Disclosure Log - February 2010 - contact FOI team for responses

1. How much did the PCT spend in total on agency nurses in 2008/9, 2007/8 and 2006/7? 2.  What was the highest annual salary paid for this category in each of the above years? 3. How much did the PCT spend in total on agency doctors in 2008/9, 2007/8 and 2006/7? 4. What was the highest annual salary paid for this category in each of the above years? 5. How much did the PCT spend in total on agency non medical staff in 2008/9, 2007/8 and 2006/7? 6. What was the highest annual salary paid for this category in each of the above years?

(i) What urgent action are the PCT going to take to remedy the overall shortage of doctors in Hastings? (ii) What is the current situation regarding  doctors in Hastings (January 2010), numbers, location,  number of doctors nearing retierment  (iii) PLease provide a copy  of the Primary Care Premises review concluded in 2009 (iv) Doctors in Hastings provide service to outlying villages , Guestling, Fairlight and Pett. How is this to be reformed? Also (i) How and when are the PCT going to address  its longstanding huge underprovision  of doctors, services etc in Baird, Ore and Ressell? (ii) There are no up to date plans for the new Primary Care Centres?  Baird, Ore and Tressell  has a population of approximately  9000 to two doctors , which is 22 doctors/100,000.

1. The total amount of money spent annually on away days for staff in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. (Away days include any trips taken by staff, such as team building exercises, conferences, meetings, charity days, study trips, corporate trips, executive events, research trips, fact-finding trips, etc.) .b. For each individual trip, please itemise the cost, the purpose of the trip, the number of staff taking part, the number of executive officers taking part, the address and location travelled to, and the dates travelled.

 02.02.2010

1. Does the PCT offer any particular services within any of its GP practices to help socially excluded groups? 2. If yes, what are these services eg. Longer appointments/appointments at short notice, health visitors, information/leaflets 3. If no, is the PCT planning to offer any particular services over the next few months? 4. If so, what will these services be?5. Finally if yes to any of the above, which socially excluded groups would this include?(Homeless, victims of domestic violence, offender’s asylum seekers/refugees, substance misusers, travellers)

Please release the amount of money spent on staff away days (eg. team-building trips, brainstorming sessions, executive board sessions, etc) in each of the last four years. For each trip please release a) the cost, b) the exact location and address, c) the purpose and d) how many staff took part.

Various question regarding Familial Hypercholesterolaemia, and services within the PCT.

Please could the trust list the number of GP practice premises in your locality which are currently deemed as: a) below minimum standard b) level with or above minimum standard.

 02.02.2010

Survey on the provision of insulin pump therapy to people with type 1 Diabetes.

1...During the aforementioned period has the Trust ever paid for patients to be sent overseas for treatment? 2. If so how many patients have the Trust sent overseas for treatment? 3. In the case of each patient sent overseas can the Trust please state where they were sent for treatment?   In each case can you identify the country, the town and the facility? 4. In each case can the trust please state the total cost of sending the patient overseas for treatment. These costs will include all transportation costs to and from the UK and costs of travel overseas.  It will also include costs of any treatment carried out overseas.  It may also include costs relating to the transportation of staff and equipment who had to travel with the patient. In the case of each patient can the Trust please provide a breakdown of costs? 5. In each case can the Trust identify the method of transport to and from the UK. For instance did the patient travel by air ambulance and or other specialised medical transport.  Did they travel by normal civilian airliner or train. Please specify? 6 In the case of each patient can the Trust please provide a basic breakdown of their complaint/condition for which they were being treated. Can you please provide a basic description of the treatment carried out overseas?  For instance was surgery involved and if so what kind of surgery.  Can you briefly explain why the patient was sent overseas? 7 Does the Trust know the total amount it has spent treating patients overseas. If so can it provide a total figure for the aforementioned period. The figure will include all treatment costs, staffing costs, as well as costs of travel and accommodation.

 10.02.2010

 Please find attached a request for information from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia, for which Alzheimer’s Society provides administrative support. The request relates to an inquiry of the APPG into the money allocated under the National Dementia Strategy for England.

1. What volume of medicine has been disposed of in a) 2005 b) 2006 c) 2007 d) 2008 and e) 2009 due to: i) returns from patients, and ii) being past its use by date? 2 What is the estimated monetary cost of the disposal of medication in a) 2005 b) 2006 c) 2007 d) 2008 and e) 2009 due to: a) returns from patients and b) being past its use by date? 3. What estimate has been made of the monetary value of the medication disposed of in a) 2005 b) 2006 c) 2007 d) 2008 and e) 2009?

