Provision of Medical Equiptment

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Dear University Hos​pitals of North Midlands NHS Trust,

1) What are the Hospital names and locations that form part of the Trust? (please provide details)

2) Which framework is utilized for purchasing such as SBS or the NHS Supply Chain

3) By which method is this procured?

4) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide Topical Negative Wound Therapy Treatment?
*Smith-Nephew
*KCI
*Talley
*Other (please provide names)

5) Is the provision of this equipment contracted? Yes or No

The following questions are only applicable if the supply of Topical Negative Wound Therapy to the hospital trust is contracted.

6) How long is the current contract?

7) When does the current contract expire?

8) As a result of the tender did you change provider?

9) What date did your current contract start?

10) What is the term of the contract (including any extension periods)?

11) Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12 months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.

12) Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the current contract in place.

13) Please provide contact details for the procurement officer responsible for this type of tender at each hospital site (if more than one location applicable)

14) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide pressure relief alternating surface air mattresses to the trust?
*Hill-Rom
*Smith-Nephew
*Talley
*Direct Healthcare
*Karomed
*Other (please provide names)

15)Is this a managed service? Yes or No

16)Is the provision contracted? Yes or No

The following questions are only applicable if the supply of alternating air surface mattresses to the hospital trust is contracted.

17) How long is the current contract?

18) When does the current contract expire?

19) What is the total number of hospital beds on-site?

20) If you have an external service provider please provide details for the following questions:

21) If the supply of profiling beds is contracted, when did you last tender the contract?

22) As a result of the tender did you change provider?

23) What date did your current contract start?

24) What is the term of the contract (including any extension periods)?

25) Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12 months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.

26) Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the current contract in place.

27) What is the name of the manufacture used to supply profiling bed frames?
*Hill-Rom
*Sidhil
*Invacare
*Linet
*Huntleigh
*Other (please provide details)

28) Which products are used? (Please provide details)

29) Is the supply of beds contracted?
Yes or NO?

The following questions are only applicable if the supply of profiling beds to the hospital trust is contracted.

30) How long is the current contract?

31) W hen does the current contract expire?

32) What is the total number of hospital beds on-site?

33) If you have an external service provider please provide details for the following questions:

34) If the supply of profiling beds is contracted, when did you last tender the contract?

35) As a result of the tender did you change provider?

36) What date did your current contract start?

37) What is the term of the contract (including any extension periods)?

38) Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12 months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.

39) Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the current contract in place.

40)Please provide names and email addresses for the Tissue Viability Nurses working for the individual trusts

Yours faithfully,

Laura Kenny

Dear Ms Kenny,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 10th May 2016 (received in this office 11th May 2016) requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding medical equipment.

The FOI Act sets out a twenty working day timescale for requests to be completed by. We will always try to complete your request within this timeframe. We will let you know whether the Trust holds the information you have requested, and we will contact you as soon as possible if we are delayed in our response for some reason. If we require further information from you or we need you to further explain your request before we can continue to process it we will also contact you.

Yours,

Information Governance Team
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

FOI, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Kenny,

 

Please find the response to your FOI request attached.

 

Many thanks,

 

IG Team

University Hospitals of North Midlands

NHS Trust

 

 

 

 

Dear FOI,

Thank you for your response to my original enquiry.
I would like to please ask some additional questions regarding the same equipment relating to static mattress, servicing, maintenance and fire safety regulations.
In relation to Topical Negative Wound Therapy Treatment products

a. How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with - 3rd party provider, part of current supply contract or in-house?
(Please provide specific details)
b. If 3rd party provider please state company name

c. Is the 3rd party service & maintenance contracted? Yes or No

d. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

e. What is the expiry date of this contract?

In relation to the manufacture used to provide pressure relief alternating dynamic surface air mattresses to the trust

a. Is the service and maintenance of this equipment included as part of any contract? Yes or No

b. If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with – alternative 3rd party provider or in-house?

c. If 3rd party provider please state company name

d. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

e. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

f. What is the expiry date of this contract?

g. How is the decontamination of these products managed? In-house or 3rd party provider

h. If 3rd party provider please state company name

i. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

j. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

k. What is the expiry date of this contract

In relation to the manufacture used to supply profiling bed frames

a. Is the service and maintenance of this equipment included as part of any contract? Yes or No

b. If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with - 3rd party provider or in-house?

c. If 3rd party provider is used please state company name

d. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

e. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

f. What is the expiry date of this contract?

g. How is the Auditing and LOLER testing of this equipment managed? In-house or 3rd party provider

h. If 3rd party Audit or LOLER provider is used please state company name, and state the service provided

i. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

j. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

k. What is the expiry date of this current contract?

What is the name of the manufacture used to provide Static Mattresses to the trust?

*Hill-Rom
*Smith-Nephew
*Talley
*Direct Healthcare
*Karomed
*Other
(Please provide names of all providers that apply)
(As well as to each individual hospital location if applicable)

a. By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)

b. What is the total number of static mattresses on-site?

c. What are the makes/names of the models used?

d. Is this a managed service? Yes or No

e. Is the provision of static surfaces contracted? Yes or No

f. If Yes is the service and maintenance of this equipment included as part of the contract? Yes or No

g. If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with - 3rd party provider or in-house?

h. If 3rd party provider is used please state company name

i. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

j. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

k. What is the expiry date of this contract?

l. How is the decontamination of these products managed? In-house or 3rd party provider

m. If 3rd party provider is used please state company name

n. Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No

o. If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).

p. What is the expiry date of this contract?

q. Does the trust have a fire safety policy that stipulates a particular type/model of static mattress is to be used? Yes or No

r. If Yes please provide details of the policy guidelines

The following questions are only applicable if the supply of static mattresses to the hospital trust is contracted.

a. Which method is used to tender the contract? (Please provide details)

b. What date did your current contract start?

c. What is the term of the contract? (including any extension periods)

d. When does the current contract expire?

e. Is the contract purchase, hire or other (please provide details)

f. If contracted, when did you last tender the contract?

g. As a result of the tender did you change provider? Yes or No (if Yes please provide previous supplier)

h. Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12 months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.

i. Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the current contract in place.

Yours sincerely,

Laura Kenny

FOI, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Dear Ms Kenny,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 16^th June 2016
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000)
regarding static mattress, servicing, maintenance and fire safety
regulations..

 

The FOI Act sets out a twenty working day timescale for requests to be
completed by. We will always try to complete your request within this
timeframe. We will let you know whether the Trust holds the information
you have requested, and we will contact you as soon as possible if we are
delayed in our response for some reason. If we require further information
from you or we need you to further explain your request before we can
continue to process it we will also contact you. 

 

Yours,

 

Information Governance Team

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust