Current visiting times

We know how important it is for patients and families to be able to see visitors. Please help us keep our patients and staff as safe as possible by checking the guidance below before you visiting. 

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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 Voluntary Services team can help pass on personal messages from family and friends.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

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.”

Read more on visiting times...


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.

Read more information about messages for loved ones…

Our Strategy – Working Together, Improving Together

Our strategy sets out our vision, values, strategic aims and most importantly, how we will deliver against these ambitions for our patients, communities, and people in the future.

It is not just a document, it is for and about everyone at PHU, building on what we have achieved with a renewed focus on continuous improvement and the need to continue to work together and improve together to achieve our goals. 

A full copy of the strategy can be downloaded here.

For more information, please visit our strategy webpage.

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.

Freedom of Information Requests Log 2023-24

Last updated: 14 November 2023

Regional Cancer Services

Lung Cancer 
23-24 167 Use of pharmaceuticals to treat lung cancer
23-24 237 Use of pharmaceuticals to treat non-small cell lung cancer
Upper Gastrointestinal

Head & Neck Cancer
Colorectal Cancer 
23-24 238 Colorectal and urothelial cancer
Breast Cancer 
23-24 180 Pharmaceuticals used for breast cancer
23-24 260 Breast cancer screening
 Bone & Blood Cancers
23-24 071 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
23-24 085 Intraosseus blood samples
23-24 206 Multiple myeloma cases and treatment
23-24 215 Myeproliferative neoplasms
 Skin Cancer
 23-24 049 Skin Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Multiple Cancers 
23-24 003 Cancer treatment for inpatients 
23-24 058 Overall cancer treatment capacity and NHS national operational planning for 2023 - 24
23-24 104 Cancer treatments issued by the Trust and clinical trials

 Renal & Transplantation

 Renal

23-24 173

Renal cell carcinoma and melanoma

23-24 175

Haemofiltration and continuous renal replacement therapy

23-24 285

Collaborations with Chinese hospitals or universities on transplant medicine, research and training

Woman & Children 

 Maternity
23-24 036 Maternity services for Black mothers
23-24 081 Births in 2021, 2022 and 2023
23-24 128 Stillbirths and neonatal deaths
23-24 153 Claims against maternity service
23-24 163 Maternity - pilot project for aromatherapy and acupuncture
23-24 178 Numbers of births and staffing arrangements
23-24 179 Maternity service users with active care needs
23-24 189 Maternity service policies
23-24 194 Provision of pain relief
23-24 196 Use of Entonox
23-24 216 Live births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths
23-24 225 Reconstructive surgery following masectomy
23-24 244 Safeguarding policies
23-24 245 Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
23-24 250 IT systems for maternity and patient records
23-24 220 Closures of maternity unit
23-24 277  Antenatal and Newborn screening
 Paediatrics 
23-24 130 Long COVID paediatric hub
23-24 131 Children presenting at accident and emergency with mental health as chief complaint
23-24 263 Speech and language therapy services
 Gynaecology
23-24 115 Contraceptive coils
23-24 177 Transcervical fibroid ablation
23-24 198 Endometriosis
 Neonatal

23-24 105

Infant feeding policy

 

Analytics
23-24 045 Hospital Episode Statistics 
Emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) - Business Planning
23-24 068 Contingency planning for mass casualty events
Communications 
23-24 050 Interpretation and translation services
Complaints/PALS
23-24 228 Complaints received and negligence claims
Finance
23-24 024 Financial Providers
23-24 035 Audited accounts, male circumcision and consultant Psychiatrists
23-24 039 Agency spend in the last five years
23-24 052 Cost of adaptations for bariatric equipment
23-24 069 Cost Improvement Programme 2023 - 24
23-24 092 Time taken to complete payment of suppliers
23-24 060 Cost of covering staff during industrial action (March and April 2023)
23-24 063 Cost of covering staff during industrial action (March and April 2023)
23-24 102 Charging of overseas patients
23-24 108 Spending on agency nurses
23-24 120 Expenditure on business consultants and recruitment agencies
23-24 124 Expenditure on agency nursing staff
23-24 126 Expenditure on inpatient food
23-24 132 Expenditure on external consultancy
23-24 141 Expenditure on agency staff and international nurses
23-24 174 Expenditure on management consultants
23-24 176 Expenditure on temporary staff
23-24 183 Expenditure on agency staff
23-24 186 Expenditure on temporary clinical staff
23-24 188 Insourcing arrangements
23-24 190 Expenditure on patients using European Health Insurance Cards
23-24 248 Cost of printing
23-24 210 Expenditure on off-framework nursing
23-24 247 Expenditure on off-framework nursing and insourcing
23-24 287 Spend on consulting services
Human Resources

23-24 001

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Job Roles

23-24 009

"Off Framework" agency spend

23-24 012

Agency nursing shifts

23-24 018

Physical assaults on staff

23-24 041

Total number of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape last five years.

