| 177 10/11 |
Would you supply all the details of every Serious Untoward Incident (SUI) declared by the PCT since 1st January 2008. The information you should supply should include:-
a) Date of incident
b) Terms of reference of the SUI investigation
c) The length of time the investigation took
d) The final SUI reports for each incident. It is acceptable for names to be redacted from final reports.
e) The date the final report was presented to the board of PCT.
2. Would you supply all details of every Local Incident or Local Investigation undertaken by the PCT since 1st January 2008. The information you should supply should include:-
a) Date the investigation was declared
b) The Terms of Reference of the local investigation or local incident report
c) The length of time the investigation took
d) The final reports off all Local Investigations/Local Incidents |
31/08/10 |
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06/10/10 |
| 181 10/11 |
We are currently doing research on continuing care provision in England. This covers both adults and children with complex needs. As part of this, we have drawn up a questionnaire in excel.
We have divided the questions up into 5 sections:
1) Move to GP Consortia
2) Homecare
3) Expenditure
4) Number of people
5) Children
It would be most appreciated if you could fill in the spreadsheet (in the marked blue cells) and return it to us via email. |
07/09/10 |
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18/10/10 |
| 183 10/11 |
I am trying to assess the amount of money spent by public bodies on translation services and, accordingly, write to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Specifically, I would like to know:
· How much money was spent by your Trust on all translation services (excluding British Sign Language is separable) in each of the last five years;
· How many, and which, languages your day-to-day leaflets, forms and documents are available in;
· The top five languages required to be translated;
· Number of translators contracted to provide services in each of the last five years. |
07/09/10 |
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04/10/10 |
| 190 10/11 |
I am requesting disclosure of the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1. The savings the Trust expects to have to make over the next five financial years (from 2010/11 to 2014/15 inclusive), broken down by year, expressed both as an amount and as a percentage of the current total trust expenditure.
2a. The number of confirmed, planned and/or potential job cuts to be made or under consideration by the Trust over the next five financial years (from 2010/11 to 2014/15 inclusive), expressed if possible as the net reduction in total WTE headcount (both as a number and a percentage of current total WTE headcount) net of new posts the Trust intends to create (or additional staff the Trust intends to recruit) over the same period. If there will in fact be a net increase in WTE headcount, the WTE level of increase should be provided (both as a number and a percentage).
2b. The number of job cuts as requested in 2a, but broken down between clinical and non-clinical posts and expressed as a gross WTE figure rather than as a net figure; and the number of additional staff/new posts referred to in 2a, also broken down between clinical and non-clinical posts and expressed as a gross WTE figure. (Therefore, if the Trust is cutting non-clinical posts but reinvesting the savings in creating additional clinical posts, this will be reflected in the data provided). Any extra detail the Trust holds that is readily accessible regarding the classification of posts removed or created (e.g.
paramedics, nurses within 'clinical'; management, admin within
'non-clinical') and their location should be provided.
2c. With regards to any new posts the Trust intends to create or additional staff the Trust intends to recruit as referred to in 2a and 2b, where this is the result of staff being transferred in from other NHS Trusts as a result of the planned restructuring of service delivery, please specify the WTE figure that this applies to, and the
Trust(s) from which said staff are being transferred. So, if 100 new WTE staff are being recruited, but 50 of these are from a specialist team that is being transferred in from the local Acute Trust due to the relocation of service delivery into the community (presumably with a commensurate reduction in headcount at the Acute Trust), please specify that 50 of the 100 increase is due to transferral of staff in from the specified Acute Trust.
3. If no information is available with regards to points 1 and 2 because proposals have not yet been drawn up, please provide a rough timescale for when these proposals are due.
With regards to the above, 'job cuts' includes posts deleted through natural wastage/vacancy freezing; where possible, the WTE reduction (clinical, non-clinical etc) to be achieved through natural wastage should be specified.
With regards to the above, 'job cuts' includes reductions in temporary, bank, agency and locum staffing; where possible, the WTE reduction (clinical, non-clinical etc) to be achieved through reductions in temporary, bank, agency and locum staffing should be specified.
However, with regards to the above, 'job cuts' specifically does not include reductions in the Trust's staffing establishment that are directly caused by the planned abolition of Primary Care Trusts under the Health Secretary's recent White Paper on NHS reform. Clearly the entire staffing establishment will cease to be in the Trust's employment if and when the Trust is abolished - but this is beyond the scope of this request.
Re 2a - please note again that the figure requested is a net figure, so should be calculated after accounting for any new posts created or additional staff recruited (either confirmed, planned or potential) over the same time period.
