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-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your facilities management approach:
Which software solution is used to manage your Premise Assurance Model if any. and who is your current supplier?
If so,
What is the start date and duration of the contract?
Is there an extension clause in the contract and, if so, what is the duration?
Has a decision been made yet on whether the contract will be extended or renewed?
What is the annual value of the contract?
How was the contract procured, e.g., framework/tender?
Who is the senior officer outside of procurement. responsible for the contract?
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187-2022
I’d like to know how I can apply for the Mental Health Support Team to work with my school. We are not on the drop down list. We are ‘The High School Leckhampton’.
171-2021
The following questions with regards to patients treated in your trust are being asked for on behalf of Novartis.
1. In total, over the past 4 months, how many patients have been treated for the following diseases Rheumatoid arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa.?
2. Of these five, how many of each received the following products:
– Adalimumab Humira.
– Adalimumab Biosimilar
– Etanercept Enbrel.
– Etanercept Biosimilar
– Infliximab Remicade.
– Infliximab biosimilar
– Golimumab Simponi.
– Tofacitinib Xeljanz.
– Ustekinumab Stelara.
– Vedolizumab Entyvio.
– Filgotinib Jyseleca.
– Abatacept Orencia.
– Baricitinib Olumiant.
– Certolizumab Pegol Cimzia.
– Rituximab MabThera.
– Rituximab Biosimilar
– Tocilizumab RoActemra.
– Sarilumab Kevzara.
– Apremilast Otezla.
– Secukinumab Cosentyx.
– Isekizumab Taltz.
– Guselkumab Tremfya.
– Brodalumab Kyntheum.
– Risankizumab Skyrizi.
– Tildrakizumab Ilumetri.
– Upadacitinib Rinvoq.
– Bimekizumab Bimzelx.
3. Could you please provide the number of these patients that were treated within the gastro department still split by disease and treatment..
4. Over the same time period, how many patients for each of the five diseases Rheumatoid arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa. received the following treatments as their first ever biologic treatment?
– AxSPA
– PsA
– PsO
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions, and I look forward to your response.
164-2022
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Please could you provide the following information under the freedom of information act covering the last 12 months:
1. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international doctors and if so which agencies were used?
2. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international nurses and if so which agencies were used?
3. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international allied health professionals and if so which agencies were used?
4. Has the Trust used agencies to recruit permanent/international non-medical non-clinical staff and if so which agencies were used?
5. Please provide a breakdown of the number of staff placed as result of permanent/international recruitment using agencies split by; doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and non-medical non-clinical? Please also provide the associated costs broken down in the same format.
6. Does your Trust intend to recruit the beforementioned job roles on a permanent/international recruitment basis using an agency over the next 12 months?
7. What was the total permanent/international recruitment agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
8. What was your total temporary agency spend on the beforementioned job roles?
9. Do you have a central recruitment team or an international recruitment lead?
10. The contact name of the person in charge of your procurement department for dealing with permanent/international recruitment?
Please respond as soon as possible, thanks for your cooperation in advance.
162-2022
Please provide the following information:
1. How many people do the Community Mental Health Team CMHT. employ that can provide Dialectical Behaviour Therapy DBT.?
2. How many people do the CMHT employ who can provide other psychological therapies i.e. all other therapies other than DBT.? Please name the therapies. 3. How many people can the CMHT offer DBT to?
4. How many people are getting DBT via the CMHT?
5. How many people are on the waiting list for DBT via the CMHT?
6. How many people have contacted the CMHT for help with their mental health issues in each year since 2017?
7. How many of those people have subsequently been assessed by the CMHT in each year since 2017?
8. How many were identified as needing treatment in each year since 2017?
9. How many of those identified as needing treatment have been given the treatment that they needed since 2017?
10. How many more are on waiting lists to receive their treatment?
11. How long are those waiting lists?
12. How many more practitioners would the CMHT need before they can offer the same level of treatments that are required?
145-2022
Subject: Freedom of Information
This message originated from outside of NHSmail. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Good morning, Please provide the following statistics from across the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date., itemised by year.
1. Calls and/or referrals to the Heart Failure Team.
2. Operational deployments by the Heart Failure Team.
3. Outpatient appointments provided by Cardiology Services.
4. Inpatient consultations provided by Cardiology Services.
Many thanks.
