Questions asked in 2012

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Last Updated: Thursday, 28 September 2017 14:44

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

January 2012

• FOI 2569: How many confidentiality and data breaches have there been in your Trust (2009 to 2011)?
• FOI 2570: Copy of the Organisational structure for Therapy Services
• FOI 2571: Do you use HAI Surveillance software within your Infection Control team?
• FOI 2572: No. of employees (headcount and WTEs) in 2010/11 and 2011/12
• FOI 2573: Details regarding named framework agreements
• FOI 2574: Details of the Head of Information Governance
• FOI 2575: No. of audiology assessments (2008/09 to 2010/11)
• FOI 2576: Do you use the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in the delivery suite / labour ward?
• FOI 2577: Is the provision of laundry services in-house or outsourced?
• FOI 2578: A list of all Clinical Commissioning Groups that come under your area
• FOI 2579: Do you have a written policy on handling enquiries about patients?
• FOI 2580: Charge for a private patient to have a single course of IVF
• FOI 2581: Referral pathways, care pathways and prescribing guidelines for Hepatitis-C
• FOI 2582: Details of buildings used primarily for office space at the Trust
• FOI 2583: Expenditure on locum agencies for OT, physiotherapy and speech therapy
• FOI 2584: Expenditure on homeopathic remedies (past five years)
• FOI 2585: Patient activity on Wednesday 30 November (2010 and 2011)
• FOI 2586: Subject access request
• FOI 2587: Copy of Estates Strategy
• FOI 2588: Subject access request
• FOI 2589: No. of maternal deaths of mothers during / after child birth (last three years)
• FOI 2590: Copy of job description for web developers
• FOI 2591: Subject access request
• FOI 2592: Does your Trust have any lone worker devices through the 2009 framework agreement?
• FOI 2593: Protocol for A&E patients who have cluster seizures
• FOI 2594: Does your Trust provide overseas testing of blood samples?
• FOI 2595: Do you use fascia iliaca compartment block in the treatment of fractured NOF patients?
• FOI 2596: Expenditure on Nursing and Medical agency / locums
• FOI 2597: Instances where organs have been removed during post-mortem exam without permission
• FOI 2598: Subject access request
• FOI 2599: Details of ICT contract(s) for Server and Virtualisation Support / Maintenance
• FOI 2600: Subject access request
• FOI 2601: Expenditure on bariatric patient equipment (last three years)
• FOI 2602: Money accounted for as "losses and special payments" in 2010/12
• FOI 2603: No. of Doctors employed at 01/01/12 as FY1 and FY2
• FOI 2604: No. of bariatric beds (last five years) and cost of renting over the period
• FOI 2605: No. of Maternity complaints by category and brief description
• FOI 2606: Questionnaire on elective procedures
• FOI 2607: Copy of documentation relating to joint venture, strategic estates partnership etc with 3rd parties
• FOI 2608: Has any member of staff met with [company] and has any contract been awarded to them?
• FOI 2609: Does your hospital trauma protocols include admin of tranexamic acid to bleeding trauma?
• FOI 2610: Questions regarding UK CRN
• FOI 2611: Expenditure on maternity services (last three years) and headcount / FTE
• FOI 2612: Subject access request
• FOI 2613: Copy of Trust's IT / Health Informatics Strategy
• FOI 2614: No. of beds for inpatients and question regarding capital expenditure forecasts
• FOI 2615: No. of inguinal hernia repair procedures (2011)

