Diabetes
1. Does your organisation use remote monitoring tools to help patients to manage their health and care at home?
Yes.
2. Has your organisation extended the use of remote monitoring to utilise solutions to proactively manage the next steps of care for patients being treated in the home such as using a task management system/virtual ward*?
Yes, the Trust support District Nurses, nursing and care homes etc.
3. If yes, does the organisation use any suppliers to support the process of providing virtual wards?
Yes.
a. Please state the name of the supplier / supplier's.
Abbott, Dexcom, Diasend, Care link
b. Please provide the annual cost for the above supplier contract for the financial year 20/21 to 21/22 (April 2021- March 2022)
The Trust’s contacted annual spend across all suppliers/products mentioned is £200,000.
The Trust is unable to provide the breakdown of the costs for each supplier as this information is considered commercial in confidence. This information is exempt under section 43 (commercial interests) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as the information would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of those involved.
Section 43 (2) is a qualified exemption which means the Trust must undertake a public interest test. The Trust has considered the public interest in disclosing this information and while it is in the public interest to disclose information that informs the public of how we spend our money, especially where this relates to the provision of public services, we have determined that the prejudice arising from disclosure outweighs the benefit to the public in this instance.
4. Does the organisation have a dedicated in-house virtual ward team?
Diabetes Specialist Nurse team undertake this.
a. If yes, is this made up of existing resource or additional capacity?
Existing capacity.
5. Could you please provide the name and job title of the person who is responsible for the management of virtual wards?
The Trust does not supply details of members of staff unless they are already in the public domain. Contact details are also not provided unless these are public.
Structures for divisions are located on the Corporate Governance page of the Trust website
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-publications-annual-reports-and-accounts
Information relating to the board, including email address is on the Trust board page
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-board
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 a member of staff, please contact the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to them.
6. Please complete the table for each of the specialities listed:
See attached document.
CIC
1. Does your organisation use remote monitoring tools to help patients to manage their health and care at home?
IHSS does not yet but will do in the near future, most likely to be November/December of this year.
2. Has your organisation extended the use of remote monitoring to utilise solutions to proactively manage the next steps of care for patients being treated in the home such as using a task management system/virtual ward*?
IHSS Virtual Ward will be operational November/December this year.
3. If yes, does the organisation use any suppliers to support the process of providing virtual wards?
The Integrated Care Board is directing us to use Docobo as the supplier.
a. Please state the name of the supplier / supplier's.
Docobo
b. Please provide the annual cost for the above supplier contract for the financial year 20/21 to 21/22 (April 2021- March 2022)
This is not known. The Integrated Care Board currently cover the costs.
4. Does the organisation have a dedicated in-house virtual ward team?
a. If yes, is this made up of existing resource or additional capacity?
It will be existing resource and some additional capacity.
5. Could you please provide the name and job title of the person who is responsible for the management of virtual wards?
The Trust does not supply details of members of staff unless they are already in the public domain. Contact details are also not provided unless these are public.
Structures for divisions are located on the Corporate Governance page of the Trust website
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-publications-annual-reports-and-accounts
Information relating to the board, including email address is on the Trust board page
https://elht.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-board
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 a member of staff, please contact the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and ask to be directed to them.
6. Please complete the table for each of the specialities listed:
See attached document.
