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Key People in the Innovation Team

I am keen to understand the key people in the Innovation Teams please. I have added a SS to make this as easy as possible.

Can you advise who are the Key People employed for these roles: Name: E-mail: Phone: Full Address: Alternative Role Names:

If they have alternative titles for the below roles please advise

Director of Innovation
Head of Business Change and Innovation
Senior Innovation Manager
Research & Innovation Manager
Innovation Project Manager
Innovation Facilitator
Directorate Research & Innovation Lead
Directorate Research & Innovation Coordinator

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Cables Ties and Used Waste Bags

Hi

We would like to ask a few questions regarding the printed or plain cable ties used as waste bag ties , and to just advise we are working with many trusts to get these products bought within the individual trusts budget for consumables , we have produced a few different options that still maintain tensile strength and quality , just to advise we make, print and store all within our facility and use no sub contractors .

1: Can you advise does the trust use plain or printed cable ties ?, even if you use them for other operations , if not would you consider starting to use them if a amicable budget can be found ?
2: What would be your annual usage
3: Can you advise the current price paid per thousand ?, if this is sensitive information please advise the price you would like to pay to fit your budget.
4: Advise the size of tie , colour and print required ?, we do offer a generic print or you can have department and wards to streamline waste better .
5: Name and email of the current waste manager
6: Address for samples if required .
7: Would bio degradable be of interest ?

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Agency Spend for Nurses – 01/03/25 to 01/08/25

I’d like to make a freedom of information request regarding the below:

1) What is the total Framework Agency spend solely for Nurses from 1st March 2025 to 1st August 2025? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per specialty, per banding (upto Band 7).
2) What is the total Off-Framework Agency spend solely for Nurses from 1st March 2025 to 1st August 2025? Please provide a breakdown of spend, per specialty, per banding (upto Band 7).
3) What is the total amount of framework agencies currently suppling at NHSI capped rates? Please specify these agencies.
4) What is the total amount of framework agencies currently suppling above NHSI Capped rates (Escalated on framework)? Please specify these agencies.
5) In relation to question 4 please specify the speciality of nurse that is being charged above the capped rates including hourly charge rate and agency providing the nurse.

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Dear FOI Officer,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information regarding the administration of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) within your Trust for the calendar year 2024.

Your Trust’s contribution is particularly valuable as this request aims to provide a comprehensive picture of current ECT practice across England. Previous requests achieved response rates of 57-66%, and we hope to improve this figure to ensure the most accurate representation possible.

Please provide the following specific information:

1. How many patients in total received ECT in 2024?
2. How many of these were female?
3. How many of these were over 60?
4. How many of these were under 18?
5. How many were referred for psychological assessment before prescribing ECT?
6. How many people received psychology therapy before being prescribed ECT?
7. What measures of clinical outcome were used for patients who received ECT and what were the results?
8. What measures of adverse effects for patients who received ECT were used, and what were the results?
9. Which professions did the SOAD consult for patients who did not consent?

If you are unable to provide an answer to any of this information, please note a reason, as partial data is still very valuable to us.

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Agency Doctor Spend

Please can I request the below information:

In the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with framework agencies for locum doctors

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
 
In the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with off-framework agencies for locums doctors

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per agency name
 
In the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025 please provide a breakdown of:
• Total trust spend with the internal trust bank or associated external provider for locum doctors

Please provide a further breakdown for locum doctors by:
• Spend per grade
• Spend per specialty
• Spend per internal or associated external provider

Please confirm your allocated budget for agency locum doctors for the period 1st May 2025 to 31st July 2025

Please confirm the name of the framework used for the supply of locum doctors in your trust.

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Basic Life Support Training

I am a first-year medical student participating in a cross-cultural study between the UK and Bulgaria. Myself and other NHS professionals and students would like to ask the following questions, so that we can compare this to the training done in Bulgaria, before a Resus council is set up there.

1/ Is Basic Life Support course mandatory for the medical professionals working for the Trust?

2/ How many courses per year does your resus training department deliver?

3/ What percentage of doctors/nurses/midwives and other allied health professionals have done BLS training in the last 1 year?

4/ What percentage of your medical personnel have profession specific Advanced Life Support training?

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Web Filtering and Security Awareness

Please could you provide the following information:
General:

* Number of Sites
* Number of Employees
* Number of IT Staff
* Annual IT Budget

Web Security

1. Who is the provide of your current web security solution?
2. Does your current web security provide you visibility in to cloud and/or business application usage?
3. When is the contract up for renewal?
4. Typically, what is the chosen duration of these contracts 12, 24, or 36 Months?
5. Name and contact details of the person responsible?
6. Current annual spend for this contract?
7. Current number of licenses for this contract?
8. Did you purchase via a reseller, or partner (if yes, please specify who e.g. Phoenix, Softcat etc.)?
9. Are you planning on assigning specific budgets for securing web security in 2025?
10. Do you procure this technology through the G-Cloud framework (if not, how do you procure & plan to procure Web security in the future?)

Security Awareness Training

1. Do you current undertake cyber security awareness training with your staff?
2. Who is your current Security Awareness Training provider?
3. When is the contract up for renewal?
4. Typically, what is the chosen duration of these contracts 12, 24, or 36 Months?
5. Name and contact details of the person responsible?
6. Current annual spend for this contract?
7. Current number of licenses for this contract?
8. Did you purchase via a reseller, or partner (if yes, please specify who e.g. Phoenix, Softcat etc.)?
9. Are you planning on assigning specific budgets for Security Awareness Training in 2025?
10. Do you procure this technology through the G-Cloud framework (if not, how do you procure & plan to procure Security Awareness Training in the future?)