February 2012

• FOI 2616: Does your Trust use an e-Rostering system?
• FOI 2617: Parking facilities / management and car park security provided
• FOI 2618: Pay expenditure for the Trust - budget, variance and reason for any variance
• FOI 2619: How many solicitors work in the Trust?
• FOI 2620: How many staff were subject to disciplinary / capability action within named ward?
• FOI 2621: No. of delivery episodes (2009/10 to 2011/12)
• FOI 2622: Year-to-date savings required under 2011/12 QIPP plans / targets
• FOI 2623: IMT structure charts
• FOI 2624: How many times have you had to call out a specialist pest control agency (last 6 months)?
• FOI 2625: Copy of current prescribing formulary
• FOI 2626: No. of metal-on-metal hip replacement units fitted by the Trust
• FOI 2627: How many vascular surgeons are working at your Trust (WTE) and junior doctors?
• FOI 2628: Current supplier of Trust's accounting and finance IT system(s) and contract value
• FOI 2629: No. of patient discharges which take place between 11pm and 6am (and % of total discharges)
• FOI 2630: Expenditure on agency locum doctors and consultants (2010 and 2011)
• FOI 2631: How many foreign nationals have been declined treatment after GP referral?
• FOI 2632: Total debts owed by your Trust under PFI schemes
• FOI 2633: Who is your current provider of Patient Transport Services?
• FOI 2634: Expenditure on agency Medical Doctor Locums (last 2 years) by specialty
• FOI 2635: Query regarding the use of prescribing rebate schemes
• FOI 2636: Details of joint ventures with the Trust
• FOI 2637: How much paper is used per ward / area, quantity and price?
• FOI 2638: Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy waiting times - referral to assessment

March 2012

• FOI 2639: What do you currently do for outpatient letters? Are they outsourced?
• FOI 2640: Do you perform Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy and what patient criteria is used?
• FOI 2642: Details of the Trust's IT systems
• FOI 2643: How many patients who were not fit for discharge were moved to a nursing home / hotel?
• FOI 2644: Does the hand soap you use have an antibacterial ingredient in it and it's effectiveness?
• FOI 2645: The impact of consultations for minor ailments to the Accident and Emergency workload
• FOI 2646: Details regarding the Council Mobile Phone contracts
• FOI 2647: Details of CEO and CMO including employment history (past 10 years)
• FOI 2648: How many VAC dressings have been provided in the community beyond two weeks?
• FOI 2649: How many European Econonic Area (not UK) citizens treated (2008/09 to 2010/11)?
• FOI 2650: How many WTE staff employed in infection prevention?
• FOI 2651: Copies of workforce plans and assurance information / reports
• FOI 2652: Expenditure on agency medical Doctor locums (last 2 years)
• FOI 2653: HMRC settlements to pay arrears of National Insurance (last 4/6 years)
• FOI 2654: Structure of IMT department
• FOI 2655: % of entrants to pre-registration pharmacy training programme from higher education
• FOI 2656: Copy of policy for the management of Vaginal Births after Caesarean (VBAC)
• FOI 2657: Referral pathways for Rheumatoid Arthritis and prescribing guidelines
• FOI 2658: Information on corporate window cleaning contract(s)
• FOI 2659: Does your Trust administer contraceptive implants / injections in schools?
• FOI 2660: Procedures performed at institutions outside the UK but NHS funded (2010 and 2011)
• FOI 2661: No. of staff not paid via PAYE
• FOI 2662: Are NHS staff allowed to use the search engine Google at work?
• FOI 2663: How many patients did you identify as non-exempt overseas visitors (2008/09 to 2011/12)?
• FOI 2664: Cost to provide hotel rooms to patients and no. of nights spent
• FOI 2665: How many NHS staff have received private medical treatment paid by the NHS (2009 to 2011)?
• FOI 2666: Details of named framework agreements / contracts
• FOI 2667: Details of data stored by the Trust / 3rd parties outside the UK
• FOI 2668: Details of system messaging interfaces developed over the last 2 financial years
• FOI 2669: Details of LAN maintenance / support contract
• FOI 2670: How does "redundant" IT equipment get disposed?
• FOI 2671: Details of injectable generic products purchased in last 3 years
• FOI 2677: List of all grades of secondary care doctors (excl. consultants) based at the Trust

