Delays in care (FOI_6733)
The following information was requested:
To help us examine harm and negligence from delays in care (and some associated issues) can we please receive the claims data by year back to 2010 for each NHS trust using the following parameters.
Cause codes:
- Delay In Performing Operation
- Fail / Delay Treatment
- Fail To Follow-Up Arrangements
- Fail/Delay Admitting To Hosp.
- Failure To Perform Operation
- Failure/Delay Diagnosis
- Fail/Delay Referring To Hosp.
- Fail/Delay Avail Op Thtre
- And on a separate sheet if possible
- Inappropriate Discharge
- Sexual Abuse
- Injured By Another Patient
- Injury To Others By Patient
For each cause code, can I get the primary and secondary injury data, and successful claims, damages paid and costs for each.
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Acute Trusts – informed consent (FOI_6729)
The following information was requested:
Please could you provide the following information for the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24:
1. For Acute NHS Trusts referred to below, the number and value of claims successfully settled which had a primary cause code of “Fail to warn – informed consent”.
2. For Acute NHS Trusts referred to below, the number and value of claims successfully settled which had “Fail to warn – informed consent” as a cause code, regardless of whether it was the primary cause or not.
NHS Acute Trusts data requested for: see attached PDF.
HR matters (FOI_6730)
The following information was requested:
Could you provide copies of the following documents:
- Template of the employment contract issued to new employees
- Your pay policy
- Your maternity policy
- Your paternity policy
- Your pay bands / grades / scales for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24.
For clarity, by pay bands I’m referring to the starting salaries and subsequent progression points of employees at each grade in your organisation.
Could you also confirm:
- The number of days annual leave offered to new employees, and explain how this
increases over time. - Whether employees are allowed to buy and sell annual leave. If so, how many days?
- How many days of annual leave employees can carry over from one year to the next?
- The number of days employees are allowed to volunteer for (paid)?
- The number of days employees are allowed to volunteer for (unpaid)?
- Sickness entitlement of employees e.g. months paid at the full rate, half rate and what qualifying period?
- Whether the organisation closes between Xmas and New Year? If so, whether the days between Xmas and New Year are part of your employees annual leave allowance?
- What the organisations % employer pension contributions are? If this varies by
grade/band please specify what the organisations % employee pension contributions are? If this varies by grade/band please specify.
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David Fuller Claims (FOI_6701)
The following information was requested:
I would like to find out how much has been paid out and the number of individual
claims paid in relation to David Fuller, who sexually assaulted the bodies of women and girls in mortuaries run by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust and its predecessors.
Please can I have details of (for each financial year since the compensation began with a breakdown for each year).
The number of claimants, the damages paid, legal fees paid and claimant costs paid.
Is there any outstanding claims to be settled? Is the compensation scheme finished and settled?
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Radiology (FOI_6728)
The following information was requested:
Having reviewed your annual report I have information about the overall claims related to radiology. However, I am wondering whether it is possible to get more granular detail to help assess what potential role innovative technologies/AI solutions could play in reducing this and improving patient outcomes and safety.
You clarified on 4 September 2024:
Thank you for your incredibly helpful email.
As suggested, can you please provide the following information ideally over a 5 year period financial years 2019-2024:
- Number of claims received for the specialty Radiology
- Number closed with nil damages paid
- Number closed with a damages payment and associated costs; breakdown by primary cause; breakdown by primary injury and by trust.
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Appeal Committee members (FOI_6726)
The following information was requested:
RE: Primary Care Appeals SHA/26219, 26220 & 26221 – UB applications in Blofield, Norfolk.
May I please ask who the Committee members were for this appeal and if Mr Smith was one of the members?
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Neurosurgery (FOI_6724)
The following information was requested:
I would be grateful if you are able to provide any information you hold on cases that have had claims/litigation/payouts with regard to neurosurgical and/or spinal procedures or those involving neurosurgeons for the last 10 years or however far information is available.
I would be grateful to know the number of cases, values of cases or any other data held regarding those cases.
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Digital solutions and tech (FOI_6723)
The following information was requested:
Could you please provide the following information?
1.Companies contracted to provide the following (a – d)
2. Manufacturers of equipment used for the following (if different to Q1)
3. Length of contract/s and end dates? (Please advise of any extensions available
4. Number of devices?
a. Photocopiers/MFDs
b. Printers
c. Print room / reprographics
d. Desktop Scanners
5. Details on how these were procured. i.e. By Framework
a. Procurement method
b. If Framework, please state which framework was utilised
6. Do you have any print management software e.g. PaperCut, Equitrac? If so, which software?
7. Does the authority have a Hybrid or Digital Mail Service, if so, who supplies this and when does the contract expire?
Do you utilise any Document and / or Content Management systems, if so, which?
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