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Staff assaulted by members of public

I am writing with a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Specifically, I would like to ask the following:

1. I) In the financial years 2022/23, 23/24, and 24/25 (Up to 08.01.25), how many members of clinical staff were physically assaulted by members of the public? Please provide a breakdown by role if it is possible and doesn’t exceed the cost threshold, e.g doctors, nurses, physicians, paramedics.

II) Of those clinical staff who were assaulted, how many required hospital treatment as a result of their injuries? Please provide a breakdown by role, if it is possible and doesn’t exceed the cost threshold, for the same financial years.

III) How many days of medical leave were granted to members of clinical staff owing to injuries sustained after an assault by a member of the public? Please provide a breakdown by role, if it is possible and doesn’t exceed the cost threshold, for the same financial years.

2. I) In the financial years 2022/23, 23/24, and 24/25 (Up to 08.01.25), how many members of non-clinical staff were physically assaulted by members of the public?

II) Of those who were assaulted, how many required hospital treatment as a result of their injuries?

III) How many days of medical leave were granted to members of non-clinical staff owing to injuries sustained after an assault by a member of the public?

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Trust Fleet

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

I’d like to request a list including the vehicle registration number, make and model of all vehicles currently on your fleet (both owned and leased) and all vehicles sold, between the dates of 01/11/2024 to 30/09/2025, within your NHS Trust.

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Agency v Bank

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the request below:

Provide the average hourly total cost to the Trust, for both Band 5 and Band 6 nurses in the most recent financial year. Provide costs for:

Agency staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all agency fees)

Bank staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all associated on-costs)

Permanent staff Band 5 & Band 6 Nurses (including all associated on-costs)

When calculating the above, please include all relevant costs to the Trust’s end for each staffing type. This should cover, but not be limited to:

Temporary staffing team costs (e.g., recruitment/booking team salaries, systems)

Training provision and professional development

Compliance and pre-employment checks

Risk management and governance costs

Please present the figures in a clear, digestible format so that a direct comparison between agency, bank, and permanent hourly rates can be made.

If possible, please also provide a short summary showing the percentage difference between each staffing route (agency vs bank, bank vs permanent).

If any of the information is already held in a digestible report or staffing cost breakdown, please provide this instead of producing a new dataset.

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Staff Levels

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Dear Sir/Madam
I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
In this request, I would like the statistical information provided for the most recent point in time for which data is held – that may be September 2025, or it may be an earlier month – and then corresponding information provided as of 12 months earlier than the most recent month.
So for example, if the most recent available data is for July 2025, then I would like the figures for July 2025, and then separately the corresponding figures as of July 2024. If the most recent available data is current, then I would like the figures for September 2025, and then separately the corresponding figures as of September 2024.
1. Please list the different categories of mental health staff, community health staff and learning disability staff at the Trust (e.g. mental health nurses, community health nurses, psychiatrists etc)
2. Please state the FTE number of staff in each category (as listed in response to question 1) as per the Trust’s full staff establishment (i.e. the total FTE number of positions in each category if there were zero vacancies)
3. Please state the FTE number of staff in each category (as listed in response to question 1) that are currently working for the Trust on any basis (i.e. including all forms of direct and indirect arrangement in each category, in FTE terms)
4. Please state the FTE number of staff in each category (as listed in response to question 1) that are currently directly employed by the Trust (i.e. how many of the Trust’s own staff are currently employed in each category, in FTE terms, therefore excluding agency, bank and locum staff)
5. Please state the FTE number of staff in each category (as listed in response to question 1) that are currently working for the Trust under arrangements other than direct employment by the Trust (i.e. how many agency, bank, locum etc staff are currently employed in each category, in FTE terms)
To give an example of how to interpret questions 1-5: let’s say the Trust has a total of 12 FTE psychiatrist posts in its full establishment, of which it has filled 11.5 FTE posts. Of these 11.5 FTE posts, 7 FTE are directly employed by the trust, 1.5 FTE are bank and 3 FTE are locum. In this scenario, when it comes to the staff category of psychiatrists, the Trust’s response to question 2 would be 12 FTE, question 3 would be 11.5 FTE, question 4 would be 7 FTE, and question 5 would be 4.5 FTE.
6. Please list the different subcategories of mental health nursing staff at the Trust (e.g. CAMHS nurse, community mental health nurse)
7. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 6) as per the Trust’s full staff establishment (i.e. the total FTE number of positions in each subcategory if there were zero vacancies)
8. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 6) that are currently working for the Trust on any basis (i.e. including all forms of direct and indirect arrangement in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
9. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 6) that are currently directly employed by the Trust (i.e. how many of the Trust’s own staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms, therefore excluding agency, bank and locum staff)
10. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 6) that are currently working for the Trust under arrangements other than direct employment by the Trust (i.e. how many agency, bank, locum etc staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
11. Please list the different subcategories of psychiatrists at the Trust (e.g. general psychiatrist, old age psychiatrist, intellectual disability psychiatrist)
12. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 11) as per the Trust’s full staff establishment (i.e. the total FTE number of positions in each subcategory if there were zero vacancies)
13. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 11) that are currently working for the Trust on any basis (i.e. including all forms of direct and indirect arrangement in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
14. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 11) that are currently directly employed by the Trust (i.e. how many of the Trust’s own staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms, therefore excluding agency, bank and locum staff)
15. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 11) that are currently working for the Trust under arrangements other than direct employment by the Trust (i.e. how many agency, bank, locum etc staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
16. Please list the different subcategories of psychologists and psychotherapists at the Trust (e.g. counselling psychologist, child and adolescent psychotherapist, health psychologist)
17. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 16) as per the Trust’s full staff establishment (i.e. the total FTE number of positions in each subcategory if there were zero vacancies)
18. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 16) that are currently working for the Trust on any basis (i.e. including all forms of direct and indirect arrangement in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
19. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 16) that are currently directly employed by the Trust (i.e. how many of the Trust’s own staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms, therefore excluding agency, bank and locum staff)
20. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 16) that are currently working for the Trust under arrangements other than direct employment by the Trust (i.e. how many agency, bank, locum etc staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
21. Please list the different subcategories of therapists at the Trust whose roles relate to mental health and/or learning disabilities (e.g. speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, music therapist), excluding those therapists already covered in questions 16-20
22. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 21) as per the Trust’s full staff establishment (i.e. the total FTE number of positions in each subcategory if there were zero vacancies)
23. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 21) that are currently working for the Trust on any basis (i.e. including all forms of direct and indirect arrangement in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
24. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 21) that are currently directly employed by the Trust (i.e. how many of the Trust’s own staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms, therefore excluding agency, bank and locum staff)
25. Please state the FTE number of staff in each subcategory (as listed in response to question 21) that are currently working for the Trust under arrangements other than direct employment by the Trust (i.e. how many agency, bank, locum etc staff are currently employed in each subcategory, in FTE terms)
This request should not be combined with any other request for section 12 purposes. If any individual question would exceed the section 12 cost limit, please mark that question as “information not held” and respond to the remainder of the request (NB: this is not the same as asking the Trust to “run the clock” up to the section 12 cost limit).

