University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk

Dear Requester

We acknowledge receipt of your email to UHCW:

Freedom of Information Request Form

If you have submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) your request will be considered and you will receive our response
within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.

The reference number for your email is FOI/2086.

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Yours sincerely,
UHCW

 
University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry
CV2 2DX

Direct Line: 024 76968771
www.uhcw.nhs.uk

Our Ref: FOI/2086
Date: 12th October2022

By email only

Dear Requester

We write further to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act received 12th September 2022.  We have set out your
request, together with our response below. 

1. Connectivity and Network Services

a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on
each

• BT - £90k pa
• Virgin Media - ~£55k pa

b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend

• No SIP trunks

c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and
what is the annual spend

• See answers to question 1.a.

d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend

• Cisco, ~£150k pa

e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend

• Cisco, ~£90k pa

f. Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge
switching?

• Cisco

g. When was your core network installed?

• 2017

h. Has it been updated subsequently?

• In progress

i. Who maintains your core network?

• The Coventry and Rugby Hospital Company Plc

C/o UHCW NHS Trust 

FM Building

Clifford Bridge Road

Coventry

CV2 2DX

The PFI contract commenced in 2002 and ends in 2042.

j. When is the contract renewal date?

• PFI contract, please see answer to question i

k. Please confirm value of the initial project?

• PFI contract, please see answer to question i

l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?

• See answers to questions d and e

As we have provided the information that we do hold your request is now
closed.  We trust that this is satisfactory but if you are dissatisfied
with the way that it has been handled you have the right to ask for an
internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and
should be addressed to: David Walsh, Director of Corporate Affairs,
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge
Road, Coventry CV2 2DX.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

Yours sincerely

Andrea Phillips
FOI & Access to Health Records Manager