Freedom of Information Request Log 2019-20

Patients & Visitors Departments & Services Staff Finder Get Involved

Current visiting times

After suspending visiting earlier in the year, we are now able to offer limited visiting to some wards at the discretion of the nurse in-charge.”

Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

We recognise the impact that a long stay in hospital can have on families and the importance of maintaining strong communication. Our ward staff are keeping in touch with patients’ next of kin directly and our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

Patients & Visitors

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Ward contacts
For information on specific wards at Queen Alexandra Hospital, including contact information, please view ward contacts
Departments
If you would like information on specific departments and services provided at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, please view department listings
Visiting times
Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health. For information on visiting times.
Have Your Say
If you've had experience of using our services and would like to make a comment then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). Your views are very important to us and we would like to hear where you think improvements are needed or where things have gone so well that you would like to share your thanks or gratitude with the staff involved. When things have not gone so well then you can be sure that we want to hear from you, so please get in touch with PALS.

News

Current visiting times

After suspending visiting earlier in the year, we are now able to offer limited visiting to some wards at the discretion of the nurse in-charge.”

Messages for loved ones and keeping in touch

Departments & Services
- Departments & Services A-Z
- Wards

Maps

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How to Get Here

The Queen Alexandra Hospital is located just on the hill slopes of Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth. It is conveniently situated for both the M27 and A3M.
Visiting Times

Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health. We are committed to the active involvement of family members, friends and carers during a hospital stay. Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health.
Appointments

More information on visiting hospital for an appointment.
Have Your Say

If you've had experience of using our services and would like to make a comment then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). Your views are very important to us and we would like to hear where you think improvements are needed or where things have gone so well that you would like to share your thanks or gratitude with the staff involved. When things have not gone so well then you can be sure that we want to hear from you, so please get in touch with PALS.

Departments & Services

During your stay in hospital you will meet a number of different members of staff. All members of staff wear name badges, but if you are not sure who someone is or what they do, please feel free to ask them to introduce themselves and explain what they do.

If you have any questions about your treatment, please ask a doctor or a nurse.

Staff Finder
- Consultants A-Z

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Ward contacts
For information on specific wards at Queen Alexandra Hospital, including contact information, please view ward contacts
Departments
If you would like information on specific departments and services provided at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, please view department listings
Visiting times
Family members and carers play an important role in supporting patients during an episode of ill health. For information on visiting times.
Have Your Say
If you've had experience of using our services and would like to make a comment then please contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). Your views are very important to us and we would like to hear where you think improvements are needed or where things have gone so well that you would like to share your thanks or gratitude with the staff involved. When things have not gone so well then you can be sure that we want to hear from you, so please get in touch with PALS.

Staff A-Z

There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Trust, from volunteering to attending our public meetings, our Annual General Meeting or our hospital open day which is held every year.

Get Involved

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Facebook Live
We host regular Facebook Live sessions, hosted by our Chief Executive or one of our Executive team. These are an opportunity for both our staff and members of the public to learn more about particular topics of interest and ask any questions they may have. Recent topics have included a focus on how we work with our military colleagues, the background to our Respect and Protect campaign and our Culture Change Programme.
Hospital Open Day
Every year we hold an open day at for our local communities to find out more about what we do and the range of services we provide at Queen Alexandra Hospital.
We offer activities for all age groups interactive stalls and a wide range of department tours. Tours have included our mortuary, microbiology, robotics, blood sciences, hospital radio and more. More than 700 people attended our latest open day, which was held on 28 September 2019 and planning for next year’s event is already underway.

Public meetings
We run a series of public meetings throughout the year as an opportunity for members of our local community to hear about the latest developments across the Trust, provide feedback on our services and ask any questions.
Your feedback

We welcome and value your feedback and use the views you share with us in a number of ways to learn and make improvements as well as sharing best practice. Feedback can be provided in a number of ways.
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Events

In the spirit of transparency and openness, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust publishes the majority of our responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. To enable quick and easy searching, each response is grouped by subject . This log is a live document and responses will be added quarterly. If you wish to make a request please email Portsmouth.FOIRequests@porthosp.nhs.uk

Audiology

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 173	Commercial Business	27/06/2019	Audiology services

Accident & Emergency

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 072	Media	08/05/2019	GHB Overdose
19-20 105	Non-Commercial Business	24/05/2019	GP streaming in A+E departments
19-20 109	Media	29/05/2019	Number of overdose cases who were admitted to A&E between November 1st 2017 and November 1st 2018
19-20 225	Individual	23/07/2019	Mental health patients in A&E`
19-20 438	Commercial Business	15/11/2019	Response - complaints for patients admitted to A & E 1Complaints for patients admitted to A & E Spreadsheet
19-20 179	Commercial Business	01/07/2019	Patients attending A&E whose address is as no fixed abode