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Framework Agreements

I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified three potential call-off contracts awarded by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, but I can’t find details of the framework agreements they were awarded from.

I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns (“Title of framework used” and “Further framework info”) is where I am missing information. Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreements or DPS agreements used here. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreements (e.g., a link to the framework’s Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS’s RM codes), please use the final column for this.

Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the “Title of framework used” column.

I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.

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Trusts Spend on Legal Cases – 2020 to 2025

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I would like to request the following information from under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. The amount of money spent by the trust on legal cases (or law firms) defending it against whistleblowers, against claims of workplace discrimination, and defending it in employment disputes in the last five financial years.

Please can the data be broken down by each year for the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25).

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Temporary Staff Spend 2024/2025

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Temporary Staff Spend and Waiting List Initiatives and Overtime Spend. Please can you complete the below questions:

1. Does the organisation use a third party to manage/ track WLI spend?
a. If no, does your organisation use another method to manage/ track WLI spend?

2. How much did the organisation spend on agency (non-contract) staff and internal bank staff for the financial year 24/25 (April 2024 – March 2025)? Please fill in the spend in the table below for each staffing group and total.

3. How much did the organisation spend on Waiting List Initiative (WLI) and Overtime payments to staff (WLI payments refers to any sessional payments made for additional time worked under a system called the Waiting List Initiative, used by trusts to reduce waiting lists and meet government targets. Overtime payments are defined as any payment for additional time beyond the standard FTE for the grade). Please fill in the spend and number of sessions/hours in the below table for each staffing group and total.

Q1. Temporary Staff Spend Q2. Waiting List Initiative & Overtime Spend
Staffing Groups Agency Spend (£) Bank Spend (£) WLI Payments to staff (£) WLI Sessions (No.) Overtime Payments to Staff (£) Overtime Hours (No.)
Total
Medical and Dental
Nursing and Healthcare Assistants
Administration and Estates
Healthcare Science
Scientific, Therapeutic and Technical Staff (STT) inclusive of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

Ambulance staff

Thanks,

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Miscarried Babies which have been lost, discarded or contaminated

Dear the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

I hope you are well.

I’m a reporter for the Colchester Gazette and Newsquest.

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to obtain the following information:
• The number of miscarried babies that were reported as discarded, lost, or contaminated in the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust for the past five years.
• A breakdown of these incidents by year
• A breakdown of any costs due to these incidents
• A breakdown of hours spent by NHS workers either attempting to find or reporting or spending time on these incidents

This FOI follows this article https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/25393764.essex-womans-miscarried-baby-lost-hospital-contaminated/.

Please provide this information in an electronic format. If this request is too broad or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me to provide advice and assistance on how to refine it.

I am also contacting other NHS trusts across the United Kingdom.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Ultrasound service provider

Good morning.

I am writing on behalf of Philips Electronics to submit a formal Freedom of Information request.

Please can you provide us with the name of your service provider for your Philips Ultrasound equipment.

Your assistance with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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Respiratory Physiology – Sleep Studies figures

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust,

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

The total number of Respiratory Physiology – Sleep Studies (10) performed in each of the respective financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24.

If the full dataset is not available, please supply the information you hold and advise how I might obtain the remainder.

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Trust’s Infrastructure

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

Can you please provide an update on your Trust’s Infrastructure, including aspects of SaaS, Messaging, and eProcurement? The questions are in the attached spreadsheet, which I would be grateful if you could fill in.

