Healthcare Operations department - information request

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Dear The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS 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 (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

foi (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST) would like to recall the message, "FOI 19-652 Acknowledgment".

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foi (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Dear XX               

 

Thank you for your email received 18/12/2019. Under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20
working days following the first working day of receipt.

 

You can expect to receive a response on 20/01/2020 however your request
will be processed as soon as possible. We will advise you if we do not
hold the information or if it falls within one of the exemptions laid down
in the act.

 

Your request has been given the reference number FOI 19-652. Please use
this in all future correspondence regarding this request.

We will contact you if we require any further clarification.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust

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foi (THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Dear Mr Townsend,

 

I am writing to confirm that the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has
now completed its search for the information which you requested on
18/12/2019 and can respond as follows:

 

 1. How many staff do you currently employ to undertake RTT validation
tasks?

15

 

 2. How many more permanent or temporary staff is expected to be needed
over the next 12 months?

Not expecting to require any additional resource

 

 3. How many open RTT pathways do you have currently?

15993

 

 4. How many staff do you currently employ to undertake clinical coding
validation tasks?

15

 

 5. How many more permanent or temporary staff is expected to be needed
over the next 12 months?

4 wte – 2 permanent, 2 contracts

 

 6. Do you operate and utilise a live bed state system?

            The trust commenced the roll out of the patient flow and bed
management system on January 7th which is expected to be fully operational
by end of February as this is a phased roll

            out.

 

 7. Has your organisation implemented any centralised or 24 hour bed
management process, or have an automatic electronic utilisation data
capture solution.

            As above.

        

 8. If so, which processes or solutions are in use?

            Cambio as part of Cosmic.

 

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Hospital NHS Trust, Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX.

 

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provided by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

 

You can contact the ICO at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe
House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, Sk9 5AF.

 

Kind regards

 

FOI Team

Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust

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