The Trust is welcome to provide any extra information it may regard as necessary to give context to any headcount it is planning to make (although the provision of such additional information is entirely at the Trust's discretion and should not be factored into assessments of the time required to fulfil the core FOI request). The detailed nature of this FOI request is designed to ensure recognition of any reinvestment of efficiency savings into frontline staffing, and to avoid conflating natural wastage with redundancy programmes.
I accept the Trust may not hold all the detail that I have requested regarding job cuts. My request is for the maximum level of the requested detail that the Trust holds; obviously if the Trust does not hold the full detail, a less detailed response would be acceptable.
Additionally, if the Trust does hold the full detail but is unable to process the full detail within the reasonable time limit referred to in the FOI Act, the Trust should simply send what information it is able to source within that time limit and ignore the remaining detail, rather than refusing the request outright.
Please let me know if you require any clarifications. I would like the information in electronic format. |
14/09/10 |
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21/10/10 |
| 193 10/11 |
I would like to request the following information under the FOIA.
1. How many Freedom of Information Requests have you received from Jan 2010 - end of Aug 2010?
2. For the same period of time, how many breached the 20 day deadline?
3. For the same period of time, how many requests have been referred to the ICO? |
14/09/10 |
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11/10/10 |
| 194 10/11 |
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.
1. I would like to know whether the PCT has cut back on any services or treatments over the last two years to save money.
2. If yes, I would like to know which treatments or services have been restricted - and how they have been restricted.
3. I would also like details of any treatments or services which have been restricted that would affect cancer patients. |
14/09/10 |
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11/10/10 |
| 195 10/11 |
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request.
1.a) I would like to know how many requests were made for exceptional funding for cancer in so far in 2010 (figures most recently available)
b) Of these, I would like to know how many were accepted.
c) If possible I would like these figures as a percentage.
2.a) I would like to know how many requests were made for exceptional funding for cancer in 2009.
b) Of these, I would like to know how many were accepted.
c) If possible I would like these figures as a percentage.
3.a) I would like to know how many requests were made for exceptional funding for cancer in 2008.
b) Of these, I would like to know how many were accepted.
c) If possible I would like these figures as a percentage. |
14/09/10 |
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11/10/10 |
| 196 10/11 |
Questions under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Who is the incumbent supplier for Case Note Folders?
What procurement method is used - please select one:
OJEU Tender [ ] Non-OJEU Tender or Mini Competition [ ] 3 Quotes [ ] Ad Hoc [ ]
Which department is responsible for procurement of case note folders?
Where are they based? Please give address.
Is there a contract in place?
What is the duration of the contract?
What is the start date of the contract?
What is the annual usage of case note folders?
What is the cost per folder for each folder type (eg main, maternity, temporary etc)?
What is the total annual spend per folder type?
If the contract(s) are part of a tender process please provide the completed and priced invitation to tender documents submitted by all participants and their respective pre-qualification questionnaires/Invitation to Tender Documents.
How are old records stored/retrieved? Eg On site library, off site storage, digital archive. Please include location details and if managed by an external supplier, their information.
Do you have plans to implement EPR (Electronic Patient Records)? If so please state what IT system you are implementing/have implemented and implementation date.
Will/Has your electronic patient record system impacted your requirements for paper based records? If so please estimate the change in quantities of new paper based folder usage.
Has there ever been a similar freedom of information request regarding medical records folders been made in the past? If so when, and were the findings published (and where)? |
15/09/10 |
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15/10/10 |
| 197 10/11 |
Please could you:
1/ List each of the GP-led health centres and APMS GP practices for underdoctored areas procured by the PCT as part of the Government's recent Equitable Access in Primary Care ('Darzi centre') programme. For each of these please include the name of the practice, the date it opened and the date the initial APMS contract was due to expire on when it was first signed.
2/ For each of the above practices please can you tell me if the PCT has entered into any further contract negotiations subsequent to the original APMS contract being signed. If so, please specify the nature of this further negotiation (eg to renegotiate the financial terms, to change the length of the contract, to adjust KPIs etc) and provide detail where possible.
3/ Please can you tell me whether the PCT is now reviewing any of the contracts listed above, in light of the need to make efficiency savings etc.
4/ Please can you tell me whether the PCT now has any plans to terminate any of the contracts referred to above (ahead of schedule).
