Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
Last updated: 29/08/2024
The Freedom of Information Act recognises that as a member of the public, you have the right to know how public services such as the NHS are organised and run.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires every NHS organisation to have a publication scheme that tells people what information is routinely available to them and how to get it.
The publication scheme is divided into seven classes of information:
- Who we are and what we do
- What we spend and how we spend it
- What our priorities are and how are we doing
- How we make decisions
- Our policies and procedures
- Lists and registers
- The services we offer
Please view our published responses to previous Freedom of Information Requests.
Historic disclosures by University Hospitals Bristol and by Weston Area Health NHS Trust.
Making a Freedom of Information Request
If you cannot find the information that you require on our website then please send us your request in writing to, please email us at:
FreedomOfInfo@uhbw.nhs.uk
Or write to us at:
Freedom of Information
Trust Headquarters
Marlborough Street
BS1 3NU
- All requests for information must be made in writing, clearly stating what information is being requested, and including the requestor's name and address/email address, in order for us to respond.
- Your request will be acknowledged and you can expect to receive the requested records (if held) within 20 working days.
- The Trust may ask you for further information, which it reasonably requires in order to identify and locate the information that is requested.
- In some cases, information may be exempt from disclosure. If some of the information is of personal and confidential nature, it will be excluded as will any other confidential material.
- Material relating to the health and safety of specific individuals, as to law enforcement or criminal or regulatory enforcement or audit issues under certain circumstances may also be excluded from publication.
- There may be circumstances where material cannot be released because the appropriate officer of the authority has taken the view that it may be prejudicial to the conduct of public affairs.
- Should this be the case, then we will state the reason why the information cannot be released and the course of action to appeal if not satisfied.
Cost of information
The Trust will not charge for fulfilling standard information requests from individuals. However, if the Trust estimates that a request would cost more than £450 (staff time is calculated at £25 per hour regardless of actual rates) to complete, then as a public authority it is not required to meet such a request.
In these cases, the Trust can offer the requestor advice on ways in which they could adjust their request to bring it under the cost limit.
For a complete list of exemptions that may prevent disclosure, please refer to the Freedom of Information Act.
For further information about the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please visit the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.
Complaints related to Freedom of Information Requests
If, after receiving a response to a Freedom of Information Request, you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FreedomOfInfo@uhbw.nhs.uk or Director of Corporate Governance, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NU.
Please remember to quote the reference number.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
View the Freedom of Information Act in full.
Freedom of Information compliance
FOI compliance
FOI disclosure log
This section of the website contains information we have made available in response to requests considered under the Freedom of Information Act since the formation of the Trust on 1 April 2020.
You can find our disclosure logs in the list below.
Please note that redactions are carried out on disclosure letters and attachments to protect the identity of individuals.
Historic disclosures by University Hospitals Bristol and by Weston Area Health NHS Trust.
If you wish to request information that is not included in our disclosure log and does not make up part of our Publication Scheme please contact FreedomOfInfo@uhbw.nhs.uk.
2024 disclosure logs
July 2024 +
June 2024 +
May 2024 +
April 2024 +
March 2024 +
February 2024 +
January 2024 +
2023 disclosure logs
December 2023 +
November 2023 +
October 2023 +
September 2023 +
August 2023 +
July 2023 +
June 2023 +
May 2023 +
April 2023 +
March 2023 +
February 2023 +
January 2023 +
2022 disclosure logs
December 2022 +
November 2022 +
October 2022 +
September 2022 +
August 2022 +
July 2022 +
June 2022 +
May 2022 +
April 2022 +
March 2022 +
February 2022 +
January 2022 +
2021 disclosure logs
December 2021 +
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Closed date
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Reference
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Description
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Additional documents
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15/12/2021
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21-574
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Does your trust or associated Integrated Care System (ICS)
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-575
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I would like to request the following information regarding Facilities Management Services provided to your Estate
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No
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09/12/2021
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21-592
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In relation to 2020/21 how many Overseas Patients Not Eligible for Free UK Healthcare
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No
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13/12/2021
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21-594
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In total, how many patients were admitted due to cardiac arrest
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Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
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21/12/2021
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21-597
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For the financial years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (so far) how many tonnes of food was wasted by your trust?
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No
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06/12/2021
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21-599
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Does the Trust offer a Preterm Prevention Clinic for pregnant women?
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No
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06/12/2021
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21-600
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Organisation’s gifts and hospitality register by staff
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-602
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Please can you answer the following questions relating to the staffing system(s) you currently use.
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-604
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Do you use Digital Dictation?
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-607
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How many allegations of sexual assault committed by staff or contractors on Trust estates have been reported since 2016?
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Document 1
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02/12/2021
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21-608
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How many staff members were recorded to have had long Covid while working for your trust at any time in the period between March 2020 - September 2021?
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No
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06/12/2021
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21-610
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The year of purchase of every LINAC machine in operation at your trust?
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No
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14/12/2021
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21-612
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Please could information be provided regarding the name of systems used for storing and processing data subjects(/patients) that are booked in for dental treatments.
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Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4
Document 5
Document 6
Document 7
Document 8
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02/12/2021
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21-613
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System type - Theatres
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-614
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Telephony and UC/ Collaboration
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No
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06/12/2021
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21-615
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I am investigating the usage of Biosimilar medications
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No
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10/12/2021
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21-616
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Do you have a formal IT security strategy?
