Taxi costs

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Dear Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board,

I would like to request the following information:

What taxi firm or firms do you currently use, and is this has changed since 2013, please state what toher firms have been used between 2013 and 2017?

Since January 1 2013 until December 31 2017, broken down per year:

How much has been spent on taxis by your health board in this time period?
How many times have taxis been used to transport patients?
How many times have taxis been used to transport staff?
How many times have taxis been used to transport hospital equipment?
How many times have taxis been used to transport organs?
How many times have taxis been used to transport case notes or documents?

If there are any taxi journeys of less than one mile taken in the time period please specify the reason for these journeys and the start and finish destination, as well as the date. (for example TRANSPORTING DOCUMENTS FROM GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY TO GARTNAVEL).

If this request falls noutwith the parameters for cost reasons, please reduce the number of years to fit in with your cost allowances. If you need to do this please let me know, and please come back to me should you have any additional queries about my request.

Yours faithfully,

Rodger Hannah

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to your request below:

 

Q1. What taxi firm or firms do you currently use, and is this has changed
since 2013, please state what toher firms have been used between 2013 and
2017?

A1. DMG-24/7 Ltd

 

Since January 1 2013 until December 31 2017, broken down per year:

Detailed information on taxi journeys has been collected from December
2013.  As such, figures for 2013 are not available.*

 

Q2. How much has been spent on taxis by your health board in this time
period?

A2.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
  £ 517,482.06  £ 486,713.59  £ 528,374.86  £ 630,092.13

 

 

Q3. How many times have taxis been used to transport patients?

A3.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
          
  12,333            10,516            12,777            16,916

 

 

Q4. How many times have taxis been used to transport staff?

A4.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
            
  1,862              2,090              2,285              3,143

 

 

Q5. How many times have taxis been used to transport hospital equipment?

A5. We do not capture "hospital equipment" journeys*

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
         

 

 

Q6. How many times have taxis been used to transport organs?

A6. We do not capture journeys where "organs" have been transported by
taxi.*

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
         

 

 

Q7. How many times have taxis been used to transport case notes or
documents?

A7. The figures shown here are specifically for the transportation of
patient case- notes.  We do not capture journeys for "documents".*

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
            
  5,125              4,877              5,441              5,231

 

*As we do not hold this information it is classed as an exclusion under
section 17 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

 

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Tara Palmer

Freedom of Information Officer

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Information Governance

14 Lister Street

University Hospital Crosshouse

Kilmarnock

KA2 0BE

Telephone: 01563 826112

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