Electronic order communications systems

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Dear Weston Area NHS Trust,

I’d be grateful if you could please advise:

1. If the Trust currently has an electronic order communications
system, ie a laboratory test ordering system in place?
a. If so, which system?
b. What was the cost of the system at the time of purchase?
c. In which hospitals and in which departments is the system
currently in use?
d. Has it been implemented for both wards and GPs?
e. Does the Trust have a current vendor contract for the software?
f. If so, when does it expire?
g. Does the Trust have a current support contract for the software?
h. If so, when does it expire?

2. If the Trust currently also has an electronic Admission,
Discharge and Transfer (ADT) system in place?

Thanks very much in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew O'Hara

FOI WAHT (WESTON AREA HEALTH NHS TRUST), Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Dear Andrew,

I acknowledge receipt of your email received 14 September 2015 requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I can confirm that your request is currently being processed and a response will be forwarded to you within 20 working days.

Regards,

Jo Ward

on behalf of Gillian Hoskins
Associate Director of Governance and Patient Experience
Weston Area Health NHS Trust

[email address]

Telephone: 01934 647002

www.waht.nhs.uk

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FOI WAHT (WESTON AREA HEALTH NHS TRUST), Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Dear Andrew,

Further to your email requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Your request is currently being processed. However, the information is taking longer than anticipated to collate but will be with you by 23 October 2015.

Many thanks for your patience.

Regards,

Jo Ward

on behalf of Gillian Hoskins
Associate Director of Governance and Patient Experience
Weston Area Health NHS Trust

[email address]

Telephone: 01934 647002

www.waht.nhs.uk

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FOI WAHT (WESTON AREA HEALTH NHS TRUST), Weston Area Health NHS Trust

Dear Andrew

Please find below the response to your recent Freedom of Information enquiry from Weston Area Health NHS Trust.

1. If the Trust currently has an electronic order communications system, ie a laboratory test ordering system in place? Yes

a. If so, which system? Sunquest ICE

b. What was the cost of the system at the time of purchase?

Radiology ICE 130,248
LIMS Pathology ICE 34,147
Primary Care 44,153

c. In which hospitals and in which departments is the system currently in use? Weston General Hospital ED Dept (Pilot)

d. Has it been implemented for both wards and GPs? GP's and pilot in ED

e. Does the Trust have a current vendor contract for the software? Yes

f. If so, when does it expire?
It is on a rolling annual contract

g. Does the Trust have a current support contract for the software?
Yes 24/7

h. If so, when does it expire?
It is on a rolling annual contract

2. If the Trust currently also has an electronic Admission, Discharge and Transfer (ADT) system in place?
Millennium

I trust that your request has been satisfactorily answered, but I should advise you that you have the right to complain about this response by reference to the complaints procedure of the Weston Area Health NHS Trust, in which case you should write to me at this email address.

If you remain dissatisfied with the decision of the Trust following your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Jo Ward

on behalf of Gillian Hoskins
Associate Director of Governance and Patient Experience Weston Area Health NHS Trust

[email address]

Telephone: 01934 647002

www.waht.nhs.uk

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