matter.

220-2022

I would appreciate if you could supply the following information under FOI:
The Clinical Director / Lead for Respiratory, their email address and telephone number
The Clinical lead for Virtual Ward, their email address and telephone number
The name of the ICB that commissions services from the Trust

216-2022

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding Hospital Managers Mental Health Act section 23;
Please can you provide me with information on the questions below by completing either the table or answering the questions and email responses to leo.heinl@nhs.net Within your Trust:
1. How much does your Trust pay your Hospital Managers for undertaking panel hearings? 2. Are the fees paid per session4 hours. or per patient panel hearing? 3. Do you pay the Chairs of the Hospital Managers hearing an extra fee? 4. Do you pay the Chairs of the Hospital Managers hearing an extra fee? 5. Are Hospital Managers paid any other expenses apart from travel i.e. a reading fee for reading lengthy reports etc?

191-2023

I would like to request the following information under FOI. For the purposes of this FOI, Authority and Trust are one in the same.
1. Does the Authority Outsource its Customer Service Requirements / Helpline services which may include the provision of staff and / or the telephony used?
2. If yes which services are outsourced and how many staff deliver each of these services?
3. If yes, which company or companies are contracted to provide these services if multiple please specify each supplier.?
4. What is the contract start and expiry date if multiple contracts exist please specify for each.?
5. Is there an extension period within the contract? If yes, what is the period if multiple contracts exist, please specify for each.?
6. What is the annual contract value if it is a zero-value contract eg based on activity, what has been the average spend or budgeted amount and if multiple contracts exist, please specify for each.?
7. Is the authority partnering / working with any other Authorities / Partners on developing services which cover larger geographic areas if yes, please specify service, location, and partners.?
8. Does the Authority have an efficiency target for this financial year 2022/23, if yes please specify % of overall budget and amount to save?
9. Does the Authority provide in-house or outsource Patient Transport Services if outsourced please specify contract start / expiry dates inc contract extensions, provider name, annual contract value and number of staff to deliver the service, please split by back-office and direct staff.?
10. Is the Authority investing in Digital Solutions in 2022-23, for it’s patients and are you working with any other partners to this effect if yes, please specify nature of solution and partners names. if any..?
11. What, if any, Digital Technologies would you like to see the Authority implement and/or adopt, if money was no barrier, to improve quality of service internally and externally?
12. What was the total number of patients the Authority treated in all it’s meanings. in: 2021 – 2022 / 2020 – 2021 / 2019 – 2020 / 2018 – 2019?
13. Who is responsible for Digital Transformation within your organisation name, title, email address. and what is the budget for this in 2022-2023 and where know, in subsequent years eg part of a 5-year plan?

150-2022

Hope you are well. I’m researching sexual misconduct and assault in the healthcare sector. Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with the following information:
• The number of offences relating to sexual misconduct including rape, assault, groping, and sexually inappropriate language. that have been reported to your trust in the past five years up to and including June 2022.
• • A breakdown of this data which details:
• o The month and year an offence was reported
o Who filed the report/complaint i.e. patient, member of public, or staff member – please specify if they were aged over or under 18., what type of sexual misconduct report/complaint they filed, and who they filed the report/complaint against – i.e. Patient complaining against staff, staff complaining against staff, or staff complaining against patient?
o The outcome of a reported offence – i.e. Was the alleged perpetrator disciplined? If so, how? And by whom? Was a payment made? Or, was the report/complaint dismissed?
o How many and which sexual misconduct reports/complaints were reported to the police?
• The number of non-disclosure agreements your organisation holds with current or former staff which involve or relate to sexual misconduct including rape, assault, groping, and sexually inappropriate language.?
Please let me know if you’d like me to clarify any details of my request. I would be grateful if the trust could confirm in writing that it has received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you.
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152-2122

Sent: 23 June 2021 17:08
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information request – Digital Dictation / Voice Recognition System Query
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————————-FOI Team at [Authority name],
We are currently updating data on your trust’s Digital Dictation and Voice Recognition systems. Can you please complete the fields below with what you currently hold?
System type can also be ‘No System Installed’ if your trust does not use the system:
System type – Digital dictation
Supplier name –
System name –
Date installed –
Contract expiration –
Notes –
System type – Voice Recognition
Supplier name –
System name –
Date installed –
Contract expiration –
Notes –
If applicable,
– can you let us know who supplies your digital dictation hardware devices?
– how many digital dictation devices does your trust have?
– when was the procurement date of the digital dictation devices?
System definitions:
Digital Dictation – Device used to record audio and share recordings digitally.
Voice Recognition – Identifies and translates spoken words into text. Used to complete tasks or transcribe documents.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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136-2122