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Non Clinical RM6277 Framework

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

Has the trust used the Crown Commercial Service RM6277 Non-Clinical Temporary and Fixed-Term Staff framework agreement since its launch?

If so, please provide:

The total value of any call-offs or contracts made under RM6277 during the period April 2024 to March 2025.

The names of the suppliers engaged through this framework.

The departments or business areas within the trust that have used the framework.

The dates and duration of the contracts awarded.

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Virtual Ward (Adult) Services

To whom it may concern,

I am a doctor in the NHS currently undertaking a review of Adult Virtual Ward services across the South West region. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Timeframe: 1 April 2024 – most recent month available (monthly breakdown if possible).

Please provide the following about your Adult Virtual Ward service(s):

Configuration
• Which adult pathways are delivered (e.g., frailty, acute respiratory infection, heart failure)?
• Date of go-live for each pathway.
• Usual operating hours.
• Definition of a “virtual ward bed” used in reporting.

Activity & Capacity
• Funded capacity (VW “beds”).
• Average occupied bed-days / occupancy.
• Number of patients admitted and discharged.
• Average length of stay on the VW.

Outcomes & Safety
• 7-day and 30-day unplanned ED attendances, hospital admissions, or readmissions following VW discharge.
• Number of patients escalated to inpatient care from the VW.
• Number of deaths occurring on the VW.

Finance & Benefits
• 2024/25 budget allocated to VW(s).
• Any available analysis of cost-effectiveness or “bed days avoided.”

Data definitions
• Please confirm whether your reporting matches the NHS England Virtual Ward SitRep definitions.

If the above data is routinely submitted to NHS England or available in existing reports, please provide those reports directly.
Many thanks for your assistance,

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Artificial Intelligence

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I am writing to request information under freedom of information legislation, regarding your organisation’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology/technologies.

I would be grateful if you could provide the following detail:

1) AI Systems in use
A list of tools, platforms or systems currently deployed or being piloted/trialled.
The purpose and function of each of the above.
The departments or services where these are operational.

2) Procurement and development
Details of any contracts, tenders or partnerships with external providers for AI solutions.
Total expenditure on AI related technologies over the past three financial years, broken down by year.

3) Governance and Ethical Oversight
Copies of, or information relating to, any internal policies, frameworks or guidance documents relating to the use of AI.
Any ethical review processes or risk assessments conducted prior to deployment.
Details of any group responsible for the oversight of AI use within your organisation.

4) Impact on Workforce
Any assessments, reports or internal communications regarding the impact of AI on staffing levels, job roles or workforce planning (including recruitment, redundancy).
Information on any roles that have been automated, restructured or made redundant due to AI implementation.
Details of any training, redeployment or upskilling initiatives offered to staff in response to the adoption of AI.
Any consultations with trade unions or staff representatives regarding AI-related changes.

5) Performance and Evaluation
Evaluations, audits or performance reviews of AI systems, as referenced in section 1.
Evidence of how AI systems have affected service delivery, decision-making or operational efficiency.

6) Data protection and privacy
Types of data used to train or operate AI systems, including whether this data is synthetic or not.
Measures in place to ensure compliance with data protection legislation, including the DPA 2018 and UK GDPR.
Procedures for handling bias, transparency and accountability in AI decision-making.

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109-2023

I am writing to request information regarding ‘care hotels’ as per the following NHS guidance: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/hotel-space-how-to-guide/
Q1. Per month in financial year 2022/23, how many hotel rooms were booked? Please provide a breakdown per hotel, and share both the name of the hotel and the provider/ company that runs the hotel. Q2. Per month in financial year 2022/23, please also share the following information: • The cost of a hotel room per care recipient per day
• The average patient stay in weeks. in a care hotel • Whether the Trust is the sole owner of the bookings, or if the booking is shared with another Trust. If the booking is shared with another Trust, please name the Trust. Q3. Please share the minutes from all Trust Board meetings in financial year 2022/23, including copies of any presentations, such as PowerPoint slideshows, which were shown during meetings and copies of any written documents that were distributed to those attending the meetings. Q4. I assume that the Trust records the complaints made. For the purposes of this request, I am going to call those records “complaints logs”. You may use a different terminology internally such as “complaint records” or “complaint notes”. Please can you conduct a keyword search across the complaints logs in the financial year 2022/23 for the term “hotel” and provide each complaint log, including the summary of the complaint, the date, the hotel and the provider. Please also provide a total for the number of times the term “hotel” appears.

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Expired Drugs – 2022 to 2025

Dear Information Team

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

Please include the following information, broken down by the following financial years: 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25

• What is the total value of drugs that have been disposed of due to going past their expiry date in each year

• The top five drugs disposed of in each year measured by the value of the drugs disposed

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for.

I would prefer a response via email, but if this is not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below.

Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

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Adoption of NHS National Healthcare Uniform

Dear FOI officer,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the adoption of the new NHS healthcare uniform (see info attached and from NHS Supply Chain), which is being offered to trusts in England for their workforces.

1. Adoption status
o Has your Trust committed to adopt the new NHS national healthcare uniform? (Yes/No)

2. Future commitment
o If not yet adopted, is your Trust considering adopting the new uniform? (Yes/No/Undecided)

3. Reason for non-adoption
o If your Trust has not adopted and has no current plans to adopt the new NHS healthcare uniform, please give the reason(s):

☐ Financial constraints
☐ Awaiting further national guidance or evaluation
☐ Preference to retain existing uniform policy
☐ Logistical challenges (e.g., procurement, supply chain)
☐ Staff feedback / consultation outcomes
☐ Other (please specify)

4. Timescale

If your Trust has committed to adoption, please indicate the expected timescale of roll-out (if available), e.g. 12-18 months from October 2025.

Please return this information within the 20-working day deadline provided under statute – by my reckoning this is Thursday 23 October.

Thank you very much. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Duty of Candour Breaches

Request for Information: Duty of Candour Breaches

1. Please provide the number of breaches of the statutory Duty of Candour recorded by your Trust during the financial year 2024/2025, and for each of the three previous financial years.

2. For each breach, please provide:

• The nature of the incident (e.g., delay in disclosure, failure to apologise, etc.)
• Whether the breach was self-reported or identified through investigation
• Any enforcement action taken (e.g., internal disciplinary, CQC warning, fines)

3. Please confirm whether the data is provided under the Open Government Licence or the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

4. If the information is provided under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, as per Regulation 6, I would like to request re-use of the information for a news story.

I make my request in line with regulations and given my intended use, which will be commercial. As per Regulation 7, a public sector body must permit re-use of the information where a request has been made in accordance with Regulation 6.
Please confirm that you give permission for commercial re-use.

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Agency Spend – Doctors

Please can I request the following information:

• Total agency spend for Doctors between January 2025 – Present
• The breakdown of this spend by grade of doctor i.e. Consultant/SPR/SHO/GP and also specialty i.e. Old Age Psychiatry/General Psychiatry
• Total off framework spend for the same period
• Breakdown of grade and department the off framework spend was used in.
• The breakdown of spend between Direct Engagement placements and Non Direct Engagement placements.
• Of the non direct engagement spend – what departments and grade of doctor was this used in?
• List of all of the Service/General Managers and rota Co-Ordinator’s at the trust including departments they look after.

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Temporary Staff Management 2024/25

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act regarding Temporary Staff Management. Please can you complete the below questions.
Sourced Staffing Arrangements
1a. Do you have a master vendor (MV) or neutral vendor (NV) arrangement in place for sourcing agency staff? If so, please state which arrangement is in place
1b. What is the name of the MV/NV provider(s) and what staffing groups do they source? e.g. medical, nursing etc.
1c. As part of the arrangement, is any NV technology provided by the supplier to help manage the procurement of agency staff?
1d. Please provide the contract start and end date for the supplier (dd/mm/yy)
Direct Engagement
2a. Does the organisation use a third party to provide a Direct Engagement/Outsourced Employment Solution*?
2b. What is the name of the Direct Engagement (DE)/Outsourced Employment supplier**
2c. Under the DE/Outsourced Employment arrangement, which staffing groups are managed? For example; Medical, Admin, Scientific staff. Please list all applicable
2d. Please provide the contract start and end date for the DE supplier (dd/mm/yy)
2e. How much did the organisation pay the supplier in 24/25 (April 2024 to March 2025) for the provision of the direct engagement service?
2f. What type of Direct Engagement contract is in place between the trust and the worker? E.g. Fixed term, casual, zero hours etc.
2g. Are workers issued a P45 at the end of their assignment?
2h. Does your DE provider process DE payroll?
2i. If not, who is responsible for processing DE payroll?
2j. Who is responsible for inputting timesheet data into your DE solution?
2k. Who is responsible for inputting workers’ bank details into the DE solution?
Bank Management

3a. Please name the technology provider used to manage the supply of your bank staff, inclusive of any outsourced or managed arrangements *** If more than one supplier is used, please name all suppliers

3b. Please name the staffing group each provider is used for e.g. medical, nursing, AHPs, admin and clerical
3c. Please provide the contract start and end date for each bank supplier (dd/mm/yy)

3d. How much did the organisation pay the supplier(s) in 24/25 for the provision of the bank service?

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Violence and Aggression Towards NHS Staff

