• Contact names in Medical Staffing who are responsible for booking locum psychiatrists via an agency
• Which framework you utilise for the supply of locum psychiatrists via an agency
• Does the trust utilise a 3rd party for a master vendor, neutral vendor, or direct engagement agreements
o If so, please confirm the name of the 3rd party company used
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Responses
231-2024
Please could you tell me what happens to blister packs that are handed in for recycling; how and where are they processed?
226-2024
• What level of annual resource (full time equivalent) is dedicated to energy management?
• Does the Organisation have a full time energy manager?
• If so, does the energy manager have any formal qualifications in engineering or energy management?
• How many years’ experience does the Energy manager have?
• What NHS pay band is the Energy manager on?
• What scope of work of is addressed by the energy manager (i.e. energy procurement, monitoring and targeting, invoice validation, development of energy efficiency business cases, energy forecasting, energy compliance, etc.).
• What is the Organisation’s annual energy budget in £ (Electricity, Gas and Oil)?
• Are any energy management related services procured from external suppliers?
• If so, what energy related services does the Trust commission from external suppliers?
• How much is spent annually on external energy management services, including compliance services?
215-2024
1. What is your annual IT Budget for 2024, 2025 & 2026?
2. Storage:
A) What storage vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
B) What is the capacity of the storage data in TB & How much of this is utilised?
C) What were the installation dates of the above storage vendor(s) and when do you estimate you will refresh them? (Month/Year)
D) Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
E) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part A and part D, what was the value of the contract(s), and when does the contract(s) end?
3. Server/Compute:
A) What number of physical servers do you have?
B) What server vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
C) What were the installation dates of the above server vendor(s) and when do you estimate you’ll refresh them? (Month/Year)
D) Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
E) Which operating systems are used?
F) Are you currently using VMWare, do you have any plan to move away from VMWare?
G) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part B/C, part D, and part F, what was the value of the contract(s), and when does the contract(s) end?
4. End User Technologies
A) How many users within your organisation receive a laptop or desktop device?
B) What laptop and desktop device vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
C) How many mobile phones are used within your organisation?
D) What mobile vendor(s) and network provider do you currently use?
E) Which reseller(s) provides the technologies for part B and part D and when does the contract(s) end?
F) Have you transitioned to Windows 11, or do you have a plan in place to transition to Windows 11.
G) Is your current device estate compatible with Windows 11?
H) What deployment methods are you using (e.g SCCM or Intune/Autopilot)?
5. Managed Print Services
A) What number of MFDs and production print devices do you have?
B) Who is the current vendor(s) and the suppliers(s) and when do these contracts end?
C) What is your annual spend on Managed Print Services?
D) Do you use any document management or scanning / storage services? If so please can you provide the details of the supplier and the end date of the contract.
6. ITSM/ESM & Business Process Automation
A) What IT Service Management / Enterprise Service Management tool do you currently use and who is the supplier?
B) When was your current system installed and when does the contract or support expire?
C) Do you utilise Business Process Automation or have a plan to implement this tooling?
7. Do you have a managed/shared service with any other organisations?
8. Do you normally purchase equipment and services as a capital investment (CapEx) or ongoing operational charges (OpEx)?
064-2024
Please provide Electro Convulsive Treatment (ECT) information under the FOI act to the following questions: –
1.Please supply patient’s information ECT leaflet
2.Please supply patient ECT consent form
3.Please supply any ECT reports/investigations
4.How many ECT in 2023?
5.What proportion of patients were men/women?
6.How old were they?
7.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities (“POC / BAME”)?
8.How many people covered by the equality act received ECT ?
9.How many people were offered talking therapy prior to ECT ?
10.How many were receiving ECT for the first time?
11.How many patients consented to ECT?
12.How many ECT complaints were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
13.How many patients died during or 1 month after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
14.How many patients died within 6 months after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
15.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving ECT (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
16.How many patients have suffered complications during and after ECT and what were those complications?
17.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about ECT?
18.If so, what was their concerns?
19.How many patients report memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
20.What tests are used to assess memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
21.Have MRI or CT scans been used before and after ECT?
22.If so, what was the conclusion?
23.How does the Trust plan to prevent ECT in the future?
Please provide restraints information under the FOI act to the following questions: –
1.Please supply any Restraints/investigations
2.How many RESTRAINTS in 2023?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities (“POC / BAME”)?
6.How many people covered by the equality act were restrained?
7.How many RESTRAINTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.How many patients died during or 1 month after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving RESTRAINTS (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after RESTRAINTS and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about RESTRAINTS?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.Are counts of forced injections available?
15.How does the Trust plan to reduce restraints in the future?
Please provide SECLUSION information under the FOI act to the following questions: –
1.Please supply any SECLUSION reports/investigations
2.How many SECLUSIONS in 2023?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities (“POC / BAME”)?
6.How many people covered by the Equality Act were secluded ?
