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Requests Received
2011 Requests
2011 Requests
Summary of Questions Received
Written by FOI Lead
In this section, we shall publish the questions asked through the Freedom of Information Act as well as the redacted responses.
January 2011
How many occasions was an incident report sent to the HSE (2009/10)?
Request for copy of x-rays
No. of patient deaths caused by swine flu or normal flu
(since Oct 10)
% of nurses that have taken the flu vaccination in 2010
How many staff work from home, their departments, type of work and hours per week?
Procedures / guidance around the handling of stop noted patient
s
How many times ambulances have been held up at your hospitals
(last five years)?
Details of person(s) responsible for Communications and Marketing
How many patients / public complaints were made about the Maternity Unit
(2009/10)?
What manufacturers centralised storage do you use? What % of servers are virtualised?
Expenditure as part of the project with Management Consultants' Newton Europe
How much has been spent on art work in last three years?
Details of vaccinations for Registered Nurses and medical staff
(to 31/12/10)
Reducing frontline services to contend with budget challenges
The effectiveness of the Basic Swallowing Test and nursing opinions on this
Request for emergency room records
Patients waiting for orthopaedic surgery and number of operations
Do you have a stand-alone midwife led maternity unit?
Receipt of income from private treatment of patients
(Apr 2007 to Sep 2010)
Hospital Car Parks: Management Capacity, Payment mechanisms, charges, profits
Structure charts for finance, HR and IT
February 2011
Quantity and value of surplus public sector land held by the Trust
Anonymised DNA rates by consultant for each outpatient department
(2009/10 and 2010/11)
Clinical trials and % overhead for complete sponsor driven trials
How many people work in your hospital? How has this changed in the last 10 years?
No. of staff with, and the cost of, subsidised private health insurance as part of employment
No. of complaints received concerning the attitude / behaviour of staff with BMA
Agency spend for administrative support over the past 2 years and which companies
Annual report containing complaints received, complaints upheld and summaries
Who maintains the grounds for St Peter's Hospital when is the tender due for renewal?
In the financial accounts 2009/10, did you have a section for "Losses and Special Payments"
No. of people who have died in your care transfered from the UK Border Agency
What services are outsourced?
Expenditure on purchasing equipment for obese patients
(during 2008)
Copy of most recent Trust Formulary
Does the Trust have a Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship Policy?
No. of patients currently being treated for Psoriasis with named drugs
Procurement for supplying blood and urine collection systems
Survey of the provision of MS services in hospital
Children aged 17 and under admitted because of drugs or alcohol
(2006 to 2010)
How long does a medical degree take to complete? How many specialties are there?
Information on clinical trials managed through the Research and Development department
March 2011
28.6% of your estates and hotel services are contracted out, what % of this is estates?
Medical records and CT scans for daughter
Highest hourly rate paid to an agency to employ a nurse for a single shift
Copy of 2011 onwards strategy for the Trust
Data relating to treatment of arthritis and associated conditions
Discharge summary for emergency attendance
Details of deceased patient
Does the Trust use document management / scanning services for records and files?
Names and departments for clinicians on Thrombosis and DT committees
Expenditure for grants, consultancies or contracts
(2008/09 to 2010/11)
Value of contracts placed by PCTs for the provision of healthcare services
How much did the top 20 earners receive in salary
(2005 to 2010)?
No. of deaths for day of surgery and 30 day mortality ratios
Details of Summer Medical Program
No. of Crohn's patients being treated by the Trust at any time and treatment process
% of medical wards the regularly assess and record pain levels in patients?
Does the Trust have a policy on the treatment of foreign nationals?
Information regarding Parkinson's disease and Neurology at the Trust
Pest control regarding the interiors of Trust buildings
Tender debrief regarding the procurement of blood gas analysers
How many iPads and iPhones have been bought for Trust staff
(Apr 2009 to Dec 2010)?
Total pathology tests per discipline
(2007/08 to 2009/10)
Will your Trust be paying your staff overtime if they work the April 29th holiday?
How many cervical collars do you buy per year?
April 2011
Do you have a quality assurance system in place for inspecting surgical instruments?
Copy of Birth Certificate
IMT or ICT department structure
Regarding CHKS or Dr Foster, which does your Trust have and when is the contract renewed?
