Personal injury advertising

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Dear City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust,

Do you have any arrangements in place with personal injury law firms
to advertise their services in your medical facilities? How many firms advertise in your facilities and what form does that take?

What was the estimated annual income in 2016/17 for your trust from personal
injury firms paying for advertising in your medical facilities?

Are there any recorded examples of personal injury firms suing your
trust with which you have these advertising arrangements?

How many complaints from patients have been made to your trust about
personal injury firms advertising in your facilities in the last year?

Yours faithfully,

John Hyde

FOI (RLN) City Hospital Sunderland, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Dear John
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000), which was received by the Trust on 17 August
2017.  Please find below the Trust’s response.
Do you have any arrangements in place with personal injury law firms to
advertise their services in your medical facilities? How many firms
advertise in your facilities and what form does that take? - No.
 
What was the estimated annual income in 2016/17 for your trust from
personal injury firms paying for advertising in your medical facilities? -
Not applicable.
 
Are there any recorded examples of personal injury firms suing your trust
with which you have these advertising arrangements? - Not applicable.
 
How many complaints from patients have been made to your trust about
personal injury firms advertising in your facilities in the last year? -
Not applicable.
I also attach a link to a [1]feedback questionnaire and would be grateful
if you could spare the time to complete and return.
Kind regards.
Yours sincerely
Andrea Hetherington
On behalf of Freedom of Information Officer
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