7.How many SECLUSIONS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.How many patients died during or 1 month after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SECLUSION (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SECLUSION and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SECLUSION?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.How does the Trust plan to reduce SECLUSIONS in the future?
Please provide MEDICATION ERRORS information under the FOI act to the following questions: –
1.Please supply any MEDICATION ERRORS reports/investigations
2.How many MEDICATION ERRORS in 2023?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities (“POC / BAME”)?
6.How many people covered by the equality act endured medication errors ?
7.How many MEDICATION ERRORS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
8.How many patients died during or 1 month after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died within 6 months after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving MEDICATION ERRORS (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
11.How many patients have suffered complications during and after MEDICATION ERRORS and what were those complications?
12.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about MEDICATION ERRORS?
13.If so, what was their concerns?
14.How does the Trust plan to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS in the future?
216-2024
SECTION 1: Hospital Demographics
1. Please indicate your trust/hospital type and type of care:
1. Trust/Hospital Type:
i) Acute
ii) Mental Health
iii) Community
iv) Ambulance
v) Other (please specify)
2. Type of Care:
i) Secondary
ii) Tertiary
iii) Other (please specify)
3. Total Number of Beds: Please indicate the total number of inpatient beds in your hospital, including all types (e.g., general, ICU, maternity) if applicable.
4. ICU/ITU Bed Count: How many beds are designated for intensive or high-dependency care?
5. Annual Admissions: Please provide the total number of patient admissions in the last calendar year. If exact figures are unavailable, please provide your best estimate.
SECTION 2: Procurement and Inventory Management
1. Formal Procurement Policies: Does your hospital have formal policies or guidelines for medical equipment procurement?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary)
ii) No
2. Designated Procurement Roles: Is there a designated individual or team responsible for managing the procurement of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and a brief description of responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Team
iii) No
3. Inventory Review Frequency: How often is your medical equipment inventory reviewed for excess or unused items?
i) Monthly
ii) Quarterly
iii) Biannually
iv) Annually
v) Other (please specify)
4. Primary Sources for Procurement:
What are the primary sources for your medical equipment procurement?
Please indicate the proportion sourced from the NHS supply chain versus individual suppliers, and provide any additional details as applicable.
SECTION 3: Waste and Disposal
1. Excess/Expired Equipment:
What percentage of your medical equipment inventory was classified as excess, unused, or expired in the last 12 months?
Please provide a breakdown by equipment type, if available.
2. Disposal Responsibility: Is there a specific role or department responsible for overseeing the disposal of medical equipment? If yes, please provide the role(s) and responsibilities.
i) Yes – Individual
ii) Yes – Department
iii) No
3. Formal Disposal Policy: Does your hospital have a formal policy for the disposal of medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide a copy or summary of any policies)
ii) No
4. Types of Commonly Disposed Equipment: Please specify the types of medical equipment most commonly disposed of due to expiry or non-use. Include examples and approximate percentages for each type, if possible.
i) Surgical instruments
ii) Diagnostic devices
iii) Monitoring equipment
iv) Imaging equipment
v) Other (please specify)
SECTION 4: Sustainability and Environmental Impact
1. Sustainability Initiatives: Does your hospital have a sustainability initiative for recycling, reuse, or redistribution of excess or unused medical equipment?
i) Yes (please provide details)
ii) No
2. Disposal of Excess or Expired Equipment: How does your hospital manage the disposal of excess, expired, or damaged equipment? Please provide a breakdown by disposal method and indicate the approximate amount (in tonnes) used per year for each method.
i) Recycling
ii) Donation
iii) General waste
iv) Other (please specify)
SECTION 5: Policies and Compliance
1. Compliance with Disposal Guidelines: How does your hospital ensure compliance with national or NHS guidelines on the disposal and management of medical equipment?
i) Internal audits
ii) External audits
iii) Regular staff training
iv) Other (please specify)
2. Internal Audits of Equipment Management: Has your hospital conducted internal audits within the last 12 months to assess the management of excess medical equipment?
i) Yes (If yes, please indicate the frequency of audits and any key findings, if available)
ii) No
214-2024
1. Staff Count: Could you please provide the current total number of staff employed by the trust? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
2. Remote/Hybrid Workers: How many staff members are currently designated as remote or hybrid workers? (please could this be broken down by each year from 2019 to 2024)
3. How many days per week are hybrid employees allowed to work from home?
4. Remote Working Policy: I would appreciate it if you could share a copy of the remote working policy implemented within the organisation.
5. How long has this been the policy and has it changed since the pandemic?
6. Monitoring Work Hours: How do you ensure that remote or hybrid workers fulfil their full contractual hours?
7. Laptop Purchases in 2024: In the year 2024 so far, how many new laptops have been procured specifically for remote or hybrid working?
8. Cost of Laptop Purchases: What has been the total cost associated with the procurement of these laptops in 2024 so far?
247-2024
Would it be possible under the FOI to request who currently maintains, repairs and services hoists at the hospital?
241-2024
1. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending for the last three financial years (ending March)?
2. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending on a) ophthalmology b) gastroenterology c) dermatology d) ENT for the last three financial years (ending March)?
3. What was the Trust’s total insourcing spending on a) 18 Week Support b) Medinet c) HBS UK (Healthcare Business Solutions UK)
212-2024
1 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), in total how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders (F20-F29 inclusive) were managed by your Trust.
1 (b) In the last 12 months (of data), in total how many patients diagnosed Schizophrenia (F20 only) were managed by your Trust.
2 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders have been treated within each of the following services:
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
2 (b) In the last 3 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia had no change to the antipsychotic medication within each of the following services. This includes patients with no change in dose.
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
3 (a) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders were discharged to primary care from each of the following services?
• Early Intervention Psychosis service team
• Community Mental Health Team
3 (b) In the last 12 months (of data), how many patients with Schizophrenia and other non-mood disorders were discharged from the Early Intervention Psychosis service team to the Community Mental Health Team
410-2024
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, i. the number of hospitals in your trust which hold paper only medical records for one or more patients, and ii. the number of patients for whom your trust or hospitals within your trust. holds only paper medical records.
401-2024
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you please provide me with the following information in relation to temporary agency staffing.
1. Neutral Vend NV. or Master Vend MV. Agency Supplier:
i. Medical
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier?
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
iii. Nursing
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
– Name of the NV or MV agency supplier
– Expiry date of contract with the NV or MV agency supplier
2. Direct Engagement DE.:
i. Medical
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
iii. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
– Name of the DE provider
– Expiry date of contract with the DE provider
– % of DE currently achieved
3. Financial Year 2022/2023 or most recent if available. – spend figures on temporary agency staffing – worker pay & agency commission only.:
i. Medical
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
iii. Nursing
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
4. Financial Year 2022/2023 – number of hours worked by temporary agency workers:
i. Medical
ii. Allied Health Professionals AHPs.
iii. Nursing
iv. Non-Medical, Non-Clinical NMNC.
5. Does the Trust or Health Board currently operate a Non-Medical Non-Clinical Staff Bank?
– If yes, what is the name of the provider?
– Expiry Date of the contract with the provider
6. Does the Trust or Health Board utilise an Insourcing Contracting provider in place?
– If yes, what is the name of the provider?
– Expiry Date of the contract with the provider
7. Contact responsible for temporary agency staffing at the Trust or Health Board:
i. Workforce Lead
– Name
– Job Title
ii. Procurement Lead
– Name
– Job Title
iii. Finance Lead
– Name
– Job Title
HSJ 118-2023
1. The number of inpatient mental health beds closed by your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
a. Please break down by type of bed closed i.e. adult acute inpatient, older adult, CYP, etc.
2. The total number of inpatient mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
3. The average number of available mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
4. The average number of occupied mental health beds at your NHS trust, for each financial year since 2012-13
5. The total number of times your NHS trust has had no inpatient mental health beds available / bed occupancy has been at 100%, since 2012-13 please break down occasions by year and type of bed if possible.
071-2023
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the number of pagers that are currently in use in your Trust.
494-2023
The main points I am looking to gain info on are as follows:
* The number of nurses employed through International Recruitment within your trust between January 2021 – Present Feb 23..
* The current budget the trust holds for international recruitment between January 2021 – Present Feb 23.
* Your current protocol for recruiting internationally – ie: in house or within agencies?
* If agencies, please list the agencies currently used & if possible, a point of contact for them that I could maybe reach out to for further info? I am happy to have an email address for POC.
* Budget/Cost for agencies used – if any.
* Estimated number of international recruitment needs for 2023 – if any.