Sent: 08 June 2021 14:03
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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—————– I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Could you kindly review both of the enclosed documents? The PDF contains our list of questions, and your answers to those questions should be populated into the Excel spreadsheet.
Please supply us with all of the relevant information and respond back to me with your populated Excel Spreadsheet, at your earliest convenience.
Thank you in advance for your time.

134-2122

Sent: 07 June 2021 14:03
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Freedom of Information Request
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I am writing to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please could you let me know: • ‘The number of retirement applications received from staff between 1st January 2021 to 1st June 2021?’
• ‘The number of retirement applications received from staff between 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020?’
• ‘The number of retirement applications received from staff between 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019?’
• ‘The number of retirement applications received from staff between 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2018?’
• ‘The number of retirement applications received from staff between 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017?’
• ‘The number of retirement application received from staff between 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016?’
Please provide the information in your preferred format.
I hope this is clear but please let me know if I can refine the question in any way.

047-2023

Misc

Please could you help me to find out who is responsible for decision making for the community diagnostic centres? Are they run by the Community Trusts or does it fall under the ICS?

045-2023

Misc

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. I would be grateful if you could acknowledge receipt of this request and look forward to your full response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the act.
As we are updating our HSJ database, we are trying to seek the figures for the Cost Improvement Programme that was delivered for 2023-2024. Please provide the response as per the given questions below.

Org Code Org Name Total Cost Improvement Plan £ millions. 2023-24 Total Cost Improvement Plan as a proportion of controllable operating expenditure %. 2023-24 excluding PFI costs, for example.%

017-2023

Please disclose:

1. All pieces of work and projects that the trust has commissioned from the company TheValueCircle LLP Company Number OC419158

2. Total spending on TheValueCircle’s services and products to date

3. Which consultants supplied by TheValueCircle have undertaken the work for the trust

4. Any reports produced by TheValueCircle arising from the work undertaken for the trust

5. Who/ what bodies/ organisations recommended TheValueCircle to the trust? Did NHS England or any of its predecessor bodies suggest that the trust hire TheValueCircle?

035-2022

1. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services for between 1st December 2021 and 10th February 2022
2. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where SNG or Thornbury Nursing Services were used between 1st December 2021 and 10th February 2022
3. How many agency nursing shifts have your Trust used Nutrix , MED GEN, Greenstaff for between 1st December 2021 and 10th February 2022? 4. Please provide a breakdown of the amount of shifts per ward or department where Nutrix, or Greenstaff were used between 1st December 2021 and 10th February 2022
5. Please name any other OFF CONTRACT SUPPLIERS who have been utilised by the Trust between 1st December 2021 and 10th February 2022 6. If for any reason you are unable to supply data up until 10th February please provide the data until 31st January 2022

415-2023

We are Amritsar based immigration consultants . We are doing study visas and work visas since year 2008. We are having large number of qualified nurses with BSC/GNM and good work experience in India. They are also having good communication skills as per requirements of the UKBA. Further to add , we are ready to work with your esteemed organisation as per terms and conditions of your organisation .

341-2022

1. How do you manage your meetings organise agenda, minutes etc.? Do you use a committee meeting management software such as a board portal CMIS, Modern.Gov, iBabs etc. or just emails etc?
2. If yes, what is the name of the supplier?
3. If yes, what is the contract expiry and contract review date?
4. How many users are on the board portal/management solution, and how much do you spend on this?
5. What is your cost per user?
6. Could I also kindly ask for contact details for the best lead regarding this?

005-2022

Sent: 13 January 2022 15:24
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI Request: Rainbow Crossings
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Thursday 13th January 2022
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
————————-Information Team
This is an information request relating to rainbow themed crossings at hospitals within the NHS Trust.
Please include the information for each of the following periods; 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21:
• Total expenditure on rainbow crossings at hospitals within the trust’s remit
• A full list of rainbow crossings at all hospitals added/built during this period
For an example of a rainbow crossing, see this article: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/health/2020/08/19/diversity-message-as-rainbow-pedestrian-crossings-unveiled-at-shrewsbury-and-telford-hospitals/
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.
I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.
Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.
Kind regards,

329-2022

RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Dear Information Team

This is an information request relating to the cost of producing an annual gender pay gap report.

