In this section, we shall publish the questions asked through the Freedom of Information Act as well as the redacted responses.


January 2013

• No. of elective procedures for named categories
• Do you employ anyone on a "zero hours contract"?
• Do you have dedicated recycling facilities for drinks cans?
• Information that has been referred to the local council or Treasury Solictor
• Treatment of foreign nationals in your hospital and costs involved
• No. of units of named products dispensed or prescribed (2010/11)
• Contact details for your commissioning manager
• Names and titles of board and senior management team
• How many patients have been temporarily transferred to a zoo?
• Nurse staffing details for your medical and surgical wards
• No. of unsuccessful operations where items were left in patients
• How much does it cost to treat one baby addicted to Class A drugs?
• No. of NHS doctors who work short shifts in the EU
• No. of radiology requests outsourced (2011/12)
• No. of delayed discharges (2011) that last longer than 28 days
• Details of barcode printers, handheld scanners and Markem coders
• No. of people admitted to A&E with Botox complications
• Follow up to request for "no-risk" merger proposal document
• Audits on the mgmt of sub arachnoid haemorrhage patients
• Contact details for Heads of Departments
• Units dispensed / purchased for named drugs
• Private patient income budgeted in 2012/13 and received in 2011/12
• No. of registered Adult Nurses employed 2009/10 and 2010/11
• Do you have a section for "losses and special payments"?
• What is the composition of an average ward like?
• Implementation of the Liverpool Care Pathway
• Does your organisation follow a risk mgmt methodology?
• No. of hip replacements and the no. of those cemented
• Names of food or catering companies that rent space in your premises
• No. of trolleys in use in MAU and SAU
• Details of which websites are used to publish tender notices
• No. of male circumcisions performed in 2011 (age and diagnosis)
• Fertility and maternity services and the mgmt of obese women
• No. of varicose vein procedures (2012)
• Do you use a cleaning contractor or in-house services?
• Copy of pseudonymisation and anonymisation plan
• Contact details for Mammography
• Hiring / borrowing of a body scanner or x-ray machine for obese patients
• Total hospital(s) catering bill for food and associated costs
• No. of staff paid more than £100000 (2009/10 to 2011/12)
• Budget allocation for the promotion of clinical research
• Expenditure on the Computer Aided Job Evaluation (CAJE)
• No. of implants of named cardiac devices
• Details of fetal monitoring packages

February 2013

• Costing and tariffs for Clinical Neurophysiology
• Use of specialist pest control agencies (last 12 months)
• Information on desktop PCs
• No. of registered medical practitioners and allegations of negligence
• Unpaid bills for treating foreign nationals (non EU / EEA)
• Contact details for the procurement team
• Anonymised raw data and questionnaires submitted to NCEPOD
• No. of junior doctors employed in the Trust
• Framework agreement for Lot 4 Quantity Surveyor
• Reports and agendas considered under the non-public part of Trust Board
• Trust process for managing CAS safety alerts
• Documents relating to Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
• Recruitment of Doctors
• No. of alcohol-related admissions for children
• Income generated from car park fees
• No. of pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians
• Picker scores for each hospital (2011 and 2012)
• Has your organisation implemented the Productive Ward initiative?
• Expenditure on day-rate contractors (2012)
• Chief executive and chairman visits to patients
• IT and Informatics questionnaire
• ICT server contracts
• Contact details for head of HR and procurement
• No. of serious untoward incidents (2010 to 2012)
• Copy of the current DNAR form and patient literature
• IT recycling
• How many deliveries of babies took place at your hospital?
• Copy of prescribing formulary 2013
• Number of FM Services outsourced
• How many vacancies do you have for AE consultants?
• Contract regarding pressure area care mattresses
• Does your trust perform elective general paediatric surgery?
• No. of paid Health Care Chaplains (2009 to 2013)
• Question regarding Child Development Foundation
• Adoption of W-Fi technology
• Car Parking Policy and charges at the hospitals
• List of all IT projects (since 2010)
• No. of unfilled positions at your Trust

March 2013

• What make and model of printers / copiers / scanners do you have?
• Length of time that staff lists are kept in the trust
• Policy for the care and manual handling of bariatric patients
• Current midwife compliment in WTE and headcount
• Expenditure on free contraception per day
• Ages of patients placed on Liverpool Care Pathway
• Civil claims lodged against ASPH since 2007
• No. of teenagers with mental health problems on Ash Ward
• No. of times maternity units have temporarily closed
• No. of patients currently treated with biologics for Psoriasis
• Expenditure for agency locums July - Dec 2012
• When does your first Konica Minolta scanner run out of its lease?
• No. of staff complaints about bullying / abuse from other staff
• Amount of lifting injuries from treating overweight patients
• What postcodes are covered by your NHS foundation?
• Treatment for mental health problems during pregnancy
• Details of e-tendering system used in ASPH
• No. of nurses working in your Trust (FTEs)
• Breakdown of all formal complaints by category
• Policies relating to hospital chaplains
• No. of vehicles in the organisation's fleet (cars / vans / HGV)
• Contractual status of ophthalmology products and services
• No. of admissions to AE deemed to be caused by alcohol
• Expenditure on overseas visitors not eligible for free treatment
• Self-funding patients who pay a fixed cost for a procedure
• Existing supplier of mobile phones
• PBX and VOIP maintenance contract information
• Checking and updating patient details on PAS
• Expenditure on broadband and no. of fixed lines
• Software used for appraisals and revalidation for doctors

April 2013

• No. of specialisms of any sponsored clinical posts
• Contractors / employees who were illegal immigrants
• Current fixed line (voice circuits) provider
• HR and finance structures
• How many chaplains does your Trust employ?
• No. of public health / welfare funerals (2010 to 2012/13)
• Contact details for vehicle fleet manager
• Expenditure on responding to FOI requests by year
• Details of electronic systems (PAS, case notes, e-prescribing)
• Availability of advanced skin cancer treatments
• Email communications within healthcare
• Contact details for Consultant Urologist
• To which company are areas of your IT are outsourced?
• How many nurses currently employed have criminal convictions?
• English language courses for foreign members of staff
• Breakdown of nationalities of all staff currently employed