Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS
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DrElizabethSmith
What Do They Know / Freedom of Information
Legal Services Department
CheltenhamGeneralHospital
Sandford Road
Cheltenham
GL53 7AN
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DearDrSmith
Re: Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000 ID 3392
I am writing to you in response to your request for information which was received on 24 August 2016. In your request you sought the following information:
Please could you provide the following information:
General
o How many sites are there?
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the two largest acute hospitals in the county,Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals. These are the Trust main buildings. There are also satellite buildings and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
o What is the total number of employees across those sites? Circa 7000
o How many IT staff do you employ? – circa 70
o What is your annual IT budget? – circa £3.5m revenue, circa £4m capital
o Is it likely that your organisation will merge with another organisation? - No
Contacts
o Please provide contacts details for your current CCIO?
Dr Paul Downie, who has been in post since 2015
- Please provide contacts details for your current Clinical Directors?
Our Clinical Strategy Director is Sally Pearson who has been in post since 2002.
- Please provide contacts details for your current Medical Directors?
Our Medical Director is Sean Elyan who has been in post since 2005.
o How long have the listed individuals been in post?As above
Infrastructure Contracts
o Is there an existing IT outsource contract in place? If yes:No
o Who is the contract with?n/a
o When is the contract up for renewal?n/a
o What is the annual value of that contract?n/a
o Do you partner with any other trusts to procure any IT services? If yes:Yes
o Please name the trusts.2gether NHS Foundation Trust
o Please list the services that you share.Service desk, second and third line support,
o Across your IT contracts do you have any Netapp Technology in use? If yes:No
o When is the contract up for renewal?
o What was the value of the initial three-year contract?
o Across your IT contracts do you have any Commvault Technology in use? If yes:Yes
o When is the contract up for renewal?March 2017
o What was the value of the initial three-year contract?£500k
Applications
o Are you actively procuring a VNA? No
o If yes, which technologies are you considering/have you chosen?
o If no (and you have a VNA in place)
? Which technology did you choose?Lexmark
? When did the contract commence? 2012
o If no (and you do not have a VNA in place), do you expect to go to market in the next 12-18 months for one?
o How many applications does your organisation use? (Please select from the following)
o 0-100
o 100-250
o 250-400
o 400-600
o 600+
o How many of these departmental applications are unsupported? (Please select from the following)
o <10% - Yes
o 11 - 30%
o 31% - 50%
o 51% - 75%
o >75%
o What's percentage of these applications are cloud native and therefore do not rely in on premise IT infrastructure?
o <10% - Yes
o 11 - 30%
o 31% - 50%
o 51% - 75%
o >75%
Please could I draw your attention to any possible re-use of the above/attached information as follows:
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives people a general right of access to information held by or on behalf of public authorities that should lead to a better understanding of how public authorities carry out their duties, how the decision making process works and how they spend public money. Access to a document under a FOIA request does not give an automatic right to re-use the document. Should you wish to re-use the document please write to me and this shall be considered in light of the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations. You should:
Submit requests in writing, which includes e-mail.
•Give your name and address
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Re-use of Information provided under the FOIA and without permission granted under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations may amount to a breach of copyright and related rights.
If you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. However I hope that this provides the information you required but if you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review of our decision, you should write to me at the above address quoting the reference number.
If you are not content with the outcome of the review you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the review and complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Caroline Pennels
Head of Legal Services and Trust Lead for Freedom of Information
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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