Armed Forces

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 074	Individual	09/05/2019	Admissions protocol records for UK Armed Forces

Appointments/Clinics/Pathways

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 115	Media	30/05/2019	Hospital-initiated appointment cancellation request
19-20 560	Commercial Business	03/02/2020	Outpatient Staff
19-20 449	Media	22/11/2019	Eating Disorder Clinic/services
19-20 404	Commercial Business	24/10/2019	Non-pharmacological therapy for the management of dementia
19-20 412	Commercial Business	01/11/2019	Inflammatory Bowel Disease MDT & Facilities
19-20 191	Media	08/07/2019	Social Care OT Waiting List Figures

Bereavement

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 017	Individual	09/04/2019	Cremation Forms
19-20 117	Individual	31/05/2019	Cremation 4 forms
19-20 055	Media	29/04/2019	Breakdown year on year of admissions/deaths
19-20 057	NHS/Staff Provider	30/04/2019	Deaths and Autopsies carried out within your Trust

Breast Screening

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 445	Individual	16/11/2019	Breast Screening & Breast Clinics

Car Parking

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 005	Media	02/04/2019	Car parking charges
19-20 037	Commercial Business	17/04/2019	Contact details for the management of car parks and car park contracts
19-20 040	Individual	24/04/2019	Motorcycle parking
19-20 046	Individual	26/07/2019	Car Parking - Management
19-20 098	University/Academic Centre	22/05/2019	Car parking Benchmarking Car parking Benchmarking - Spreadsheet 1 Car parking Benchmarking - Spreadsheet 2
19-20 183	Individual	01/07/2019	Car parking fees for one hour

Complaints

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 052	Individual	26/04/2019	Obesity Complaint
19-20 431	Individual	13/11/2019	Complaint's Ombudsman/Response Times

Dietetics

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 376	University/Academic Centre	07/10/2019	Colorectal and Dietetics Services

Diagnostic, Imaging Services & Radiology

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 007	University/Academic Centre	02/04/2019	Acute myocardial infraction (AMI)
19-20 056	Individual	29/04/2019	MRI scanners & CT Scanners
19-20 070	Individual	07/05/2019	PET/CT scans PET CT response
19-20 399	Commercial Business	23/10/2019	Peripheral IV Cannula & Midlines
19-20 018	NHS/Staff Provider	10/04/2019	Identifying patient activity numbers for those patients who have Interventional Radiology procedures

Estates and Facilities

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 010	Individual	03/04/2019	Pest control - response Pest control - Mar-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Apr-17 spreadsheet Pest control - May-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Jun-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Jul-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Aug-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Sep-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Oct-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Nov-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Dec-17 spreadsheet Pest control - Jan-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Feb-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Mar-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Apr-18 spreadsheet Pest control - May-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Jun-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Jul-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Aug-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Sep-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Oct-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Nov-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Dec-18 spreadsheet Pest control - Jan-19 spreadsheet Pest control - Feb-19 spreadsheet Pest control - Mar-19 spreadsheet
19-20 030	Commercial Business	15/04/2019	Commercial Gas Appliances
19-20 034	Individual	16/04/2019	Clinical insourcing companies
19-20 044	Commercial Business	25/04/2019	Public sector pipelines
19-20 045	Commercial Business	26/04/2019	Organisation’s current awarded or in procurement framework contracts relating to works in the Built Environment
19-20 073	Individual	08/05/2019	2017/18 annual spend against each of the suppliers
19-20 083	Individual	14/05/2019	Amount spent on Glyphosate weedkiller
19-20 246	Individual	01/08/2019	Equipment in the Trust Equipment in the Trust - report
19-20 316	Individual	09/09/2019	Clinical Waste Costs
19-20 383	Commercial Business	10/10/2019	IT and Telecommunication equipment disposal process
19-20 136	Media	11/06/2019	Hospital sites which PHT manage
19-20 570	Media	05/02/2020	List of all sites owned by the trust where patients may stay overnight
19-20 036	Non-commercial Business	17/04/2091	Core and escalation beds - response Core and escalation beds - spreadsheet