1. The total number of Full Time Equivalents (FTE) or Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) in the Prescribing and Medicines Management Department at the PCT? 2. Number of FTE / WTE for pharmacists in the department? 3. Number of FTE / WTE for technicians / support officers in the department? 4. The Agenda for Change pay band for each role in the department 5.The number of General Practices being supported by the Prescribing and medicines Management Department at your PCT? 6. The total number of people on the 'Practice List' (i.e. number of registered patients) 7.Total Prescribing Budget for 2008/09 and 2009/10.

 10.02.2010

I would like to  make a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act for the results of the District Nurse Configuration  questionnaire?

I Would like to know how many GPs have taken retirement, but carried on working at the practice since 2004. Of these I would like to know how may took 24-hour retirement? If possible, I would like to know in what capacity the GPs have continued to work - eg as a partner, in locum work, as a salaried GP?

I am trying to find out the commercial name of software used for Performance Management and Business Intelligence reporting within your PCT. Please can you advise who I can send my request to?

 15.01.2010

I would be very interested to learn of the policy of your primary care trust with regards to endovascular (stent) repairs of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR)...  In particular, Do you have a formal written policy for funding EVAR of which I may have a copy? If not, how are decisions made on EVAR funding? Do you routinely offer this procedure at hospitals within your trust? Which hospitals within your trust perform this procedure? How many endovascular repairs has your Trust performed over the most recent year for which records exist? If your trust does not offer endovascular repairs, do you fund the procedure if performed in another primary care trust?

 19.01.2010

 16.02.2010

A) The number of patient consultations undertaken by GPs in the PCT's GP-led health centre in each month since the centre opened. B) The number of FTE GPs employed by the GP-led health centre in each month since the centre opened.

 20.01.2010

Please supply copies of The latest available Year End report for the following 4 dental contracts/practices within your area: The ‘Top 2’ contracts [as calculated by monetary value i.e. the two largest contract values]The ‘Bottom 2- worst performing’ contracts [as calculated by largest amount of £ not delivered [i.e. absolute £ value, not a % of CV] The latest available Mid Year report for the same practices/contracts [if they were done]. Copies of any breach notices served on ANY practices/contract holders within your area since 1st April 2006, and copies of any subsequent reports/follow-ups.

I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act (2005), information regarding the availability of the NuvaRing (manufactured by Schering-Plough) in your PCT. I would like information regarding whether the NuvaRing was coded on your formulary as Green, Amber, Red or Red Red for the month of January 2010.

Please could you provide the following information for this story by the end of Wednesday 27 January? How many whole time equivalent qualified specialist school nurses are employed by NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald and NHS Hastings and Rother? (That is qualified school nurses at a band 6). How many whole time equivalent and part time staff nurses work within the school nursing team? (That is staff nurses at a band 5). How many specialist clinical practice teachers, with a school nursing background does the trust employ? So far, how many staff nurses are going to undertake the specialist community public health nurse training course in September 2010? How many secondary schools are there within the PCT?

As part of the Government's commitment to make £2.3bn of efficiency savings in 2010/11 and £10bn of efficiency savings by 2012, all trusts have been urged to identify  efficiency savings, including productivity gains, plans for moving treatment out of hospital into primary care, reductions in back office costs, procurement costs and IT spending etc. Under the Freedom of Information Act Pulse would like to ask the following questions: 1/What efficiency savings have been identified by the trust in line with the Government's requirements? 2/What proposals have been discussed or implemented to transfer more treatment out of hospitals to primary care ? 3/What productivity improvements have been identified or implemented for general practice in the trust area ? 4/What proposals have been discussed or implemented to reduce external consultant /management costs/procurement costs 5/What proposals have been discussed/implemented to make savings on IT projects?

1) Has your PCT re-tendered or re-negotiated its contract for out-of-hours GP services in the past 12 months? 2) If so, has the contract been re-tendered or re-negotiated at a lower price? 3) Does your PCT plan to re-tender or re-negotiate its contract for out-of-hours GP care in the next 12 months? 4) If so, is the PCT seeking to re-tender or re-negotiate the contract at a lower price? 5) If either 1) or 3) applies, what are the reasons for the re-tendering or re-negotiation of the out-of-hours contract? *Please indicate all options that apply.*  a) The services provided under the previous contract were duplicating services provided elsewhere (e.g at new 8-8 GP-led health centre/s) b) The PCT was seeking greater value for money / cost savings c) The out-of-hours provider was not delivering on its contractual requirements 6) Please state the name of the PCTs current out-of-hours provider, and if 1) applies, please also state the name of the previous provider.

My essay is looking into the drug treatments surrounding depression and alternative treatments. I was wondering if you could give me any numbers in relation to the amount anti-depressants prescribed by yourself or in general?