117/2022
Submitted details:
How can we help you?
Please select an option… I have a question about the trust Your details
Your name TONY Newsum-Brown Your email address Tony.NewsumBrown@swyt.nhs.uk Your phone number 07585686710 What is your query? I am working on a new NHS Pathway with SWYFT
and wondering if it would be possible for you to pass my details onto a member of the Recovery Team as we are seeking to establish a similar service in the Barnsley area. We are are a small team comprising of myself Peer Support Worker, admin worker, Mental Health Nurses x2 An Associate Practitioner and an OT. I am hoping that you may be able to offer some advice in terms of:
Eligibility criteria for your Recovery Service
Assessment processes
Duration and scope of interventions
Team structure etc
Tony Newsum-Brown
Peer Support Worker
Enabling Recovery Pathway
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
034-2022
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Gloucestershire Adult Eating Disorder services FOI 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
————————-Gloucestershire Adult Eating Disorder services, I am writing to make a request for some information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information I am requesting is in the document attached to this email. If this request is too wide or 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.
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 that you have received this request.
008-2022
Freedom of Information request – Microsoft Power BI
Could you confirm if the Trust use or have purchased Microsoft Power BI?
If not what other reporting system does the Trust use?
338-2022
1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?
331-2022
My name is Jacob John, and I am sending this email on behalf of Health Service Journal HSJ.. 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.
FOI request: please submit your answer to both questions in the attached spreadsheet.:
1. Please state the suppliers – and name of software used – for the following systems used by the trust if applicable.:
Bed management system
Clinical decision support system
Hospital pharmacy system
Population health management system
Hospital discharge system
Theatre scheduling system
Clinical communications system
Remote consultation system provider e.g. video and online consultations.
Advice and guidance system provider
Virtual ward and remote monitoring system provider
2. Please state the expiry date for the trust’s contracts with the suppliers referred to above for the systems in question.
330-2022
1.a. Who is the head of procurement at this trust and who is responsible for approving Nursing agency usage? b. Secondly, who is the temporary / flexible staffing lead responsible for the management of this service?
2. Please can you provide the contact number and email address in relation to both question 1 a. and b.
3. Have you used Off-framework nursing agency staff in the last 3 months at this trust?
4. How much was your Off-Framework agency spend for each of the following staff groups between August 2022 – October 2022 a. RGN’s b. Registered Midwives c. RMN d. Specialist RN ITU. e. Specialist RN A&E. 5. Following the same breakdown of staff groups in Question 3, how many Off-framework shifts have been unfilled between August 2022 – October 2022?
268-2022
Please provide me with an up to date Organisational Structure chart showing Team Managers and Service Managers and their email addresses for General Nursing, Primary Care, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Psychological Therapies across your trust.
188-2022
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————————-Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,
Do you provide free parking for NHS staff and/or patients?
If not, how much do you charge staff to park?
how long does it take for staff to be issued a permit when joining your trust?
186-2022
Under the freedom of information act please could you provide the following information in relation to the conditions or probably or suspected conditions in i-xiv. below?
i. Pandas Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. ii. PANS Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. iii. Long COVID iv. immune mediated neuro behaviour conditions v. neuro psychiatric conditions vi. behavioural changes or altered behaviour vii. sudden onset tics viii. sudden onset ocd iv. sudden onset eating difficulties x. bodily distress disorder xi. autoimmune encephalitis with an idiopathic cause xii. idiopathic transverse myelitis xiii. immune dysregulation xiv. psychiatric disorder 1. Please can you provide any a. clinical guidance, b. policy, c. procedure d. diagnostic pathway e. treatment pathways f. management pathway g. the clinical classification ICD-11 code or the code which would have traditionally been used if there is an absence of code for each of the conditions i.-xiv. above in paediatric patients. 2a. Please could you also provide for each condition or probable/ suspected condition i.-xiv. above the number of paediatric patients presenting with these conditions for each year for the past 5 years? & b. how many were referred for treatment c. how many referrals rejected d. how many referrals were accepted e. how many patients were referred to another service outside of the trust. Please could this be provided in a table format?
