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Requests Received
2010 Requests
2010 Requests
Summary of Questions Received
Summary of Questions Received
Written by FOI Lead
In this section, we shall publish the questions asked through the Freedom of Information Act as well as the redacted responses.
January 2010
Structure charts for Supplies / Procurement department
Expenditure on staff away days
(team building, brainstorming, board sessions)
Procurement questionnaire
Highest ten sums paid in past 12 months in compensation to complaints made to Trust
Names and job titles of current Drugs and Therapeutic Committee
Expenditure on away days for staff
(2006 to 2009)
Encouragement of patients to reduce alcohol consumption before elective surgery
Structure charts for clinical and corporate governance departments and risk assessment
Occasions that the maternity unit was closed to new admissions due to full capacity
Has the Trust ever paid for patients to be sent overseas for treatment and how many?
Is your FM outsourced and who is your current provider
(along with renewal dates)?
No. of complaints relating to the maternity unit
(2008/09)
Occasions the Trust paid for a Feng Shui consultant / training
(Apr 06 to Sep 09)
No. of non-medical personnel who have immediate access to medical records
Trust policy regarding the initial management of patients with sub-arachnoid haemorrhage
No. of patients admitted with Atrial Fibrillation and average length of stay
(2008/09)
Are details of violent incidents passed to the police?
Total volume of emollients used and brands
Names of members of the Thrombosis committee
FOI Requests received
(Jan 2005 to present)
Serious untoward incidents attributed to foreign-trained locums
February 2010
Contact details for estates, facilities and capital projects
Names of Chief Executive, Director of Finance / IT, Director of HR
Budget allocated to patient engagement in 2008/09 and 2009/10
(and estimate for 2010/11)
Requests for weight loss surgery in last three financial years
Information regarding investigations of staff member
% of suppliers invoices paid / not paid within 10 days
(Oct 08 to date)
Money accounted for as "losses and special payments" in 08/09
Expenditure on alternative / integrated / complimentary medicine
How many PIDA claims have been issued against your Trust
(last 10 years)?
Copy of the Trust's prescribing formulary for 2010
Details of IT customer services manager
Details of compromise agreements
No. of midwives employed (since 2005) and current vacancies
Name of facilities manager
No. of emergency hosptial admissions for diabetes
(and diabetic complications)
Total annual ICT expenditure 2008/09 - hardware, software, telephony, support services
Takeaway concession outlets on hospital premises and generated revenue
Names and job titles of persons employed paid over £100,000 in 2009/10
No. of times the escalation policy was invoked and no. of women sent elsewhere as a result
March 2010
Boys treated in A&E for complications following circumcision
(2009)
No. of full-time equivalents for doctors, qualified nurses, managers and total staff
What back-up software do you use? Do you use DAS, NAS or SAN storage?
Complaints from staff or public about "haunted" buildings, ghosts or other phenomena
% of overhead required to complete sponsor driven trials
(2008/09)
No. of procedures invoving removal of breast implants
(last 24 months)
How many newborn babies' blood spots are currently being stored in the Trust?
Copy of Trust end-of-life strategy
Contact details for the Medical Director, Director of Performance, Information, and Finance
Total number of cash machines on hospital premises and charges levied for withdrawals
Copy of the Information structure chart
No. of times the Trust has sanctioned sharing of data with 3rd parties for research purposes
No. of times patients have had to repeat tests due to loss or medical error
(last 5 years)
Trust protocol on Metformin use with respect to IV iodinated contrast
(incl. patient information)
Lowest resolution and sensitivity of your MRI and CT machines?
Documentation on the annual earnings of hospital consultants
(basic salary plus bonuses)
How many TaqMan-MGB probes were purchased from ABG
(2008 and 2009)?
No. of employment grievances lodged against the Trust
(2008/09)?
Car park details; capacity, payment mechanisms, payment types, penalties, ownership
Information regarding environment, estates and facilities management
No. of patient beds in mixed-sex wards plus total in all wards
Copy of departmental structure of Information Governance team
Does the Trust carry out therapeutic circumcisions? How many carried in 2009 to under 18s?
Total ICT budget and expenditure
(2008/09 and 2009/10)
Copy of named patient medical records
Names of person(s) paid over £200,000 (gross) not named in annual reports
(08/09 and 09/10)
April 2010
Number of Board meetings held by the Trust
(2007/08 and 2008/09)
Copy of Trust policy on storing and sharing personal data
Contact information for person responsible for training qualified nurses
WTE for Tissue Viability Nurses employed by the Trust and their nursing grades
Request for patient records
Does the hospital still use the job title "ward sister" or what has it been changed to?
