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FOI 0601 Whistleblowing – Confidentiality and Security

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0601 2019/20 Your trust whistleblowing policy indicates that whistleblowing cases must be handled confidentially: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/Downloads/pdf/controlled-documents/RaisingConcernsPolicy.pdf Please can you advise on how confidentiality, including about whistleblowers’ identity, is ensured through the management of the trust’s Freedom To Speak Up case files? Contacts are able to access the Freedom To Speak Up Guardian […]

FOI 0599 Elastomeric Infusion Devices 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0599 2019/20   Information request in respect to Elastomeric Infusion Devices Please could you kindly advise which departments and healthcare professionals within your Trust use elastomeric infusion devices? Oncology/Haematology OPAT Team (IV therapy at home service) Information request in respect of Elastomeric Infusion Devices Please could you also advise if you […]

FOI 0596 Friends & Family Test 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0596 2019/20 The Trust does hold the information you have requested however we are withholding some of the information for the reasons given below. Commercial Sensitivity: Annual Spend Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provides, “(2) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, […]

FOI 0595 Clinical Engineer Roles 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0595 2019/20   Which training providers do you use for Clinical Engineer training? Example answers: Avensys UK Training Ltd, Eastwood Park Training, OEM training OEM Training – Majority of the training MGTS and UWE – Apprenticeship training Avensys UK Training Ltd – Limited training Eastwood Park Training – Limited training   […]

FOI 0582 Usage of Sodium Chloride 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0582 2019/20   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 […]

FOI 0581 Surplus Medical Devices 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0581 2019/20 Who does the Trust sell surplus medical devices through? Example answers: Avensys UK Ltd; BMA; Hilditch BMA majority and some equipment via Hilditch   If you have a contract for selling surplus medical devices who is it with and when is it due to end?   No we don’t […]

FOI 0571 Job Planning 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0571 2019/20 I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to job Planning at your organisation, including information relating to your use of job planning and third party suppliers.  Please complete the questions below. Organisation use of Job Planning Please fill in the below table to report which […]

FOI 0569 Inpatient Bed/Ward Closures 2019/20

Published: March 24, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0569 2019/20   Please could you outline details of all occasions on which your trust closed inpatient beds or wards because there were insufficient staff to work on it, between December 2017 and December 2019?   In each instance please could you confirm the name of the hospital concerned, whether it […]

FOI 0559 2019/20 Venus Thromboembolism Protocol

Published: February 21, 2020

Freedom of Information Request: 0559 2019/20 Please can I request any information that is available for the below questions:   Does a specific venous thromboembolism protocol exist for your Trust Yes If so: –          What date was this protocol put into place            Last Policy reviewed and implemented November 2019 –          When is it […]

FOI 0558 2019/20 Contract Data Around Facilities Management

Published: February 21, 2020

  Freedom of Information Request 0558 2019/20 I would like the organisation to review my freedom of information request below, that’s focused around contract data for services around facilities management. For each of the different contracts below, can you please provide me with all the information using the questions below 1. Office and building cleaning […]

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