Do the Trust's hospitals rountinely offer ultrasound scans to determine gender of unborn babies?
Capital expenditure for the Surgical Assessment Unit opened in August 2006
How much revenue did the Trust / 3rd parties receive from car parking
(2009/10 and 2010/11)?
Has the hospital used any locum or agency doctors from EU countries
(not UK)?
Access to confidential health records by non-medical personnel within the Trust
Management consultancy contracts in place at the Trust
(2006 to present)
Who is the manager for IT Training Team and the IT Projects Team?
How many union officials does your organisation employ?
What is the total cost of vehicles leased by your Trust for employee transportation?
Data on Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn's Disease, Juvenile Idiopathic, Arthritis etc
Details on catering / meal supply, annual expenditure, supplying company, contracts
Budget of medical services, operations and services provided in the hospital
Checks and balances the FOI department uses before releasing data
No. of children (under the age of 16) treated for obesity in the past five years
May 2011
What types of lighting does the Trust utilise?
No. of smear test samples received from females under 25 years of age
The volume (quality of 250ml bottles) of Sevoflurane used by the hospitals
(2010/11)
Patient care pathways relating to stroke and / or Atrial Fibrillation
(SPAF)
No. of children under 18 were treated for mental health problems through drug abuse
Whether your hospital prescribes Anti-TNF for Rheumatoid Arthritis
The level of catering supplies produced (i.e. grown rather than sourced) in the UK
Expenditure on external providers (private or NHS) for patient treatment
On how many occasions were maternity wards oversubscribed
(2009 to 2011)?
Subject access request
List of all Allied Health Professional managers and services
Have you had any cases of restricted drugs being stolen from your Trust in past 12 months?
Clinical Waste: Annual tonage with breakdown between waste disposal / recycling method
No. of Government Procurement Cards currently in use in your organisation
Child protection training available for doctors in your organisation
How many babies were delivered at the Trust
(2007 to 2010)?
Subject access request
Has there been a ward fire within your Trust in the last five years?
Has the Trust agreed any CQUIN indicators with any commissioners
(2009/10 to 2011/12)?
How many employees has your organisation placed on gardening leave
(last four years)?
No. of patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction
(2008/09 to 2010/11)
Copy of the form used by Police in order to request confidential medical information
No. of infants up to 6 months of age re-admitted to hospital for poor feeding complications
Details of management consultancy contracts over last two years
No. of patients per day placed in mixed sex sleeping facilities
No. of patient journeys per year and approximate annual cost of the service
What is the cost of maintaining and operating car parking services?
Annual spending on physiotherapy consumables
(last three years)
Representations made to the UK Border Agency consultation on English language competency
GPC Visa purchasing card spending
No. of emergency hospital admissions for diabetes
Subject access request
Details about maternity services from Bronzefield priso
n
June 2011
Does the Trust offer Emergency contraception to pupils on school premises?
Total ICT expenditure (2009/10 and 2010/11) and total budget for ICT (2011/12)
No. of discharges (2010/11) by destination
Provision of secondary care dental services
Clinical procedures for testing after consecutive miscarriages
Copy of diabetes management and / or prescribing guidelines and care pathway
Copy of Trust formulary
Orthopaedic antibiotic prophylaxis
Expenditure on agency locum doctors
(2010/11)
No. of cases of rickets reported in children aged under 5
(in last 10 years)
Quantity of medicines exported for profit or sold for export
(14/07/09 to 17/06/11)
No. of patients aged under 16 treated for eating disorders
(2008/09 to 2010/11)
Details of clinical leads
How many empty dwellings owned by your Trust are currently empty (and those over a year)?
Legal costs relating to the resignation, removal, suspension or sacking of board members
Have any of your employees taken trips abroad since May 2010 funded by the NHS?
Details of persons who have died with no known next of kin
(since 01/01/2011)
Copy of Trust board minutes held on 25/09/08
What type of digital mammography equipment is used within the Trust
Copy of Medicines Management Policy, Risk Management Policy / Strategy, Board minutes
Annual income from Claims Management companies / Personal Injury solicitors
July 2011
Costs and fees associated with the Trust's treatment of overseas patients
(since 1997)
No .of hospital owned items stolen (past two years), value and details
Policy to screen appropriate patients admitted to hospital for elective MRSA procedures
Contact details for the placement people in the Continuing Care team
Total income, total WTE, total employment costs, total cost of agency staff
(2009 to 2011)
Register of gifts, payments or offers of hospitality from Pharmacy companies
Questionnaire on IT systems
Breakdown of age and sex of no. of alcohol-related hospital admissions
(aged under 18)
Use of laparoscopic surgery in certain operations
What type of digital mammography is used within the Trust?