493-2023
Hi,
1.In the last 60 days how many hours has your Trust utilised Thornbury Nursing Services for agency nurses? 3547.6
2. In the last 60 days which wards, or departments were these TNS requests for? Cashes Green – Stroud Hospital
Charlton Lane – Chestnut Ward
Charlton Lane – Mulberry Ward
Charlton Lane – Willow Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Coln Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Windrush Ward
CRHT Cots & Vale
CRHT West Glos
Dilke Hosp – Forest Ward
Honeybourne Rehab Inpatients
Jubilee Ward Laurel Rehab Inpatients
Lydney Hosp – Lydney Ward
MIiu – Cirencester Hospital
MIiU – Lydney Hosp
MIiU – Nth Cots Hosp
MIiU – Stroud Hosp
MIiU – Tewkesbury Hospital MIiU – Vale
Montpellier Low Secure Unit
NC Hosp – Cotswold View Ward
Stroud Hosp – Theatre Tewks Hosp – Abbey View Ward
Tewks Hosp – Theatre Vale Hosp – Peak View Ward
Wotton Lawn – Abbey Ward
Wotton Lawn – Dean Ward
Wotton Lawn – ECT Suite
Wotton Lawn – Greyfriars Ward
Wotton Lawn – Kingsholm Ward
Wotton Lawn – Priory Ward
3. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by Thornbury Nursing Services, within the last 60 days? 234
4. In the last 60 days has your Trust utilised any other off framework provider for agency nurses? If yes, please name these providers. Medgen
5. Please can you confirm how many shifts have been released/allocated to off framework agencies within the last 60 days? 644
6. In the last 60 days which wards, or departments were these off framework requests for? Cashes Green – Stroud Hospital
Charlton Lane – Chestnut Ward
Charlton Lane – Mulberry Ward
Charlton Lane – Willow Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Coln Ward
Ciren Hosp – IP Windrush Ward
CRHT Cots & Vale
CRHT West Glos
Dilke Hosp – Forest Ward
Honeybourne Rehab Inpatients
Jubilee Ward Laurel Rehab Inpatients
Lydney Hosp – Lydney Ward
MIiu – Cirencester Hospital
MIiU – Lydney Hosp
MIiU – Nth Cots Hosp
MIiU – Stroud Hosp
MIiU – Tewkesbury Hospital MIiU – Vale
Montpellier Low Secure Unit
NC Hosp – Cotswold View Ward
Stroud Hosp – Theatre Tewks Hosp – Abbey View Ward
Tewks Hosp – Theatre Vale Hosp – Peak View Ward
Wotton Lawn – Abbey Ward
Wotton Lawn – Dean Ward
Wotton Lawn – ECT Suite
Wotton Lawn – Greyfriars Ward
Wotton Lawn – Kingsholm Ward
Wotton Lawn – Priory Ward
7. Please can you confirm how many nursing shifts have been filled by off framework agencies within the last 60 days? 271
8. How many long-term lines of work or block bookings are currently being supplied by off framework agencies? Nil
9. Which off framework agencies is the trust currently utilising for Nursing vacancies and what is the spend on these agencies year to date? 10. What is the average charge for both RMN’s and RGN’s from off framework agencies? £56.69
240-2024
1. At the end of every wet AMD injection, what proportion of patients receive an immediate appointment for their next injection versus what proportion have to wait until additional capacity is available (e.g. after 2-3 days)?
2. Number of wet AMD patients and injections being treated in your Trust over the last three financial years seen (ending March)?
3. Number of wet AMD patients and injections being outsourced to each private provider (e.g. SpaMedica, NewMedica, Optegra, Practice Plus Group, Circle, Ramsay, Spire, etc.) over the last three financial years (ending March)? Please segment the injections by year and by private provider
360-2024
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 360-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
– Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful and not
successful at the PQQ & ITT stages
Stericycle was successful and awarded the contract. Tradebe Healthcare National Limited bid and was
unsuccessful.
– Actual spend on this contract/framework and any sub lots., from the start of the contract to the current
date
£1,218,752.52
– Start date and duration of framework/contract
18th Jan 2022 – 17th Jan 2027
– Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this
contract was last advertised?
Attached to email
– Is there an extension clause in the frameworks./contracts. and, if so, the duration of the extension?
There is an option to extend the contract by one plus one 1+1-year basis.
– Has a decision been made yet on whether the frameworks./contracts. are being either extended or
renewed?
Not as of yet as the current contract is due to run until at least 2027.
– Who is the Senior Officer outside of procurement. responsible for this contract + contact information
Under section 40 personal information exemption. there is no obligation to disclose staff personal
details.
– Who is the Infection Control Lead responsible for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Procurement Lead for Clinical Waste contracts for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Environmental/Sustainability Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Waste Management Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the Health and Safety Lead for the Trust + contact information
As above
– Who is the current Clinical Waste incumbent service provider.?
Stericycle
– Does the Trust make use of reusable or disposable sharps containers and who is the service
provider?
Yes. We have an ongoing trial with a company called Sharpsmart.
358-2024
Dear Information Team
This is an information request relating to NHS Translators.
Please include the following information for the following years: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23:
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• Trust’s overall spending on Translation and Interpreting
• Services
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• Total translators employed by the Trust
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• The hourly pay for in-house interpreters
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• What languages do they cover
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• Total number of in-person/face to face interpreting sessions
• booked break down by language and clinical area.
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• How many appointments or procedures have had to be rescheduled/cancelled
• due to lack of an interpreter
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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.
447-2023
I write to request information about your use of zero hours contracts in the tax year 2022/2023 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are aware that we sent you a similar request for the data on zero hours contract in 2020/2021. We are now interested to know whether this data has changed and some of the questions are different. For clarification:
By zero hours contract, I refer to the definition provided by section 27A of the Employment Rights Act 1996: a contract for employment or other worker’s contract under which – the undertaking to or perform work or services is an undertaking to do so conditionally on the employer making work available or services available to the worker, and
– there is no certainty that any such work or services will be made available to the worker.
By minimum hours contract, I mean a contract where the employer guarantees a small number of hours work, say 1 to 10 hours a week, which can be topped up by more hours if available.