23-24 046

Off-framework agencies for Nursing or Care

23-24 053

Impact of industrial action

23-24 064

Consultant workforce

23-24 070

Inappropriate staff behaviour

23-24 088

Electronic rostering

23-24 091

Sexual assaults reported to the Trust

23-24 096

Lead officers for international recruitment

23-24 099

Use of 'off contract' agency nursing staff

23-24 112

Staff payment during industrial action

23-24 125

Use of apprenticeship levy

23-24 136

Post holders - estates and patient experience

23-24 147

Master vendor relationship for temporary staff

23-24 148

Clinical leadership post holders

23-24 184

International nurses: lead officers and expenditure

23-24 191

Shifts covered by off-framework agency nurses

23-24 213

Trust leadership positions

23-24 240

Midwifery, nursing and analytics leadership

23-24 214

Pensions and rehired staff

23-24 231

Usage of insourcing

23-24 269

Provision of staff gender identity training

23-24 271

Agency usage for the Occupational Therapy department

23-24 278

Nursing agency usage

23-24 284

Agency nursing shifts
 IT
23-24 006 Software solution to manage patient e-consent
23-24 011 On-premises Microsoft Exchange
23-24 023 Electronic Patient Record (EPR) System
23-24 029 Print and Print stock Management
23-24 043 Digital discharge summaries
23-24 066 Trust Printing service
23-24 123 IT equipment and staffing
23-24 127 Data sharing with social media
23-24 144 Lead officer for IT
23-24 146 IT systems used in clinical areas
23-24 150 "Social listening" list used to monitor online activity
23-24 159 Data security and protection arrangements
23-24 199 Organogram for information management and technology 
23-24 203 Cyber attacks and security
23-24 219 Social media management platforms
23-24 221 IT infrastructure
23-24 227 Electronic records
23-24 270 ITSM Solutions
23-24 368 Patient Administration System (PAS) and Electronic Patient Records (EPR) Solutions
23-24 402 EPR System
23-24 434 Trust's IT Systems and Digital Priorities
 Equality Diversity and Inclusion
23-24 145 Involvement with local Pride events
23-24 197 Policy on transgender patients
23-24 254 NHS Rainbow Badge scheme
23-24 236 Black and minority ethnic staff
 Patient Safety 
23-24 086 Patient safety reporting
 Procurement
23-24 013 Digital Dictation, Speech Recognition, Outsourced Transcription and Health information system
23-24 021 Managed Print Services
23-24 083 Provision of teleradiology
23-24 097 Pagers currently in use
23-24 101 Enterprise Application contracts
23-24 204 Patient trolleys
23-24 211 Surgical instruments supply chain
23-24 224 Call-off contracts
23-24 266 Clinical in-sourcing providers
23-24 262 Implantable Ports and Access Needles
23-24 267 Agency usage for Physiotherapy department
23-24 272 Clinical Insourcing 
 Corporate and Information Governance 
23-24 195 Corporate governance leadership
23-24 440 Incidents relating to Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
 Risk Management and Clinical Audit
23-24 037 Trust Audit/quality improvement projects
Palliative care 
23-24 059 Specialist Palliative Care Units and patient numbers 
NHS Long Term Plan
23-24 087 Trust actions in relation to the "prevention" measures outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan
Genetic testing
23-24 098 Genetic testing in 2021 and 2022
Inpatient statistics
23-24 045 Inpatient admission and day cases statistics
External reports
23-24 100 Independent Royal College reports from 2018 - 2023
23-24 241 Royal College reports
Learning disabilities
23-24 107 Nursing arrangements for patients with learning disabilities
Mental health
23-24 116 Accident and emergency attendances with mental health as chief compliant
23-24 235 Longest times spent in accident and emergency by patients with mental health as chief complaint
Discharges
23-24 119 Internal arrangements for discharges
Private provision
23-24 138 Payment for services from those ineligible for free care
Accessible Information Standard
23-24 142 Arrangements for the Accessible Information Standard
Community provision
23-24 155 Services provided by Community Diagnostic Centres and Surgical Hubs
23-24 165 Care hotels
23-24 208 Use of hotels as part of treatment
Health records
23-24 169 Health records library
Primary care
23-24 031 ADHD Services
23-24 200 Waiting times for GP services
Treatment outside the United Kingdom
23-24 202 Patients treated after elective surgery received outside the country
Extravasation injuries
23-24 209 Case numbers, responsible staff and policy
Inappropriate patient behaviour
23-24 246 "Red and yellow card" sanction system
COVID-19
23-24 249 Restrictions on visiting
Patient transport
23-24 201 Usage, cost and IT systems
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