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Disclosure Log - November 2010

H&R PCT Log Number  Request  Date Received  Response  Date sent 
138 - 10/11 May I enquire what the level of rent and premium paid by South East Health Ltd are for the Station Plaza Pharmacy?
Also, may I please have a copy of the tender that was submitted by South East Health to the PCT for the pharmacy, particularly the key performance indicators that they have self-identified?
28/07/10 Online 02/11/10
 192 - 10/11  I am looking for the following data relating to the funding for Haematology and Oncology in your PCT. Please could you help?
A. Oncology Funding
A1  - In the last 12 months, how many business cases were submitted from Oncologists requesting funding for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
A2 - If the case was successful what was the number of patients involved in the business cases in A1
A3 - In the last 12 months, the number of individual funding requests submitted by your oncologists requesting funding for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
A4 - The number of those individual funding requests that were approved
B. Haematology Funding
B1  - In the last 12 months, how many business cases were submitted from Haematolgists requesting funding for patients with Idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
B2 - IF the case was successful what was the number of patients involved in the business cases in B1
B3 - In the last 12 months, the number of individual funding requests submitted by your Haematolgists requesting funding for the treatment of patients with Idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
B4 - The number of those indivdual funding requests that were approved.
 14/09/10  Online  02/11/10
198 - 10/11 Survey regarding postnatal depression. 17/09/10  Online 01/11/10
 210 - 10/11  Could I please have electronic copies off all Practice Based Commissioning business cases that have been approved by the PCT in 2009/10.  28/09/10  Online  17/11/10
211  - 10/11  Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide information, relating to your IT Department, as follows:
1 What is the name & official title of the Director responsible for Information Technology deployments?
2 What is the name & official title of the person responsible for defining your Data, Voice, Video and Conferencing requirements?  Data; Voice; Video;Conferencing;
ICT Security:
3 Will plans to rationalize buildings drive changes to your communications infrastructure during the next 12 months?
4 What is your Unified Communications Strategy?
5 If you have a separate PBX (Traditional Voice) network, what is your strategy to replace it?
6 How much are you paying for moves, adds & changes to your telephony system on a monthly basis? 
7 What VoIP projects have been identified within the next 12 months?
8 How many connected users do you have and how many sites are these users distributed over?
9 What software based solutions are you considering for future voice requirements?
10 How much are you paying for Bandwidth provision per annum and with which provider?
11 Who is your primary Data Network (LAN/WAN) vendor?
12  Do you plan to refresh your Data Network in the next 12 months?
13 What is the value of your support contract for your Data Network and when is the renewal date?
14     Have you any plans to deploy Wireless LAN or a Contact Centre within your current infrastructure?
15 When is the support contact renewal date for your managed Firewalls for security?
16 If you outsource audio conferencing to a 3rd Party, what is your monthly cost incurred?
 28/09/10  Online  01/11/10
221  - 10/11  I wish to make an FOI request for data on schemes to lower the rate of teenage pregnancies in your PCT.
What schemes are in place and how much do they cost to run each year?
Do you have any schemes that involved the use of nurses on-call for emergency contraceptives.  If so, how successful have they been and how much do they cost to run?
 11/10/10  Online  05/11/10
223  - 10/11  Questionnaire re Child eye-screening  13/10/10  Online  10/11/10
 224 - 10/11  1) How many GPs were appraised in your PCT area in 2009/10?
2) How many GP appraisers did you use in your PCT area in 2009/10?
3) How much did you pay each GP for taking part in appraisal in 2009/10? (I.e. the set rate you pay to GPs to take part in appraisal). 
4) How much did you pay each GP appraiser for each GP they appraised in 2009/10? (I.e the set rate you pay to a GP appraiser to appraise a GP). 
5) What is the total amount paid to GPs to take part in appraisal in 2009/10?
6) What is the total amount paid to GP appraisers to appraise GPs in 2009/10?
 16/10/10  Online  08/11/10
 225 - 10/11  Whether since the introduction of payment by results and tariffs you have had to increase administrative or legal staff and if so by how many posts?
