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FOI 5676 Wards and Beds

I would respectfully ask for a list of all wards in each hospital (including A&E’s, MAU etc) and the number of beds in each.
In the event you have standby beds in wards, could you please detail these separately from the standard bed count in each ward.

Please see attached spreadsheet FOI 5676

Please fill in the questionnaire regarding patients with hepatitis C

Please see attached PDF FOI 5675

I have been wanting to send a freedom of information request relating to the Organisation’s existing contracts relating to facilities management.

A. Lift Service and Maintenance
B. Air Conditioning and Ventilation Servicing and Maintenance
C. Cleaning and Janitorial
D. Mechanical And Electrical Maintenance
E. Property Maintenance And Day To Day Repairs

In regards to the types of contracts I have displayed above can you please send the Organisation’s primary contracts? Or can you please send me the contract that are above £1000. Also, so that I understand the information you have provided to me please state information if the Organisation doesn’t have any contract I have stated within this request.

1. Contract Type – Please use the list I have provided above

2. Existing Supplier – Please state the supplier for each contract

3. Annual Spend- Please can you provide me with the spend for each individual supplier

4. Contract Duration- please note if there are any extensions period available and if so what?

5. Contract Start

6. Contract Expiry

7. Contract Review

8. Contract Description- a small description of the type of services included within each contract.

9. Number of sites covered for each contract e.g. the organisation may have a maintenance agreement with a supplier that covers several sites/buildings.

10. Can you also send me the contact details of the person within the Organisation that is responsible for each one of these contract you have submitted.

Good Hope Hospital
1. A – Contract Type – Lift Service & Maintenance
2. Existing Suppliers – Cotswold Lifts
3. Annual Spend – £21,100.00 + VAT
4. Contract Duration – 12 months
5. Contract Start – 1.4.17
6. Contract Expiry – 31.3.18
7. Contract Review – 1.3.17
8. Contract Description – Fully comprehensive lift maintenance contract
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Good Hope Hospital
10. Contact Details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Karl Archer/ Paul Street karl.archer@heartofengland.nhs.uk paul.street@heartofengland.nhs.uk

1 B -Contract Type – Air Conditioning & Ventilation Services
2 Existing Suppliers – P & J Dust Extraction Ltd; Braywhite & Co Ltd; Colt Service Ltd.
3 Annual Spend – £22,125.00 + VAT
4 Contract Duration – 12 months
5 Contract Start – 1.4.17
6 Contract Expiry – 31.3.18
7 Contract Review – 1.3.17
8 Contract Description – LRV examination and test; Air Con maintenance & chillers; Roof ventilation/dampers
9 Number of sites covered for each contract – Good Hope Hospital
10 Contact Details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Karl Archer / Paul Street

1. C – Contract Type – Cleaning & Janitorial Not Applicable, Carried out in-house

1. D- Contract Type – Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance
2. Existing Supplier –Aegis Water Treatment Ltd; All Security Systems Ltd; Altec Services Ltd; Ambinet; Arm Ltd; Boon Edam Ltd; Brandon Medical Co Ltd; Cerberus Services Ltd; CFE; D&H Ltd; Dicom; Draeger Safety Uk Ltd; Drax Ltd; Equipserv Uk Ltd; EVAC Chair International Ltd; Geze; Harvest Healthcare; Holophane; Honeywell: Howorth Air Technology Ltd; Hydro Mechanical Services Ltd; ICS, I.W.S.; JCB; IPY Group; Key Environmental Services Ltd; Marsden; Meiko: Midland Medical Services Ltd; Mossvale Maintenance & Sealing Services Ltd; Motivair Compressors Ltd; Nalco Ltd; Power Capacitors; Pro Economy; Schneider Electric Ltd; SCS Aftercare Ltd; Siemens Water Technologies; Skyreach Access Solutions; Static Systems Plc; Test Strike; Traka Ltd; Vector Foiltec Ltd; Veolia; W T Parker Ltd; Watling Hope; Zurich Municipal
3. Annual Spend – £278,589.14 + VAT
4. Contract Duration – 12 months
5. Contract Start – 1.4.17
6. Contract Expiry – 31.3.18
7. Contract Review – 1.3.17
8. Contract Description – Hydrotherapy pool filter; CCTV system maintenance; medical air plant quality testing; contractors induction system; nurse call system; treatment centre automatic front door; testing of UPS-IPS equipment; car parking equipment; fire extinguisher maintenance; theatre light maintenance; waste compactors maintenance; oxygen depletion system maintenance; alarm network maintenance; cardboard compactor; evac chair maintenance; service/maintenance roller shutter; hoists; inspection high mast lamp; fire panel maintenance; ventilation systems; heating system maintenance; RPZ valve maintenance; generator servicing; fuel cleaning; water hygiene services; calibration scales; service dishwashers; medical air plant maintenance; pressure test of dry risers; compressor maintenance; envirotrak system maintenance; sub stations maintenance; orca water
ionisation plant maintenance; building management system service; smoke ventilation system service; hydroptherapy pool chemical controller maintenance; roof access equipment service; alarm & communication maintenance; earth mat testing; treatment centre key cabinet maintenance; texlon foil roof service contract; maintenance of water softening plant & RO Equipment; burglar alarm maintenance; pumping station maintenance; big dipper GRU units maintenance; Engineering inspections of all lifting systems
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Good Hope Hospital
10. Contact Details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Karl Archer/ Paul Street