1. What other terminology to do you use for contracts or arrangements meeting the above legal definition of zero hours contract? 2. How many workers/employees do you currently directly employ on zero hours contracts? What is the breakdown of these figures according to:
a. sex: Male, Female, Other, Prefer not to say
b. age: 16-17, 18-20, 21-22, 23-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+
c. race:
White – English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British Irish
White – Gypsy or Irish Traveller
White – any other background
Asian or Asian British – Indian
Asian or Asian British – Pakistani
Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi
Asian or Asian British – Chinese
Asian or Asian British – Any other background
Black or Black British – Caribbean
Black or Black British – African
Black or Black British – Any other background
Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
Mixed – White and Black African
Mixed – White and Asian
Mixed – Any other mixed background
Other ethnic group
Prefer not to say
3. What is the minimum, maximum and average number of hours per week carried out by zero hours staff?
4. Do you have a policy to offer zero hours shifts with notice, pay for zero hours shifts cancelled at short notice and to offer a fixed hours contracts to zero hours staff based on actual hours worked?
5. How many workers/employees do you currently indirectly employ on zero hours contracts via agencies, contractors or sub-contractors? If this data is not available, please provide the names of the agencies, contractors or sub-contractors that you use to employ workers indirectly.
6. How many workers/employees do you currently directly employ on minimum hours contracts or via agencies, contractors or sub-contractors?
7. How many workers/employees in total do you currently employ? What is the breakdown of these figure according to same breakdown as Question 2? – please note this question concerns your entire workforce, not just zero hours staff.
444-2023
Connectivity and Network Services
a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend f. Please confirm the manufacturers. of your wired network core and edge switching?
g. When was your core network installed?
h. Has it been updated subsequently?
i. Who maintains your core network?
j. When is the contract renewal date?
k. Please confirm value of the initial project?
l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services in £.?
197-2024
For all psychiatry grades (e.g. Consultant, SAS) and all sub-specialties (e.g. General Adult, Old Age, CAMHS) for the periods 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/2024 and April to September 2024:
1. Please could you provide the data for total spend, for each locum agency used, divided between on and off framework
2. Please confirm the total number of agency locum psychiatrists working per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
3. Please confirm the total number of hours worked by agency locum psychiatrists per month, for each agency supplier divided between on and off framework.
4. Please confirm the total number of unfilled vacancies (excluding locum filled posts) per month.
176-2024
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off framework agencies for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
In the period 1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum nurses
Please provide a further breakdown for locum nurses by:
• Spend per band
• Spend per agency name
Please confirm the total number of nursing shifts booked during this period (1st July 2024 to 30th September 2024)
159-2024
This is in relation to the use of social value weighting of 10 per cent in your procurement of goods and services, which has been mandated by government for NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts since April 2022.
Please send me:
1. What methods do you use to measure social value from your procurements? Please include any additional measurement methods you use (e.g. TOMs) as well as the NHS Social Value Model.
2. What is the total social value accrued by your procurement activities each year from April 2022, according to how you measure and report this at a corporate level? If possible, can you provide any explanatory notes to explain how you have measured this?
3. Do you use financial proxies to monetise the measurement of social value, such as social local economic value? If so:
1. a. Please specify the method or measure you use to monetise the measurement of social value
1. b. Please provide the total number of contracts to which you applied this financial proxy each financial year since April 2022
1. c. Please provide the total value of those contracts
1. d. Please provide the total monetized social value of those contracts
1. e. Please provide the total value of all contracts let during that same period
4. How much in total have you spent in procurement on local business/organisations, each financial year, since April 2022? Please including your definition of a local business/organisation, if you have one.
5. How much have you spent on SMEs each FY since April 2022? The government defines an SME as a company with fewer than 250 employees, turnover under €50m and balance sheet under €43. If the trust has a different definition then please provide it.
6. How much have you spent on VCSEs each FY since April 2022? Again, please include your definition of a VCSE if you have one.
233-2024
1. The number of individuals who have received support or counselling related to fireworks (e.g., anxiety, trauma, or phobias triggered by fireworks).
2. The data categorised by:
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Year (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024).
4. Month
5. If possible, broken down by condition:
i. Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, PTSD, Phobia, Ligyrophobia (also spelled Ligurophobia or Phonophobia).
205-2024
Q1. What is your total budget and total spend for mental health support to babies, children and young people aged 0-25 for each of the last five years (2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21; 2021/22; 2023/24).
Please break down these figures into your spending and budget for the following three categories:
Q1. What is your total budget and total spend for each of the last five years (2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21; 2021/22; 2023/24) for specialist services which we define as including, but not limited to; inpatient care, crisis and risk support (including day hospitals, home treatment teams and very specialist services), and specialist secondary care CAMHS. If Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides other specialist services not listed, please list and include budget and spending figures. If you hold this data, please list figures broken down by type of specialist service.
Q3. What is your total budget and total spend for each of the last five years (2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21; 2021/22; 2023/24) for Community CAMHS which we define as NHS services delivered in the community, outside of specialist services (as defined above). If you hold this data, please list the types of service you provide under community CAMHS in Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust and list budget and spending figures broken down by each service.
