University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust this response has been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Using the Freedom of Information Act, may I please request the following information.
- From January 1 2014 until the date of this request, how many temporary walking /mobility aids available for patients have been deemed irrecoverable / missing?
Please list the number of temporary walking / mobility aids by type (ie 45 x crutches, 3 x wheel chairs) and by year.
We have lost 84 wheelchairs since 2014. We do not hold this information by year. All other walking aids are loaned via Mediquip.
- Please also state, where known, the amount spent on walking / mobility aids such as these each year.
Wheelchairs
2014: £19,875
2015: £8,415
2016: £11,747
2017: £14,629
2018 (to end September): £7,399
All other walking aids are loaned via Mediquip.
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
Using the Freedom of Information Act, may I please request the following information.
- From January 1 2014 until the date of this request, how many temporary walking /mobility aids available for patients have been deemed irrecoverable / missing?
Please list the number of temporary walking / mobility aids by type (ie 45 x crutches, 3 x wheel chairs) and by year.
We do not hold this information prior to April 2016. The information we do hold is below.
2016/2017 – 3 wheelchairs unable to retrieve.
2017/2018 – 2 wheelchairs unable to retrieve.
2018/2019 – 3 wheelchairs unable to retrieve.
- Please also state, where known, the amount spent on walking / mobility aids such as these each year.
Row Labels | Sum of Total demand (£) | Sum of Supplied |
14-15 | £17,286.00 | 1852 |
15-16 | £16,947.91 | 1815 |
16-17 | £17,114.41 | 1948 |
17-18 | £48,937.99 | 6292 |
18-YTD | £46,493.89 | 5334 |
Grand Total | £100,834.91 | 11972 |
The main areas which issue walking/mobility aids are Trauma and Orthopaedics and A&E. Most patients would received walking aids via non-hospital routes.