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Our ref: MOC/ 438257

17th February 2022

Dear D Baker

Re: Information request

Thank you for your request dated 28^th January 2022 and 11^th February
2022 for information from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) as stipulated
below:

In January 2022 you hosted a blood donation session at the Grand in
Folkestone (this was confirmed in a since deleted facebook post by a Peter
Cobrin [of which we have a screenshot]).

1. Can you confirm that the venue had up to date public liability
insurance and to what value this was?

2. Can you confirm the NHS carried out any due-diligence before booking
this venue, and what due-diligence was carried out (seeking copies of risk
assessments as example)?

3. Was the use of the property a paid for transaction (commercial) or was
its use gifted? For the avoidance of doubt I am not asking for figures to
be provided.

4. Will the NHS continue to use the Grand for blood donation sessions in
2022, in the event this is a yes please provide any confirmed or tentative
dates.

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 NHSBT is obliged to:

o Let you know whether we hold the information you have requested
o Provide you with the requested information, if held, (subject to any
exemptions under the Act which may apply).

I can confirm that NHSBT holds some of the information you have
requested. 

Please note we were due to hold a session at The Grand in Folkestone on
Friday, 21^st January.  However, following our risk assessment the session
did not take place.

 1. No information held. We do not hold information on the venue’s public
liability insurance. Under our S16 obligations we can advise you that
NHSBT hold their own public liability insurance – see attached.
 2. Yes. 4 weeks prior to any blood donation session we check that the
venue fulfils its legal obligations under legislation for the
following; Fire Safety, Gas Safety, Electrical Safety, Asbestos
detection and control and lift maintenance and safety. We no longer
request copies of these documents as standard. However, as mentioned
above, the team carried out their own risk assessment and determined
the venue was not fit for purpose.
 3. No information held. The session on 21 January did not go ahead.
 4. No. NHSBT will not proceed with any future blood donation sessions at
this venue until the site is again deemed fit for purpose.

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request you can ask for
a review of the handling of your request for information. Details of the
complaints procedure are below:

Any person who has requested information from NHSBT, which has been dealt
with under the FOIA is entitled to make a complaint and request an
internal review of the handling of their request if they are dissatisfied
with the response they have received. If you would like us to conduct such
a review, as per guidance from the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
please contact us within forty working days of this letter. Please quote
the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Dan Jeffery

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) &

Assistant Director Data

And

Wayne Lawley

Head of Corporate Communications

E-mail: [4][email address]

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