Dear Freedom of Information Officer, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I hereby request the information set out from your Trust. I am conducting research into the prevalence of violence and aggression (V&A) towards all levels of NHS staff and researching the increase since the COVID-19 pandemic. Please provide the information for the time periods specified unless otherwise stated. Definition / scope: For clarity, by “violence and aggression” I mean incidents reported as directed against staff (including physical assault, verbal threats/abuse, threatening behaviour, sexual assault, hate incidents, antisocial behaviour, security etc.). Please include incidents occurring across all NHS-funded services delivered by the Trust (acute, ambulance, mental health, community, etc.). If any item cannot be provided for legal, commercial, or personal data reasons, please state the exemption relied upon. Information requested (please number responses to match) 1 – Incident / risk management system a. Which integrated incident/risk management system does the Trust currently use (e.g. Datix, Ulysses, Radar, InPhase, other)? Please give the product name and vendor. b. If more than one system is used by different services (e.g. mental health vs acute), list each system and which services use it. 2 – Violence prevention lead / security manager a. Who is the Trust’s designated Violence Prevention Lead and/or Security Manager? Please supply name and job title. b. If the Trust does not have a designated single lead, please state the department or team responsible. 3 – Contact email a. Please provide the official work email address for the person named in (2) or the generic team email for the role (e.g. security@trust.nhs.uk). b. If personal data prevents disclosure of an individual’s email address, please provide an appropriate alternative contact (team mailbox is preferable). 4 – Reporting categories a. Within your incident reporting system, what exact subcategories are used under the main “violence and aggression” (V&A) category? Please give the verbatim list of subcategory labels used (for example: “Verbal abuse”, “Physical assault”, “Threatening behaviour”, “Sexual assault”, “Hate incident”, etc.). b. If categories changed during the period below, provide the date(s) of change and both old and new category lists. 5 – Total incidents — quarterly counts For the following periods, provide the total number of reported V&A incidents against staff for each quarter (broken down by quarter). Use financial-quarter ordering where Q1 = Apr–Jun, Q2 = Jul–Sep, Q3 = Oct–Dec, Q4 = Jan–Mar. Periods required: Financial year 2020/21 (Apr 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2021) — give counts for each quarter. Financial year 2021/22 (Apr 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2022) — give counts for each quarter. Financial year 2022/23 (Apr 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2023) — give counts for each quarter. Financial year 2023/24 (Apr 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024) — give counts for each quarter. Financial year 2024/25 (Apr 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2025) — give counts for each quarter. Quarter 1 2025/26 (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) — give count for this quarter. Possible suggested Table for (5) 2020/21 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2021/22 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2022/23 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2023/24 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2024/25 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2026-26 Q1 6 – Incident breakdown by subcategory — quarterly For the same periods as (5), provide the number of incidents by each subcategory listed in item (5) for each quarter (i.e., a table showing, for each quarter, counts for “Verbal abuse”, “Physical assault”, etc.). If exact subcategories differ between services, provide a crosswalk or note. I have included a sample table below, if additional columns are necessary, please include them: Subcategory 1 Subcategory 2 Subcategory 3 Subcategory 4 Subcategory 5 Subcategory 6 EG Physical Eg Verbal Eg Threatening EG Sexual Eg Hate EG Antisocial 2021/22 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2022/23 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2023/24 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2024/25 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2026-26 Q1 7 – Staffing numbers (total) a. What is the total current number of staff employed by the Trust? Please state whether this is headcount or Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) and give the date the figure applies to (e.g. headcount / FTE as at 31 March 2025 or as at date of FOI response). 8 – Operational / clinical staff numbers a. Of the total in (7), how many are clinical or front-line operational staff? Please define the metric used (headcount or FTE) and the date. 9 – Board minutes a. Please provide a copy of the most recent publicly available board meeting minutes (or relevant pages) in which violence, aggression, staff security incidents, or staff safety pertaining to violence and aggression were discussed. If these minutes are published online, please provide the link and the meeting date. Data format & delivery Please use the tables provided unless they are incompatible, in which case Preferred format: machine-readable (CSV or Excel). I am happy to receive multi-media response to account for the questions and then the data tables, Administrative / additional points If any element of this request is refused or withheld, please cite the specific FOIA exemption or data-protection reason and provide any available public-interest test explanation. I would be grateful for a response within 20 working days as required by the Act. If you need to clarify any part of this request or if any item is unclear, please contact me at the email address below. Thank you for your assistance. Please note I have sent this email from a personal email account from where I am doing this research in addition to my role with the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives as National Ambulance Violence Prevention Lead. Yours faithfully, Adam Hopper National Ambulance Violence Prevention & Reduction Operational Lead Association of Ambulance Chief Executives adam.a.hopper@outlook.com

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Education and Training Tariff – Post Graduate Doctors

Dear FOI Officer, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding the NHS Trust’s use of the Education and Training Tariff, specifically for postgraduate doctors in training, and request the annual self-assessments. Please could you provide the following: Annual Education and Training Self-Assessments A copy of the NHS Trust’s annual education and training self-assessment report. Can you please provide the latest report submitted. The reports are mandatory according to the NHS Education Funding Agreement Schedule 3 Total amount of Education and Training Tariff funding received by the Trust for postgraduate medical education over the financial year relating to the last Education and Training Self-Assessment report. Breakdown of Education and Training Tariff for Postgraduate Doctors A detailed and itemised breakdown of how the Education and Training Tariff allocated for postgraduate doctors in training has been spent over the same financial period relating to the latest Annual Education and Training self-assessment submitted. Specifically, I would like to know a breakdown of all expenditures covered by this tariff including but not limited to: Teaching staff salaries (including number of staff employed) Administrative staff salaries (including number of staff employed) Any contribution of tariff towards Consultants programmed activities (PAs) to educational roles Facilities provided specifically for medical education and training (e.g. libraries, study areas) Pastoral support and well-being services for trainees Any contributions towards trainee study leave, clinical exams, and related support activities. 4. Does the trust have any mechanisms in place to review if the Education and Training Tariff is providing appropriate educational value to Postgraduate Doctors and what are those mechanisms? I would appreciate it if the information could be provided in a digital format (e.g., PDF or spreadsheet). If data are unavailable or if certain details cannot be disclosed, please provide as much relevant information as possible and explain any exclusions under the Act. Thank you for your attention to this request. Please let me know if you require further clarification. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working day period.

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Violence Against Staff Policy

We would very much appreciate your help with our national survey of Violence against staff policy by answering these two questions.

1: Does your organisation provide support to staff who have experienced violence from service users or their carers?
2: Does your organisation have a policy in place, on how to support staff that have experienced violence from service users or their carers?