What your estimate is of any additional administrative cost including salaries to your Trust of working under PbR (on an annual basis)
 14/10/10  Online  05/11/10
 227 - 10/11  - How are weight management services for those of a BMI of over 30 (and over 18 years of age) delivered in your PCT?
- What does the PCT consider as a 'success' for your weight management services?
- Do you give out any vouchers for commerical dieting com
 18/10/10  Online  12/11/10
 228 - 10/11  1.      How many staff at the PCT have been made redundant since July 2010?
2.      For each redundancy, please state:
a)      Whether the redundancy was voluntary
b)      Whether the redundancy was handled under the national Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS):
c)      The position held by the person made redundant, and the NHS band they were working under
d)      The total amount paid to each employee in their redundancy payout
3.      How many unfilled staff posts currently exist in your organisation?
4.      For each unfilled post, please state the title of the position and which NHS band the post is under
5.      Please state the total number of staff posts that currently exist in your organisation
 18/10/10  Online  11/11/10
 229 - 10/11  For each of the following years 2005/6, 2006/7, 2007/8, 2008/9 and 2009/10, please provide me with the following information:
How many of the staff at your authority claim private health insurance as part of their employment?
What is the annual cost to the authority of offering this perk to staff?
When did the authority start to offer this perk to staff?
Please provide information about the level of cover and name of provider.
 19/10/10  Online  03/11/10
230 - 10/11 The request concerns the sub-committee of the Hastings and Rother PCT known as the PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT GROUP (PSG).
I would like to know:
1.  The terms of reference of the PSG
2.   Where the PSG sits in the PCT structure
3.   How often they meet
4.   The current membership by name, together with (for each person)
a.  Their professional qualifications
b.  Their job-role outside the PSG
c.  Their job role within the PSG
c.  The date on which they started on the Committee
5. Who is the contact point for the PSG
20/10/10  Online 16/11/10
 231 - 10/11  I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.
1. I would like to know how many girls under 16 were prescribed the morning after pill for each of the following years:
a) 2009
b) 2008
c) 2007
2. I would also like to know how many girls under the age of 11 were prescribed the morning after pill for each of the following years a) 2009
b) 2008
c) 2007
3. I would also like to know how many girls under the age of 10 were prescribed the morning after pill for each of the following years
a) 2009
b) 2008
c) 2007
4. If possible I would like to know the age of the youngest person prescribed the morning after pill for each of the following years
a) 2009
b) 2008
c) 2007
 22/10/10  Online  17/11/10
232 - 10/11  I am writing to request the latest editions of the following documents for NHS Hastings & Rother:
CQC Mid Year Declaration 2009-2010
22/10/10  Online 08/11/10
 234 - 10/11  Could you provide access to your world class commissioning panel reports 2009/2010?  21/10/10  Online  08/11/10
 235 - 10/11  I would like to submit the following enquiry as an FOI request, thankyou:
 i. What was the PCT's average patient population for the years 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10?
 ii. What is the PCT's total reported spend on primary care (including dental and medical, Out-of-Hours primary care) for the years 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10?
 iii.What is the PCT's total reported spend on secondary (or tertiary) care for the years 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10?
 iv.Does the PCT commission services from Extended Choice Network/Free Choice Network listed facilities?
 v.Does the PCT commission services from ISTC facilities?
vi.What is the PCT's total reported spend on secondary care by Independent Sector Providers [including ECN/FCN, or ISTC] for the years 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10?
 23/10/10  Online  15/11/10
236 - 10/11 Is there a new committee formed or forming for the 3 merged PBC consortiums in Hastings for making clinical decisions, patient pathways for the PBC consortium board. If so could you list who they are ?  25/10/10  Online 08/11/10
 238 - 10/11  Practice Based Commissioning:
Please could you let me have the names and contact details of the PBC lead, clinical lead and operational lead.
 26/10/10  Online  18/11/10
 239 - 10/11  Under the Freedom of Information Act I am interested in obtaining any guidelines you have in your PCT for the prescribing of constipation products.
I would also like to know what constipation products are listed in you Minor Ailments Scheme, please can you send a copy of your constipation minor ailments scheme.
