EPRR Logistics
Dear East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust,
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information. This information relates to NHS Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response. This information should be readily available as part of the NHS EPRR annual assurance process.
Please note that this is a different request from my previous requests: “EPRR Coordination of emergency and disaster management activities”, “EPRR Planning”, “EPRR Communication and information management” and “EPRR Human Resources”.
For clarity, to minimise the cost of my request and to prevent the disclosure of any sensitive information, I have enumerated the information I am requesting and specified how it could be provided.
Please note that the information requested is only records of the existence of agreements and not the contents of the agreements themselves.
Given the potentially sensitive nature of this information, I ask you to redact any exempt information instead of refusing disclosure. This would be in accordance with guidance on best practice from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
If you do not hold some of this information then I ask you to confirm explicitly that you do not hold it.
Logistics
Agreements with local suppliers and vendors for emergencies and disasters
1. Any record of agreements (e.g. memoranda of understanding, mutual aid agreements) with local suppliers, vendors and utility companies / agencies to ensure procurement and delivery of essential medications, equipment and supplies during times of shortage or increased demand, as in the case of emergencies and disasters. (Can be answered yes / no.)
Thank you for your assistance with this study.
Yours faithfully
William Wetherell
Due to covid 19 pressures the time it is taking to fulfil requests and
answer queries is considerably longer than usual and outside of the
legislated timeframes however we will endeavour to respond to you as soon
as is possible. We would like to thank you for your understanding at this
difficult time.
The Freedom of Information Department has received your email.
Under GDPR, the department is ordinarily required to provide you with a
response within 20 working days.
Please be advised that due to the current unprecedented demands being
placed on the NHS, there may be a delay in answering your questions as
colleagues across the Trust are currently engaged with tackling the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The Freedom of Information Team
Royal Blackburn Hospital
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Website: [2]www.elht.nhs.uk
Twitter: [3]www.twitter.com/ELHT_NHS
Facebook: [4]www.facebook.com/ELHT.NHS
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Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Ref: 2022-500
Under the Act, the department is ordinarily required to provide you with a response within 20 working days.
Please be advised that due to the current unprecedented demands being placed on the NHS, there may be a delay in answering your questions as colleagues across the Trust are currently engaged with tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will write to you in response to your request for information by 10.01.2023.
The Freedom of Information Act includes a number of exemptions to releasing information. Some of these are qualified exemptions which require us to consider whether it is in the public interest to disclose or withhold the information. In these circumstances we may need more time to consider your request, and if this is the case we will write to you by the date above to inform you of when you can expect to receive a response. If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number at the top of this email in all future correspondence.
Details of how we will process your request are available on our website at: https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom-of-...
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dear William Wetherell,
Please find attached the response to your FOI request. We would be grateful if you would complete and return the below satisfaction survey.
Kind regards
The FOI Team
Please E-mail the electronic version to [email address]
1. How do you rate the quality of service provided
o Very Good
o Good
o Satisfactory
o Poor
2. How do you rate the degree to which the response answered your request
o Very Good
o Good
o Satisfactory
o Poor
3. How do you rate the ease of understanding of the response
o Very Good
o Good
o Satisfactory
o Poor
4. How do you rate the overall helpfulness of replies
o Very Good
o Good
o Satisfactory
o Poor
5. If any of the information was withheld, were you told which exemptions had been applied to the information?
o Yes
o No
o Not applicable
6. Did you receive the information within the 20-working day deadline?
(if yes, please go to question 10)
o Yes
o No
7. If you did not receive the information within the 20-day deadline, were you advised about the delay and kept informed about the progress?
o Yes
o No
8. Did you look at the Publication Scheme on the Website to try to find the information?
o Yes
o No
9. If yes, how would you rate the ease of locating the information?
o Very Good
o Good
o Satisfactory
o Poor
10. Please give any further comments you would like to make
Thank you and regards
Freedom of Information Team
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
[email address]
Dear Freedom of Information Team
FOI Request Ref: 2022-500
Thank you for this.
1. How do you rate the quality of service provided
o Very Good
2. How do you rate the degree to which the response answered your request
o Very Good
3. How do you rate the ease of understanding of the response
o Very Good
4. How do you rate the overall helpfulness of replies
o Very Good
5. If any of the information was withheld, were you told which exemptions had been applied to the information?
o Not applicable
6. Did you receive the information within the 20-working day deadline?
(if yes, please go to question 10)
o Yes
8. Did you look at the Publication Scheme on the Website to try to find the information?
o Yes
9. If yes, how would you rate the ease of locating the information?
o Satisfactory
10. Please give any further comments you would like to make
It would be helpful if the Trust published EPRR Core Standards information on its website.
Yours faithfully
William Wetherell
Due to covid 19 pressures the time it is taking to fulfil requests and
answer queries is considerably longer than usual and outside of the
legislated timeframes however we will endeavour to respond to you as soon
as is possible. We would like to thank you for your understanding at this
difficult time.
The Freedom of Information Department has received your email.
Under GDPR, the department is ordinarily required to provide you with a
response within 20 working days.
Please be advised that due to the current unprecedented demands being
placed on the NHS, there may be a delay in answering your questions as
colleagues across the Trust are currently engaged with tackling the
Covid-19 pandemic.
The Freedom of Information Team
Royal Blackburn Hospital
[1][email address]
Website: [2]www.elht.nhs.uk
Twitter: [3]www.twitter.com/ELHT_NHS
Facebook: [4]www.facebook.com/ELHT.NHS
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