Can you please reply with the details of your NHS Health Check/CVD screening lead.

Could you please tell me the name and job title of the individual who is in charge of IT / ICT at the Trust? Could you also tell me the title of your IT / ICT Department e.g. is it IT Services, Information Services, ICT Services etc

1. Total number of FOI requests received by your organisation, dating from 1st Jan 2005 to present day, and broken down annually.2. Out of these, the number that received a response within the 20-working day limit.3. The longest time taken to respond to a request.4. Out of the total, the number of requests that were refused.5. Out of those requests that were refused, please provide, in accordance with section 17 of the Act, the specific exemption in question.

I would like to apply for the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: How many times have pest control controllers been called to hospitals or other organisations under the control of East Sussex NHS Trust since January 2007? Could you please give dates and brief details of each visit, including information about which pest was being targeted.

Please release the number of a) Serious Untoward Incidents and b) Adverse Incidents atttributed to i) foreign-trained locums and ii) foreign-based locums who were over in the UK for shift work in each of the last three years (financial or calendar, whichever is easier). For each SUI and each Adverse Incident, please release a) what went wrong, b) what happened to the patient, c) the nationality of the locum, d) how long they had been at the trust before the incident occurred, e) whether they are still working at the trust? For each SUI and each Adverse Incident, please release the resulting report submitted to the SHA in full, subject to data protection redactions.

Please could you complete the enclosed questionnaire or respond with a letter that includes the same information.

 01.02.2010

Q1. What amount, if any, have you allocated for the provision of breaks for carers in 2010/2011? Q2. What amount, if any, have you allocated to spend on all carers' specific services, including resoite breaks, in 2010/2011? We would be grateful if you are able to name the types of services that you provide. Q3. What was your percentage achived in relation to the NHS Vital Signs indicator regarding the proportion of carers receiving a break or service as a percentage of clients receiving community-based services (for the most recent year information is available)? Q4. Have you published a plan to support carers? If it is currently being produced, could you advise when you hope to publish it?

 24.02.2010

1. How many "out of hours" GPs are currently provided by Hastings and Rother PCT? 2. How many people do these "out of hours" GPs have responsibility for? 3. How many "out of hours" GPs were provided by Hastings and Rother PCT in 2008-9? 4. How many people did these "out of hours" GPs have responsibility for? 5.  How many "out of hours" GPs were provided by Hastings and Rother PCT in 2007-8? 6. How many people did these "out of hours" GPs have responsibility for? 7.  How many "out of hours" GPs were provided by Hastings and Rother PCT in 2006-7? 8. How many people did these "out of hours" GPs have responsibility for?

I would like the following information on the minor ailment scheme under the FOI:
1. Current cost per annum 2. previous 3 year costs (by year)3. Next years increase budgeted 4. Current SLA copies5. Current payments to pharmacy per consultation 6. current drugs available on the scheme 7. Are there any caps on the number of minor ailments consultations per pharmacy 8. how many pharmacies in the pct and how many are providing the scheme 9. as in 8 what the highest and average consultations done by a single pharmacy 9a. What was PCT GP budget prior to service and after service started. Has there been any saving if so how much for the last 3 years (figures per year required) 10. Also current lift projects and future lift projects name address and what GPs will move in. Also if any pharmacy will be on site . Tender contact info by email and packs 11. Current list of enhanced services commissioned through the PCT and what is the payment structure for service 12. current auxillary and disability aids arrangements within PCT - contact details of council contact and pct contact (email and telephone info)

You were recently able to kindly advise the hospitals available under the PCT for bariatric surgery. Can I please ask for similar details of the hospital(s) the PCT uses for (1) Low dose rate brachytherapy and (2) High dose rate brachytherapy

Please could you answer the following questions for the FoI request. 1) Which of the above options is the PCT going to implement? 2) How will providers that offer extended hours services to patients from other practices be paid? Please provide detail on: - how much will practices offering extended hours to patients from other practices get paid - specify how payment will calculated [i.e. will it be a fixed rate, per patient, per appointment or another means. If another means please provide detail] - Will practices offering extended hours to patients from other practices be paid more/less/the same than if practices offered extended hours to their own patients 3) Will providers that offer extended hours services to patients from other practices be able to access the patients’ records? How detailed will the records be? What feedback will the practice providing extended hours services to patients from other practices provide to the original practice?4) How is the PCT planning to inform practices not offering extended hours services of the alternatives that exist? 5) How will the changes be advertised to patients? 6) Will the PCT be able to submit final information of their plans to the DoH before 26 March 2010 (as requested in the DoH letter)