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416-2024

Please provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Based on your latest available data, how many fines have been handed out to members of staff at your Trust over the past five years for issues related to car parking? This could include parking in the wrong area, not having a permit etc.

How many staff does your Trust currently have and how many of these currently have a car parking permit?

How many are on the waiting list to receive a permit?

If possible, please provide data broken down by year by calendar year. Spreadsheet format preferred if possible.

If it is not possible to provide some of the data requested, I would be grateful if you could provide whichever elements of this FOI request are eligible for release.

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471-2023

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 – Clinical decision support in 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
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System name -Observations – vital signs
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
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System type –Oncology 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
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System type – Diagnostic imaging
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:
Clinical decision support in e-prescribing – within, or in conjunction with, its e-prescribing systems, Clinical Decision Support CDS. assists prescribing clinicians in safely identifying suitable medicines, doses and titrations, for individual patients.
Observations – vital signs – a system for electronic recording at the bedside of patient vital sign data, together with a mechanism to include in the patient’s electronic record.
Oncology e-prescribing – module or functionality that supports electronic chemotherapy prescribing, medication administration and dispensing activities.
Diagnostic imaging – electronic medical imaging systems providing the core capabilities to manage diagnostic images and associated reports.

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470-2023

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

1. The total number of NHS patients sent to private inpatient mental health hospitals, funded by your trust, by financial year, since 2010.
2. The total number of days that NHS patients spent at a private inpatient mental health hospital, funded by your trust, by financial year, since 2010.
3. The average cost per day of sending NHS patients to private inpatient mental health hospitals, funded by your trust, by financial year, since 2010.

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469-2023

I have received a request from Colleen George copied in. for the following information:
SAR
Email from me to Gary Dodson, dated 13/01/2023 at 12:02 and his response, dated 13/01/2023 at 13:16
The emails relate to conversations about Colleen’s son, Thomas GEORGE-PAIN 1138992.
FOI
Colleen has requested the eligibility / referral criteria and operational policy for both our Recovery and Assertive Outreach Teams.

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468-2023

I would like to request some information under the freedom of information act.
I would like the organisation to provide me with the following departmental documents around ICT and corporate procurement.
Many organisations within your region have different document title names:
1. 2023/24 IT Department Documents ;- these types of documents have detailed information on the department’s future plans and strategies. These documents could include:
ICT Strategy/Plan, ICT Department Plan, ICT Financial Plan
2. ICT Org Chart ;- with names and job titles
3. Corporate Procurement Strategy that covers 2023/24 and more.

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467-2023

I am wondering if it would be possible to receive the following information:

1. From lowest to highest, what is the range a typical day in hospital would cost including overnight stay. for the following areas:
• ICU
• HASU
• AMU
2. The spending on translation services and number of requests 21/22
3. Do you have any data regarding delayed discharge due to translation/communication barriers?

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380-2024

I am involved in negotiations with colleagues in my current service to acquire additional NHS budget to allow counsellors to be awarded the same salary as other therapists at the same level High Intensity Step 3. as recommended by all relevant NHS information. Part of this work requires the collation of the salaries paid by other Talking Therapies Services within England.
Under the Freedom of Information Act could you therefore please supply the following information –
The NHS Banding and salary range paid to counsellors who work within your service.

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379-2024

My name is Daniel Henry. I am a Sky News Correspondent.

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

Between 2020 and 2023 – How many patients were admitted to hospitals within your NHS trust for attempted suicide?

It would be particularly helpful an annual breakdown of these figures could be provided:

EG.

2020: 10 admissions
2021: 11 admissions
2022: 12 admissions
2023: 13 admissions

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352-2024

Under the Freedom of Information Act I write to ask if you can provide me with the number of Subject Access Requests received by the Trust over the most recent 12 month period 12 month period or financial or calendar year..

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431-2023

I hope you are well.

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act.

My requests are outlined below as specifically as possible, however if any of the below is unclear, I would appreciate it if you could get in touch at simon.l.morse@gmail.com

Please could you provide answers to the following questions for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust:

Public Facing NHS Trust Website

1. What CMS/software and version does your public facing NHS Trust website use? e.g. In-house, Sharepoint, Jadu, Drupal 7.
2. Is your public facing NHS Trust website hosted and supported by a third party IT partner or on-premise? If a third party, when does your current contract expire?
3. When was your public facing NHS Trust website launched?
4. What are your separate budgets for hosting/supporting and development for your public facing NHS Trust website?
5. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining your public facing NHS Trust website?

Digital Accessibility

1. When was your public facing NHS Trust website last audited for accessibility compliance?
2. Which team/department/individual is responsible for maintaining accessibility compliance across your public facing websites?

Website Content

1. Do you work with external marketing/communications suppliers to create content for your public facing services?
2. When was the last time you conducted a content audit on your website to remove outdated content?

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344-2023

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I wish to make an FOI request. Please provide me with the following information for the financial years 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

All expenditure made by your organisation, in every facet of its operations and purview, on translation, interpretation, and language services.

Please provide the aggregated total spent by your organisation and then, if possible, please provide this broken down by particular function for which the service was carried out.

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343-2023

I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management specifically around the services below:
1. Office and building cleaning – Service contract that is focused around office, commercial and building cleaning services.
2. Lift service and maintenance – Service contract for lift service and maintenance.
3. Food – Service contract that is focused around catering services.
4. General waste services contracts – The organisation’s primary general waste service contract.
5. Laundry services – where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed. 1. Contract profile questionnaire for each type of contract:
2. Supplier/Provider of the services
3. Total Annual Spend – The spend should only relate to each of the service contracts listed above.
4. A description of the services provided under this contract please includes information if other services are included under the same contract.
5. The number of sites the contract covers
6. [ONLY FOR LIFT CONTRACT] The Brand name of the type of lifts used by the organisation
7. The start date of the contract
8. The end date of the contract
9. The duration of the contract, please include information on any extensions period.
10. Who within the organisation is responsible for each of these contracts? name, Job Title, contact number and email address.

