Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 053-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. The name of the supplier/s who service your weighing devices (baby scales, chair scales, floor scales, column scales, patient transfer scales, bench scales for example)
Our response:
Seca
You asked:
2. How many weighing devices are covered by this contract?
Our response:
600 approximately
You asked:
3. What standard (or average) price per scale do you pay for servicing?
Our response:
£9.50 per scale
You asked:
4. The date that the servicing contract ends
Our response:
28th February 2026
You asked:
5. The value of total spend on weighing devices (split between patient weighing and other) excluding servicing in the last 3 calendar years split by year and the value of that spend by weighing device supplier in the last 3 calendar years split by year.
Our response:
| Supplier Name | Suppliers Item Reference | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Grand total |
| SECA LIMITED | Accessories | 6,011.58 | 5,801.01 | 6,424.17 | 18,236.76 |
| Weighing Scales | 25,580.10 | 37,099.46 | 13,867.59 | 76,547.15 | |
| SECA LIMITED Total | 31,591.68 | 42,900.47 | 20,291.76 | 94,783.91 | |
| Grand Total | 31,591.68 | 42,900.47 | 20,291.76 | 94,783.91 |
You asked:
6. Do you use Welch Allen Vital signs monitors in the Trust, if so, how many and are any of these connected to weighing devices?
Our response:
No
You asked:
7. How many suppliers were invited to tender/were considered for your current contract
Our response:
No other suppliers were invited or considered as only SECA can carry out verification activity on SECA products.
You asked:
8. What was the decision criteria with regard to the current contract including any weighting
Our response:
Office for Products Safety and Standards state that only the current supplier is approved to be able to carry out the verification activity on the products which we hold.
You asked:
9. Do you have any weighing devices integrated directly or indirectly to an electronic patient records system (EPR)?
Our response:
No
You asked:
10. Which electronic patient records system do you use/plan to use?
Our response:
SystmOne / RIO
You asked:
11. If you have not done so already, do you intend to integrate weighing scales to an EPR in the next 12-24 months?
Our response:
No
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.