| 07-10/11 |
Please see below a freedom of information request that we are submitting to your Trust:For the financial years 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and quarters 1 and 2 2009-10:1) For each time period how many whole time equivalent Tissue Viability Nurses were employed by the Trust? 2) What nursing grades were the Tissue Viability Nurses employed by the Trust? 3) What was the average shortest and longest waiting time for patients to be seen by a Tissue Viability Nurse following receipt of a referral? 4) How many patients were seen by a Tissue Viability Nurse at the Trust in the given time periods? 5) For each time period how many whole time equivalent Infection Control Nurses were employed by the Trust? 6) What nursing grades were the Infection Control Nurses employed by the Trust? 7) What was the average, shortest and longest waiting time for patients to be seen by an Infection Control Nurse following receipt of a referral? 8) How many patients were seen by an Infection Control Nurse employed by the Trust in the given time periods? 9) What was the incidence of pressure ulcers in the community for the Trust population in the given time periods? (preferably expressed as a number per 10,000 population) |
07.04.10 |
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08.06.10 |
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1...Does the trust maintain a record and or log of those occasions when it has detected a pest and or vermin control and or infestation problem of some kind on any of its premises. These problems will include but will not be limited to the problems posed by rats, mice, bats, foxes, squirrels, cockroaches, flies, beetles, lice and other insects. The record or log will provide details of the kind of infestation, its exact location and the duration of the problem. It will also detail any action taken to deal with the issue. Can you please provide a copy of this log or record?
2....During the aforementioned period on how many separate occasions has the trust been forced to call upon the services of an outside pest control or environmental health company to manage/eradicate a pest problem or infestation of some kind. I am interested in receiving details of all occasions irrespective of the size of the infestation or the amount of time taken to deal with the problem.
3...Can you please provide a list of companies which the trust has called in to deal with and or manage the aformentioned pest control issue or infestation. What is the total amount spend with each company during the aforementioned period? How many times has each company been called out?
4...Can you please provide details of each and every infestation and pest control incident irrespective of the number of animals involved. In each case can you identify the pest (s) animal (s) which were causing the problem? In the case of each infestation or pest incident can you state which trust premises were affected and which parts of these premises were affected. Please include all incidents even if the problem was not tackled by an outside firm/specialist. In each case can you identify who dealt with the problem. |
28.04.10 |
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01.06.10 |
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1) Do you have a vetting system in place to test the English language skills of European (EEA) GPs who want to work for an out-of-hours provider before they are allowed on to a performers list? (2) When was this introduced? (3) Please provide details of the vetting system that tests the English language skills of European GPs (4) If you don't already have a vetting system to test the English language skills of European GPs, do you have plans to implement one? If so, when? Please provide details of what the test would entail. (5) Do you have a vetting system in place to test the fitness to practice of European (EEA) GPs who want to work for an out-of-hours provider before they are allowed onto a performers list? (6) When was this introduced? (7) Please provide details of the vetting system that tests the fitness to practice of European GPs (8) If you don't already have a vetting system to test the fitness to practice of European GPs, do you have plans to implement one? If so, when? Please provide details about what the test would entail. |
05.05.10 |
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08.06.10 |
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1. How many staff retired from the organisation in each of the following years? a) 2007/08 b) 2008/09 c) 2009/10 2. How many staff began drawing a pension accrued from their service at the organisation in each of the following years? a) 2007/08 b) 2008/09 c) 2009/10 3. How many staff were classed as taking 'early retirement' in each of the following years? a) 2007/08 b) 2008/09 c) 2009/10 4. What was the average age of staff retiring in each of the following years? a) 2007/08 b) 2008/09 c) 2009/10 5. What was the youngest age of a former or past member of staff currently receiving a pension accrued while working for the organisation? 6. How many staff aged under 55 began claiming a pension funded by the organisation in each of the following years? a) 2007/08 b) 2008/09 c) 2009/10 7. Of all individuals currently received a pension earned from service at the organisation, how many are still working for the organisation as: a) Employees b) Consultants c) Workers in any other paid capacity. |
