Information on Restore Offsite Medical Records Storage Contract

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Dear University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust,

1. When does the contract with Restore expire?
2. Is the current contract procured via a framework? - if so, which one?
3.Who from your organization will be involved in the decision to acquire this product or service?
3.Are you aware of any other storage or scanning contracts within the Trust?
4. Who is the contract owner at the Trust?
5. Where does the budget sit for this at the Trust?
6. Who manages the contract within Procurement/Contracts?
7. Is there any projects relating to the digitalisation of medical records?
8. What are the Number of boxes in store (size of box)
9.Number of files in store?
10. What is the Method of storage – Open file/boxes?
11. What is the Number of new records/files added to the archive each month/year?
12. What is the Number of files picked from the archive each month/year?
13 . Are there agreed SLA’s supporting the service?
14. What is the Method of return of boxes - Physical or Digital?
15.Is the cost of exiting your current provider?
16. What is the current storage location?

Yours faithfully,

Cameron Abdly

FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SUSSEX NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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