Structure of the IM&T department
Expenditure on non-medical roles by department via recruitment agencies
Copy of workforce plans for the Trust with FTE figures for doctors, nurses and managers
Provider arms of PCTs not looking to become Community Foundation Trusts
Does the Trust provide in-house laboratory testing for Clostridium Difficile on stool samples?
Does your Trust use onsite / offsite decontamination services for surgical instruments?
Does the Trust maintain a record / log of pest control or infestation problems?
Copy of the corporate management structure and IM&T strategy
Copy of HR and Finance structure charts
May 2010
How many admin and managerial staff currently earn £120,000 a year or more
How many staff retired from the Trust
(2007/08 to 2009/10)?
Has the Trust any work experience placements for graduate nurses or doctors?
How many Serious Untoward Incidents were logged by the Trust
(Jan 09 to May 10)?
Does the Trust have policies in place to stop food being brought onto hospital wards?
Suppliers for catering services (2009/10) and the money spent with them
No. of operations involving transplants with NHS-donated organs for private EU patients
How many middle-grades doctor posts on your rota are filled by substantive staff?
What are your established protocols for the procedure of venepuncture?
No. of public health funerals (where deceased has no next of kin)
(2007 to 2010)
Organisation structure of the Human Resources department incl. names and job titles
No. of circumcisions performed in 2009 - split by under 16 and adults
Total amount of money paid to Trade Unions and time spent by staff on union activities
Information relating to the supply of pressure relieving mattresses and related products
No. of patients (under 18) treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs in last 12 months
June 2010
Name and email address of Human Resources Manager
Number of patients per year, average length of stay and absorbed cost of average bed day
Questionnaire regarding the number of FOI requests received
Has there been a fall in the number of midwife posts over the last 12 months?
Number of payroll staff employed that claimed personal expenses for their work
Supply of consultancy services for the improvement of theatre utilisation contact award
Details of how the Trust procures construction consultancy services
Number of managerial staff that were given bonuses in 2009 and total cost
How much does the Trust charge patients to watch TV and use the phone each day?
Collection, transportation and disposal of healthcare waste
How much has the Chief Executive claimed as travel expenses in the past 12 months?
Total value of redundancy payments for staff
(2007/08 to 2009/10)
Copy of the structure of the Finance department
Copy of the organisational structure for the IM&T department
No. of patients treated with Glivec, Sutent, Tasigna for CML, GIST and renal cell carcinoma
Who is the supplier for case note folders, duration, size and cost of contract?
Copy of ICT strategy for 2009/10 or copy of Trust's strategy and management structure
How many cases of rat and mice infestations in last five years
(2006 to 2010)
Copy of private patient tariffs for 2009/10 and 2010/11
July 2010
What is the most recent headcount of permanent, full and part-time staff?
Job title, directorate, age, A4C pay scale for substantive staff
No. of patients treated with Sprycel (CML), Stromal Tumour (GIST) and RCC
Range of days allocated to your counter fraud specialist function for "reactive" work
Information held relating to persons who have died with no known next of kin
Survey of perineal tears and obstetric practice in the UK
Name and title of the Director responsible for IT and strategic IT planning
Details of patients who have died with no next of kin
Details of Trust Board's long term care and accommodation facilities
Total expenditure on all locum doctors and those covering surgical positions
Has the Trust paid for first / club / business class travel for any of its employees?
Copy of the Business Plan 2010/11
Strategies or implementation plans relating to diabetes services
Copy of most recent Prescribing Formulary and VTE policies or guidelines
Does the Trust have a contract with Patient Power (or similar licensee) for bedside units?
Does the Trust have an initiatives to encourage clinical staff to be healthy?
How many external support resource are currently engaged in the Trust?
Savings the Trust expects to make in the next five years
(and as % of total expenditure)
Copy of the Trust's latest IMT plan or strategy
Organisation chart showing the hierarchy and roles
Annual cost of window cleaning and contracted party
Expenditure on communications and marketing
(2007/08 to 2009/10)
August 2010
Expenditure on luxury items
(quantity purchased, type and size, cost and brand)
Budget on ingredients for patient meals
(2009/10)
Details about the current Accounts Payable processes
(locations, systems)
No. of moves among patients between July 2008 and July 2010
Gap between the date geriatric patients declared medically fit for discharge and actual date
Contact details for senior staff members
Standard Abbreviation Document and any related documents, guidance or policies
No. of orthodontists who earn more than £200,000 pa and £250,000 pa
Does the fertility department use pornographic material for patient use? Who provides them?