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
1. A – Contract Type – Lift Service & Maintenance
2. Existing Supplier – LES Limited
3. Annual spend £43,107 + VAT
4. Contract Duration- 12 months
5. Contract Start – 01/04/2017
6. Contract Expiry – 31/03/2018
7. Contract Review – 01/03/2018
8. Contract Description- Lift inspection and maintenance services.
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Heartlands site.
10. Contact details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Tony Wright. Tony.wright@heartofengland.nhs.uk

1. B – Contract Type – Air Conditioning & Ventilation Services
2. Existing Suppliers – Braywhite Ltd/Camfil Ltd/Diamond Scientific Ltd
3. Annual spend £69,979 + VAT
4. Contract Duration- 12 months
5. Contract Start – 01/04/2017
6. Contract Expiry – 31/03/2018
7. Contract Review – 01/03/2018
8. Contract Description- Servicing chillers & air conditioning units/Servicing & validation of UCV systems/Testing & validation of clean room facilities.
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Heartlands site.
10. Contact details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Tony Wright

1. C – Contract Type – Cleaning & Janitorial
Not applicable – in-house service

1. D – Contract Type – Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance
2. Existing Supplier – ADT Ltd/Altec Ltd/Auto Forms Ltd/Cripwell Ltd/Constant Power Services/Drax Ltd/ESS Safeforce Ltd/Equipserv Ltd/Evac Chair Ltd/GBE Ltd/Harvest Ltd/Key Environmental
Ltd/Kone Ltd/Midland Medical Services Ltd/Mossvale Ltd/Norton Industrial Doors/Phoenix Ltd/ProEconomy Ltd/Reliance Firetech/Schneider UK Ltd/Skyreach Ltd/Starkstrom Ltd/Swift Ltd/Swisslog Ltd/Tarpletts Ltd/GM Treble Ltd/Valveforce Ltd/Water Coolers Direct/Zurich Ltd
3. Annual spend £533,096 + VAT
4. Contract Duration- 12 months
5. Contract Start – 01/04/2017
6. Contract Expiry – 31/03/2018
7. Contract Review – 01/03/2018
8. Contract Description- Servicing fire alarm systems/Medical Air testing/Legionella database/Testing lightning conductors/Servicing gas appliances/Servicing UPS systems/Maintenance critical alarm systems/Service & calibration of confined spaces equipment/Servicing waste compactors/Maintenance of evacuation chairs/Servicing CCTV systems/Servicing & testing patient hoists/Cleaning & sterilisation of water tanks & servicing TMV’s/Servicing automatic doors/Servicing medical gas installations/Testing dry risers/Servicing roller shutter doors/Servicing & calibration of patient weighing scales/Ionisation water treatment services/Servicing fire safety equipment/Servicing BMS system/Servicing MEWP’s/Servicing IPS systems/PAT & FIT testing/Servicing pneumatic post tube system/Servicing & testing standby generators/Servicing pressurisation units/Servicing plate heat exchangers/Servicing water coolers/Thorough examination of pressure systems & lifting equipment.
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Heartlands, Birmingham Chest Clinic & Yardley Green sites.
10. Contact details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Tony Wright