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342-2023

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, would you be kind enough to tell me how many clients that have been with mental health teams FOR SOMETIME are being refered back to GP to make room for new clients approx number would be ok as i was informed by mental health team member also told that it will happen

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341-2023

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, would you please answer this request foi what written handbook or guideance is given to new mental health team member when meeting and helping and taking over patients where a team member has left the service

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340-2023

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding intensive community and day patient treatment programmes for patients with eating disorders. Please provide a reference number for this request in your acknowledgement email. [If this request is forwarded internally, please do not cut out the introductory wording before the questions].

A note for clinicians/services involved in responding to this request
We are conducting this survey to help us understand how widely available these forms of treatment are across the UK. The top-level findings will be published in a report, in which individual services/providers will not be named. Instead, we will report the findings in terms of the proportion of providers or areas that offer intensive community and/or day patient treatment programmes for people with eating disorders.

We recognise that eating disorder services are under extreme pressure and are facing major challenges in recruiting and retaining the staff they need. This request will form part of a wider Beat project that will aim to understand and help overcome the barriers that the NHS faces in expanding access to these innovative service models. This will include challenging policy makers and commissioners to provide the required resources.

Background
Intensive community and day patient treatment programmes offer increased contact hours for the patient compared to traditional outpatient treatment. The patient returns home at night and therefore is not an inpatient. Such treatment programmes can help minimise inpatient admissions and reduce length of stay when admission is necessary.

Day patient treatment programmes sometimes called ‘day care’. tend to be run as a group programme, with patients attending the service during the day and returning home for evenings and weekends. Such programmes could potentially be delivered partially or wholly online/virtually. Some intensive community treatment programmes include home treatment, whereby a clinician visits the patient’s home to support meals and snacks and offer psychosocial intervention. There are other models of intensive community treatment aside from home treatment and we are very interested in hearing about these approaches too.

Questions
1. Does the Trust provide any intensive community and/or day patient treatment for eating disorders or refer patients on to receive such treatment from another NHS or non-NHS provider.? This may include day patient treatment, home treatment, or other innovative model/s. We are interested in programmes for children and young people, and/or adults.
£ Yes
£ No, and the Trust has never provided such a service
£ No, but the Trust did provide such a service in the past [Please provide more information below, including what led to the closure of this service/s]

If you answered “No” to question 1 either of the two options., that is all that is required, thank you for your response.
If you answered “Yes” to question 1, please answer the remaining questions below. If the Trust provides more than one model of intensive community or day patient treatment and/or has separate programmes based on age or any other criteria, please provide separate answers for each treatment programme and specify which programme is being referred to. If the Trust refers patients on to receive intensive community or day patient treatment from another NHS or non-NHS provider, please state the name of this provider, and cover this treatment programme within the answers you give to questions 2-8.

2. What model/s of intensive community or day patient treatment for eating disorders does the Trust provide or refer patients onto.? Examples include day treatment or home treatment, but we are keen to hear about any other forms of intensive treatment too aside from inpatient care.. In your answer, please specify whether these are provided in-person or online/virtually.

3. What is the intensity of this/these model/s of intensive community or day patient treatment for eating disorders?
a. Please provide the information requested below. If the Trust provides, or refers patients onto, more than one intensive community or day patient treatment programme please provide separate answers for each.:
Number of hours per day if applicable to model.
Number of days per week if applicable to model.
Number of contacts per week and minimum duration of those contacts if applicable to model.
Is supervised meal support provided? If so, for how many meals per day?.
b. Please provide any more information that we should know about regarding the intensity of treatment provided by this/these programme/s.

4. Are families or other carers engaged with when appropriate. in the treatment provided by this/these intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders? If so, please describe or attach further information outlining this engagement.

5. Is/are the intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders time limited, or is the length of this treatment based on clinical need? If it is time limited, what is the maximum length of treatment?

6. What are the referral criteria for patients to access the intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders? In your answer, please detail any exclusion criteria e.g., age, type of eating disorder/diagnosis, BMI, comorbidity, or otherwise..

7. What is/are the geographic catchment area/s for referrals to the intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders including any such programmes provided outside the Trust’s usual geographic area, potentially as part of an NHS-led Provider Collaborative.?
8. Please state the size of the caseload number of accepted referrals. at the Trust’s intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders on the dates below:
31 March 2023
30 September 2023
If the Trust provides more than one intensive community or day patient treatment programme, please provide the size of the caseload separately for each and specify whether the programme is for over 18s or under 18s..

9. Which organisation/s commission the intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders? If this is one or more NHS Integrated Care Board ICB. or NHS Trust as lead provider for an NHS-led Provider Collaborative., please specify their name/s in your answer to this question.
10. Please tell us what the Trust is proud of about its intensive community and/or day patient treatment programme/s for eating disorders and outline the challenges and opportunities the Trust has experienced in providing this/these programme/s.