April 2012

• FOI 2672: Expenditure on "termination benefits" / severance pay (last 3 years)
• FOI 2673: Copy of latest hand hygiene policy
• FOI 2674: Applications for cancer drugs using the Cancer Drug fund (April 2011 to Feb 2012)
• FOI 2675: Policies and statistics regarding obesity and pregnancy outcomes
• FOI 2676: How many operating theatres are there in the hospital and which carry out prone surgery?
• FOI 2678: Does the Trust have a major incident plan? How is it executed?
• FOI 2679: Details of Trust's mobile phone contracts (suppliers, contract value)
• FOI 2680: Total pharmacy budget for each hospital (2011) and expenditure
• FOI 2681: No. of external formal and informal complaints (from 2008 to date)
• FOI 2682: Which departments have received the the highest number of formal complaints?
• FOI 2683: No. of patients treated (since 2008)
• FOI 2684: Admission figures for 2010/11 and 2011/12
• FOI 2685: No. of patients who have had foreign objects removed (last three years)
• FOI 2686: How do you dispose of infectious waste?
• FOI 2687: No. of surgical operations where items have been left in a patient's body
• FOI 2688: Supply of agency staff to the Trust
• FOI 2689: Information for an Accident and Emergency benchmark report
• FOI 2690: How many types of clinical form are used at your hospital?
• FOI 2691: How many WTE district nurses did you employ (Jan 2009 to 2012)?
• FOI 2692: Do you have any contracts for advertising in A&E on posters and leaflet dispensers?
• FOI 2693: Which organisations do you hold Clinical Homecare Contracts with?
• FOI 2694: Copy of updated FOI job description
• FOI 2695: List of all Allied Health Professional Managers and Team Leaders
• FOI 2696: Has there been building works / refurbishment of a unit since May 2010?
• FOI 2697: No. of children admitted to hospitals for anorexia nervosa (2001 and 2011)
• FOI 2698: Email address of Patient Access Manager (Ambulatory Care office)
• FOI 2699: Guidelines for antenatal education / parent craft classes
• FOI 2700: How many staff received private sector health treatment (2009/10 to 2011/12)?
• FOI 2701: Expenditure on Diclofenac and Misoprostrol
• FOI 2702: Promotion of legal services including posters and leaflets on Trust premises
• FOI 2703: List of Services Questionnaire

May 2012

• FOI 2704: Does your Trust use EPR / EHR / EMR systems?
• FOI 2705: Does your Trust provide hydrotherapy services?
• FOI 2706: Epilepsy Action questionnaire
• FOI 2707: Post-operative instructions for day surgery patients
• FOI 2708: Expenditure on agency locum doctors (2011/12)
• FOI 2709: Position of individual with the highest voluntary early retirement package
• FOI 2710: No. of inpatients last year
• FOI 2711: Structure charts for Human Resources and Finance departments
• FOI 2712: Names of deceased patients with no next of kin (last 6 months)
• FOI 2713: Jobs held by Trust staff transferred to the private sector (2010/11 and 201/12)
• FOI 2714: No. of Subject Access Requests processed in last three years
• FOI 2715: How many wards provide single sex accommodation within a mixed sex ward?
• FOI 2716: Protocol for women giving birth at St Peter's Hospital
• FOI 2717: Contractor and anticipated profit for staff parking fees
• FOI 2718: Expenditure on staff salaries and agency staff (2007/08 to date)
• FOI 2719: Has the Trust purchased glide sheets (since 2009)?
• FOI 2720: How many acute patients (aged 75+) were delayed in their discharge (past five years)?
• FOI 2721: Revenue from parking at St Peter's Hospital (last three years)
• FOI 2722: Contact details for lung cancer lead physician
• FOI 2723: No. of staff allocated to charging, invoicing and pursuing debts
• FOI 2724: How many charitable donations have been received (since 1997/98)?
• FOI 2725: How many disciplinary procedures have been undertaken (last three years)?
• FOI 2726: No. of patients treated with biologics for named conditions
• FOI 2727: No. of employees and location of Trust premises
• FOI 2728: Expenditure on hiring temporary, non-clinical staff 2010/11
• FOI 2729: Expenditure on recruitment agencies (2011)
• FOI 2730: Expenditure on radiography locums (Jan to Mar 2012)
• FOI 2731: Hospitals with maternity units in your Trust
• FOI 2732: No. of reported A&E closures (2009/10 to 2011/12)
• FOI 2733: Job description for the Health Records Manager
• FOI 2734: Incidence of osteomyelitis referred / treated each year
• FOI 2735: Does your Trust provide leaflets / appointment cards with legal advertisements?