06.05.10 |
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03.06.10 |
| 41-10/11 |
1. Does your PCO currently have a GP medical director? 2. How many members of your PCO's current Professional Executive Committee (PEC) are GPs (in number, and as a proportion of the total PEC membership)? 3. How many GPs are currently in paid management roles in your PCO? 4. How many GPs are currently in paid advisory roles in your PCO? 5. Please can the PCO supply the same information for questions 1-4 for the year 2007? |
10.05.10 |
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03.06.10 |
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1. Does the trust have a vascular checks programme in place? 2. If yes, does the trust use a targeted screening (specifically targeting people by age, ethnic group, those with a family history of cardiovascular disease etc?) or a universal screening programme where everyone aged 40-74 years of age is screened for cardiovascular disease? 3. If you use a targeted approach, what group(s) are included in the screening programme? 4. How much money has the trust spent on vascular screening since you began your programme? 5. Would the trust consider switching screening strategies in future? 6. Has the trust switched screening strategies in the past? 7. If you have or will switch screening strategy, how many people do you estimate would have to be rescreened or had to be rescreened? |
10.05.10 |
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01.06.10 |
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Please provide a list of any company cars currently being provided through car leasing schemes to your employees. Please include the make of each car, the model, the name of the employee who is leasing the car and/or their position. Please also provide details of the terms of any car leasing agreements. |
13.05.10 |
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09.06.10 |
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a) of the GP practices in the PCT area providing essential services; what are the number of : (i) GMS practices (ii) PMS practices (iii) APMS practices (iv) PCTMS practices. b) In respect of the PMS practices, please provide a copy/copies of the model PMS Agreement(s) that was/were in use on the 31st March 2010. |
17.05.10 |
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03.06.10 |
| 51-10/11 |
Please could you tell me: 1. The total number and whole time equivalent number of health visitors - EXCLUDING nursery nurses and staff nurses - available to GP practices in 2009/10, 2008/9 and 2007/8. 2. Any estimate the trust has of the current average case load of a whole time equivalent health visitor. 3. A list of the responsibilities held by health visitors employed by the trust working in general practice. |
17.05.10 |
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02.06.10 |
| 53-10/11 |
Under the Freedom Of Information Act I am interested in the structure of the Human Resources Department of your Trust, and would like to request a full human resources structure chart including names and job titles of all individuals in this department. In addition, I also request a full managerial structure chart of the whole organisation. |
18.05.10 |
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11.06.10 |
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Could you please provide a list of Consultants and their specialities in the Hospitals managed by the PCT? |
19.05.10 |
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14.06.10 |
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1. A document showing the PCTs financial statements, balance sheets, revenue resource limits, performance against statutory financial targets (financial position at the end of the year) and any historical surplus/deficit for 2008/09 financial year. 2. A copy of all prescribing formularies for the treatment of patients within the PCT in 2008/09. 3. A copy of the PCTs policies, guidelines or other documents showing the rationale for implementation or not of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) technology appraisals for treatment of chronic hepatitis B for 2008/09. |
20.05.10 |
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14.06.10 |
| 56-10/11 |
With regards to some recent research on the recession and its effects on mental health, one of the solutions considered is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). I wonder if you could tell me the cost of such treatments on the NHS for an individual. |
21.05.10 |
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11.06.10 |
| 57-10/11 |
Questionnaire on Implementation of the GRASP-AF Screening Tool. |
21.05.10 |
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16.06.10 |
| 58-10/11 |