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339-2023

To whom it may concern
The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for all doctors and medical students in the UK.
As part of ongoing work undertaken by the BMA to improve the working lives of doctors, we are currently conducting a Freedom of Information request to all NHS trusts in the UK, along with Integrated care boards ICBs., to better understand the support and facilities available to doctors in trusts that may impact on inequalities that occur within the workplace. The results of this will enable the BMA to provide meaningful and targeted to advice to our members.
In order to gather this data effectively, under the Freedom of Information Act, I am writing to ask for you to complete the attached spreadsheet in response to the questions below. Please can I ask for the responses to these questions to be a simple “Yes.” or “No.” please delete where appropriate, on the spreadsheet.. The only exception to this is question 12, where further detail is required.
Please use the column ‘Additional information’ to expand on your response and provide examples of best practice and explanation as to why you have responded “No.”
Also provide the contact details for the people leading on best practice if you would be happy for follow-up communication.
Questions:
Caring responsibilities 1. Does your trust have a suitable area for staff where breastfeeding / milk expression can take place which meets the criteria of the Health and Safety Executive criteria below.?
Criteria: ‘You must provide a suitable area where pregnant workers and breastfeeding mothers can rest. It should include somewhere to lie down if necessary, be hygienic and private so they can express milk if they choose to – toilets are not a suitable place for this, include somewhere to store their mil, for example a fridge?’ 2. Do you hold facilities which are equipped to store expressed milk which staff can access including during night and weekend duties.?
3. Do your staff have access to a workplace nursery?
4. Do you offer any other forms of employer supported childcare benefits?
Reporting and acting on discrimination
5. Have you performed any analysis on your pay data by ethnicity? including pay gaps, awards e.g. clinical excellence awards.
a. If yes. Have you separated the analysis to look at the ethnicity pay gap of your medical workforce?
6. Does your organisation provide an independent route not HR or management. where staff can raise concerns of discrimination?
7. Do all staff inductions including medical students on work placements and doctors on short term contracts. include information about how to raise concerns?
8. Does your trust use the NHS England Just Culture Guide or a similar process when investigating incidents of patient safety?
Faith, health and wellbeing
9. Does your trust have a menopause policy?
10. Has your trust implemented the recommendations from Section 7. Appendix B of the NHS England Uniforms and Workwear Guidance regarding accommodating faith groups. into your local policies?
International medical graduates
11. Does your trust provide an induction for newly recruited international medical graduates? a. If yes. Does your induction meet the minimum requirements set out in the document Welcoming and Valuing International Medical Graduates: A guide to induction for IMGs recruited to the NHS? Specialty and specialist doctors SAS.
12. What number of SAS doctors that you employ are in leadership or extended roles? Respond as far as possible where you do collect the information. Please state in the comments column if you do not collect this information. Number of doctors Total doctors employed
Total SAS doctors employed
SAS clinical leads
SAS directors
SAS appraisers
SAS appraisal leads
SAS clinical governance leads
SAS medical directors
SAS educational supervisors
SAS undergraduate education lead
SAS audit lead

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338-2023

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How many days did each patient stay?
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What were the reasons for their stay?
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337-2023

Under the provision of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please can you answer the following questions relating to the staffing systems. you currently use as of December 2023.

Our preference is that you copy the tables below into an excel spreadsheet and fill up the relevant fields. However, how you complete the request is entirely up to you.

E-Rostering
For each of the staff group categories: Medical and Dental Nursing and HCAs AHPs and HSS
Does your Trust use an E-Rostering provider? Yes/No – if No, have you previously tried to implementation an e-rostering provider? Please name the provider..
What is the name of your E-Rostering provider?
When does the contract for the software you currently use for E-Rostering expire? dd/mm/yyyy.
How many licenses is your contract for?
What is the cost per annum for the provider?

Bank
For each of the staff group categories: Medical and Dental Nursing and HCAs AHPs and HSS
Do you have a Digital staff bank provider?
What is the name of your Digital staff bank provider?
What is the contract expiry date for the provider you currently use for your Digital staff bank? dd/mm/yyyy.
What is the cost per annum for the provider?

Agency Management Software/Agency Tech
For each of the staff group categories: Medical and Dental Nursing and HCAs AHPs and HSS
Do you use a Agency Tech provider? Yes/No/Not Applicable.
What is the name of your VMS Provider?
What is the contract expiry date for the provider you currently use? dd/mm/yyyy.
What is the cost per annum for the provider?

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336-2023

Please can you tell me 1. what correspondence you have had with Stonewall or /and other equality diversity and inclusion organisations.
2. Please can you supply copies of any correspondence that you have had with Stonewall or/and other diversity equality and inclusion organisations.

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335-2023

I wish to make an FOI request and would be grateful if you could supply the following information:

1. The number of UK nationals employed at your organisation in the 3 calendar years 2016, 2022, and 2023

2. The number of non-UK nationals employed at your organisation in the 3 calendar years 2016, 2022, and 2023.

For each of these questions, if possible, I would like to get all this data broken down into the following categories: nursing staff, medical staff, healthcare assistants and administration staff.

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333-2023

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your operations.

1 – Has your organisation acquired any Internet of Things IoT. devices in the last 36 months?
2 – What was the budget allocated for these projects?
3 – What did these projects encompass?
4 – Does your organisation have an energy/metering monitoring platform?
5 – If so, which one is it, and what is the annual cost of this platform?
6 – Is there any form of analytics software within your estate’s portfolio?
7 – Do your buildings incorporate Building Management Systems BMS. or Building Energy Management Systems BEMS.?
8 – If so, which manufacturer’s software do you utilise for these systems?
9 – Additionally, what is the manufacturer of the hardware used for these systems?
10 – How much is expended on the annual maintenance of these systems?
11 – Who bears responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the BMS?
12 – Has your organisation appointed a nominated energy manager?
13 – Does your organisation have a plan in place to achieve carbon net-zero emissions?
14 – If such a plan exists, could you kindly provide access to the details of this plan?
15 – Are there any strategies or plans in progress to decarbonise heating systems within your estate?
16 – If so, may I request information on these heat decarbonisation plans?
17 – Has your organisation received any public funding to support the decarbonisation efforts within your estate?
18 – If funding has been received, please specify the funding source and the amount received.

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306-2022

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

How much has this trust spent on overseas recruitment including all recruitment related activities, overseas recruitment trips, agency fees, staff salaries of overseas recruits of all occupations – such as nurses, doctors, admin staff etc – including costs of relocation, flights etc. from 1st January 2017 – the present 31st October 2022.?

If possible please break this down by year and by cost type examples given above..

Please acknowledge receipt of this request.

