Provision of Medical Equiptment

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Dear Pennine Acute Hospitals 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

Trust FOI (RW6) PAHNT,

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Hazel Marsden
Senior Receptionist/ Admin Assistant
Corporate
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Manchester General Hospital
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Dear Trust FOI (RW6) PAHNT,

I write in regards to my original request, to which I have not received answers to the questions submitted.
By law I should have received this information within 21 days.
Could you please advise?

Yours sincerely,

Laura Kenny

Trust FOI (RW6) PAHNT,

Dear MS Kenny

Please accept my apologies for the delay.

We are having some difficulty in collating the requested data for Qs 4 to 10 but hope to be able to respond to you shortly.

Regarding Q3 what procurement are you asking about?

Kind regards

Lee Gardiner
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Chairman and Chief Executives Office
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital
tel: 0161 922 3450
email: [email address]
web: www.pat.nhs.uk
twitter: @pennineacutenhs

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Dear Trust FOI (RW6) PAHNT,

Thank you for your response to my original enquiry, I appreciate that you are still looking to source answers to my original questions.
To answer your question about procurement, I would please like to know how you procure the purchasing of the listed medical equipment.
or in other words = How does the trust buy Mattresses and bed frames ?

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

Trust FOI (RW6) PAHNT,

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. We are considering your request and will respond to you within 20 working days.

Please be advised that a charge may be applicable for your request. We will advise you of this in due course.

Should you have any further queries, please let us know.

Pennine Acute FOI Department

Hazel Marsden
Senior Receptionist/ Admin Assistant
Corporate
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Manchester General Hospital
tel: 0161 604 5460 (Int:45460)
email: [email address]
web: www.pat.nhs.uk
twitter: @pennineacutenhs

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Gardiner Lee (RW6) PAHNT,

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Dear Ms Kenny

 

Please find attached our response to your recent FOI request.

 

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If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by writing to:

 

       Mr Gavin Barclay

       Assistant Chief Executive

       Trust HQ

       Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

       Crescent Drive

       Crumpsall

       Manchester M8 5RL

 

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Kind regards

 

 

Lee Gardiner

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Chairman and Chief Executives Office

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital

tel: 0161 922 3450

email: [email address]

web: [3]www.pat.nhs.uk

twitter: [4]@pennineacutenhs

 

[5]Pride in Pennine

 

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Gardiner Lee (RW6) PAHNT,

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Dear Ms Kenny

 

Please find attached our response to your recent FOI request.

 

As part of our monitoring process we would be grateful if you could please
take a few moments to complete the following survey
[1]http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BPZW5FG

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by writing to:

 

       Mr Gavin Barclay

       Assistant Chief Executive

       Trust HQ

       Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

       Crescent Drive

       Crumpsall

       Manchester M8 5RL

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

            Telephone:      08456 30 60 60

                            or     01625 54 57 45

            Website:          [2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal. Should you have any queries
please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Lee Gardiner

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

Chairman and Chief Executives Office

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital

tel: 0161 922 3450

email: [email address]

web: [3]www.pat.nhs.uk

twitter: [4]@pennineacutenhs

 

[5]Pride in Pennine

 

The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be
legally privileged. It is intended solely for use by the intended
recipient and those authorised to receive it. If you are not the intended
recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying,
distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this
information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.   The Trust
reserves the right to monitor all email communication for the purposes of
training and security/personnel investigations.

 

 

References

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2. http://www.ico.gov.uk/
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3. http://www.pat.nhs.uk/
4. https://twitter.com/pennineacutenhs
5. http://www.pat.nhs.uk/