1) The current structure within your organisation for information governance, including a) The number of staff within the IG team and their contract hours b) Pay bandings for all staff in the IG team (nb if local payscales, please state salary range) c) Whether the posts are temporary or permanent d) Which Directorate and team the IG function sits in. 2) Details of any plans in place to restructure the information governance service, including: a) Any cost efficiencies identified b) Any impact of the commissioning/provider split on the IG team. |
24.05.10 |
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11.06.10 |
| 60-10/11 |
Please could you give me the details of wheelchair users within the Wealden District? |
25.05.10 |
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03.06.10 |
| 61-10/11 |
How much did your organisation spend in total on management consultancy in the financial year 2008-2009? Of this total, how much was spent on management consultants, such as PWC or KPMG, in connection with the preparation of World Class Commissioning panel presentations, for example mock panel days? How much did your organisation spend in total on management consultancy in the financial year 2009-2010? Of this total, how much was spent on management consultants in connection with the preparation of World Class Commissioning panel presentations? How much did your organisation spent so far on management consultancy in the financial year 2010-2011? How much of this was spent on management consultants in connection with the preparation of World Class Commissioning panel presentations? |
25.05.10 |
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22.06.10 |
| 62-10/11 |
Could you please tell me the cost of the proposed review of local services to provide education for diabetes and other chronic conditions and the list of preferred bidders if the exercise is to be carried out externally. If there has not been a budget allocation, please could you let me the earmarked amount. |
26.05.10 |
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18.06.10 |
| 63-10/11 |
We are currently in the process of collecting financial data from different NHS trusts and PCTs covering all four countries in the UK and urban and non-urban environments. It is very crucial for us to have the actual financial data to support our study. To be precise, what we would like to see is total fixed costs, variable costs and tariff income from different birth categories for a given period of time. And also we would like to understand the basis of allocation of capital charge to each birth category. I have attached an excel template for you to get an idea about what information we are interested in. Also a power point presentation of the study. It would be very much appreciated if you can assist us to collect some financial data. |
27.05.10 |
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15.06.10 |
| 64-10/11 |
Please could you state the total expenditure to date (whether reimbursed in part or whole by CfH or not) on the Summary Care Record project by your PCT. |
01.06.10 |
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15.06.10 |
| 65-10/11 |
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request about seasonal flu vaccination uptake in the PCT. Please could you let me know the uptake of seasonal flu vaccine among eligible groups in the PCT in 2009-10? Thank you. If these data are not yet available, please could send me the details when they become available. |
25.05.10 |
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15.06.10 |
| 66-10/11 |
Please would you give me information on the following:
1) The range of UDA values for dental surgeons working within the PCT
2)The amount of funding that has been made available by the PCT to aid implementation of the HTM01-05 cross infection regulations for dental surgeries.
3) How the funding has been used e.g. washer disinfectors, capital investment for structural changes to the building, funding for loss of earnings due to surgery closure etc
4)How much funding the PCT provided for loss of earnings due to snow closure of dental surgeries in the tax year 2009-2010.
5)How much funding the PCT provided for defibrilators in the tax years 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. |
01.06.10 |
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15.06.10 |
| 67-10/11 |
Could you please provide me with either of the following:
A copy of your primary care prescribing formulary if it has changed/been updated since March 2010
Or if this is not possible, a list of the updates/changes that have been made to your primary care prescribing formulary since March 2010 |
02.06.10 |
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16.06.10 |
| 68-10/11 |
Survey into pharmacological and surgical interventions for obesity management. |
03.06.10 |
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28.06.10 |
| 69-10/11 |
I require information [if possible] on the following:
Funding that was provided to orthopaedic departments [in total and hospital specific].
Number of surgeries [in orthopaedics] carried out in total, hospital specific and what surgeries these were i.e. Rotator Cuff, Shoulder Stabilisation, ACL reconstruction and Meniscal repair.
Latest annual reports [as the link in the PDF download isn't active]
Number of staff [consultants and nurses] on the various orthopaedic wards.