June 2012

• FOI 2736: How many units of named products were prescribed (2011)?
• FOI 2737: Copy of Medicines Management formulary and traffic light list
• FOI 2738: Copy of 5 year Integrated Business Plan
• FOI 2739: Bed days lost to delayed transfer of care (2011/12)
• FOI 2740: Details of hotels booked for patients and their carers (2011/12)
• FOI 2741: Contract update for PBX and VOIP maintenance
• FOI 2742: Expenditure on hiring agency / bank / temporary staff to fill admin vacancies
• FOI 2743: No. of occasions maternity unit was closed to new admissions due to full capacity
• FOI 2744: Wards permanently closed down (since May 2010)
• FOI 2745: Hospital procedure relating to miscarrying women
• FOI 2746: Questions relating to the Trust's appointment reminder services
• FOI 2747: Clostridium difficile infection targets (2010/11 to 2012/13)

July 2012

• FOI 2748: Expenditure on IT, total WTE for IT department, non-capital spend
• FOI 2749: Average waiting time from A&E to ward admission (2011/12)
• FOI 2750: Supply of medical staff (cost, grade, agency) (2009 to 2012)
• FOI 2752: Which haemostatic dissection energy devices do you use?
• FOI 2753: Details of power failures - mains and backup generators
• FOI 2754: Does the Trust provide toenail cutting as a podiatry service?
• FOI 2755: Expenditure on adult materials for the fertility clinic (2011/12)
• FOI 2756: Source and cost of specified product
• FOI 2757: Supply of medical agency staff (2009 to 2012)
• FOI 2758: No. of patients receiving treatment for named diseases
• FOI 2759: How many people have been on waiting list for corneal graft?
• FOI 2760: Total amount paid to Trade Unions (2010/11 and 2011/12)
• FOI 2761: Innovation, Health and Wealth, Accelerating Adoption
• FOI 2762: Copy of IM&T strategy
• FOI 2763: Expenditure on agency nursing, healthcare assistants, doctors
• FOI 2764: Problems with patient records due to incomplete data reporting
• FOI 2765: Handover delays between Emergency Department and Ambulances
• FOI 2767: Musculoskeletal Community Assessment Triage (MCAT) services
• FOI 2768: Details of current fixed line provider
• FOI 2769: Spreadsheet regarding software systems
• FOI 2770: No. of shifts filled by agency nurses (2012)

August 2012

• FOI 2771: Record of incidences of pressure ulcers
• FOI 2772: Patients lost at St Peter's Hospital (2007 to 2012)
• FOI 2774: Policy for the use of the pool from Chaucer Ward who have MRSA
• FOI 2775: Total no. of beds, capital expenditure prediction Q3 and Q4 2012/13
• FOI 2776: Total unpaid bills from foreign nationality patients (2010/11 and 2011/12)
• FOI 2777: Do you have an Income Management System (other than SUS)?
• FOI 2778: Expenditure on external providers for patient treatment
• FOI 2779: Information relating to change management tools
• FOI 2780: Contract for your patient experience data collection and reporting
• FOI 2781: Yearly budget amount allocated for Medical Illustration Services
• FOI 2782: No. of doctors who retired Oct 2011 to Apr 2012 and have been re-hired
• FOI 2783: Total sum of invoices to individuals subject to charges (not private patients)
• FOI 2784: No. and cost of incontinence pads (2010/11 and 2011/12)
• FOI 2785: Copy of documents relating to the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
• FOI 2786: Details of print related contracts
• FOI 2787: Pathology laboratory tests developed internally and not regulated
• FOI 2788: How many people were treated for alcohol related illness (2009 to 2012)?
• FOI 2789: How many hospitals do you have with an Ophthalmology department?
• FOI 2790: How many "never events" has your hospital reported (since 2007)?
• FOI 2791: Expenditure on Occupational Health services (2010/11 and headcount)
• FOI 2792: Names of current suppliers for sterilisation pouches
• FOI 2793: How many CT units have you ordered since 31/03/12?
• FOI 2794: Information on the Trust's ICT expenditure and budget
• FOI 2795: Midwives by headcount and age bands (at 01/08/12)
• FOI 2796: VTE audit