 28/10/10  Online  22/11/10
 240 - 10/11  1.   Does your PCT/Health Board/Community Health Partnership currently have a Young Onset Dementia Service?* Yes/No
 * A Young Onset Dementia Service is normally defined as a service for primary progressive dementia occurring in people under the age of 65 (these services are normally different to those provided to people with brain injury).
 2.   If yes, please could you:
a)   Provide the name of the service and
b)   Provide the name and email address of the manager of the service.
 28/10/10  Online  19/11/10
 241 - 10/11  1. Please could you kindly state the total number of GP practices
     within your PCT that are uploading data to the Summary Care Record
     as of the end of Sunday 31st October 2010.
2. Please could you kindly state the number of practices within your
     PCT that have added more than core information to patient summary
     care records (that is, have enriched one, some or all of their
     patients' summary care records).
3. Please could you kindly state the total number of patient summary
     care records, as uploaded by participating practices within your
     PCT, that have been enriched in any way beyond core information.
 01/11/10  Online  15/11/10
 242 - 10/11  For my study, I would first of all like to look at everything 'left behind' by the screening programme for vision/hearing.  So for last years screen;
Data on:
numbers screened
fail rate for vision/hearing
where the screen took place (which school/location)
Data on the children:
gender
free school meals?
age (I gather it's the term in which they're 5)
Data on outcome:
Referral letter to local hospital
Appointments made at local hospital
Appointments kept at local hospital
 01/11/10  Online  22/11/10
 244 - 10/11  Please could you inform me of any established PbC or GP Consortia groups within ESDW PCT & for each group:
1. the name of their lead
2. the number of practices within each group
3. the population size of each group
4. their top three service priorities.
 03/11/10  Online  15/11/10
 246 - 10/11  GP leads of potential consortia. Or the leads for practice based commissioning.  04/11/10  Online  15/11/10
 247 - 10/11  Under the freedom of information act I am interested in any prescribing guidelines you have for the prescribing of glucosamine sulphate/glucosamine based products.  05/11/10  Online  22/11/10
 249 - 10/11  Under the freedom of information, could you please provide details of all the main contacts with regards to consortia development.  This will include PBC (Practice Based Commissioning) leads, Directors, GP Leads, Consortia Leads, and GP Executive Members.
Name
Title
Email
Consortia or PCT
Please ensure that the emails for GP`s are their main email address and not just the PCT email address.
 09/11/10  Online  30/11/10
 250 - 10/11  How much has been spent in the financial year to date on management consultants?
How much was spent in the previous financial year (2009/10) on management consultants?
For what purpose were management consultants hired? Please provide details of each instance in the following format:
Date hired - time period hired for - total cost - purpose - outcome
 09/11/10  Online  30/11/10
 252 - 10/11  This request concerns Practice Based Commissioning within your PCT.
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information:
Name of each cluster/consortium within your PCT.
Names of GP surgeries in each PBC cluster/consortium within your PCT.
Names and contact details of each PBC cluster management lead and the PBC cluster clinical lead for each of your clusters.
 10/11/10  Online  30/11/10
 256 - 10/11   1) Can you tell me how much the PCT has spent so far or plans to spend in 20010/11 on the support and development of GP commissioning?
2) How much money has been set aside for the support and development of GP commissioning in 2011/12?
I am looking for numerical cash figures, not a worded answer.
If possible, a breakdown of the way these funds will be spent would be helpful.
 11/11/10  Online  19/11/10
 264 - 10/11   I would like to request details under the Freedom of Information Act.
1) What are the total earnings (per year) of the highest paid family doctor in your district?
2) If possible, I would also like to know how many family doctors earn £200k-£300k, and £300k +
3) These figures would include any 'extra payments' such as bonuses for meeting targets or any pay from overtime or extra hours.
4) Any additional information you can provide, such as average hours worked or hours worked by top earning doctors, would be appreciated.
 16/11/10  Online  19/11/10
 266 - 10/11  Please give details of the following contract numbers for you PCT as at 1 November 2010.
PCT name
Number of ongoing GDS dental contracts
Number of fixed term GDS contracts
Number of PDS agreements
Number of PDS Plus agreements
 15/11/10  Online  30/11/10