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FOI Request 2131 - IT Planning Leads
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Case Number 2131
Request Date 09/07/2010

Details of the Request


  • What is the name & title of the Director responsible for IT?
  • What is the name & title of the person responsible for Strategic IT Planning?
  • What is the name & title of the person responsible for Green Issues?

Completion Date 20/07/2010


Details of the Response

Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding the Trust’s IT Department.

The Trust’s Head of IT has responded as follows:

1) What is the name & title of the Director responsible for IT?
Associate Director of Health Informatics
2) What is the name & title of the person responsible for Strategic IT Planning?
Head of IT
3) What is the name & title of the person responsible for Green Issues?
IT Manager
4) With recent government announcements regarding local government spending, what percentage of financial savings is likely to been necessary within IT in 2010/2011? What is this value in monetary terms?
3.9%, £185k of the budget £4,699K
5) How many machine rooms / datacentres do you operate?
Two
6) Do you have a Business Continuity Plan
Yes
7) Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan
Yes (draft)
8) Do you collaborate with other Public Sector organizations in shared IT services/facilities?
Yes


For each primary datacentre(s), please answer questions 9-22.

9) When was the building built? (after 1990, 1970-80s, pre-1980s)
St Peter’s Site = 1970-80s
Ashford Site = 1970-80s
10) Is the building listed or otherwise constrained with regard to making changes to it?
St Peter’s Site = No
Ashford Site = No
11) How full is the datacentre (in percentage terms)?
St Peter’s Site = 58%
Ashford Site = 64%
12) What power capacity is already used (in percentage terms)?
St Peter’s Site = 37%
Ashford Site = 57%
13) Has the datacentre suffered a power outage in the last 3 years? How many (few 1-3, >3)?
No unplanned power outage for Ashford or St Peter’s site
14) What percentage of air conditioning capacity is already utilised?
St Peter’s Site = 64%
Ashford Site = 68%
15) How many years since the datacentre's last major refurbishment?
St Peter’s Site = 14 years
Ashford Site = 5 years
16) How many years since the air conditioning's last major refurbishment?
St Peter’s Site = Currently under review
Ashford Site = 5 years
17) Is the datacentre susceptible to flooding or other disasters? (e.g. near main road, flight path, under biochemistry lab, within terrorist area)
St Peter’s Site = No
Ashford Site = No
18) Is there an automatic fire supression system?
St Peter’s Site = Yes
Ashford Site = Yes
19) Does it have standby generators?
St Peter’s Site = Yes
Ashford Site = Yes
20) Does it have spare UPS units to cover for one failing?
St Peter’s Site = No
Ashford Site = No
21) Does it have spare air conditioning units to cover for one failing?
St Peter’s Site = Yes
Ashford Site = Yes
22) What Tier rating is your datacentre?
St Peter’s Site = One
Ashford Site = One

 


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