Please note that none of the information requested above should be considered commercially confidential, as I am not requesting details of the terms of contracts or the amount paid - simply whether the PCT has further negotiated those contracts and whether the PCT now plans to review those contracts. |
16/09/10 |
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13/10/10 |
| 200 10/11 |
1. How many GPs in your area took 24 hour retirement and returned to work in FY 2009/2010?
2. How many GPs in your area took 24 hour retirement and returned to work in FY 2008/2009?
3. How many GPs in your area took 24 hour retirement and returned to work in FY 2007/2008?
4. How many GPs in your area took 24 hour retirement and returned to work in FY 2006/2007?
5. How many GPs in your area took 24 hour retirement and returned to work in FY 2005/2006?
6. Please provide details of each GP who has taken 24hr retirement during the last five financial years in the following format
Job title - Date 24 hour retirement taken - Previous job title (i.e. partner, salaried GP, locum) - Current job title - Annual basic salary before retirement - current basic salary |
21/09/10 |
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15/10/10 |
| 201 10/11 |
What are your clinical guidelines or criteria for body contouring (plastic /reconstructive or skin reduction surgery including abdominoplasty) following bariatric surgery or other massive weight loss?
specifically:
-BMI criteria
-Length of time following weight loss
-Weight lost
-Quality of life
What reconstructive surgery is available to your patients following massive weight loss?
What is the process for accessing reconstructive surgery and body contouring (plastic/reconstructive or skin reduction surgery including abdomioplasty) following massive weight loss eg.
-Exceptional circumstance request
-Normal referral to plastic surgeon |
22/09/10 |
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18/10/10 |
| 202 10/11 |
Under FOI please could you send me copies of the LES for Diabetes for each of the PBCs? |
23/09/10 |
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18/10/10 |
| 204 10/11 |
1/Has the PCT been involved in piloting of personal patient budgets in primary care?
2/Please provide a detailed breakdown of what all patients have spent on their care since the pilot launched/ breakdown of the notional spending if notional budgets have been involved.- note: anonymous patient data is required?
3/What % of patients have gone over budget/ over the notional budget? |
24/09/10 |
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18/10/10 |
| 205 - 10/11 |
I would appreciate
1. (only an estimate) of the number of operations that are carried out at the Conquest Hospital each year to repair (abdominal-surgical) incisional hernias and
2. the percentage that give rise to infection and
3. the average time (and longest) time for recovery from such infection (and consequent extentions of patient time in hospital) |
27/09/10 |
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13/10/10 |
| 207 - 10/11 |
Would you be able to send me the minutes of the meeting on 20th September at which it was decided not to fund a new surgery in Buxted? |
27/09/10 |
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26/11/10 |
| 209 10/11 |
1/ How many GPs has the PCT investigated in each of the last five financial years on issues relating to financial impropriety - please provide figures for years 2009/10, 2008/9, 2007/8, 2006/7, 2005/6?
2/ How many GPs are currently being investigated re the above issue?
3/ Please provide anonymised descriptions of the nature of the cases currently being investigated? |
27/09/10 |
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22/10/10 |
| 213 10/11 |
Questionnaire re Translation services within the Primary Care Trusts. |
29/09/10 |
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20/10/10 |
| 215 10/11 |
I would like to know: The name of the organisation(s) or company(ies) which provide out-of-hours GP services for your PCT.
If a GP out-of-hours service provided by a private company, I would also like to know the name of any holding or parent company if the PCT holds this data. |
30/09/10 |
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26/10/10 |
| 216 10/11 |
Please could you provide the following information relating to the amount, cost, methods and reporting of the disposal and treatment of clinical waste.
The questions below relate only to municipal (non-hazardous household), non-hazardous offensive and hazardous infectious bagged waste streams (not sharps).
1. The total amount of waste (in weight) produced by the organisation - Municipal (black bags), Offensive (tiger stripes), Infectious (orange or yellow):
Tonnes 2008/9
Tonnes 2009/10
2. Associated costs for collection and treatment/disposal of these wastes - Municipal (black bags), Offensive (tiger stripes), Infectious (orange or yellow)
£2008/9
£2009/10
3. Which methods of waste treatment/disposal are you currently using for Infectious waste, Municipal, Offensive?
4. Do you currently compact offensive waste? Y/N
If No - do you have plans to use compaction in the next financial year?
5. How often does your organisation report on the management of waste at board level? Annually/quarterly/monthly/never. |
30/09/10 |
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26/10/10 |
| 218 10/11 |
I would like to know how much money was spent by this NHS Primary Care Trust in the financial years 2007/08 and 2008/09 on translators and translation services. In each case I would like to know the following:
The total cost of translation/interpretation for the financial period (including if the service is referred to an external company).
A list of the languages the translators employed were used for.
What the translators were used for i.e. GP appointments, Nurses appointments, Dental appointments, Midwife appointments, Health Visitor appointments, inpatients, outpatients, translating letters etc.
How much was spent on each language.
Please also include sign language costs for the two years. |
04/10/10 |
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26/10/10 |
| 219 10/11 |
I would like to request a copy of the 2009-2010 annual report with annual account details for Hastings and Rother PCT |
07/10/10 |
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21/10/10 |