No. of patients who developed pressure sores
(01/06/10 to 31/05/10)
Budget on ingredients for patient meals provided in the hospital
(2010/11)
Expenditure on maternity services
(2010/11)
Neonatal unit survey
Extravasation incident information
Latest health needs assessment report for HMP Bronzefield
Trust lead in Capital Development, Estates and Facilities Management
No. of medical personnel and civilian employees convicted for Data Protection Act breeches
Contact details for Head of Estates Management
Agency costs (nurses, HCAs, AHPs, doctors) and cost of cancelled appointments
Copy of response to FOI request 2357 on purchasing cards
Serological TTGA coeliac screening GP and hospital requests
(2007 to date)
Full list of suppliers who the Trust has spent over £500
(in last 24 months)
August 2011
No. of people under 18 diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection
(last 3 years)
Questionnaire on Laboratory Information System
Age of youngest person to have received bariatric surgery
(last 12 months)
Funded nursing establishment for specific qualifications
(as of 01/06/11)
Total amount paid to all trade unions
(2009/10 and 2010/11)
Is your Trust ISO 27001 compliant? How is this measured and reported?
Copy of travel plan and monitoring for the last two to five years
Numbers and proportion of junior doctors opting out of EWTD 48-hour requirement
Query about Emergency Department and Cardiology, ICU and Elderly Wards
Length of stay for patient appointment in audiology department
Hospital leads for Facilities, Transport, Pharmacy and Research
Extension to request regarding EWTD opt out
Which surgical microscopes are used in ENT and Ophthalmology?
Re-use of corporate documents published on the Trust website
Acute Myocardial Infarction admissions and deaths since 2008/09
Structure chart for staff processing FOI and subject access requests
Total amount paid for medical and dental staff for additional sessions and WLI
No. of pulmonary embolisms for inpatients and mortality rates
Monies owed to the Trust by patients without recourse to public funds
Contact details for Direction of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC)
No. of prison inmates and young offenders who have had bariatric surgery
(last five years)
No. of staff made redundant and redundancy payments
(June 2010 to August 2011)
Query regarding medical gases
(oxygen, helium, CO2, nitrogen and nitric oxide)
Makes / models of ventilators used in paediatric units
Contact details for volunteering
No. of hospital admissions for Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and other eating disorders
Is your Estates / Hard Facilities management outsourced?
Expenditure on translation services
(2008/09 to 2010/11)
September 2011
Does your Trust offer specialist rheumatology physiotherapy following surgery?
Request regarding Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) documentation
Private patient manager details
No. of cases of Hospital Acquired Infections
(2006 to 2011)
Doctors in trainings rotas and the European Working Time Directive
Details of proposals to secure an increase in private sector income
Details of adverse incident ("never event") that occured in quarter one 2011/12
Consent for a medical report
Data on 2011/12 CQUIN schemes
Do any hospital in your Trust offer maternity services?
No. of FOI requests received in 2011/12 to date
How many cases where a patient died in hospital was permission given for organ donation?
VTE questionnaire
Subject access request
Contact details of private patient manager / overseas patients manager
Expenditure on agency staffing
(2009/10 to date)
Expenditure incurred in monitoring compliance with Working Time regulations
Detailed plan of both hospitals to room level showing wards, theatres and offices
Who is your current supplier for clinical waste disposal?
Information for a patient interested in having their child's stem cells collected
Copy of statement of service for ex-employee
How many languages do you translate patient information into
(as at 01/09/11)?
Expenditure on agency nursing care and agency doctors
(2010/11)
Activity by patient delivery method (day case and elective) for given HRG
(Apr 2010 to Jul 2011)
Data of infant video from your database
Work experience request
No. of patients currently being treated with biologics for named conditions
Survey regarding melanoma patients
No .of physical or verbal attacks on NHS staff in last 3 years
ICT contracts relating to mobile phones
Survey of parking facilities and management
Subject access request
October 2011
How many temporary staff does the organisation currently have
(band 6 to 9)?
