Lothian NHS Board Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place EH1 3EG

Telephone: 0131 536 9000 www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Date: 22/03/2019 Your Ref: Our Ref: 3301

Enquiries to : Richard Mutch Extension: 35687 Direct Line: 0131 465 5687 [email protected]

Dear

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION – PEST CONTROL

I write in response to your request for information in relation to expenditure on pest control within NHS Lothian.

I have been provided with information to help answer your request by Finance Department of NHS Lothian.

Question: 1. Financial figures showing the total amount of expenditure on pest control measures within your NHS board for the past five years.

Answer: Excel Rentokil Initial Year Environmental Total Pest Control Services 2014/15 £26,847.62 £43,471.75 £70,319.37 2015/16 £34,786.00 £7,640.00 £42,426.00 2016/17 £32,134.00 £8,880.00 £41,014.00 2017/18 £34,740.94 £8,880.00 £43,620.94 2018/19 £33,957.50 £7,980.00 £41,937.50 Total £162,466.06 £76,851.75 £239,317.81

Question: 2. The above figures broken down for each hospital and NHS premises within your health board.

Answer: Property Cost 151 Morningside Drive £67.44 56 Canaan Lane £291.00 73 Boswell Parkway £52.08 74 Canaan Lane £941.00

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Allender House £598.44 Allermuir £99.00 Armadale Clinic £312.32 £17,255.82 Atos Building £181.00 Ballenden House £598.44 Bathgate Hc £531.00 Bathgate House £577.66 £1,748.94 Blackburn Hc £337.66 Blackburn Partnership Centre £99.00 Blackridge Hc £577.66 Boghall Hc £577.66 Bonnyrigg Hc £1,196.88 Braid Medical Practice £598.44 Broxburn Healthcare House £598.44 Bruntsfield Healthcentre £598.44 Calareidh £577.66 Cambridge Street £1,015.23 Carmondean Hc £577.66 Chalmers Clinic £531.00 Clermiston M C £598.44 Cockenzie Hc £67.44 Comely Bank Centre £1,084.00 Corstorphine And Murraypark £5,310.88 Cowgate Centre £598.44 Craigmillar Hc £320.00 Craigroyston H C £598.44 Craigshill Care Facility £385.66 Craigshill Hc £385.66 Dalkeith Medical Centre £1,119.09 Deaconess £52.08 Dedridge Hc £769.66 Duncan Street £880.44 East Calder Hc £577.66 Eastfield Medical Centre £598.44 Edenhall Hospital £421.44 Edington Hospital £598.44 Esk Medical Centre - Estates £1,516.05 Firhill Medical Centre £60.00 George St - Musselburgh £499.44

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Glenesk - Duke St Dalkeith £598.44 Gracemount Hc £60.00 Greendykes £166.66 £5,154.70 Howden Hc £531.00 Inchkeith House £1,358.44 Kirkliston Health Centre £67.44 £2,966.32 Leith Community Treatment Centre £531.00 £10,949.81 Links Medical Centre £60.00 Linlithgow Hc £577.66 Loanhead Healthcare Houses £67.44 Longstone Clinic £107.44 Mill Lane £435.08 Misc Community Premises £2,260.96 Mountcastle Hc £598.44 Musslburgh Primary Care Centre £995.00 Newbattle Medical Centre £598.44 Newtongrange HC £598.44 Newtonport £598.44 North Berwick HC £738.44 Parkgrove £231.00 Penicuik Hc £598.44 Pennywell Allcare Hard Fm £99.00 Pennywell Primary Care Centre £598.44 Pentland Medical Centre £598.44 Pilton Centre £498.00 Prestonpans Hc £774.45 Ratho Surgery £785.88 Restalrig Mc £658.44 Roodlands Hospital £3,936.92 Roslin M C £598.44 Rosslynlee Hospital £483.00 £77,847.98 Royal Hospital for Sick Children £13,107.64 Royal Victoria Hospital £559.99 Sighthill Hc £1,203.44 Slateford Mc £100.00 South Queensferry M C £478.44 Southside Surgery £412.08

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Spittal Street Centre £1,062.00 Springwell House £1,019.88 St Michaels Hospital £2,217.33 St Johns Hospital £15,193.29 Stockbridge H C £598.44 Stoneyburn Hc £817.66 Sunndach House £577.66 Tollcross Mc £3,622.48 Tranent Hc £598.44 Waverley Gate £1,971.00 West Calder Medical Centre £537.66 Wester Hailes H C £22.48 Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre £80.00 £29,226.33 Whitburn Hc £577.66 Willow Grove £46.66 Winchburgh Hc £577.66 Total £239,317.81 We do not have figures for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as this is provided by the PFI contractor. As per Regulation 10(4)(a) of the Environmental Information () Regulations 2004 formally I must inform you that NHS Lothian do not hold the information requested.

I hope the information provided helps with your request.

If you are unhappy with our response to your request, you do have the right to request us to review it. Your request should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply within 20 working days of receipt. If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months of receipt of our review response. You can do this by using the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office online appeals service at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. If you remain dissatisfied with the Commissioner’s response you then have the option to appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law.

If you require a review of our decision to be carried out, please write to the FOI Reviewer at the address at the head of this letter. The review will be undertaken by a Reviewer who was not involved in the original decision-making process.

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FOI responses (subject to redaction of personal information) may appear on NHS Lothian’s Freedom of Information website at: http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/FOI/Pages/default.aspx

Yours sincerely

PROFESSOR ALEX MCMAHON Executive Director, Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs Executive Lead for REAS and Prison Healthcare Cc: Chief Executive