September 2012

• FOI 2797: Names of executive directors
• FOI 2798: Does the Trust currently have a contract for the supply of pest control services?
• FOI 2799: Can you tell me if you participated in the NHS lone worker framework agreeement?
• FOI 2800: Does [named company] supply directly to you or via NHS Supply Chain?
• FOI 2801: How many members of staff have been disciplined for racism (last 5 years)?
• FOI 2802: Documents relating to the treatment of HIV
• FOI 2803: Contraceptive implants and injections given in schools to girls
• FOI 2804: Alcohol-related injuries for people
• FOI 2805: How many urine samples were conducted in the last full year?
• FOI 2806: No. of parking violations issued (before and after change in contract)
• FOI 2807: Administration of tranexamic acid to bleeding trauma patients
• FOI 2808: No. of deaths at St Peter's Hospital and their recorded ethnicity
• FOI 2809: Copy of the directorate structure
• FOI 2810: Non-pay expenditure and value of contracts under EU Procurement threshold
• FOI 2811: List of Trust's car parks and charges
• FOI 2812: % of patients that died on the Liverpool Care Pathway (2009 to 2011)
• FOI 2813: Testing of Hepatitis C and staff policies and guidance
• FOI 2814: Do your hospitals serve Halal food to patients and / or staff?
• FOI 2815: No. of staff made redundant since the restructure and their grade
• FOI 2816: Does the Trust currently have a contract for IT disposal?
• FOI 2817: Has the Trust employed anyone under zero-hour contracts (2011/12)
• FOI 2818: No. of employees involved in delivery of direct services to Telecare patients
• FOI 2819: List of subcontractors and suppliers involved in Outpatients refurbishment
• FOI 2820: Total amount of the Trust spent on agency locum doctors (2011/12)
• FOI 2821: Span of control of each director and the total number of middle manager

October 2012

• FOI 2822: Copy of the organisation chart
• FOI 2823: No. of FTE healthcare assistant posts in your Trust
• FOI 2824: Details of Diagnostic and Therapeutic posts
• FOI 2825: No. of consultant emergency physicians employed in A&E department
• FOI 2826: How many elective operations were completed for each specialty (2010/11 to date)?
• FOI 2827: How do you keep your confidential information stored?
• FOI 2828: Contact for the Speech and Language Therapy service
• FOI 2829: No. of directly employed registered nurses and midwives
• FOI 2830: No. of members of unions balloted for November 2011 industrial action
• FOI 2831: No. of disabled parking spaces available at each hospital site
• FOI 2832: No. of staff employed by the Trust
• FOI 2833: How many times has the maternity unit closed this year (2012)?
• FOI 2834: Details of plans, strategy, performance indicators to reduce stillbirth rates
• FOI 2835: How many desktop PCs and laptops do you have at your sites?
• FOI 2836: Details of women / girls referred suffering the effects of female genital mutilation
• FOI 2837: Does the Trust donate time or money to charity?
• FOI 2838: No. of patients treated with biologics for arthritis and other conditions
• FOI 2839: How many inguinal hernia repairs were performed (2011/12)?
• FOI 2840: Admissions to A&E with injuries caused by domestic violence (2006/07 to 2011/12)
• FOI 2841: Department heads of IT
• FOI 2842: A list of all savings / efficiencies made since April 2009
• FOI 2843: Trust's total turnover and EBITDA (2010/11 and 2011/12)
• FOI 2844: Agency / locum spend (2010, 2011 and 2012 YTD)
• FOI 2845: How many staff are paid by a company other than an employment agency?
• FOI 2846: How many times did maternity close to admissions (2011 and 2012)
• FOI 2847: Average % bed occupancy for each hospital (Jan to June 2012)
• FOI 2848: Total spend for 2011/12 on agency locum doctors

