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FOI 0880 2020/21 Spend on Podiatry & Vascular Therapy Products

Freedom of Information Request: 0880 2020/21

The Trust does hold all the information you have requested but we are withholding some of it for the following reasons:

Commercial Sensitivity: Value of Network Support Contract

Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provides,

“(2) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the public authority holding it).”

A commercial interest relates to a person’s ability to participate competitively in a commercial activity, with the underlying aim being to make a profit. The information you have requested is the commercial information of third parties and in order to apply section 43(2), the Trust must satisfy itself that disclosure of the information would, or would be likely to, prejudice or harm the commercial interests of any person (including the Trust).

The information you have requested is for the spend per supplier for the described podiatry and vascular therapy products detailed below. Disclosing this spend to the world at large would place direct elements of our suppliers’ pricing structures into the hands of competitors, which would prejudice their commercial interests.

Therefore S43 (2) of the FOIA is engaged as disclosure of the information requested would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of the suppliers.

The Public Interest Test

Public interest in maintaining the exemption

Disclosing this information could:

  • Cause unwarranted reputational damage to the Trust. Companies would not have confidence that the Trust would keep sensitive financial data private.
  • Prejudice the commercial interest in the Trust’s ability to obtain best price and value.
  • Reduce product pricing innovation for suppliers.

Public interest in disclosing the information

Public authorities should be transparent in their dealings in order that the public can be assured that public money is being spent wisely and best value is being sought without fear or favour.

The balancing exercise

In this instance the Trust feels the balance of public interest lies in withholding details of spend.

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

I would like information on the spend on ready-made orthoses and podiatry products, orthotics services and other associated orthotics products.

In addition I would like the spend on Vascular therapy products such as AES Stockings, Compression Devices (IPC) and associated products.

Please provide a list of all suppliers of the above categories with spend details for 2018 and 2019 calendar year in the form of PDF or in excel.

We are withholding individual supplier spend under S43 (2) of the FOI Act as detailed above.

 

2018 £1,707,120.53
AES Stockings £372,070.45
Bandage stocking £1,891.59
Bandage Stretch £31,892.06
Bandage Tubular £18,832.79
Compression  Bandage £108,394.74
Orthoses £313,369.77
Orthotics £3,165.00
Orthotics products £644,175.66
Podiatry products £123,990.22
Ready-made orthoses £89,338.25
2019 £1,812,718.56
AES Stockings £368,417.83
Bandage stocking £1,571.86
Bandage Stretch £28,463.13
Bandage Tubular £17,179.48
Compression Bandage £99,864.80
Orthoses £360,229.51
Orthotics products £751,232.06
Podiatry products £101,957.81
Ready-made orthoses £83,802.09
Grand Total £3,519,839.09

 

Suppliers

AES Stockings, bandage stockings/stretch/tubular/compression
BAUERFEIND UK
BSN MEDICAL
BUNZL HEALTHCARE
CREDENHILL LTD
MEDI UK LTD
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN WAREHOUSE
PAUL HARTMAN LTD
PERFORMANCE HEALTH INTERNATIONAL LTD
PROMEDICS LTD
PROMEDICS ORTHOPAEDICS
ROCIALLE MEDICAL LTD
S P SERVICES (UK) LTD
VERNACARE HCS
 
Orthoses/Orthotics
A ALGEO LTD
A MENARINI DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
ABBOTT MEDICAL UK LTD
ALLARD SUPPORT UK LTD
ALPHA OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD
ANETIC AID LTD
ARDEN ORTHOTICS
ARJO UK LIMITED
ATHLETESHOP
ATOS MEDICAL LTD (PLATON)
BARD LTD
BAUERFIEND UK
BEAGLE ORTHOPAEDIC LTD
BES REHAB LTD
BIOVENTUS COOPERATIEF UA
BODYPOWER SPORTS PLC
BRACE ORTHOPAEDIC
BREG UK
BSN MEDICAL
CHANECO
COMPLETE CARE NETWORK LTD
CONNEVANS LIMITED
DACEY
DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION LTD
DJO UK LTD
DORSET ORTHOPAEDIC CO LTD
DTR MEDICAL LTD
ESSENTIAL AIDS T/A WELCOME MOBILITY
FINISHING TOUCHES LTD
FIOR & GENTZ
FIREFLY
GAFFEY TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
GL EDUCATION GROUP LTD
H M LOWE
HAB INTERNATIONAL LTD
HEALTH AND CARE
HENLEYS MEDICAL SUPPLIES LTD
INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD
INVACARE
ISB GROUP LTD
J P LENNARD LTD.
JOERNS HEALTHCARE LTD
JOINT OPERATIONS UK LLP
KCI MEDICAL LTD
KEN HALL LIMITED
KINETEC MEDICAL PRODUCTS UK LTD
LBG MEDICAL LTD
MEDEZINE LTD
MEDI UK
MEDISAVE UK LTD.
MEDTRONIC LTD
MULTICARE MEDICAL LTD
NEWITT AND CO LTD
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN WAREHOUSE
NOMEQ LTD
NOTTINGHAM REHAB LTD
ONCOLOGY IMAGING SYSTEMS LTD
OPED UK
ORTHO EUROPE
ORTHO SOLUTIONS LTD
OSSUR UK LTD (MEDISTOX LTD)
OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PLC
PERFORMANCE HEALTH INTERNATIONAL LTD
PHOENIX HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION
PHOENIX HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS
PROMEDICS ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED
PROTECX MEDICAL LTD
PROVECTUS MEDICAL LTD
PURPLE SURGICAL UK LTD
R82 UK LTD
RBF HEALTHCARE LIMITED
REED MEDICAL LIMITED
REFLEX PAIN MANAGEMENT
RENACE LTD
RHEALTHCARE
S P SERVICES (UK) LTD
SALTS HEALTHCARE LTD
SERENE GROUP INC
SEVERN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES L
SIGVARIS BRITAIN LTD
SILEX SILICONES LTD
SIMPLE STUFF WORKS ASSOCIATES LTD
SONGBIRD NATURALS LTD
SP SERVICES
SPENTEX BCA LTD
STEARN ELECTRIC CO
STERIS SOLUTIONS
TALAR MADE
TEAL FURNITURE LTD
TEASDALE HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT LT
THE BARCODE WAREHOUSE LTD
THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION
THERAKOS UK LTD
THERAPY EQUIPMENT LTD
THUASNE THAMERT UK
TRULIFE
TURUN UK LTD
WSR MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LTD
 
Podiatry products
A ALGEO
ALPHA OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD
ANETIC AID LTD
ARCO LTD
ARCO PROFESSIONAL SAFETY SERVICE
BEAGLE ORTHOPAEDIC
BERENDSEN CLEANROOM SERVICES LTD
CANONBURY PRODUCTS LTD
COMPLETE RE-UPHOLSTERY SOLUTIONS LTD
DJO UK
FITFLOP
HEALTHY STEP SENSOGRAPH
HUNTLEIGH HEALTHCARE
JAMES LISTER AND SONS LTD
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN WAREHOUSE
OPED UK LTD
OSSUR UK LTD (MEDISTOX LTD)
PEAKS & DALES MEDICAL LTD
PERFORMANCE HEALTH INTERNATIONAL LTD
PROMEDICS LTD
R S COMPONENTS LTD
ROCIALLE MEDICAL LTD
SALTS HEALTHCARE LTD
TEASDALE HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT LT
TOFFELN LTD

 

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