Healthcare Operations department - information request

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Dear North West Anglia 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

Foiteam (NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Clive

Reference Number FOI 2019 - 1027

Thank you for your request for information about the healthcare operations department at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

We anticipate being able to provide a response within the timescales allowed under the Act.

In the meantime if you have any questions regarding this request please contact us directly quoting the reference number above.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1st April 2017 and comprises of Peterborough City Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford & Rutland Hospital. The Trust also provides community clinics at Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs Hospital in Wisbech. Further information is available via our website www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.

Any future Freedom of Information requests should be addressed to North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust using the email address below.

The Freedom of Information Team
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
[email address]

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Foiteam (NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Ref: FOI/2019/1027

 

Dear Clive

 

Thank you for your recent enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find your response detailed below.

 

Requesters Question and Trust Response:

 

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

None however we have a small DQ team who do some of this as part of daily
tasks

 

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

None

 

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

This information is in the public domain and is available on the NHS
England website:
[1]https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/st...

 

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

None

 

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

None

 

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

Yes

 

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

No

 

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

Not applicable

 

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

Alec Dearden, Head of Information Services, [2][email address]

 

10.   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?

Unknown

 

Please note that this response has been provided within the 20 working day
timeframe as stipulated in the Act.

 

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1^st April 2017 and
comprises of Peterborough City Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital and
Stamford & Rutland Hospital.  The Trust also provides community clinics at
Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, Doddington Hospital and North Cambs
Hospital in Wisbech.  Further information is available via our website
[3]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust would like to ensure that the
information provided, following your request for information, was helpful
and appropriate.

We would be grateful if you would take a few minutes to complete the
following survey, your reply will be treated in confidence and be used to
improve the service we provide [4]https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3W36KZD

 

If you disagree with our decision or are dissatisfied with how we have
dealt with your request in the first instance you may contact me on the
following email address [5][North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust request email] to request an
internal review.

 

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of the Freedom of Information Act to appeal against the decision by
contacting:

 

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Phone: 0303 123 1113

Email: [6][email address]

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI Team

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 6NT

Email: [7][email address]

 
[8]www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk

 

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