- How many lone workers does your organisation have?
A) This information is not recorded. The NHS define lone working as being ‘…any situation or location in which someone works without a colleague nearby or when someone is working out of sight or earshot of another colleague…’ The Trust has a lone worker policy which outlines the identification, assessment and management of risks and adopts a series of risk control measures for implementation.
· Do you have an existing contract in place with a lone worker solutions supplier?
A) No
If Yes:
- How many devices do you have in place?
- What type of device / app is deployed to staff?
- What was the total value of the contract awarded?
- What is the price per unit?
- What date was the contract started?
- What date does the contract end?
- Is there a potential extension applicable to this existing contract? If so, how long is it?
- We you or have you applied that extension?
- Who is your current supplier?
- Was this contract accessed via a Framework?
- When you go back out to market will you do this independently or via a framework?
- Who is responsible for reviewing the market prior to next contract agreement?
If No:
- Please provide the name, email address and contact number of the person(s) responsible for health, safety and risk management of your staff?
A) The Trust does not supply contact details of staff, such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers, unless these are routinely published on our website or already in the public domain. Such information is classed as personal identifiable information and, therefore, is considered exempt from disclosure under Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act. Direct email addresses are not disclosed in line with Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 which states that:
“A person shall neither transmit, nor instigate the transmission of, unsolicited communications for the purposes of direct marketing by means of electronic mail unless the recipient of the electronic mail has previously notified the sender that he consents for the time being to such communications being sent by, or at the instigation of, the sender.”
Should you wish to contact the person responsible for health, safety and risk management of staff, please contact the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to the Health and Safety Lead.