3. Please could you provide me with any minutes of meetings which decided how patients are treated following the British Paediatric Neurology Association Consensus Statement dated April 2021 and details of any changes in how the trust treated or diagnosed patients following this statement along with details of who made the decision to implement any changes.
185-2022
In line with FOI, can you kindly provide the following information regarding lasers used for BPH and Stone Management Procedures type of Laser used for BPH and stone Management e.g. Holmium/Thulium. Number of Laser generators at each site Make of Laser generators Age of laser generators Number of fibres used per annum Usage figures if possible. are the fibres part of a consignment deal, if so when will it expire Is there a minimum spend for fibres. that each site is committed to Are the fibres purchased direct or through NHS SC
178-2022
Freedom of Information Request
Good afternoon,
I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the use of zero hours contracts by the Trust.
Please could you provide the following information: • Whether the Trust has a policy regarding the use of zero hours contracts
• The total number and percentage of employees employed on zero hours contracts
I would prefer to receive the information electronically. If you require any clarification, please contact me under your Section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance if you find any aspect of this FOI request problematic.
173-2022
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Hi
1: can you advise if the trust uses printed cable ties for their waste ?, if the answer is no , would the trust consider using them , if the price is right for the trust ?, also we would like to let the trust know within the next 18 months the cable ties will be fully biodegradable from SPK promotions , but currently we only use and supply nylon PA66.
2: can you advise the size of cable tie , the colour and print required?
3: can you advise if you are currently under contract when is the end date ?
4: can you advise the person or departments contact details, who deals with these and orders them ?
5: can you advise the price per thousand of these which the trust would like to pay to keep there consumable prices down , not what they pay already ?
6: would the trust like to see samples from SPK promotions ,?, free of charge .
7: can we advise the trust that we currently can provide as many prints as possiblemaybe for wards and departments to have their own ties .instead of just 1 generic print ie the trust name ., and we have the facility and large storage to print ahead and store until delivery , so no lead times .
8: can we advise the trust we can supply references if needed from the many trusts we already supply .
061-2023 BBC
I hope you are well. Following on from my previous FOI, as of the 9th May, I would like to send an updated corrected FOI, replacing the last one. Please do let me know if there are any issues.
1.How many cases of total adult patients with eating disorders have been referred to your eating disorder services every calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
2a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment after being referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
2b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
3a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for an adult patient between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
3b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
4a. . I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment after being referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services? I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
4b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for a non-urgent routine eating disorder treatment who were referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
5a. I would like to know the average waiting time in days. for an adult patient between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from a GP service to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
5b. I would like to know the longest maximum wait time in days. for adult patients between referral and treatment for urgent eating disorder treatment who were referred from CAMHS to your adult eating disorder services. I would like this one figure for each calendar year from 2018 to 2022?
050-2023
My request concerns your NHS mental health services. Please provide the following information as a month-by-month breakdown each month from 1 November 2018 to 1 November 2022.
On the first day of each month, how many people were on the waiting list for the following:
diagnosis from your NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services CYPMHS.?
treatment from your NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services CYPMHS.?
diagnosis from your NHS adult mental health services?
treatment from your NHS adult mental health services?
Of those, how many were – at that time – waiting for:
3 months?
6 months?
12 months?
more than 12 months?
020-2023
Please could you answer the following questions in relation to the trusts off- framework usage in financial year 2022-2023:
1. How much in total did the trust spend on off-framework nursing supply?
2. How was that total split between Community and Mental Health Nursing? 3. How many HCA shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
4. How many Nursing shifts were sent out to off framework agencies?
5. Who within the trust is responsible for reporting on off-framework usage?
019-2023
Do you have a Virtual Ward?
If yes,
– For what specialities and care pathway have you implemented Virtual Wards?
– How many Virtual Ward beds do you have?
– Do you know how many Virtual Ward beds you need? If so, how many?
– Who is your Virtual ward providers.?
If no,
– Do you intend to implement a Virtual Ward?
– If yes, have you identified and engaged a Virtual Ward provider?
– Do you know how many Virtual Ward beds you need? If so, how many?
– Do you have an internal Virtual Ward lead?
087-2022
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
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
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.
284-2122
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.
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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.?
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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
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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.
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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
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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Subject: FOI Request
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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
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.
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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