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305-2022

Under the Freedom of Information Act I am writing to seek answers/obtain information to the following:
1. 2. 3. Does your organisation have a policy that covers sexual safety, specifically preventing episodes
4. of sexual misconduct and sexual violence involving patients, visitors
5. and staff?
6. 7. 8. 9. If your answer to question 1 was yes, please can you forward an electronic copy of the policy to
10. me?
11. 12. 13. 14. If your answer to question 1 was yes, what date did the policy become effective? 15. 16. 17. 18. If you have updated your policy within the past five years, please can you provide me with an electronic
19. copy of the policy it replaced? If the information is available, please can you specify how your current policy is now different.
20. 21. 22. 23. Has your organisation accepted vicarious liablity for any cases of sexual assault or violence concerning
24. any staff or patients in the past five years 2017 to date. Please include any cases that may have led to an out of court settlement..
25. 26. 27. 28. a. If your answer to question 5 was yes, please can you provide figures, specifically for the
29. total number of cases and total compensation paid per year. 30. b. If possible, can you provide a breakdown for each case, specifying year; cost; whether the claimant was a patient, staff member or other please specify.: and whether the perpetrator was a staff member or patient?

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332-2023

I would like to make the following FOI request for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust:
What training has been delivered to staff within the Trust relating to religion and religious beliefs, within the period 1st August 2022 to 1st August 2023?
I would like a list of all the sessions delivered to staff. If a course has been delivered multiple times, please list each instance separately. For each one, I would like to know:
What was the session title or topic if known.?
Was the session delivered even if only partially. by someone external to the Trust?
o If so, who?
o How much was paid to them for this?
o If payment is made, please specify if VAT was applicable, and if VAT is included in your figures..

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331-2023

Please could you help me answer the following, in regards to the FOI requests:

1. Please provide a list of all the hospitals within your NHS trust
2. Please provide the number of inpatient wards within each hospital
3. Please provide the number of inpatient beds within each hospital

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274-2022

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 – Accident & Emergency

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

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System type – Digital Dictation

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

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System type – Document Management

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

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System type – Scheduling

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

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System definitions:

Accident & Emergency – A specialist system used to manage patients and patient clinical notes in the Emergency Department ED.

Digital Dictation – Device used for recording and managing natural speech, allowing staff to verbally input a patients’ note into a system without having to manually input it.

Document Management – Converts records into electronic format so that they can be viewed, moved around, and managed electronically on screen. Acts as a live filing system.

Scheduling – Enterprise level systems that are designed to effectively and efficiently allocate resources staff, equipment, treatment and even data. to patients at the necessary time and place. Systems in this area range from appointment booking, typically for clinic slots, through to far more sophisticated SAP-style resource allocation and scheduling systems.

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334-2023

Re: Freedom of Information Request

I am writing to you from Leukaemia Care to request information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Leukaemia Care is the UK’s leading Leukaemia charity. We exist to improve the lives of everyone affected by Leukaemia, MDS and MPN. We provide information, advice and support for anyone affected, this includes patients and their friends and families too. We raise awareness of the issues impacting people affected by leukaemia, MDS and MPN, and campaign to fix them.
We are currently interested in finding out more information about the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS. within hospital trusts. We want to make sure that people with leukaemia are given the correct access to a CNS as we believe this role, and the support provided, is extremely valuable to those who have received a diagnosis and are being treated for leukaemia.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide as much detail as possible to the following requests in writing via email or post.

NB: All of the following requests are relating to the treatment of adults 16 years +. only.

The information we request is from your most recent data.

1, Which haematological cancers are treated at your trust?

2, How many blood cancer patients are under the care of your trust?

3, Total number of haematological Clinical Nurse Specialists are in the trust?

4, Total number of leukaemia specific CNS’s are in the trust?
– If you do have leukaemia specific CNS’s in the trust, how many leukaemia patients are there per leukaemia CNS’s?
– Do have myeloid and lymphoid specific CNS’s and if so, how many of each?

5, Are haematological/ blood cancer CNS’s required to undertake normal ward duties?

6, Have you measured patient access to CNS’s within the trust? If so, what was the outcome?

7, Do you have, or plan to have any funding in place for training more haematology or blood cancer specific CNS’s?

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330-2023

Could you please answer the following questions:
1. Within your Organisation
a. Are you using medication pill pouches for your patients?
b. Who provides these pouches? E.g., Hospitals, community pharmacies Please state name & address..
2. On discharge long or short term. a. Do you discharge patients on medication pill pouches?
b. Who provides the medication pill pouches?
c. Do you provide other medication prompts aids?
d. Do you provide medication prompt visits?

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329-2023

I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. As a citizen of the United Kingdom, I am seeking access to certain information held by your organisation.
Please find the details of my request below:
Description of Information:
Do you have a digital or electronic tool to manage your operational activity in real-time in line with Operational Pressures Escalation Levels OPEL. Framework 2023/24 see: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PRN00551-OPEL-Framework-2023.24-V2.0.pdf for more information.
If so who is the supplier of this tool and when does the contract expire
If not, please provide an overview of how you manage OPEL levels within your organisation
Do you provide real-time data feeds into a your ICS System Control Centre
Timeframe of Information:
01/01/19 – Present Day

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121-2023

I would like to request the following information
1. Does your Trust currently use Oxehealth/Oxevision or any other video
surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring within patient residences including seclusion suites, patient bedrooms etc..
2. Where within patient residencies is this technology located eg. Seclusion rooms, patient bedrooms, patient bathrooms.
4. Copies of patient leaflets or information sheets related to Oxehealth/Oxevision or any other video surveillance or technology enabled
vital signs monitoring.
5. Your organisation’s Equality Impact Assessments in relation to Oxehealth/Oxevision or any other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring.
6. Your organisation’s risk assessment in relation Oxehealth/Oxevision or any
other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring.
7. Your organisation’s operational and organisational policies and procedures
relating to Oxehealth/Oxevision or any other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring, including details of patient consent.
8. Details of which services have the ability to use Oxehealth/Oxevision or any
other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring. ie.
Secure Services, Psychiatric Intensive Care Services, CAMHS etc..
9. Details about the decision-making process relating to adopting
Oxehealth/Oxevision or any other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring.
10. Records of any training provided in using this technology.
11. Details of where footage / information is stored
12. Any Data Protection Impact Assessments for Oxehealth/Oxevision or any
other video surveillance or technology enabled vital signs monitoring.