Thanking you

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Prescriptions Issued for Sleep Medication in the UK

We’re looking to conduct FOI requests with NHS trusts regarding prescriptions issued for sleep medications in the UK. For example, how many prescriptions were issued for sleep medications (e.g. Zopiclone, melatonin) in the last 5 years
• Total number of sleep disorders recorded in the last five years (broken down by year) and split by age range – I have attached a spreadsheet with the full list.
• The total number of drug prescriptions issued for the following sleep disorders in the past five years (broken down by year and by drug type e.g. Melatonin, Benzodiazepines, Z-drugs)
• The total number of patients referred to non-drug treatments, such as CBT-I

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Cost Improvement Plans

Please provide the following information-
1. The trust’s total planned CIP/efficiency savings for 2025-26 (£)
2. What a) % proportion and b) value of CIPs are not identified, at the date of this request being received?
3. The CIP/efficiency plan for 2025-26 as a % of operating expenses (as reported to NHS England).
4. Total planned ‘recurrent’ and ‘non recurrent’ CIP/efficiency savings for 2025-2026
5. Total CIPs/efficiencies for 2025-26 broken down to ‘pay’, ‘non-pay’ and ‘income’, in £

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Radiology Reporting Services

Please could you provide the following information: General Information

1. The total number of radiology scans performed at NHS hospitals in the last 12 months, broken down by modality (CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine scans).
2. A detailed breakdown of the scans performed by body part for each of the above modalities (For example CT head, MRI Spine, bone scan etc) at each trust.
3. The total number of outsourced scans for reporting purposes, categorized by modality (CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine) for each hospital / trust. Outsourcing and Teleradiology
4. Whether any radiology scans are outsourced to external providers by the hospitals.
5. The percentage of scans outsourced for each modality, if applicable at each hospital.
6. The names of the external providers contracted for outsourced radiology reporting to each NSH hospital.
7. The cost per scan for outsourced services, broken down by modality and body part. Financial Information
8. The total expenditure on outsourced radiology reporting services in the last financial year per trust.
9. Whether there are fixed pricing agreements between teleradiology providers and the hospitals, and if so, the details of these agreements to include start and finish dates and the cost in pounds. Contracts and Agreements
10. Any active contracts the hospitals have with teleradiology companies, including: a. The names of the contracted providers. b. The start and end dates of the contracts. c. The performance or quality metrics outlined in the contracts. Backlogs and Reporting Times
11. The current backlog for radiology scan reporting, broken down by modality and body part at each NHS trust.
12. The average reporting time for in-house radiology scans, categorized by modality.
13. The average reporting time for outsourced scans.
14. Whether specific modalities or body parts have more significant backlogs. Additional Details
15. Any delays in reporting radiology scans over the last 12 months and the primary causes of such delays.
16. Whether the hospital has plans to reduce reliance on outsourcing for radiology reporting, and if so, the details of these strategies.

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Data Breaches and Security Incidents

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

1) Has your organisation been notified of any data breach or security incident in the last 3 years involving systems built upon or integrated with Salesforce?

2) Has your organisation experienced, or been informed of, any incidents relating to procurement or contract management systems that operate using Salesforce, namely the Atamis e-Procurement suite of software?

Please provide details of;

• The date the incident occurred
• The nature of the compromised data (such as commercial, personal, financial)
• If the breach was reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office
• Any remedial action taken by your organisation

3) Further to this, has your organisation undertaken any risk assessments in relation to the use of systems integrated with Salesforce. If so, please provide a summary of the findings.

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ECT Treatment – 2025

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to make a request for information on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

The information being requested is as follows:

1. Please provide the number of ECT treatments given to patients in the year 2025 to date (with the date range this applies to)

2. Please provide the number of patients having received ECT treatment in the year 2025 to date (with the date range this applies to)

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

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CAMHS Services

I am writing to request information under the FOI Act about your CAMHS services/neurodevelopmental assessment services for Children and Young People. If you cannot provide this information, please tell me where I can find it.
Please tell me:

1. The number of young people on your waiting list for a first appointment (assessment) as of the date of this email or nearest available.
2: The average length of time young people are currently waiting between referral and first appointment (assessment)
3: The average length of time young people are currently waiting between initial referral and first therapeutic intervention.
4: How many young people assessed were not offered follow up treatment at Camhs in the year 2024-25, as a number and a proportion of the total of young people assessed?
5: The longest time any young person has been on your current waiting list (as of the date of the receipt of this email or nearest)
6: The average wait between referral and assessment for neurodevelopmental/neurodiverse conditions on the date of this request or nearest available data.
7: The number of young people on the waiting list for neurodevelopmental/neurodiverse assessments on the date of this request or nearest available data.

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Bronchiectasis – CT Scan Referrals

Good afternoon,
After extensive research, we have been unable to find the following data, and I would now like to request it from you.
Please can I request the number of CT scans referred from primary care for SCITID 12295008 Bronchiectasis, and if you have open access to CT scans from primary care.
Best wishes,

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Mortuaries – NHS Trusts

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Dear NHS Trust officers,

I’m writing to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act.

For each month in the past 2 years (Aug 2023 – Aug 2025), please let me know:
1) the Number of people’s bodies that were moved between hospitals’ mortuaries
2) the Median and Maximum number of days for a body to be released from a hospital mortuary to a funeral director

Please provide such data electronically, ideally as a spreadsheet.