1. E – Contract Type – Property maintenance & day to day repairs
2. Existing Supplier – Shirley Heath Trees Ltd
3. Annual spend £74,239 + VAT
4. Contract Duration- 12 months
5. Contract Start – 01/04/2017
6. Contract Expiry – 31/03/2018
7. Contract Review – 01/03/2018
8. Contract Description- Grounds maintenance and winter gritting services.
9. Number of sites covered for each contract – Heartlands and Yardley Green sites.
10. Contact details of the person within the Trust that is responsible for each contract – Tony Wright

Solihull Hospital
1. A – Lift Service and Maintenance.
2. Existing Company – Otis
3. Annual Spend – £9191.54 + VAT
4. Contract duration – 12 months
5. Contract start – 01/04/17
6. Contract expiry – 31/03/18
7. Contract review – Annual
8. Description – Monthly servicing / repairs
9. Number of Sites – one
10. Responsible person – Jason Bengough Estates Officer Mechanical. Jason.bengough@heartofengland.nhs.uk

1. B – Air conditioning and ventilation
2. Existing Companies – Adcock refrigeration.
3. Annual Spend – £29,990 + VAT
4. Contract duration – 12 months
5. Contract start – 01/04/17
6. Contract expiry – 31/03/18
7. Contract review – Annual
8. Description – Two service visits per year on all refrigeration systems.
9. Number of sites – Two, Solihull Hospital and a single unit located at Lyndon Place.
10. Responsible person – Jason Bengough (As above)

1.C – Contract Type – Cleaning & Janitorial N/A Carried out in-house

1. D – Mechanical / Electrical Maintenance
2. Carried out in house by in house staff
3. Contract duration – NA
4. Contract start – NA
5. Contract expiry – NA
6. Contract review – NA
7. Description – Day to day maintenance and repair of all serviceable items on the Solihull Site, Runcorn Road and Castle Vale Renal Units.
8. Number of Sites – Three
9. Responsible person – Jason Bengough and Neil Turnbull. (As above)

1. E – Property Maintenance & day to day repairs – No contract in place

1. Who provides your gas/water/electric supplies?

Gas – Corona Energy
Water – South Staffs and Severn Trent
Electric – EDF Energy

Please provide the contract commencement & expiry date.

The expiry date for the water contract is 31st December 2017 and there is no commencement date.
Gas & Electric no commencement date as rolling Contract, expiry date is dependent upon when termination notification is given.

2. What is your spend on gas/water/electricity in the past 3 years?

Please see attached PDF FOI 5659

Please fill in the following questionnaire regarding the admissions to A&E linked to dangers in the home 

Please see attached spreadsheet FOI 5658

Please fill in attached questionnaire to aid the workforce planning within ENT 

Please see attached PDF FOI 5654

I write under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

1. How many patients spent longer than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission at your Trust between October 2016 and October 2017?
– Between October 2016 and October 2017 the trust experienced one 12hr breach which took place in March 2017

2. Of those patients waiting longer than 12 hours from decision to admit to admission, what was the longest wait over 12 hours between October 2016 and October 2017?
– The longest wait over 12 hours between October 2016 and October 2017 was 26 minutes over 12 hours

3. If possible, please provide a reason for the delay.
– Bed delay

1. How many Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust Procurement Cards, Purchasing Cards, and/or Corporate Credit Cards (or equivalents) are currently in active use?

11

2. Have you had an internal audit of card spending in the last three years? If so, please provide any reports(s) written as a result of these audits.

No

3. If any procurement/corporate credit card holder has been reprimanded for its usage or had a transaction queried for validity since 01/01/2015, please provide the details (redacted if necessary).

No

4. The name of the bank(s) who provide your procurement/purchasing/corporate credit cards.

RBS

 5. The following spending details on all Procurement Cards, Purchasing Cards, and/or Corporate Credit Cards (or equivalents) and any other payment cards in an unlocked spreadsheet (preferably .xlsx, but .csv and .xls are acceptable):

  • Posted date and occurred date (if available)
  • Billing amount (please state how you express returns e.g. as a negative number, as a number in brackets or other variations)
  • Merchant name (as expressed in the bank statements if available)
  • Justification if given

I am requesting the information for Question 5 for the calendar years 2016, and 2017 so far.

Please see attached spreadsheet FOI 5636

Please fill in the questionnaire regarding system information used by the Trust 

Please see attached FOI5640

Please fill in the questionnaire relating to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 

Please see attached PDF FOI 5644

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