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-617
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Could you please provide the following information regarding your current Sterile Services Track and Trace system that is in use?
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No
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08/12/2021
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21-618
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What Inventory Management System you use?
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No
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10/12/2021
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21-619
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Regarding Electronic Health Records (EHR)
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No
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02/12/2021
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21-620
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Do you outsource any of your Radiology Reporting?
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-621
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I understand University Hospitals Bristol is able to provide Chimeric Antigen Receptors Cell Therapy (CAR-T)
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-622
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How much did this trust spend on recruitment (internal and external) between 1st February 2020 - the present (1st December)?
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No
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10/12/2021
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21-623
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How many NHS staff currently working at your trust remain unvaccinated (no dose or only single dose) with a Covid19 vaccine?
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-624
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The total number of patients in hospital on 30 November whose discharge was delayed because they were awaiting residential home placement or availability
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No
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06/12/2021
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21-625
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Vehicles currently on your fleet and those sold between 1st March 2019 and 26th November 2021.
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No
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10/12/2021
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21-626
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Does your Trust operate, or contribute data to, an EHR-linked data warehouse that holds patient-level clinical data that can be used for research purposes?
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No
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17/12/2021
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21-627
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Would you be able to provide me with the organisational structure charts for the following departments please?
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Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4
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15/12/2021
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21-628
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How many assaults were committed against the following staff by either patients or persons in the hospital who are not patients.
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-629
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Does your Trust use an electronic health/patient record?
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No
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14/12/2021
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21-630
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Organisational structure chart for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust inclusive of all ‘Clinical Directors’
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Document 1
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08/12/2021
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21-631
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Does your Trust use external courier firms?
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No
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16/12/2021
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21-632
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Please confirm your Trust’s overall spending on Translation and Interpreting
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No
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16/12/2021
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21-633
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Have any of your midwife-led units been temporarily suspended or unavailable to people at any point during the last 6 months? (1st June 2021 - 1st December 2021)
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No
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08/12/2021
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21-634
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Please send a copy of the audited accounts for 2021/21
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-635
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The number of Trust mobile phones in use
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No
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09/12/2021
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21-636
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Can I have a copy of your Surrogacy Policy for patients?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-637
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Drug treatment for Dermatology
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No
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17/12/2021
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21-638
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How many haemophilia A patients are registered with your centre?
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No
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13/12/2021
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21-639
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Please tell me for the years a) 2019/20 and b) 2020/21 the number and, where available, rate of patient safety incidents reported within the trust
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No
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16/12/2021
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21-640
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Please list the supplier and system name of all data management systems in use for point of care testing devices within your hospital/trust
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No
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16/12/2021
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21-641
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Drug treatment Urothelial Cancer
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-642
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How many people have died in your hospitals within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19?
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No
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10/12/2021
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21-643
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Please can you provide me with the organisational structure charts for your Project Management Office/Transformation departments.
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-645
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How many patients have been treated for advanced (FIGO Stages III and IV) high-grade ovarian (epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal) cancer over the last 3 months?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-646
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A structure chart showing the job titles and banding of staff in the medical device (EBME) team/function for the trust
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No
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17/12/2021
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21-647
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How many people presenting to the Bristol Royal Infirmary Emergency Department had a presenting complaint related to mental health
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No
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29/12/2021
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21-648
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In the period 1 February 2020 to 31 October 2021 what is the total number of complaints that your Trust has received from the public including service users (i.e. complaints on any issue)?
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No
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15/12/2021
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21-649
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The number of maternity units within your trust which have had to turn away at least one woman in labour due to a lack of beds in 2021.
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No
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14/12/2021
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21-650
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I am requesting that within the dates of 01/03/2020 - 01/11/2021 can you supply the total number of deaths from COVID-19 alone
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-652
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Drug treatment any condition
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No
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17/12/2021
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21-653
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Which LIMS (Laboratory information management system) is used by Pathology services within the Trust?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-654
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Do you have a budget for providing low and mid tech communication aid devices for adults (18 or over) with speech difficulties
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-655
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Drug treatment Dermatology
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-656
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How many patients in the last 2 years attended A&E and were discharged (non-admitted) with a diagnosis of UTI?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-657
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Please can you provide me with the admission numbers to either BRI or Southmead for the last 5 years, 2015-2020, and the current year so far?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-658
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What is your policy related to partners attending routine outpatient appointments and planned scans with pregnant women before birth?
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No
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21/12/2021
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21-660
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Does your organisation offer patients a prehabilitation programme?
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Document 1
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29/12/2021
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21-661
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I would be grateful to know how many women have had NHS care for ruptured ectopic pregnancies for each month since 1st January 2018 please.
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-665
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Does your trust provide any training or professional development about being an active bystander in response to sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace context?
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No
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23/12/2021
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21-666
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Please can you forward me a copy of your safeguarding policy and procedure for Bristol Children’s Hospital please.
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Document 1
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29/12/2021
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21-668
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The number of referrals your trust has received for patients presenting with 'premature puberty', otherwise known as 'precocious puberty'.
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No
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29/12/2021
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21-669
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The web page you have provided only provides information regarding the policies relevant now (during the pandemic). Can you confirm the policy is the same as the policy was before the pandemic (eg Jan-Feb 2020) and this version is now the permanent policy?
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No
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November 2021 +
October 2021 +