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Dear Sirs,

I am writing to you to ask for information regarding Bounty representatives being given access to hospital wards.

In the 12 months to date (23.08.18) please confirm the following:

1) Whether the Trust currently is, or has been in the past 12 months, engaged in a contract or written agreement with Bounty UK Limited. If the Trust is currently engaged in a contract please attach a copy of it, making necessary redactions in order to comply with the Act. Please provide the date that the contract began and/ or ended. Please provide an overview of the terms of payment. (i.e. per mother visited / per photo pack purchased).

2) Please confirm how much money has been paid to the Trust by Bounty UK Limited in the past 12 months and how many new mothers are recorded as having been approached by Bounty representatives (if held).

3) Please provide details of the policies the Trust has in place with regards to protecting new mothers (i.e are representatives allowed on any ward at any time, or do they have restricted access? Are mothers given the option to opt out of being visited?)

4) Please confirm the number of complaints made to the Trust by new parents. If not time prohibitive, please provide details of the complaints.

I trust that the scope of my request is not so broad to be refused, but should you plan to reject it on those grounds please prioritise questions one and two.

Yours sincerely,

Sara Spary

Freedom of Information (Western Sussex Hospitals), Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you for your request for information under Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

 

We are processing your request, and will write to you again shortly when
we are in a position to respond.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Dave Seller

 

Freedom of Information Administrator

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

01243 788122  Ext: 33481

 

Freedom of Information (Western Sussex Hospitals), Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sara,

 

Request Under Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000

 

Further to your email of 22 August 2018 , the trust is now in a position
to give a response  to your request. 

 

***** FOI REQUEST & OUR RESPONSE****

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, the Trust can
confirm that it holds information relevant to your request and this has
been provided where possible below.

 

 

 

I am writing to you to ask for information regarding Bounty
representatives being given access to hospital wards.

 

In the 12 months to date (23.08.18) please confirm the following:

 

1) Whether the Trust currently is, or has been in the past 12 months,
engaged in a contract or written agreement with Bounty UK Limited. If the
Trust is currently engaged in a contract please attach a copy of it,
making necessary redactions in order to comply with the Act. Please
provide the date that the contract began and/ or ended. Please provide an
overview of the terms of payment. (i.e. per mother visited / per photo
pack purchased). Contract attached and ongoing. This is the agreement for
one site – both sites have the same agreement

 

2) Please confirm how much money has been paid to the Trust by Bounty UK
Limited in the past 12 months and how many new mothers are recorded as
having been approached by Bounty representatives (if held). Do not have a
figure of how many women approached. The total income from the contract
was £5,736.88

 

3) Please provide details of the policies the Trust has in place with
regards to protecting new mothers (i.e are representatives allowed on any
ward at any time, or do they have restricted access? Are mothers given the
option to opt out of being visited?) There is no policy but the ward
manager is approach each day by the Bounty rep to see if anyone should not
be approached. I attach the Bounty code of conduct too.

 

4) Please confirm the number of complaints made to the Trust by new
parents. If not time prohibitive, please provide details of the
complaints. Having checked the complaints database for the trust using
the search term ‘Bounty’, there are no complaints logged. Any informal
concerns would be dealt with by the ward manager at the time. I have no
reports of these either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Western Sussex Hospitals  NHS Foundation Trust
Freedom of Information Administrator

First Floor

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St Richard’s Hospital

Spitalfield Lane

Chichester

PO19 6SE

 

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The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700

 

We hope that you find the information provided helpful.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

                                                                                    
                                      

 

Dave Seller
Freedom of Information Administrator
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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