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Disclosure Log - January 2010 - contact FOI team for responses

H&R Pct Log Number  ESCHS Log Number  Request  Date Received  Response Date Sent 
 302    The 2009 (2nd round) report from The Primary Care Foundation (PCF) into Out-of-Hours GP cover provided by your PCT, as part of its participation in the National Out-of-Hours Benchmark scheme. If further clarification is required, the report I am requesting will look a little like this: http://www.primarycarefoundation.co.uk/page1/page21/page21.html  30/11/2009    28/01/2010
 309    I am contacting you in the hope that you can provide me with updated and accurate information regarding criteria for bariatric surgery and also (if you have it) eligibility for plastic and reconstructive work after bariatric surgery.I would be very grateful if you would email me the policy or a summary. Alternately, provide me with the contact details for staff accessing this information.  02/12/2009

 

 04/01/2010
 313    Can you confirm if your organisation has a Framework Agreement in place for the supply of: a) Temporary, Contractor, Consultancy or Interim IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics staff? b)   Permanent IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics staff? 2. Can you detail the start and end dates of the current recruitment agency(s) contract for the supply of temporary, contract, interim or permanent IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics staff? 3.  Can you detail the anticipated spend/budget for IT/ICT, Project Management or Health Informatics projects 2009/2010 financial years? 4. Can you detail estimated spend/budget for use with IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics recruitment agencies during the 2009/2010 financial year? 5. Can you detail the anticipated numbers of IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics staff to be recruited during the 2009/2010 financial year? 6.  Can you advise if you are preparing to adopt the new NHS PASA Framework, PASA/DH Commercial Resources Framework (CRF) or CATALIST Framework for the supply of Professional, administrative and support services, temporary & fixed-term staff? If not, what contracting mechanism do you anticipate using? 7. Can you provide details for staff who have a direct Human Resources or IT/ICT responsibility for hiring IT/ICT, Project Management or Informatics resource: a) Contact Name b) Position c) Contact Telephone Number d) Email address  10/12/2009    06/01/2010
 314   Could you please supply me with the most recent copies of following documents: ICT Strategy/ICT Business Plan, Procurement Strategy, Corporate Plan, Budget/Financial Plan and Annual Report?  14/12/2009

 

 12/01/2010
 315   My request today concerns the retoxification/re-induction of prisoners prior to their release from prison.Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request all information to which I am entitled concerning:1) Given that PCTs have been responsible for offender healthcare in publicly-run prisons since 2006, please supply the names of prisons in your PCT area (or if your FOI team covers multiple PCT areas, the names of all prisons in those PCTs) which currently run a retoxification/re-induction of prisoners programme or similarly named programme, whereby prisoners with drug addiction problems are given amounts of a drug prior to their release by prison medical staff;2) If any prisons do currently run a retoxification/re-induction of prisoners programme, please disclose the total number of prisoners, either exactly or approximately, who took part in the programme in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09. Please present this information in a prison-by-prison basis;3) If such a programme does exist, please disclose when the first use of it was first recorded in the PCT or PCTs area(s);4) Please disclose the total public funds from the PCT or PCTs allocated to any retoxification/re-induction of prisoners programme in its area in the financial years 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09: 5) Where figures are available, please supply the number of prisoners who have been on any 'retox'/re-induction programme who have subsequently died due to drugs-related causes since any programme began. I would like this information presented on a prison-by-prison basis.  14/12/2009

 

 11/01/2010
 316   I would like to know: Who provides catering for inpatients in your Hospitals? 2. How many complaints did you received about catering provision in the last year (or whatever recent time-frame is convenient) and what are the nature of these complaints? Also, Can I have a copy of the contract for catering provision or details of how much money this contract is for?  15/12/2009    15/01/2010
 318   The latest estimate the Trust has made of the total number of vascular risk assessments that have been performed since a service was first commissioned. The latest estimate the Trust has made of the total amount it has spent on all forms of vascular risk assessments. Any evaluation the Trust has made of the clinical and/or cost effectiveness of the vascular risk assessment it has currently commissioned. Which vascular risk assessment tool you used in 2008-9 and whether the Trust intends to continue using the same tool in 2009/10?  18/12/2009    15/01/2010
 319    1. Does your organisation make use of an interface (integration) engine for the processing of inbound and outbound messages and if so who is your current supplier? Some organisations for example utilise interface engines such as Microsoft Biztalk 2002 or products from Sun, Rhapsody or Orion which facilitates the exchange of information between various systems and in a variety of message formats. What is your approximate spend on such a solution? 2. Does your organisation make use of a master patient index (MPI) and if so who is your current supplier? A master patient index system makes it easier to ensure patients are correctly identified and minimises the number of duplicate health records held for each patient. The system is essentially a database that contains a unique identifier for every patient and all registration systems would look to the MPI to obtain information based on several identifiers. Other terminology used for this system is Enterprise Master Patient Index from suppliers such as Orion Health or Graphnet. What is your approximate spend on such a solution?  12/12/2009    05/01/2010
 320    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request a copy of your existing Trust’s Management & Treatment Policy covering the Newborn and 6 – 8 week Physical Examination with reference to checking the hips for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH). This should include referral pathway, timing & policy regarding parent information when a infant has been possibly detected with this condition.  21/12/2009    13/01/2010
 322    The request is concerning negative pressure wound therapy. Does the PCT currently use negative pressure wound therapy to treat pressure sores? Who currently supplies the equipment to enable this treatment? What is the equipment called? Is the PCT currently under contract with regards to a supplier of negative pressure wound therapy? How much does the contract cost the PCT? When does the current contract expire? Is the PCT within budget or overspent on this contract?  22/12/2009    05/01/2010
 323   Please could you answer the following questions: 1. What measures has the PCT taken in 2009-10 to increase provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives? 2. How many GP practices in your PCT area are able to provide long-acting reversible contraceptives? 3. Has the PCT applied for a licence to provide early medical abortions in GP practices or a GP-led health centre? 4. Has the PCT conducted any pilots of providing early medical abortions in GP practices or GP-led health centres? If so, what was the outcome? If not, does the PCT have any plans to conduct pilots of such services?  29/12/2009    15/01/2010
 325   Please find hereafter a list of questions to be answered under the freedom of information act Total number of adults registered with a GP in 2008? in 2009? How many of them had a BMI over 30 for each year? Number of people who undertook a Very Low Calorie Diets in 2008? in 2009? (such diets have to be monitored by GP and require a signed authorisation by a health professional) Number of adults who were prescribed the two main dieting drugs (orlistat and sibutramine) during the 2008/2009 financial year and cost of it for the PCT? Number of adults who were referred for bariatric surgery during the 2008/2009 financial year and cost of it for the PCT?  31/12/2009    
 330   I would like to request information from your Trust under the above Act. Recognising that providing information under the Act can sometimes be onerous on the Trust, I have put the information request in a questionnaire format that should make the process much easier. The completed questionnaire can be returned to me via eMail; I do not require any covering documentation/letter unless it is the Authority's policy to do so or you feel it would enhance any answer.  06/01/2010

 

 15/01/2010
 336   1/ Has the PCT begun renegotiating PMS contracts, or does it plan to do so imminently? 2/ if negotiations have already been completed held what has been the result? 3/Have GPs under GMS contracts been offered new PMS contracts and if so what has been the result? 4/what benefits does the trust hope to achieve from these negotiations both in terms of health outcomes and value for money?  12/01/2010    15/01/2010