Q4. What is your total budget and total spend for each of the last five years (2018/19; 2019/20; 2020/21; 2021/22; 2023/24) on non-specialist services which we define as services delivered outside of NHS community mental health settings (formerly Tier 3) and inpatient settings (formerly Tier 4) – for children and young people. Within this definition we exclude signposting services and services that only provide referrals. If you hold this data, please list spending figures broken down by type of specialist service. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
• Social prescribing
• Bereavement services
• Peer support
• Mental Health Support Teams
• School counsellors, mentors, or pastoral or key support workers
• Educational psychologists
• Youth groups
• Wellbeing cafes or mental health drop-in services
• Youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS)
• Early support and mental health hubs
• Advice line for mental health issues
• Support for parents who have children with poor mental health (please specify early years, 5-11, 12-18, 18 plus, if you hold the data).
• Targeted service(s) for LGBTQ+ children and young people; children and young people from minority ethnic / racialised communities; children in care and care leavers; for other underserved children and young people (please list).
• Targeted service(s) for children and young people on waiting lists for access to NHS mental health services (formerly tier 3)
• Art or music therapy
• Online support service / app
• Occupational therapy
• Specific services or approaches for underserved groups including minority ethnic children and young people, LGBT+ children and young people, children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, young people at risk of criminal exploitation, etc.
208-2024
– Please provide the names of framework agencies you have used to fill your permanent roles between April 2024 and October 2024.
– Please provide the names of NON framework agencies you have you used to fill roles between April 2024 and October 2024.
– For each agency, can you specify the types of roles (e.g., nursing, doctors, AHP positions) they were contracted to recruit?
– Please provide a breakdown of the number of positions filled through each agency by job role and department.
– What is the expenditure on international agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Doctors?
– What is the expenditure on international agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Nurses?
– What is the expenditure on NON-International agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Doctors?
– What is the expenditure on NON-International agency recruitment projects for permanent positions between April 2024 and October 2024 for Nurses?
– What criteria does the Trust use to decide to engage an external agency for permanent recruitment?
225-2024
Please could you answer the following:
1. Is your NHS organisation currently using any software/apps that include artificial intelligence (AI)?
If answer to Q1 is yes:
2. Please provide a list of any AI-based software that is currently in use within your organisation. Please include the brand name of the software and the name of the company that sells it.
3. For each of the AI-based software products currently in use, please state whether:
a. it is only being used within the context of a research study or pilot project OR
b. is has been purchased/commissioned by your organisation for routine use.
177-2024
Do you have a disaster recovery strategy/business continuity plan?
For each device detailed below please provide the requested information
Does your trust have a hosting supplier?
Does your trust use a data warehouse?
Does your trust have a service desk?
Does your trust use a help desk?
234-2024
Can you please confirm that Dr Olusola Kolawole has an E – learning account with you and all courses are alligned to CSTF or UK Resus as applicable.
Also, please confirm if BLS Level 2 Resuscitation Session is practical or online training.
209-2024
1. How many clinical coders are employed by the Trust?
2. Who is responsible for the clinical coding team and who does that individual report into?
3. What did the Trust spend on external coding support in the 2023-2024 financial year?
4. What is the current coding backlog?
5. How many Finished Consultant Episodes does the Trust complete per year?
6. How many vacancies does the Trust currently have for clinical coding staff?
202-2024
1. Codes used by insourcing provider: Please provide a list of each individual tariff (HRG) code, HRG reference name, and total count of references for each code for activity completed by third party insourcing providers. We do not need to know the provider nor the spend. Just the total number of references per code (e.g., FZ51Z, Diagnostic Colonoscopy. Count: 76).
2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please associate and provide the medical specialty (e.g., Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).
3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.
4. This information is requested for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.
Clarification of Terms:
For the purposes of this request, “HRG tariff” renamed “NHS Payment Scheme” refers to the standardised categories and pricing used for specific specialties and delivery types within the NHS.
For the purpose of this request, “elective insourcing services” refers to services provided by an external organisation within your facilities, typically aimed at reducing waiting lists and improving patient access to elective care.
179-2024
For each of the last three calendar years (2022, 2023, and 2024) could you please provide me with:
1. the number of mental health patients who have been physically restrained;
2. the individual number of restraint incidents per patient on average;
3. the number that involved face-down restraint;
4. the number of patient injuries as a result of any physical restraint; and
5. the number of staff injuries as a result of any physical restraint.
201-2024
1. Expenditure on Elective Insourcing Services: Please provide the total amount spent on elective insourcing services, for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and financial year (2024-2025) to date.
2. Breakdown by Specialty: Please provide the expenditure by medical specialty (e.g., Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, etc.).
3. Breakdown by clinical setting: Please specify whether this was for outpatients, day case procedures or diagnostic tests.
4. Procurement Framework: Please specify the procurement framework(s) under which these services were purchased (e.g., NHS SBS, NHS Workforce Alliance, or any other relevant frameworks).
