Healthcare Operations department - information request

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Dear Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,

Please could you provide the following information:

How many staff do you currently employ to undertake RTT validation tasks?
How many more permanent or temporary staff are expected to be needed over the next 12 months?
How many open RTT pathways do you have currently?

How many staff do you currently employ to undertake clinical coding validation tasks?
How many more permanent or temporary staff are expected to be needed over the next 12 months?

Do you operate and utilise a live bed state system?
Has your organisation implemented any centralised or 24 hour bed management process, or have an automatic electronic utilisation data capture solution.
If so, which processes or solutions are in use?

What is the name, job title, and department contact email address of the primary decision maker for change control of the bed state process?

How many Urgent Care/Emergency Department staff have access to the spine lookup and validation service to verify demographics at the point of patient registration?

Yours faithfully,

Clive Townsend

Foi (BLACK COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Clive,

FOI 19-515 request regarding healthcare operations department

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Yours sincerely

Email: [Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Tel: 0121 612 8017
Fax: 0121 612 3779
Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Foi (BLACK COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Clive,

 

FOI 19-515 request healthcare operations department

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request on the above subject. We
have completed our search for information and the details are as follows:

 

How many staff do you currently employ to undertake RTT validation tasks?
1WTE but RTT forms only a small part of their role

 

How many more permanent or temporary staff are expected to be needed over
the next 12 months? None

 

How many open RTT pathways do you have currently? 108 at end December
2019

 

How many staff do you currently employ to undertake clinical coding
validation tasks? None directly employed by the Trust.  Service is
outsourced

 

How many more permanent or temporary staff are expected to be needed over
the next 12 months? None

 

Do you operate and utilise a live bed state system? No

 

Has your organisation implemented any centralised or 24 hour bed
management process, or have an automatic electronic utilisation data
capture solution. No

 

If so, which processes or solutions are in use? N/A

 

What is the name, job title, and department contact email address of the
primary decision maker for change control of the bed state process?

 

Mental Health – Senior Mental Health Management Team, Steve Phillips, Dr
Yusuf, Emma Perry (Operational Management, Clinical Director, Head of
Nursing)

Learning Disabilities – Carol Spalding (Learning Disabilities Inpatient
Service Manager)

 

Bed Management – [1][email address]

 

How many Urgent Care/Emergency Department staff have access to the spine
lookup and validation service to verify demographics at the point of
patient registration? 251

 

The full Freedom of Information Act 2000 is available on the legislation
website via the following link:
[2]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000.... The Trust is
regarding this response as a full and complete discharge of its
responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to
this request. I trust it fulfils your requirements but should you have any
concerns please do not hesitate to contact me and I will attempt to
resolve your issues.

 

In the event you pursue a complaint/investigation and are not content with
the outcome, you have the option to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team

Tel: 0121 612 8017

Fax: 0121 612 3779

Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 

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