NHS Trust Non-Pharmaceutical Product Supply Chain Arrangements
Dear Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust,
Following a recent Health Service Journal Article on ICS-level warehousing and logistics facilities, I would be grateful if you could confirm whether your Trust is a partner of an ICS-level, combined warehousing and logistics capability (Yes/No).
Please confirm the annual value and volume of non-pharmaceutical healthcare products delivered to the Trust, broken down by supply route:
• NHS Supply Chain delivered
• Via an ICS/ICB-wide Warehouse facility (if any)
• Direct from Suppliers (ordered through NHS Supply Chain: eDirect)
• Direct from Suppliers (ordered via an NHS Supply Chain contract or Framework)
• Direct from Suppliers (ordered via other Contract / framework)
Please confirm:
• Square Footage of the Trust’s goods receiving facility and stores facility (if separate)
• Number of staff (FTEs) operating in the goods receiving facility and stores facility
• Details of the frequency of deliveries to the Trust, including overall operating hours of the goods receiving and storage function
• Does the Trust have the ability to receive goods “out of hours” (Yes/No)?
Yours faithfully,
Reginald Space
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E: [Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | Bracken House | Bracton Lane | Leyton Cross
Road | Dartford | Kent | DA2 7AF
Dear Reginald,
Please find attached our response to your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 referenced FOI 9163.
Kind regards,
Paul Bransgrove
Information Governance Officer
Email: [Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust / Bracken House / Bracton Lane / Leyton Cross
Road/ Dartford, Kent / DA2 7AF
Dear FOI (OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),
Ref:FOI 9163
Thank you for your prompt response: the information is extremely helpful. In relation to the 2 spend figures provided, I would be most grateful if you could confirm the number of products purchased under each supply route for the 12 months that you have used to identify the total value of spend for each route.
In relation to the goods receiving/distribution responses, your Annual Report ending 2022 highlights expenditure on goods and services roughly equating to the numbers that you have provided: therefore, I assume that there must be some form of goods receiving area for the NHS Supply Chain vehicles visiting the appropriate site and a requirement for some Trust members of staff to distribute the received products to the appropriate departments. It is this information that would be of significant benefit and I would be most grateful if you could approach your Head of Procurement/Head office Supplies to obtain the information accordingly.
If you require any further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Reginald Space
Dear Reginald,
Please find attached our response to your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 referenced FOI 9163.
Kind regards,
Paul Bransgrove
Information Governance Officer
Email: [Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust / Bracken House / Bracton Lane / Leyton Cross
Road/ Dartford, Kent / DA2 7AF
Dear FOI (OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),
Thank you for your response, please consider this Freedom of Information request closed.
Yours sincerely,
Reginald Space
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