No. of patients currently being treated with biologics for named conditions
No. of diagnostic renal biopsies taken for histopathological exams
(2007 to 2009)
Expenditure on chaplaincy
(2008/09 or 2009/10)
No. of operations, operating rooms, consultant surgeons, anaesthetists and death ratios
Questionnaire regarding ProCure 21
Nurse to patient ratios for inpatient care
(1997 to 2009)
No. of elective procedures contracted out to a non-NHS provider body
(2007/08 to date)
Trust annual turnover, IT budget, number of sites for care records system
Hospitals providing Toctino
Questionnaire regarding software applications
Highest salary earned by a hospital consultant over the last year
Details on the Trust's compliance of VTE prevention policies with national best practice
Total in unpaid bills owed to the Trust incl. monies written off from foreign nationals
September 2010
Copy of the guidelines for acute coronary syndrome, bowel cancer, and lung cancer
Direct contact details of ICT and IMT staff
List of all Allied Health Professional managers and services
Data relating to patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and oncology funding
Data relating to patients with idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
How many staff were on duty 03/07/10 and 07/07/10 in AE unit and their roles?
Expenditure on agency nursing care and agency doctors
(2009/10)
Seniority of the NHS employees working in Surrey Council Care Office
(1998 to 2010)
Have any member of the Royal Family visited the premises
(2010)?
Management and treatment of glaucoma questionnaire
How much do taxi companies pay to operate on your site to transport patients and visitors?
Contact for Speech Therapy recruitment
Leads responsible for IT and telecommunications
Lead responsible for booking Locum Doctors
Expenditure on hotel rooms for patients
Total amount of waste and collection costs
Complaint regarding a consultant
October 2010
Do patients or carers have a choice of having Halal meat at your hospitals?
Expenditure on art works
(2008/09, 2009/10 and year to date)
No. of hemiarthoplasties carried out at St Peter's Hospital
No. of bookings per job type (doctors, nurses, admin) each month on temp / permanent basis
Contact for Trust compliance lead for NICE Obesity Guidance 2006
Contact details for the Clinical Director for Orthopaedics
Organisation charts and information on integrated governance
List of clinical fixed assets
(with new purchase value < £2000)
Trust policy with regard to an acute attack of optic neuritis
Copy of 2WW urgent referral form for womb cancer
Volume of agency usage for 2010 for AE, ITU / Critical Care, Children's and Maternity Services
Have you had an increase in admin / legal staff since payment by results?
Medical oncology consultants specialising in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Total WTE number of staff employed by Trust, total beds and capital spend for 2009/10
November 2010
No. of people treated in the Trust who weighed over 25 stone in last three years
% of ladies who are given Syntocinon to induce or speed up labour
How many staff were permitted to travel first class as of 03/11/10?
No. of serious untoward incidents (SUIs) reported in 2009
Expenditure on management consultants
(2010/11 YTD)
No. of out-of-court settlements agreed by Trust in last five years
Expenditure on art work
(last three years)
Software used to capture installed software license information for PCs
Expenditure on computing hardware (last three financial years) and on IT services
Review of staffing levels, staff training and management of nursing staff
Procedures for dealing with alcohol related AE attendances
Policies for managing acute clinical emergencies outside Trust buildings
(e.g. car parks)
Name of Chief Pharmacist and their salary for 2009/10
Details of contractor appointed for construction jobs in the NHS
Long stay reports where the patient has stayed an extraordinary amount of time
No. of staff (full head count) employed in IT functions and if IT services are outsourced
Information on Pandemic Planning in Intensive Care
(2009/10)
Information relating to IT department
How many desktop users, laptop users and which manufacturer do you use for desktops?
ICT related FOI requests
(01/11/08 to 31/10/10)
Do you have a computer data centre, name of supplier and no. of virtualised servers
Medical records of deceased patient
Copy of Trust's IMT strategy for 2010
Expenditure on translation services
December 2010
No. of people employed by the Trust
(permanent and temporary)
Information regarding activity of case notes
Copy of maternity notes
How many doctors and nurses currently employed have declared themselves HIV positive?
Information pertaining to the NWLHT hospital's gynaecology teams
How many operating theatres were functioning in your Trust
(2009/10)?
NHS, professional guidance or case law to protect any possible whistleblower
SUIs and the use of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Do you use (and how much did you pay for) integration services?
Contact details for Chief Executive, Head of HR, Director of Finance, Head of Procurement
Commissioning for Quality and Innovation Schemes for 2009/10
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