Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with the following information for 2016, or for the most recent year for which you have data? Please could you also let me know which hospital the data refers to within your trust, if this is possible?
Information is provided below from 13/2/2016 to 13/2/2017
1.) Could you tell me HOW MANY of each of the following snack foods did the trust buy FOR PATIENTS:
a) Bars of chocolate – Not provided to patients
b) Packets of crisps – Not provided to patients
c) Cakes and muffins and cake bars:
| c) Cakes and cake bars (patients) | Heartlands | Good Hope | Solihull |
| Total portions | 90,990 | 92,250 | 29,430 |
| Total cost | £17,579 | £17,801 | £9,567 |
A selection of cakes are provided in order to increase the calorie intake of patients for a variety of medical reasons, following advice from the dietetic department.
d) Packs of biscuits:
| d) Biscuits (patients) | Heartlands | Good Hope | Solihull |
| Total (made up of multi portion packets and single packets) | 990 | 1,516 | 706 |
| Total cost | £9,971 | £14,859 | £9,567 |
e) Bags of sweets – Not provided to patients
2.) Please could you tell me HOW MANY of each of the following snack foods did the trust buy for staff / visitor shops or canteens?
STAFF/VISITORS:
| Staff & Visitors | Heartlands
No Trust retail units |
Good Hope
1x restaurant 2x Coffee shops |
Solihull
1 x Restaurant 1 x Coffee Shop |
| a) Bars of chocolate | Nil :Retail units are not Trust operated | 36x4x x48 Kit Kat
Cost: £1,590 |
68x4x48 Kit Kat
Cost: £3,002 |
| b) Crisps | Nil :Retail units are not Trust operated | 34,844 pkts (Baked)
Cost: £11,278 |
11,988 pkts (Baked)
Cost £3,655 |
| c) Cakes | Nil :Retail units are not Trust operated | 14,440 portions
Cost: £10,662 |
9,657 portions
Cost: £8,870 |
| d) Biscuits | Nil :Retail units are not Trust operated | Nil | Nil |
| e) Sweets | Nil :Retail units are not Trust operated | Nil | Nil |
3.) How much did the trust spend on EACH of the above categories? Can this also be broken down into food for patients and food for staff/visitors? As tabled above
4.) How many items of fresh fruit did the trust buy in 2016 and what was the cost. We do not hold the number of items bought as we are unable to identify the number of items purchased as the fruit is delivered in different weight configurations. The cost of fresh fruit is shown below:
| 4) Fresh Fruit (patients) | Heartlands | Good Hope | Solihull |
| Total Cost ( Bananas, apples, oranges, pears) | £11,062 (patients only) | £11,038
(inc. retail units) |
£11,014
(inc. retail units) |
5.) Can the trust say if the fresh fruit was for patients or for visitors/staff?
Fresh fruit is available in the Trust run restaurants and coffee shops however there is no data to show whether this was purchased for patients, visitors or staff.