5. Providers: If possible, please indicate the providers contracted for these services, per specialty.
222-2024
1. Please can you confirm if there are any plans for new bedspaces to be created within your trust in the next five years? This can be either proposed at a discussion point or a more formal stage of the decision process.
I would like to capture new treatment areas or areas that would offer both day or overnight bed spaces. If so, please could you record the proposed site and an estimated number of additional beds to be added per year. Any example response would be as follows
2025 – example general hospital 20 bed
2026 – example wing 45 beds
2027 – example new site 30 beds
2. Please can you confirm if there are any proposed new theatres planned to be created within your trust in the next five years. Please use the example format highlighted in Q1.
3. Please can you confirm if any of your current bed spaces or theatres are planned to be moved into a new building or area in the next 5 years. Please use the example format highlighted in Q1
4. If questions 1-3 have highlighted a response that confirms new facilities, please could you confirm which organisation has been authorised to lead on the work if the project has reached the stage of awarding.
220-2024
Please could you give us current information in relation to how prostate cancer patients are managed when they are eligible for active surveillance/monitoring. Including:
Inclusion criteria
Diagnosis and treatment decision support
Follow-up pathways and protocols
Follow-up testing frequencies
Triggers for stopping active surveillance
193-2024
Overview of Services:
A comprehensive list of all services and programmes currently offered specifically for people with co-existing mental health and substance use needs.
Details on whether these services are integrated (addressing both issues simultaneously) or if they operate separately.
Access and Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria for accessing these services.
Information on referral processes, including whether self-referrals are accepted.
Performance and Outcomes:
Copies of any evaluations, audits, or performance reports related to these services from the past three years.
Key performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the services.
Partnerships and Collaborations:
Information on any partnerships with other organisations (e.g., NHS trusts, charities, community groups) in delivering these services.
Details of joint initiatives or programmes aimed at supporting this client group.
Future Developments:
Any planned changes, expansions, or reductions to these services in the next 12 months.
Strategies in place to improve service delivery for individuals with co-existing mental health and substance use needs.
Access and Eligibility:
Average waiting times from referral to initial assessment and from assessment to commencement of treatment.
Service Capacity and Utilisation:
The total number of individuals who have accessed these services in the past three years, broken down by year.
The maximum capacity of each service or programme.
The number of staff dedicated to these services, including their professional qualifications.
Staffing and Expertise:
Details of any specialised training provided to staff for working with co-existing conditions.
Funding and Resources:
The annual budget allocated to these services for the past three financial years.
Information on any funding changes during this period and the reasons for such changes.
182-2024
Please include the following information for 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24:
– What lactose intolerance medication is prescribed by the NHS Trust
Total expenditure by the NHS Trust on
– Lactose intolerance medication for each financial year.
– Total number of people that received lactose intolerance
– A breakdown of the spending in terms of what form of lactose intolerance medication is administered.
178-2024
I am making a Freedom of Information Request for both ICD10 first diagnosis discharge codes and cases (and the same for OPCS codes and cases if you have any), recorded per individual facility in your health authority.
Any information must be totally anonymised.
I am requesting the data for the last five calendar years, i.e. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
The suggested data format is in columns:
1. Facility name
2. Primary diagnosis ICD-10 4 or 5 digits (The ICD 10 data set I am asking for comprises the range A000 to Q999)
3. (all OPCS codes)
4. Number of cases
5. Years
GHC-18112024-506850
Hello, Sophie from The House magazine here. Please could I request the following information? 1. Please specify the number of all key worker properties (i.e. through intermediate rented properties, shared ownership or FTBI) provided for NHS workers over the past five years by your trust. 2. Please specify the number of agreements with property developers your trust has made to secure key worker accommodation over the past five years. 3. Please specify whether any properties designated for key worker accommodation have then been sold or rented on the private market – i.e. to people other than NHS key worker staff in the past five years by your trust. 4. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust, please outline how many in the past five years. 5. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust and have been secured through property developer deals (as in point 2), please specify how many in the past five years. 6. If properties designated for key worker accommodation have been sold/rented on private market by your trust, please outline why 7. Please outline how many key workers are currently waiting for key worker accommodation at your trust. Best wishes, Sophie
213-2024
I am currently conducting some personal research on the size and age of imaging equipment across acute NHS Providers in England. To aid my research, I am requesting that you provide (in editable digital formats) the data points listed below per the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. CT Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced CT service provider
i. Y or N
2. MR Scanners
a. Number operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use of outsourced MR service provider
i. Y or N
3. PET/CT Scanners
a. Number Operated
b. Quantity
i. Make,
ii. model and
iii. age of each scanner
c. Use outsourced PET/CT service provider.
