Could the Trust confirm the following:

How many times in each of the last five years it has engaged the services of a pest control company;

The Trust engage a Pest Control contract to provide a weekly service at all our hospitals and clinics. It is contracted for a 365 day 24/7 call out arrangement at no extra cost including weekends and Bank Holidays

For each occasion, please state:

(i) the type of pest reported; Pests reported over a 5 year period are covered within the contract specification and include cockroaches, mice, rats, wasps, pigeons, and crawling insects. We do not hold the information for each occasion for a five year period.

(ii) the location of the pest (please be as specific as possible e.g. cardiology ward/ITU/operating theatre/mortuary); We do not hold this information for a five year period, however services have been provided to clinical and non-clinical areas as well as external grounds.

(iii) the cost of the call out No Call-out fee as it is part of a service contract