Finance

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 001	Commercial Business	01/04/2019	Breakdown of the Trusts total annual IT budget for the financial year of 2018-19
19-20 020	Individual	10/04/2019	Financial efficiencies of the public sector
19-20 022	Individual	11/04/2019	Spend from your organization on a number of organisations
19-20 023	Media	11/04/2019	Contracts for Medical Locums/AHP’s
19-20 039	Media	23/04/2019	Exit agreements by the Trust
19-20 065	Individual	02/05/2019	Breakdown of Agency spend for non-medical staff in 2017 and 2018
19-20 071	Individual	07/05/2019	Hospital Charging Regulations 2017
19-20 086	Individual	16/05/2019	Finance Directorate Staff Finance Directorate - organisational chart
19-20 181	Individual	01/07/2019	Agency and bank staff spend 18/19 Agency and bank staff spend 18/19 - excel spreadsheet

Haematology

FOI ID

Type

Date

FOI Responses

19-20 414

Commercial Business

05/11/2019

Genetic haemochromatosis - response

Genetic haemochromatosis - Flow Map

Genetic haemochromatosis - Powerpoint presentation

19-20 517

Individual

17/01/2020

Haemophilia

Hospital Charity

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 059	Charity	30/04/2019	Worster Drought

Hospital Equipment

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 035	Individual	15/04/2019	5mm laparoscopic suction irrigation device
19-20 053	Individual	29/04/2019	Radiology and Ultrasound equipment Radiology and Ultrasound equipment Excel Spreadsheet
19-20 088	Individual	17/05/2019	Radiology and Ultrasound and Diagnostic equipment

Human Resources, Staffing, Agency and Bank, Training

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 006	Media	02/04/2019	Training for staff on Parkinson’s in your hospital
19-20 024	Media	11/04/2019	Arrangements for Trust Bank and Agency Locums
19-20 043	University/Academic Centre	25/04/2019	Job descriptions for support workers in maternity - response Job Description Band 2 Job Description Band 3
19-20 047	Commercial Business	26/04/2019	Employee details
19-20 054	Non-Commercial Business	29/04/2019	Apprenticeship levy funds
19-20 063	Individual	01/05/2019	Flexible Working Policy and Adoption - response Flexible Working Policy
19-20 064	Media	02/05/2019	Breakdown of Agency spend for non-medical staff in 2017 and 2018 - response Breakdown of Agency spend for non-medical staff in 2017 and 2018 - spreadsheet
19-20 077	Individual	11/05/2019	Employment of any non-training middle grades in your obstetric unit/s
19-20 439	Individual	15/11/2019	Compromise Agreements
19-20 300	Individual	28/08/2019	NHS Pension Response Alternative Pension Award Policy Pension Measures briefing
19-20 198	Commercial Business	10/07/2019	NHS Apprenticeship Levy Research - response NHS Apprenticeship Levy Research - report
19-20 226	Individual	23/07/2019	Learning Management System
19-20 068	Individual	03/05/2019	Name and email address and specific staff job titles
19-20 125	Individual	04/06/2019	Full name, email address and telephone number of the Heads of Dept and Directors - response Full name, email address and telephone number of the Heads of Dept and Directors - attachment
19-20 135	Non-Commercial Business	11/06/2019	Leadership roles
19-20 146	Individual	13/06/2019	Clinical division structure charts - response Clinical Delivery Structure Chart Medicine Structure Chart Surgical & Outpatients Structure Chart Trust Board Structure Chart
19-20 148	Media	14/06/2019	Number of paid suspensions
19-20 222	Individual	22/07/2019	Staff members name, role and email address in Radiology/Imaging
19-20 234	Commercial Business	25/07/2019	Staff Structure
19-20 550	Individual	31/01/2020	Trust contacts

Infection Prevention

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 003	Parliament	01/04/2019	Sepsis
19-20 019	Individual	10/04/2019	Drug resistant infections
19-20 033	Media	16/04/2019	Candida auris cases
19-20 062	Commercial Business	30/04/2019	Association for Safe Aseptic Practice - response Association for Safe Aseptic Practice - survey
19-20 212	Commercial Business	16/07/2019	Anti-Bacterial coated point of care medical carts (EPR Carts)

IT

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 421	Individual	07/11/2019	Trust System for Patient communications Trust System for Patient communications - report
19-20 441	Individual	18/11/2019	IT infrastructure storage solutions
19-20 119	Commercial Business	03/06/2019	Cabling framework agreement

Maternity & Neonatal Services

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 027	Media	12/04/2019	Weight of babies 12lbs (5443g) or more in the calendar year 2018
19-20 569	Media	05/02/2020	Number of infants born/still born in Maternity 17/18/19 & Apgar Score

Mental Health Services

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 221	Individual	19/07/2019	Mental Health Services
19-20 227	Individual	23/07/2019	Risk Registers for Mental Health patients