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111-2023

1. Do you currently use any off framework agencies for Nursing, if so please include agency name?
2. Do you currently use any off framework agecnies for HCA/support workers, if so please include agency name?
3. Since May 2023 till now, how many shifts have been booked with off framework agency for nursing?
4. Since May 2023 till now, how many shifts have been booked with off framework agency for healthcare assisant/support workers?
5. Do you have any off framework agencies who currently charge £50+ per hour for nursing staff, if so who may they be?
6. Do you have any off framework agencies who currently charge £24+ per hour for healthcare assitant/support workers, if so who may they be?

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074-2023

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We are an appointed supplier to the Workforce Alliance RM6333 – International Healthcare Professional Recruitment & Associated Services Framework and require the following information.
Please may you provide me with:
The name and best contact details for your Chief People Officer, Head of recruitment, international recruitment lead or whoever would be the primary contact responsible for the recruitment of overseas Doctors, Nurses, Allied Health professionals or general clinical staffing professionals.
Please provide the following where available.
1. Contact name
2. Email address
3. Best contact number
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

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064-2023

I am writing to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. Please provide the name of your NHS Trust 2. Do you have a specific policy for employees undergoing fertility treatment? a. if so, please provide a copy. b. if not, please advise which policy this is covered by, and provide an extract of the relevant section. 3. Do you provide paid leave for employees undergoing fertility treatment? 4. How many days paid absence are employees entitled to for fertility treatment? 5. How is the absence recorded i.e., sick leave, special leave, other, etc..? 6. How many employees have had paid time off for fertility treatment in the last 3 financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23.. 7. What wellbeing support is available for employees undergoing fertility treatment? 8. What guidance is available for managers to help them support and manage employees undergoing fertility treatment?

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328-2023

Would you be kind enough to 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?
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?

Which software does the IT department use for performance monitoring of servers and infrastructure?
When was the tool purchased?
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?

Which endpoint management tool does the IT department use for managing computers/laptops/mobile devices/servers etc?
When was the tool purchased?
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?

Does the Trust have any solution in place to help with the management of power useage within the PC estate?
Which tool is in use?
When was the tool purchased?
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?

Lastly, as this is a matter of public record and is attainable in your spend reports, can you please confirm roughly how much each of the above solutions cost?