Subject access request
Details of senior managers
Changes, or proposed changes, to General Medicine beds
(2010/11 to date)
Expenditure on taxis and couriers to transplant blood when urgently needed
Subject access request
Request for university study into the application of mathematics to staff rotas
Total ICT budget
(2010/11 and 2011/12)
Information regarding Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) documentation
Research on Electronic Document Management systems for records management
Expenditure on overseas patients and unpaid bills
Contact details for the Estates department
Expenditure on consumables by department
(2010/11)
Details of IT and Informatics lead
Tests or checks on English ability of nurses from EU countries outside the UK
Contact details of Head(s) of Nursing, Clinical Risk and Integrated Governance leads
Contact details of Director of Operations, Divisional Directors and Clinical Directors
Contact details of Head of Procurement and the Chief Pharmacist
Did Not Attend (DNA) rate for your HIV clinic
No. of FOI requests received over the last 3 years
(monthly average 2009 to date)
Copy of policy or guidance on Advanced Decisions / Directives
Contact details of Finance leads
Request for internship
Does the Trust currently use digital dictation or speech recognition systems?
Copy of published monthly Board report
November 2011
How many services users have made complaints against hospitals or staff?
Request for summer placement
Average waiting time for named procedure
(last 12 months)
Copy of Contract Register
Use of the WHO surgical safety checklist in the Trust
Subject access request
No. of patients currently being treated with biologics
Subject access request
Subject access request
What channels do you use to communicate with patients, partners and employees?
Why do I have to pay £50 for access for deceased patient's records?
Details of Band 7 or above employees
(name, job title, specialty / department)
No. of bed days and average length of stay for NICU patients
(2009/10 to date)
Details of diabetes documentation at the Trust
Details of the "never event" in 2010/11
No. of patients undergoing two courses of treatment for urinary incontinence
Does your Trust perform procedures for the treatment of ARMD using Lucentis?
Expenditure on compensation to staff as a result of accidents at work
(past five years)
Estimated total cost of missed outpatient appointments and missed surgery appointments
Copy of all redacted compromise / settlement agreements due to medical negligence
No. of employees on site and whether there is a fitness centre
What soft facilities management services are outsourced?
Request relating to the implementation of systems and the migration of data
No. of cots on NICU and transitional care units
Details of steroid regime for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
(aged 18 or older)
Expenditure on locum / temporary staffing for medical doctors
Contact details of Communications and Facilities leads
Request relating to measures to reduce prescribing costs in the Trust
Which haemofiltration fluid(s) does the Trust currently use?
Dates, times and venues for the Trust's Board Meetings in 2012
Copies of documents detailing discussions to pay allowances or enhancements
Subject access request
List of consultants working within the Trust
Copy of ICT / IMT Strategy
Children under 14 treated for alcohol related illnesses
(last three years)
December 2011
Does the Trust run courses for staff recruited from overseas?
Allergy and diabetes documentation at the Trust
Do you have a protocol for antibiotics prophylaxis of infecion in open fractures?
Expenditure on agency staff
(January to October 2011)
Age of the youngest child admitted with a primary diagnosis of obesity
(2010/11)
The average surgical procedures per hospital per year
The highest sum paid for a continuous shift by one locum
(2009/10 to 2011/12)
Details of treatments applied for through the Cancer Drugs Fund
(Sep to Nov 2011)
No. of patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer, myeloma, renal and lung cancer
No. of patients receiving examestane
Unit purchasing price (not tariff price) for named drugs
Oesteoporosis and Trauma services questionnaires
Learning from Experience survey
Contact details for Workforce leads
No. of births via IVF funded by the PCT
(2008/09 to date)
Number and estimated cost of thefts
(last 5 years)
No. of reported incidents of hospital acquired pressure ulcers
Query regarding the decrease in salary of the Finance Director
Current readmission rate and projected loss in income for 2011/12
Subject access request
Contact details for Procurement Manager
Further information on the supply of agency staff to the Trust
Patient complaint
Teleradiology and telecardiology services
National dementia audit data
Query regarding gynaecology instruments
Subject access request
Recording of stillborn babies on patient administration system
No. of staff made redundant in past three years
(since January 2009)
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