Please include the information for each of the following periods; 2019-20; 2020-21, 2021-22:
• The cost of producing each gender pay gap report, including a breakdown of the cost such as the number of FTE staff working on the report and any costs involved with design, printing, distribution
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.

328-2022

Dear Freedom of Information Team
Section 140 Mental Health Act
Section 140 of the Mental Health Act 1983 as amended 2007. states:
“It shall be the duty of integrated care board and of every Local Health Board to give notice to every local social services authority for an area wholly or partly comprised within the area of the integrated care board or Local Health Board specifying the hospital or hospitals administered by or otherwise available to the integrated care board or Local Health Board in which arrangements are from time to time in force
a.for the reception of patients in cases of special urgency;
b.for the provision of accommodation or facilities designed so as to be specially suitable for patients who have not attained the age of 18 years.”
Could you please answer the questions below, I have also attached them in a spreadsheet if preferred.
Thank you.
Freedom of Information Request s140
1. Does the Trust have a policy or protocol or issue guidance for the use of s140? If there is a policy/protocol/guidance can this be shared 2. Does the Trust admit patients via the s140 process? 3. If patients are admitted via s140 who within the Trust makes this decision: – Senior Manager? Bed Management Team? Section 12 Doctor? Approved Mental Health Professional? Approved Mental Health Professional and S12 Doctor? 4. Does the Trust keep data about the number of times s140 is used per year? – If so please can data be supplied for the last 5 years or if less for whatever period this has been kept 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

327-2022

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act the Act.. The request comprises four questions, numbered 1 to 4 below.

I am writing regarding funding provided by the government in 2019-20, distributed to your Trust via Health Education England HEE., to improve rest facilities for junior doctors in line with the BMA Fatigue and Facilities Charter.

I understand from HEE that your Trust was provided with of this funding.

1.
2.
3. Please detail how this money was spent on improving rest facilities for junior doctors.
4.

2.
3.
4. Please provide me with any documentation that the Trust holds e.g. board papers, business plans,
5. emails. that documents the allocation of this funding and the justification for its use.
6.

3.
4.
5. Please provide me with any documentation that the trust holds e.g. board papers, business plans,
6. emails. that documents how the Director of Medical Education and Junior Doctors’ Forum in your Trust determined, signed off and monitored the allocation of this funding.
7.

4.
5.
6. If your answers to questions 1-3 above do not account for the full amount of the funding in question,
7. with which your Trust was provided, please detail what happened to the remainder.
8.

If you believe that this request will exceed the cost limits of the Act, then I would be willing to receive the answer to the questions prioritised by order, ie to only questions 1, 2 and 3; or sequentially to only questions 1 and 2; or sequentially to only question 1.

324-2022

I am putting together a document for Police staff to have available abut services for victims. My question is, what age range does YMM provide for.

323-2022

I am writing with a Freedom of Information request regarding the Electronic Patient Record EPR. system providers used within your Trust.
I would like to request the following information within your Trust:
1. Please can you provide, by each hospital within your Trust, which EPR system provider is used across the hospital?
2. Which patient management system provider is used to track patient records, progress notes and outcome measures, for the Adult IAPT service?
3. Which patient management system provider is used to track patient records, progress notes and outcome measures, for the Children and Young people’s CYP. IAPT service?

322-2022

Please can you let me know the answers to the following questions?

Which Helpdesk tool does the IT department use for managing tickets?
When was the tool purchased?
How much did the solution cost?
When is the existing contract due to end?
When does the trust intend to review the solution with a view to potential replacement?
Can you please let me know who is responsible for this solution?

I look forward to your reply and I thank you in advance.

298-2022

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Trust regarding. 1. How many RGN and/or RMN shifts have been filled using an “Off Framework” Agency between August 29th 2022 and present? 2. Which “Off Framework” Nursing agencies have been used by the Trust between August 29th 2022 and present? 3. Breakdown of shifts filled by each individual “Off Framework” Nursing Agencies between August 29th 2022 and present? 4. Total costs of each “Off Framework” Nursing Agency between August 29th 2022 and present?

297-2022