Miscellaneous

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 049	Individual	26/04/2019	Enquiry into death of patient
19-20 058	Commercial Business	29/04/2019	Patients which were treated/assigned the following procedures/codes for 2018

Out of Hours

FOI ID

Type

Date

FOI Responses

19-20 014

Professional Organisation

08/04/2019

Management of suspected renal colic admitted to the care of the out of hours team

Renal colic electronic form

19-20 134

Commercial Business

10/06/2019

GP out of hours provisions

Oncology

FOI ID

Type

Date

FOI Responses

19-20 032

Commercial Business

16/04/2020

Oncology patients treated (either as a monotherapy or combination therapy) - response

Oncology patients treated (either as a monotherapy or combination therapy) - report

Ophthalmology

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 152	Individual	14/06/2019	Eye Hospital place audit
19-20 314	Commercial Business	09/09/2019	Opthalmology unit facilities

Patient Letters

FOI ID

Type

Date

FOI Responses

19-20 028

Individual

12/04/2019

The language/terminology used when screening/diagnostic results for Down syndrome are given in a written format

Screening template letter

Pharmacy

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 015	Media	08/04/2019	Patients were started on treatment with Prolia
19-20 016	Media	09/04/2019	Patients currently being treated with Kidney Carcinoma, Melanoma, Liver Cancer, Thyroid Cancer
19-20 437	Individual	15/11/2019	Homecare Medicines Services
19-20 382	Individual	10/10/2019	How many patients treated for complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTI ) in the last 12 months
19-20 559	Media	03/02/2020	Iron Infusions and Patient Product Breakdown
19-20 619	Commercial Business	09/03/2020	Migraine treatments

Private and Overseas Patients

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 004	Individual	01/04/2019	British citizens with resident status in a non-EEA country
19-20 041	Individual	24/04/2019	Overseas Visitors Managers
19-20 051	Media	26/04/2019	Overseas patient tariff charge Overseas patient tariff charge - spreadsheet
19-20 590	Individual	17/02/2020	Overseas Patients - job roles

Policies/Agreements

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 418	University/Academic Centre	06/11/2019	Fatigue and Facilities Charter
19-20 094	Individual	21/05/2019	Animal restrictions Policy - response Policy on Access for dogs on Trust Premises
19-20 190	Media	08/07/2019	Agreement/requirement on Trusts / CCGs to offer alternatives to patients waiting over six months for elective treatment
19-20 558	Media	03/02/2020	Policy for Fertility for LGBT

Prosthetic Services

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 021	Individual	11/04/2019	Active prosthetic patients

Serious Incidents

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 008	Individual	02/04/2019	Clinical service incidents caused by estates and infrastructure failure at your hospital trust in 2018/19
19-20 031	Individual	16/04/2019	Serious Incident Process with regards to delayed cancer diagnosis

Smoking Cessation

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 174	Individual	28/06/2019	Nicotine Alliance UK

Staff Assaults

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 026	Media	11/04/2019	Attacks and security in NHS Hospitals

Staff Benefits

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 450	University/Academic Centre	25/11/2019	Staff's own devices
19-20 454	Commercial Business	27/11/2019	Reiki

Stroke and Rehabilitation

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 154	Commercial Business	17/06/2019	Stroke Unit
19-20 166	Non-ercial Business	22/06/2019	Stroke Services

Theatres

FOI ID	Type	Date	FOI Responses
19-20 009	Commercial Business	03/04/2019	da Vinci surgical robots
19-20 013	Non-Commercial Business	05/04/2019	ECG Machines used for Exercise Stress Tests

Translation and Interpreting Services

FOI ID

Type

Date

FOI Responses

19-20 132

Commercial Business

10/06/2019

Interpretation Services - response

Interpretation Services - report

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Freedom of Information Request Log 2019-20

Audiology

Accident & Emergency

Armed Forces

Appointments/Clinics/Pathways

Bereavement

Breast Screening

Car Parking

Complaints

Dietetics

Diagnostic, Imaging Services & Radiology

Estates and Facilities

Finance

Haematology

Hospital Charity

Hospital Equipment

Human Resources, Staffing, Agency and Bank, Training

Infection Prevention

IT

Maternity & Neonatal Services

Mental Health Services

Miscellaneous

Out of Hours

Oncology

Ophthalmology

Patient Letters

Pharmacy

Private and Overseas Patients

Policies/Agreements

Prosthetic Services

Serious Incidents

Smoking Cessation

Staff Assaults

Staff Benefits

Stroke and Rehabilitation

Theatres

Translation and Interpreting Services

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