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Permanent Medical Recruitment

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to permanent medical recruitment at your Trust:

1. A list of all permanent medical vacancies (e.g., Consultant or Specialty Doctor level) that have been advertised but remain unfilled, including the relevant specialties, over the past 12 months.
2. The number of permanent medical appointments made by the Trust during the same 12-month period.
3. The name, job title, and contact email address of the person who oversees and is responsible for all permanent medical recruitment across the Trust.

This request is made for research and planning purposes only and is not promotional in nature.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if any part of the request requires clarification.

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Technology Contracts with US Companies

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
A list of all technology-related contracts currently held by the Trust with companies headquartered in the United States, where the contract value exceeds £25,000 per annum.
For each relevant contract, please provide:
• Name of the company
• Description of the product or service.

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LINAC Machines

Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. The year of purchase of every LINAC machine in operation at your trust?

Kind Regards,

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Medical Incidents at Premier League Stadiums

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request information about medical call-outs or hospital admissions related to football matches at Premier League stadiums in your area.

Time Period: 2023/24 season and any available data from the 2024/25 season
Stadium-Specific: If possible

1. Number of ambulance call-outs or medical assistance requests from stadiums on matchdays.
2. Number of hospital admissions linked to injuries or incidents at the stadium (if available).
3. If possible, please indicate:
– The type of incident (e.g., collapse, injury, intoxication)

A breakdown by stadium and match date would be appreciated.
If possible, please provide the information in an Excel (.xls or .xlsx) or CSV format.

If parts of this request are not available, please provide the data that you do hold and if you have any other relevant information to premier league football games then please can you also share.

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Dexamethasone Dispensing

Please let me know the patient group directive or other means by which paramedics are allowed to dispense dexamethasone without medical / doctor input at community hospitals, particularly Cinderford Community Hospital. Thank you

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Myeloma Patients

To whom it may concern, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on behalf of Myeloma UK to request the following information: 1. Is your health trust currently treating myeloma patients 2. Please list the hospitals in your board/trust that are currently treating myeloma patients. 3. Please list how many myeloma patients are being treated by your board/trust. Please break this down by hospital. 4. Is your health trust currently treating myeloma patients with elranatamab or teclistamab. Please break this down by hospital. 5. Please list how many people have been given a) elranatamab or b) teclistamab since approval by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence in 2024 (TA1023 and TA1015. If possible, please break this down by hospital. 6. Do you have a service level agreement or referral system in place with any other health trusts to deliver a) elranatamab or b) teclistamab to patients. If the answer this question is yes, which health boards / trusts do you have an agreement in place with. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via e-mail. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

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Cyber Security

To whom it may concern, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the cyber security of your NHS Trust, specifically relating to incidents and the current measures in place to mitigate such threats. 1. Ransomware incidents (FY2022–FY2025) Please confirm whether any digital systems within hospitals managed by your NHS Trust were affected by ransomware attacks during the financial years 2022–2023 through to 2024–2025 (inclusive). If yes: How many separate ransomware incidents occurred within this period? For each incident, please provide: The date or month of occurrence A brief description of the nature of the attack (e.g. type of ransomware, point of system entry, services impacted) 2. Data breaches following cyber incidents (FY2022–FY2025) Were any data breaches reported as a result of ransomware or other cyber incidents during this period? If yes, please provide for each breach: The type(s) of data affected (e.g. patient records, staff information) The specific impacts of each breach, categorised as follows (where applicable): Loss of patient data Loss of staff data Disruption to patient services (please specify which services, if known) Disruption to operational processes Financial impact (e.g. cost of recovery, penalties, compensation, etc.) Other impacts – please specify 3. Current cyber security measures (as of date of request) Please list all cyber security measures and protocols currently in place across the Trust. These may include, but are not limited to: Cyber insurance (including provider and coverage if available) Internal and external firewall systems Use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for user accounts Access control systems for sensitive data and critical systems Anti-virus and anti-malware protection Cyber security training or awareness programmes for employees Regular penetration testing or security audits (please specify frequency) Existence and status of an incident response plan (e.g. last updated date) I look forward to your reply.

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Master / Neutral Vendor and E-Roster Platforms

Please can you provide me with the following information:

• Do you use a master or neutral vendor for your supply of Medical Staff (Doctors – all grades)?
• If yes, please supply the name of the master or neutral vendor
• When does the contract expire?

• What is the name of the e-rostering platform that you use to support with medical staff rosters e.g. RL Datix, Rotageek etc
• When does the contract expire?

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Pride Month 2025

This is an information request relating to Pride month 2025

Please include the following information:
Whether any events have been organised for Pride month. If so please provide the date, start and end time, and title/topic of the event
Whether any LGBT themed merchandise has been purchased for Pride month. i.e. since the beginning of the 2025/26 financial year. If so please provide me with information on what has been purchased and the cost
Whether the organisation have sponsored any Pride events. If so which events and please provide details of the nature of the sponsorship (particularly the financial value)

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Procurement and Contract Information

I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information regarding your organisation’s procurement activities and current contracts.

Information Requested:

1. Current Procurement Opportunities
• Details of any ongoing procurement exercises or tenders currently open or planned to commence within the next 12 months
• Estimated contract values and duration
• Key procurement contact details
2. Existing Contract Information
• List of major contracts (over £50,000 annual value) due for renewal or review in the next 24 months
• Contract end dates and review periods
• Primary contract categories
Scope: Please provide information covering the period from [current date] to [24 months forward];

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