Information on planned new builds. |
03.06.10 |
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18.06.10 |
| 70-10/11 |
I am writing to request the following document/s
Transforming Community Services document
Estates Strategy document (These may also be known as Commissioner Investment and Assets Management Strategy) |
03.06.10 |
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28.06.10 |
| 71-10/11 |
I have been advised that the PCT provided guidance to all Dental Practices regarding the availability of specialist NHS dental services. I understand that this guidance, issued to practices in May 2008, indicated alternative locations where patients could be referred for treatment in the event that the initial Practice were unable to provide the necessary clinical care.
Please could you provide me with a copy of the relevant guidance issue to Practices in May 2008.
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07.06.10 |
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11.06.10 |
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I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information: 1. How many individuals have asthma within your authority? 2. How many cases of bronchitis or COPD have there been within your authority? 3. How many cases of cancer has there been under your authority? 4. How many deaths have there been from cancer within your authority? 5. Please can you reveal which areas/regions in your authority have been identified as high numbers of people with cancer? Please be as specific as possible.6. Are there any areas within your authority which have been identified as 'cancer clusters'? For all of the above questions, please supply figures for all of the last 5 years for which records are kept. Please also break down to specific areas/regions within your authority. |
11.06.10 |
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23.06.10 |
| 79-10/11 |
Please could you supply the following information:
Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Health Care Waste - Pharmaceutical, Sharps, Cytotoxic and Cytostatic, Anatomical & General Clinical
- Contract Renewal Date
- Contract Term
- Contract Value for Full Contract Term (£)
- Annual Tonnages of individual waste streams |
15.06.10 |
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28.06.10 |
| 82-10/11 |
Can you please tell me the following:
1. How you procure Construction Consultancy Services
2. How you procure Construction Contractors
3. If by your own framework, please tell me:
a. The titles and content of the relevant frameworks
b. Who is on the current frameworks
c. The start and end dates of the frameworks
d. Any possible extension periods to the frameworks
e. The name and contact email of person responsible for the frameworks. |
15.06.10 |
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25.06.10 |
| 83-10/11 |
I am writing to request the following information about redundancy payments for staff .1. Please provide the total value of redundancy payments for staff in each of the last three financial years, 2007/8. 2008/9, 2009/10 .2. Please state, for each of these financial years, how many redundancies this total relates to. For example £1m for two redundancies in 2008/09 .3. Please detail the number of redundancy payments over £100,000, in £50,000 brackets. For example:
£150,000-£200,000 - 5 people
£200,000-£250,000 - 6 people
£300,000-£350,000 - 2 people
£350,000-£400,000 - 3 people
etc |
15.06.10 |
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25.06.10 |
| 84-10/11 |
Under the Freedom of Information Act I am interested in the structure of the finance department of your Trust and would like to request a structure chart for the finance department. |
16.06.10 |
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30.06.10 |
| 85-10/11 |
I'm in the process of doing some research concerning wound care formularies for all the PCTs across the country. Would it be possible to provide me with your current formulary, the date that this is due for renewal and how often it is renewed? |
16.06.10 |
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23.06.10 |
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My questions relate to bariatric surgery undertaken in the PCT's population. How many people in the PCT's population had a BMI which meets that of the NICE criteria for bariatric surgery (i.e. a BMI of 40 or BMI of 35-40 with other significant disease) in 2008/09 and in 2009/10? How many people in the PCT's population underwent bariatric surgery in 2008/09 and in 2009/10? Does the PCT have its own threshold BMI or additional criteria different from NICE guidance that must be met for bariatric surgery to be offered? Please provide details. Does the PCT have a specialist obesity service? Please provide details. |
17.06.10 |
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24.06.10 |
| 88-10/11 |
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request regarding funding for homeopathy in the PCT. Please could you answer the following questions: 1. How much did the PCT spend on homeopathy services in 2004/05, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10? 2. When was funding of homeopathy services last reviewed by the PCT? What was the reason for any decision to continue or cease funding homeopathy services? 3. What are the contact details for any homeopathy providers from which the PCT commissions services for patients? |
17.06.10 |
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