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327-2023

I appreciate that you may not be able to use the MS Forms link. I have a word version of the form which I append. I also include the data fields requested below.
NHS Pain Education
This information is being requested as a freedom of information request. We are trying to find out what education is taking place in the workplace for staff who work directly with patients. Although this form is several pages long it should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Section 1
1. Name of your organisation
2. Do you provide education for your healthcare staff about pain management? Delete as appropriate – if NO please do not continue with the form and return it to a.swift@bham.ac.uk.
Yes No
Section 2
3. Who do you deliver pain education to?
The following section is divided into staff groupings. Please add a cross in the relevant box to indicate who you provide pain management education to at least annually.
Mandatory Optional Mandatory for some but not all Not provided Not a staff group in this organisation
Band 3 support worker nursing or midwifery.
Nurses
Midwives
Health visitors
FY1/FY2
ST1/CT1
ST2/CT2
ST3-6
Consultant
Support worker therapy.
Physiotherapists
Occupational therapists
Speech and language therapists
Dieticians
Art therapists
Counselling team
Social workers
Dieticians
Chaplaincy
Psychologists
Pharmacists
Radiography and imaging team
Others please list.
4. What percentage of each of the following staff groups attending at least one pain education event in the last 12 months.
Support workers nursing and midwifery.
Nurses
Doctors
AHPs
Other please list.
5. Who delivers pain education in your organisation?
6. What methods do you use to deliver pain education to staff?
Face to face Online – asynchronous Online – synchronous Both F2F and online, participant chooses Method not used.
Classroom or lecture theatre LT. -lecture didactic.
Classroom or LT discussion/Q&A
Case study presentation and discussion
Video of past teaching sessions
Video of expert giving lecture or being interviewed
Simulation lab- management of a lifelike scenario
Skills demonstration e.g. injections
Supervised skills practice
Role play
Supervision in clinical area supervised practice.
Specialist embedded in the ward – work alongside
One to one coaching on request
Pain ward rounds include ward staff
Posters in the clinical area
Pocket guides
Dashboard messaging
Audit feedback
Intranet guidelines
Smartphone or app
Guidance pop-ups in electronic patient management or prescribing system
Ask the expert sessions
WhatsApp discussion groups
Pain meetings in clinical areas
Schwarz rounds
QI programmes
7. If you have a virtual learning environment as part of your pain management education please describe what methods are used e.g. case studies, narrated powerpoints, quizzes, reading materials.
8. Are there any other methods that you use?
9. Content of pain education.
The EFIC core curriculum contains seven domains. Please indicate which aspects of the curricula you include in your pain education all or some of the time.
Pain as a biopsychosocial phenomenon impact on the individual and their family/carers showing understanding of the cognitive, sensory and affective dimensions
The impact of pain on the patient and their family/carers
Pain as a multidimensional phenomenon with cognitive, sensory, and affective dimensions
The individual nature of pain and the factors contributing to the person’s understanding, experience and expression
Understand the importance of social roles, school/ work, occupational factors, finances, housing and recreational/leisure activities in relation to the patients’ pain
The importance of working in partnership with and advocating for patients and their families,
Promoting independence and self-management where appropriate
Prevalence of acute, chronic/persistent and cancer-related pain and the impact on healthcare and society
The characteristics and underlying mechanisms of nociceptive pain, inflammation, neuropathic pain, referred pain, phantom limb pain and explain nociplastic pain syndromes
The distinction between nociception and pain, including nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic pain
Mechanisms of transduction, transmission, perception and modulation in nociceptive pathways The relationship between peripheral/central sensitization and primary/secondary hyperalgesia
Mechanisms involved in the transition from acute to chronic/ persistent pain and how effective management can reduce this risk
The changes that occur in the brain during chronic/persistent pain and their possible impact including cognition, memory and mood. and cognitive-behavioural explanations such as fear-avoidance
The overlap between chronic/persistent pain and common co-morbidities, including stress, sleep, mood, depression and anxiety
The mechanisms underlying placebo and nocebo responses, and their relation to context, learning, genetics, expectations, beliefs and learning
The role of genetics and epigenetic mechanisms in relation to risk of developing chronic/persistent pain and pharmacotherapy
The importance of interprofessional working in pain management along with potential barriers and facilitators to team-based care
How to work respectfully and in partnership with patients, families/ carers, healthcare team members and agencies, to improve patient outcomes
Team working skills communication, negotiation, problem solving, decision-making, conflict management.
The professional perspectives, skills, goals and priorities of all team members
How to take a comprehensive pain history, an assessment of the patient across the lifespan and in care planning, consider social, psychological, and biological components of the pain condition
Person-centred care including how the following may influence the experience of illness, pain, pain assessment and treatment: Social factors, Cultural factors, Language, Psychological factors, Physical activity, Age, Health literacy, Values and beliefs, Traditional medical practices, Patients’ and families’ wishes, motivations, goals, and strengths
Patients’ and families’ different responses to the experience of pain and illness including affective, cognitive, and behavioural responses
The rationale for self-report of pain and the understand in which cases nurse-led ratings are necessary
At risk individuals for under-treatment of their pain e.g., individuals who are unable to self-report pain, neonates, cognitively impaired. and how to mitigate against this.
Using different assessment tools in different situations, using a person-centred approach
Valid, reliable and sensitive pain-assessment tools to assess pain at rest and on movement; tools that are appropriate to the needs of the patient and the demands of the care situation
Culturally sensitive and appropriate pain assessment for individuals who speak a different language to the language spoken by the healthcare professionals
Understand the rationale behind basic investigations in relation to serious pathology
What specialist assessment is, when it is needed, and how to refer.
Importance of accurate documentation
Assessment of pain coping skills and pain behaviours
Health promotion and self-management
Importance of non-pharmacological management
How to work with patients to develop goals for treatment
Evidence based complementary therapies for pain management e.g. acupuncture, reflexology.
Physical pain management strategies e.g. exercise, stretching, pacing, comfort, positioning, massage, manual therapies, heat/cold, hydrotherapy..
Psychological pain management strategies e.g. distraction, relaxation, stress management, patient and family education, counselling, health promotion and self-management..
Evidence based behavioural therapies e.g. CBT, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment, couple/family therapy, hypnosis/guided imagery, biofeedback.
Electrotherapies e.g. TENS, spinal cord stimulation.
Types of analgesics and potential combinations non-opioids, opioids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, local anaesthetics.
Routes of delivery
Risks and benefits of various routes and methods of delivery PCA, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Plexus blocks..
Onset, peak effect, duration of effect.
Adverse events and management of these
Which drugs are appropriate to particular conditions and contexts
Side effects, detecting, limiting and managing these.
Long-term opioid use risks and benefits
Risk of addiction in different patient groups e.g. post-operative management, chronic pain management.
Addiction risk factors
Identification of aberrant drug use
Tapering opioid therapy
Preparation for discharge and ongoing pain management
10. Do you include anything else in your pain education that has not been captured so far?
11. Is there anything else that you would like to tell us about?

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326-2023

Dear FOI Team,
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the FOI Act 2000.
Please provide information regarding the following systems:
1. Adult working age. services
2. BI & Data Warehousing
3. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS.
4. Eating disorders
5. ePOA
6. Electronic Care Programme Approach eCPA.
7. E-rostering
8. Learning disabilities
9. Main Community System
10. Older Adults
11. Statutory reporting
Please enter ‘No System Installed’ or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department:
a. System type –
b. Supplier name –
c. System name –
d. Date installed –
e. Contract expiration –
f. Is this contract annually renewed? – Yes/No
g. Do you currently have plans to replace this system? – Yes/No
h. Procurement framework –
i. Other systems it integrates with? –
j. Total value of contract £. –
k. Notes – e.g. we are currently out to tender
Please provide your answer in the above format for each system.
System definitions:
Adult working age. services: This may be an independent system for managing these patients, or it may be part of the trust’s EPR functionality.
BI & Data Warehousing: Integrates data and information collected from various sources, e.g. electronic patient/health records, enterprise resource planning systems, radiology and lab databases, wearables etc, into one comprehensive database
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS.: is a broad term for all services that work with children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional or behavioural wellbeing.
Eating disorders: This may be an independent system for managing these patients, or it may be part of the trust’s EPR functionality.
ePOA: A digital platform/app that streamlines the pre-operative assessment process, replacing traditionally paper-based tasks with electronic data collection for efficiency. It allows patients to provide essential information online before their hospital visit and engage in a structured assessment, often with a nurse, to ensure a smooth and efficient preparation for surgery. Some suppliers include, AireLogic, Definition Health, OpenMedical.
Electronic Care Programme Approach eCPA.: The system is designed to improve the quality of information in CPA care plans and, for the first time, to enable the rapid and standardised adoption of evidence-based good practice.
E-rostering: An electronic staff management tool that enables trusts to plan staffing requirements, report on enhanced hours, overtime, sickness, TOIL and annual leave.
Learning disabilities: This may be an independent system for managing these patients, or it may be part of the trust’s EPR functionality.
Main Community System: A main community system is a software system that supports the delivery of community health services by enabling electronic patient records EPR. and case management. Civica Paris and Servelec Rio are examples of main community systems. They help to improve patient outcomes by providing a single view of patient information, supporting multi-disciplinary team working, integrated health and social care services, and online and offline mobile working.
Older Adults: This may be an independent system for managing these patients, or it may be part of the trust’s EPR functionality.
Statutory reporting: Simple BI producing Statutory Returns which need to be made to Central Government – e.g. PBR, MHMDS, CDS, HES, NDTMS – as appropriate to commissioned clinical services. Typically, these are contained within the ROCR Register of Central returns. and have been through an approved “gateway” process.