i. Y/N
ii. If Yes
1. Provider Name(s) and
2. Location
175-2024
Under the FOI Act please can you provide me with the answers to the below:
In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please confirm which framework was used for the recruitment of agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport
In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please provide a breakdown month by month of total trust spend for framework agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport
In the period 1st October 2023 to 30th September 2024, please provide a breakdown month by month of total trust spend for off-framework agency staff within the following categories:
• Facilities
• Estates
• Administrative / Clerical
• Ambulance / Patient Transport
186-2024
1. Please confirm the name and email address of the relevant contact within the trust who is responsible for agency hires for the following categories:
Facilities
Estates
Administrative / Clerical
Ambulance / Patient Transport
2. Please confirm whether the trust utilises a 3rd party vendor or tech system for the hiring of the following agency staff categories. If so, please confirm the name of the vendor / tech provider:
Facilities
Estates
Administrative / Clerical
Ambulance / Patient Transport
191-2024
Please accept this request under the Freedom of Information Act. I’m seeking:
• Copies of any Information Sharing Agreements or Data Sharing Agreements to which both Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Avon & Somerset Police are party.
188-2024
I wish to make an FOI request. Please provide the following information for the calendar years 2020, 21,22,23 and 24:
The number of foreign national attendances at A&E services provided by your Trust.
The number of places on waiting lists for elective procedures at your trust currently occupied by foreign nationals.
The number of treatment courses currently being provided by your trust to foreign nationals.
189-2024
I am submitting a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the following information:
1. Total Falls by Hospital: The total number of inpatient falls by hospital, covering the last five years?
2. Total Falls by Ward: The total number of inpatient falls by ward, covering the last five years?
3. Contact for Falls Leads: A list of NHS email addresses for falls leads/groups within the trust or the individuals responsible for fall prevention?
4. Falls Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to inpatient falls over the past five years?
5. Absconded Patients by Ward: The number of inpatients who absconded from wards (defined as leaving without informing staff, resulting in a missing person status) by ward, covering the last five years?
6. Absconding Compensation Claims: The average annual compensation paid out by the trust in relation to absconding incidents over the past five years?
7. One-to-One Support for Fall Risk Patients: The average cost per patient, per day, for one-to-one support provided to patients at risk of falls?
187-2024
Could you please provide the following details:
1. Software Name and Supplier
The name of the current Decontamination Track and Trace software in use and the details of the supplier.
2. Duration of Use
How long has the Trust been using this Track and Trace solution?
3. Contract Start Date
The start date of the current contract for the Decontamination Track and Trace system.
4. Contract End Date
The end date of the current contract.
5. Current Contract Value
The total value of the current contract.
6. Procurement Framework (if applicable) If relevant, please provide details of the procurement framework used to award the contract.
7. Decontamination Manager
The name or job title of the current Decontamination Manager within the Trust.
169-2024
How many days of sick leave, recorded as being due to “Anxiety/Stress/Depression/Other Psychiatric Illnesses”, in line with NHS recording of sickness absence, were taken by pharmacy staff in your trust in each of the following years:
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
196-2024
In an Excel spreadsheet with information for Q 6 – 21 broken down by each pathology provider in your trust
1. What is the size of your trust’s serviceable population?
2. How many patients has the trust tested for the following clinical biochemical markers in the last 12 months?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
3. Is there a limit to the frequency of the following tests per patient?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
4. Please provide the name and post code of all the pathology providers in your trust
5. Do you outsource any testing to commercial labs? If yes, please provide the names of each commercial provider
Please answer the following questions for each pathology provider in your trust
6. Does the laboratory currently offer testing for the following?
a. C-reactive protein (CRP)
b. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)
c. Lipoprotein-a (Lp(a))
7. What is the average turnaround time for an outpatient from blood sample collection to sharing of results for CRP and hs-CRP?
8. Is CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
9. Is hs-CRP offered as a standalone test or part of a panel?
10. What machines are used to conduct CRP testing in your laboratory?
11. What machines are used to conduct hs-CRP testing in your laboratory?
12. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for CRP?
13. What is the lowest limit of detection (in mg/L) that you report for hs-CRP?
14. How many requests for measurement of CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
15. How many requests for measurement of hs-CRP did your laboratory complete in the last 12 months?
16. What is the maximum number of CRP tests that your laboratory can conduct in one month?
17. What is the maximum number of hs-CRP tests that laboratory can conduct in one month?
18. What is the cost of running a single CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
19. What is the cost of running a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory? Please provide a breakdown of cost of running the test and all-in cost considering operations, FTEs etc.
20. How much are you reimbursed for a single CRP test in your laboratory?
21. How much are you reimbursed for a single hs-CRP test in your laboratory?
GHC-14102024-249995
To whom it may concern, I am writing to you in my capacity as a researcher for the Runnymede Trust to make a FOI request for anonymised data concerning charges made to overseas visitors for non-urgent care in the period from 1 January 2019 – 1 January 2024. Please could you provide the data from your trust on the following: – Nationality of patients charged during the stated time period – Ethnicity of patients charged during the stated time period – Invoice amount for all patients subject to charges – Urgency of treatment for the patients subjected to charges – Sex of patients charged during the stated time period I would like this information to be provided by email, please. My contact email is: millie@runnymedetrust.org. Sincerely, Camila Montiel McCann