November 2012

• FOI 2849: How successful have referrals for smoking cessation been?
• FOI 2850: Copy of the "no risk" merger proposal ASPH submitted for Epsom Hospital
• FOI 2851: How many occasions were patients placed in non-clinical care areas (2012)
• FOI 2852: Has the Trust closed or reconfigured A&E units in last 2 years?
• FOI 2853: Waiting time for an operation after consultation / pre-op assessment
• FOI 2854: How many times has the Trust called our pest control services (2011 and 2012)?
• FOI 2855: Copy of the Deloitte due dilligence report on Epsom Hospital
• FOI 2856: How many Foundation Year 1 and 2 doctors your Trust employs?
• FOI 2857: Financial rewards for meeting LCP implementation targets
• FOI 2858: Highest sum paid for continuous shift by one locum
• FOI 2859: No. of named drugs prescribed, quantity and cost
• FOI 2860: Implementation of health and wellbeing strategy
• FOI 2861: Births not on a bed on a maternity ward (2012)
• FOI 2862: Staff who are in receipt of Recruitment Premium payments
• FOI 2863: Value and supplier of computers, consumables, network systems
• FOI 2864: Treatment of patients due to complications of bariatric surgery
• FOI 2865: No. of times the hospital has called out pest control services (2011 and 2012)
• FOI 2866: Page views and visits to Trust websites (last 3 months)
• FOI 2867: Current supplier of case notes / appointment card labels
• FOI 2868: No. of patients for named conditions
• FOI 2869: Expenditure on agency nursing recruitment
• FOI 2870: Sharing of patient details to 3rd parties following road accidents
• FOI 2871: Patients waiting longer than 12 and 24 hours in A&E
• FOI 2872: Patients with Multiple Sclerosis treated with named drugs
• FOI 2873: Names of deceased patients with no next of kin
• FOI 2874: Copy of organsation structure
• FOI 2875: Top 3 reasons for cancellations of Choose and Book appointments
• FOI 2876: No. of weeks that GPs can book appointments in advance
• FOI 2877: Contact details for Head of Procurement, Estates and Parking
• FOI 2878: Procedures involving iodinated contrast media
• FOI 2879: Contact name and details of your HR Manager
• FOI 2880: Name of the Clinical Director of Children's Directorate
• FOI 2881: How many medics recruited from abroad given English training?
• FOI 2882: No. and job titles of staff working midnight December 31 2012
• FOI 2883: Payment for clinical ophthalmology services (2010/11 to date)
• FOI 2884: No. of patients placed on LCP (2011/12)

December 2012

• FOI 2885: Does your A&E only see young persons above or below an age limit?
• FOI 2886: List of the Trust's largest 100 contractors / suppliers
• FOI 2887: If an American wasn't able to pay for their stay, would you let them leave?
• FOI 2888: Current supplier of patient experience / feedback services
• FOI 2889: Contact details for Head of X-Ray and Radiology Department
• FOI 2890: Contact details for named positions
• FOI 2891: Spend and usage of locum consultants
• FOI 2892: Current waiting time for follow-up colonoscopies
• FOI 2893: Renewal of named software system contracts
• FOI 2894: Dates of next tenders for fire and security installations
• FOI 2895: Provisions for licensed and unlicensed melatonin
• FOI 2896: Trust policy on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
• FOI 2897: Information regarding patients with no known next of kin (July 2012 to date)
• FOI 2898: Outline of the IMT department strategy
• FOI 2899: Management and user of paper medical records
• FOI 2900: Supply of agency staff to the Trust
• FOI 2901: Expenditure on desktop computers, laptops, printing consumables
• FOI 2902: Applications for treatments using the Cancer Drug Fund (Apr to Nov 2012)
• FOI 2903: Change to the CHKS Risk Adjusted Mortality Index in Trust reports