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102-2022

Wednesday 4th May 2022
RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
————————-Information Team
This is an information request relating to internal magazines at the Trust.
Please include the information for each of the following periods; 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22:
• Any expenditure on any internal magazine produced by the Trust. Please breakdown expenditure by year
• Copies of the magazine
• Any income received from the production of the magazine, for example through advertising
For an example of what I mean, see here: https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/gist 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.

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091-2022

I would like to request the following information, under a freedom of information request, relating to hospital Chaplains and Chaplaincy provision in your Trust. Could you please provide the following information: 1. Are you: a. an acute Trust b. a specialist centre / Trust c. a community Trust d. a mental health Trust e. other, please specify: 2. In total how many beds do you have in your hospitals.? 3. How many staff by whole-time equivalent and headcount do you have in your hospital? 4. The number of whole-time equivalent and headcount of substantive Chaplaincy Team members by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Whole Time Equivalent WTE. Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 5. The number of bank / temporary / zero hours contract Chaplaincy staff by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 6. The number of honorary Chaplaincy Team members by faith/belief demographic: Faith or Belief Head Count Anglican Baptist Buddhist Christian other than listed. Eastern Orthodox Hindu Humanist Islam / Muslim Jewish Methodist Pentecostal/Charismatic Presbyterian Quaker Roman Catholic Salvation Army Sikh United Reformed Church Other please specify.: Unknown 7. Does the Trust have Trainee Chaplain / Entry Level Chaplain Band 5. roles? 8. If so, how many of the Chaplaincy Team are at this level whole-time equivalent, headcount and religion/belief.? 9. If so, are the positions permanent or fixed term? 10. What is the rationale for Trainee / Entry Level chaplains within your Trust? 11. Over the last 3 years has the Chaplaincy Team: a. increased in size b. remained the same in size c. decreased in size If there is a change, please give the whole-time equivalent that has been reduced or increased. 12. What steps or initiatives has the Chaplaincy Team taken to increase the diversity of service provision within your Trust? 13. What spaces do you have for prayer, meditation or worship within your Trust? Space Yes / No Number of these spaces within the Trust if yes. What activities regularly take place in this space Chapel Multifaith space Single faith prayer space Designated Muslim prayer space Quiet room / reflection space Meeting room space Counselling room space Other please specify.: Thank you for your assistance in providing this information, I look forward to receiving the data within the next 20 working days

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325-2023

I wish to request the following information under the FOI Act that Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust holds. 1. How many refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt in your trust? 2. How many female refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt in your trust?
3. How many female refused asylum seekers hold NHS debt due to accessing maternity care on the NHS in your trust? 4. What is the total amount of NHS debt refused asylum seekers hold in GBP in your trust? 5. What is the total amount of NHS debt female refused asylum seekers hold in GBP in your trust? 6. What is the total amount of NHS debt female refused asylum seekers hold due to accessing maternity care on the NHS in GBP in your trust? If possible, can you also provide historic information and break each data set down per year from 2010/11 to present. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust must hold some of this information and must pass this information onto the Home Office because there was a judicial review this summer about a case in which a women was detained for an NHS debt at the airport on her arrival into the UK https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2023/1272.html..
If this request is unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
If the release of any of this information is prohibited on the grounds of breach of confidence, I ask that you supply me with copies of the confidentiality agreement and remind you that information should not be treated as confidential if such an agreement has not been signed. 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.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing today that you have received this request.

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011-2023

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m requesting the following information on compassionate use medicines:
1. How many patients at your trust have been supplied medicines approved through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme EAMS. each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
2. How many requests has your trust made to pharmaceutical companies for access to medicines offered through a company-led ‘compassionate use’ or ‘free of charge’ scheme each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
a. How many patients have received treatment with unlicensed medicines obtained this way each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
3. How many requests have clinicians at your trust submitted to pharmaceutical companies for access to an unlicensed medicine to treat patients each year between April 2014 and April 2023, outside of a company-led scheme?
a. How many patients have received treatment with unlicensed medicines obtained this way each year between April 2014 and April 2023?
Please provide the information by email. 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.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response within 20 working days.

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519-2023

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. to request data relating to the following three trainee roles: Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, Education Mental Health Practitioner and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner. Specifically I am seeking data on the numbers for each protected Category at each stage of the recruitment process: applications submitted, shortlisted, interviewed and made an offer, as illustrated in the table below. I understand that this information is available to your organization as an anonymised report within the NHS Jobs system. Ideally I’d like three distinct sets of data for each of the three trainee roles.

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518-2023

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information about nitrous oxide monitoring:
• Have you carried out nitrous oxide/Entonox personal sampling in your trust?
o If so, which departments have you carried out personal sampling in? • Did you find high results in any staff members?
o If yes:
 How many staff members were affected?
 What was the highest result you found?
 Were these staff members informed?
 What action was taken? e.g. have you installed mobile destruction units?.
• Have you suspended the use of Entonox at your trust?
Please provide the information by email.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response within 20 working days. If you could please send an acknowledgement on receiving my request that would be much appreciated.

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509-2023

I would like to request a list of all Operating Theatre Lights currently in use within Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust please. Specific detail required for each Operating Theatre Lights:
1. Name of hospital 2. Location within hospital e.g., theatre 1.
3. Manufacturer and model of Operating Theatre Lights in use
4. How many of each Operating Theatre Lights in use 5. Age of each individual Operating Theatre Lights date installed or date purchased. If possible, we would prefer the data in Excel or Word format not PDF. please

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508-2023

I am requesting the following information regarding under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 FOIA..

