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Dear Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,

Please confirm the following pieces of information:

• Who is the Trust's current supplier for their Electronic Patient Record?
• What are the contract start and end dates for the Electronic Patient Record?
• Who is the Trust's current supplier for their Patient Administration System?
• What are the contract start and end dates for the Patient Administration System?
• When is the trust due to start looking to re-procure their clinical systems?
• Who supplies the Trust's integration system?
• How often does the Trust evaluate their Clinical Systems?
• Please supply a copy of the Trust’s latest Digital Strategy
• How regularly does the Trust review their Digital Strategy?
• Who is the Trust's current Chief Clinical Information Officer?
• Who is the Trust’s current CIO/ IT Director?
• Which member of the board is responsible for IT?
• Please provide an organisation chart for the trust’s IM&T department
• Please provide a link to the trust’s latest Board Assurance Framework
• Which member of the Trust is the SRO for the STP engagements?
• What proportion of the Trust’s IM&T Department is made up of interim staff and permanent staff?
• How many beds does the trust have?
• How many staff does the trust employ?
• What is the trust’s current NHSI Rating via the NHS Oversight Framework?
• What is the trust’s current Digital Maturity Score?
• Does the trust outsource their IT services to an external provider, if so please provide details of provider and contract dates
• Is the Trust looking to migrate to the cloud in the next 2 years?
• Is the Trust considering their options of outsourcing their IT Services in the next 3 years?

Many Thanks
Yours faithfully,

Kyle Preston

Foi (WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Kyle

Request for Information: Freedom of Information Act

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information which I received on 11-11-19

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (General Rights of Access) that came into force on 1 January 2005, we have a duty to:
• Acknowledge receipt of your request within 2 working days
• Respond to your request within 20 working days

We will respond to your request as soon as possible but no later than 20 working days from our receipt of your request. If we have problems in locating the information or require clarification, I will contact you as soon as is practicable.

Yours sincerely

Kimara Sharpe

Kimara Sharpe CG (Affiliate)
Company Secretary

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Foi (WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Kyle

Freedom of Information

I refer to your email of 11 November requesting information in respect of digital services.

I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold some information that would be useful in terms of your request.

I have listed your questions below together with our response.

• Who is the Trust's current supplier for their Electronic Patient Record? We do not have one
• What are the contract start and end dates for the Electronic Patient Record? N/A
• Who is the Trust's current supplier for their Patient Administration System? Allscripts
• What are the contract start and end dates for the Patient Administration System? 31st Oct 2021
• When is the trust due to start looking to re-procure their clinical systems? In process
• Who supplies the Trust's integration system? Orion
• How often does the Trust evaluate their Clinical Systems? Yearly
• Please supply a copy of the Trust’s latest Digital Strategy: please see our board papers, June 2019 https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/our-trust/...
• How regularly does the Trust review their Digital Strategy? It is a 5 year strategy
• Who is the Trust's current Chief Clinical Information Officer? We do not have one
• Who is the Trust’s current CIO/ IT Director? Robert Toole
• Which member of the board is responsible for IT? Chief Digital Officer (not yet in post)
• Please provide an organisation chart for the trust’s IM&T department: attached
• Please provide a link to the trust’s latest Board Assurance Framework Please see our board papers, November 2019 https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/our-trust/...
• Which member of the Trust is the SRO for the STP engagements? Director of Strategy and Planning
• What proportion of the Trust’s IM&T Department is made up of interim staff and permanent staff? 95% Permananet/5% Interim
• How many beds does the trust have? c800
• How many staff does the trust employ? c6000
• What is the trust’s current NHSI Rating via the NHS Oversight Framework? We do not have one
• What is the trust’s current Digital Maturity Score? 1
• Does the trust outsource their IT services to an external provider, if so please provide details of provider and contract dates Computacenter October 2014-October 2020 ( 1 year extension )
• Is the Trust looking to migrate to the cloud in the next 2 years? Yes, Partial Migration
• Is the Trust considering their options of outsourcing their IT Services in the next 3 years? We are currently looking at options

This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request will be held on a database held by the Trust.

I trust you are satisfied with our response to your request. Please contact me directly should you require any clarification of our response. Should you not be satisfied with this response and wish to ask us to review our decisions please write within 3 months of this response, in the first instance to:
Chief Executive
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1DD

If after this process you are still not satisfied with the response you receive from the Trust you can complain to the Information Commissioner at the following address:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745 Fax: 01625 524 510 Email: [email address]
Web Site: http//www.ico.gov.uk

Please note that we publish selected FOI requests and responses on our website www.worcsacute.nhs.uk and this response might be published at a later date.

Yours sincerely

Kimara Sharpe

Kimara Sharpe CG (Affiliate)
Company Secretary

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