Implementation of Electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration

The request was successful.

Dear University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust,

In light of the 2018 Manchester University study which concluded that over 200 million prescribing errors were made every year in NHS Hospitals and Pharmacies, the UK Government has committed over £78million of funding for Electronic Prescribing Medicines Administration.

Please could you advise

Q1. Has your trust all ready fully implemented ePMA wherever it is relevant and possible to do so?

If no, please go to Q3

Q2. If yes, does the trust use mobile devices so ePMA can be accessed at the point of care, wherever it is relevant and possible to do so?

If Yes to Q1 and Q2 this FOI request is satisfied.

Q3 Has the trust applied for 2019/20 NHSi funding to fully implement ePMA?

if No

Q4 Does the trust intend to apply for 2020/21 NHSi funding to fully implement ePMA?

if No

If the trust does not intend to apply, or is ineligible, or unsuccessful, Does the trust intend to implement ePMA via some other funded route. and if so by when?

Yours faithfully,

Mark Simmons

FOI - Freedom of Information, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Corporate and Legal Affairs – Corporate and Committee Services

 

Our Reference: KR/FOI/41009

 

22 October 2019

 

 

Mark Simmons

[FOI #614149 email]

 

 

Dear Mr Simmons

 

Request for Information

 

Thank you for your request for information, as received by University
Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust on 22 October 2019.Within UHL NHS Trust,
Freedom of Information Act requests are managed centrally by the Corporate
and Committee Services Team. 

 

The Trust will endeavour to provide a response within the required 20
working-day deadline.  I will, of course, keep you informed should this
not prove possible for any reason.  If we require any clarification on
your request, we will contact you as soon as possible. 

 

All requesters are advised that the Trust may make a charge for providing
the information to them, to cover the cost of photocopying, postage and
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Yours sincerely,

 

 

Kate Rayns

Corporate and Committee Services Officer

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

 

 

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Corporate and Legal Affairs – Corporate and Committee Services

 

Our Reference: KR/FOI/401009

 

15 November 2019

 

Mark Simmons

[FOI #614149 email]

 

Dear Mr Simmons

 

Request for Information

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request, as received
on 22 October 2019 and acknowledged on the same date. For information, the
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the largest and
busiest NHS teaching Trusts in the country.  We have over 15,000 staff
working across our three hospitals, the Leicester Royal Infirmary,
Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital, serving around 1.2
million people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and a further
two to three million people from the rest of the UK who come to us for
treatment from one of our specialist services.  During 2018/19 we treated
1,466,500 patients – that’s 4,017 patients each day.

 

Following consultation with colleagues from the Information Management and
Technology Directorate, I confirm that the University Hospitals of
Leicester NHS Trust holds information covered by your FOI request.   In
your Freedom of Information Act request, you asked for the following
information and the Trust’s response is provided following each section of
your request below:-  

 

Q1. Has your trust already fully implemented ePMA wherever it is relevant
and possible to do so? 

Yes.

If no, please go to Q3

 

Q2. If yes, does the trust use mobile devices so ePMA can be accessed at
the point of care, wherever it is relevant and possible to do so? 

Yes.

If Yes to Q1 and Q2 this FOI request is satisfied.

 

Q3 Has the trust applied for 2019/20 NHSi funding to fully implement ePMA?

Not applicable.

if No

 

Q4 Does the trust intend to apply for 2020/21 NHSi funding to fully
implement ePMA?

Not applicable.

if No

 

If the trust does not intend to apply, or is ineligible, or unsuccessful,
Does the trust intend to implement ePMA via some other funded route. and
if so by when?

Not applicable.

 

I hope that this response is helpful and provides you with the information
requested (where available). If you require any further assistance please
do not hesitate to contact me.  If you are dissatisfied with the Trust’s
response, you can contact the Director of Corporate and Legal Affairs on
Tel. No. 0116 258 8615 to request a copy of UHL’s Freedom of Information
Act complaints procedure.

 

We must advise you that where we have provided information we have done so
subject to the provisions of the Re-use of Public Sector Information
Regulations 2005.  Accordingly you must not re-use this information
without having the consent of the Trust.  Where the Trust is prepared to
provide its consent then it may levy a charge for doing so. Should you
wish to re-use documents provided then you must make your request in
writing stating your name and your address for correspondence together
with the document that you wish to re-use and the purpose for which the
information is to be re-used.

 

In the event that you remain dissatisfied with the way in which the Trust
has handled any complaint that you may wish to make, we would advise you
of your right to complain to the Information Commissioner at the
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

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Kate Rayns

Corporate and Committee Services Officer

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

 

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