Payment of NHS Trust Suppliers

For the period between June 2022 and January 2023, please provide the statistics as follows:

The average number of days taken to make payments to suppliers, measured from the date of receipt of invoice or other notice to the date the cash is received by the supplier
The percentage of payments made within the reporting period which were paid in 30 days or fewer, between 31 and 60 days, and in 61 days or longer
The percentage of payments due within the reporting period which were not paid within the agreed payment period

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505-2023

Can you please let me know the following;

What was the trusts off framework spend in 2022?
Which agency had the biggest spend and how much was the spend?

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324/2023

This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to NHS Trust unlicensed medicine expenditure.
1. What is the total value of spend by your NHS Trust on unlicensed medication i.e. Special Order, Drug Tariff Special Order, Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order. that have a BNF liquid formulation e.g. liquid, solution, suspension.? Please provide this information on a volume and value basis for the following years please fill in the tables below..
Note: Value of spend to mean either net ingredient cost or actual cost. Please state which you have used below. Actual cost would be the total cost to NHS commissioners whereas NIC is the cost at list price excluding VAT.

Total value:
Type Total spend / cost on liquid unlicensed products procured
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-22 to Mar-23
Special Order
Drug Tariff Special Order
Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order
Other Special

Total volume:
Type Total volume of liquid unlicensed products procured
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-20 to
Mar-21
Special Order
Drug Tariff Special Order
Part VIIID Drug Tariff Special Order
Other Special

2. Do you outsource the manufacturing of liquid unlicensed products?
3. If no to question 3 use of outsourcing providers., what proportion of the products that you manufacture in-house are aseptically compounded rather than terminally sterilised?
4. If yes to question 3 use of outsourcing providers., what is the total value of spend by provider? Please provide this information for the following years please fill in the tables below..
Note: If more than 10 providers are used, please only detail spend with the top 10.
Outsourcing provider
fill in empty rows with provider name, add rows if required. Total value of liquid specials procured from each provider
Apr-20 to
Mar-21 Apr-21 to
Mar-22 Apr-20 to
Mar-21

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415-2024

Please disclose the following information pertaining to the Trust’s use of agency workers nurses and medical locums etc.. within the 20 working days permitted under the Freedom of Information Act.

Section A: Total Agency Spend Per Job Category – Last 6 Months

1. In the period between 1st August 2023 and 31st January 2024, how much did the Trust spend on Agency Medical Locums including all locum grades, including locum pay, agency fees, on costs etc. – excluding only VAT. Please exclude the cost of any MSP fee managed service provider fee. where such arrangements mean that this is distinguishable from the agency fee.

2. In the period between 1st August 2023 and 31st January 2024, how much did the Trust spend on Agency Nurses including nurse pay, agency fees, on costs etc. – excluding only VAT. Please exclude the cost of any MSP fee managed service provider fee. where such arrangements mean that this is distinguishable from the agency fee. Please include all nursing bands, including band 2 HCAs. If possible, please break down the spend by banding.

3. In the period between 1st August 2023 and 31st January 2024, how much did the Trust spend on Agency AHP/HSS workers including all AHP.HSS job roles, including pay, agency fees, on costs etc. – excluding only VAT. Please exclude the cost of any MSP fee managed service provider fee. where such arrangements mean that this is distinguishable from the agency fee.

4. In the period between 1st August 2023 and 31st January 2024, how much did the Trust spend on Non-Medical / Non-Clinical NMNC. agency workers including all NMNC job roles, including pay, agency fees, on costs etc. – excluding only VAT. Please exclude the cost of any MSP fee managed service provider fee. where such arrangements mean that this is distinguishable from the agency fee.

Section B: Supporting Services Managed Services / Master Vendors / Neutral Vendors / Vendor Management Technology etc..

1.0. For each of the agency staffing categories mentioned above Medical Locums, Agency Nurses, AHP/HSS and NMNC., does the Trust utilise either a technology provision and/or the services of any type of managed service provider MSP., be it Master Vendor, Neutral Vendor, Managed Service or otherwise, in the course of managing the supply of Medical Locums?

If yes to Section B – 1.0, please also answer 1.1 and 1.2:

1.1: For each staff Category, please describe the solution in place – including a. the type of solution i.e. tech or managed services etc.., b. the company providing the service e.g. Medacs, Retinue, NHSP etc.., c. the cost charged for the solution e.g. 4% of agency spend, or [X] per timesheet hour], and d. the procurement Framework under which the solution is contracted e.g. CCS RM6161 or HTE TWS11 Lot 2b etc…

1.2: For each of the solutions you’ve listed above, please state the contract expiry date.

Section C: Procurement Activity and Associated Persons

1. Please advise whether the Trust is likely to undertake procurement activity in relation to any of the solution either that are already in place, or in order to put such a solution in place, in the next 12 months.
2. Please provide the name, email address and telephone number, for the persons. involved in ‘buying’ such solutions. In case of the existing contracts mentioned above, please provide the details of the person who would take overall ownership of evaluating the contract renewal moving forward.

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414-2024

1. Could you please confirm whether your organisation uses a digital dictation provider? If so, kindly specify the name of the provider.
2. Could you confirm whether you employ a speech recognition system? If yes, please provide details about the provider.
3. Does your organisation use an outsourced transcription provider? If so, kindly state the name of the provider.
4. For all the services mentioned above, I would appreciate clarification on the contract expiration date. Alternatively, if your contracts are on a rolling basis, please indicate so.

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466-2023

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

1. Does your trust utilise off-framework agencies for Nursing or Care, if so which agencies?

2. How many hours have been covered by off-framework agencies for Nursing and Care AUG 22-PRESENT?

3. Who at director level is responsible for patient safety and staffing levels?

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