Please find a list of frequently asked Freedom of Information (FOI) requests relating to systems software contracts below:
1. Please confirm the current Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) system solution used by the Estates Team to manage reactive and planned maintenance tasks, and the name of the provider.
Response: CCMS system, Shire system by Elecosoft UK Ltd.
2. Please confirm the current system used by the Estates Team to manage Computer-Aided Design (CAD) floor plans of
The Trust estate buildings.
Response: Autodesk AutoCAD.
3. When is the current CAFM solutions support and maintenance contract due for renewal?
Response: No.
4. How much is paid per annum for the support and maintenance of the CAFM system?
Response: £24k.
5. How many main system user licences and mobile licences does the CAFM solution utilise?
Response: 36 and 116, respectively.
6. Please provide a list of modules used by estates within the current CAFM system.
Response: Maintenance Management, Materials Management, Requester, Resource Planner, Engineer Diary, and KPIs.
7. When was the last time the current system was reviewed by procurement for functionality/fit for purpose and value for money?
Response: Not by Procurement but by E&F users for functionality (Feb 2025).
8. Please confirm contact details for the following positions with name, email address, and telephone number:
- Director of Estates
Response: Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities: Neil Montgomery; wlt.EstatesFinance@nhs.net; 0208 354 8354 (Switchboard).
- Director of Facilities:
Response: Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities: Neil Montgomery; wlt.EstatesFinance@nhs.net; 0208 354 8354 (Switchboard).
- Estates Manager:
Response: N/A.
- Facilities Manager:
Response: N/A.
- Director of Soft Services:
Response: Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities: Neil Montgomery; wlt.EstatesFinance@nhs.net; 0208 354 8354 (Switchboard).
- Soft Services Manager:
Response: N/A.
- Entrance Building Manager E Manager:
Response: N/A.
- Property Asset Manager:
Response: N/A.
- Procurement Manager Estates:
Response: N/A.
- Director of Procurement:
Response: Outsourced to North West London Procurement Services.
1. Which software provider does the Trust use for junior doctors' rotas software?
Response: Allocate
2. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics' rostering software?
Response: Allocate
3. Which software provider does the Trust use for medics' job planning software?
Response: Allocate
4. Which software provider does the Trust use for medical appraisals software?
Response: Allocate
5. Which software provider does the Trust use for the management of temporary medical staff – Response: Allocate and Patchwork
6. Which software provider does the Trust use for master vendor management software?
Response: N/A
7. What software provider does the Trust use for nurse rostering software?
Response: Allocate
8. What was the annual cost for the Trust's junior doctors rota software in the last financial year (FY)?
Response: Commercially sensitive (for internal – contracts are negotiated, Trust by Trust by Allocate)
9. What was the annual cost for the Trust's medics rostering software in the last FY?
Response: Commercially sensitive (for internal – contracts are negotiated Trust by Trust by Allocate)
10. What was the annual cost for the Trust's medics' job planning software in the last FY?
Response: Commercially sensitive (for internal – contracts are negotiated, Trust by Trust by Allocate)
11. What was the annual cost for the Trust's medics' appraisals software in the last FY?
Response: Commercially sensitive (for internal – contracts are negotiated, Trust by Trust by Allocate)
12. What is the contractual end date of your current junior doctors' rota software?
Response: 30 April 2026
13. What is the contractual end date of your current medics' rostering software?
Response: 30 April 2026
14. What is the contractual end date of your current Medics job planning software?
Response: 30 April 2026
15. What is the contractual end date of your current medical appraisals software?
Response: 30 April 2026
16. What is the contractual end date of your current temporary medical staff management software? Response: 30 April 2026
17. What is the contractual end date of your current master vendor management software?
Response: N/A
18. What is the contractual end date of your current nurse rostering software?
Response: 30 April 2026
1. Who is the Head of Security for the Trust?
Response: The Trust does not have an overall Head of Security. High Secure Services has a Director of Security; West London Forensic Services' security is overseen by the Director of Nursing. Local Services employs a Local Security Management Specialist (LSMS)
2. Do you use an external provider for your security, and if so, when does this current contract end?
Response: No, we do not
3. If this goes back out to tender, where will it be advertised?
Response: Not applicable
Do you have an IT supplier of hardware? For example, laptops/desktops and associated peripherals?
No
Do you have an internal IT department?
Yes
Do you outsource any IT managed services?
No
Do you currently use digital dictation?
Yes
Who is your provider for digital dictation?
Big Hand supply
Who supplies your digital dictation hardware devices?
Big Hand supplies our VEC infinity foot pedals and Olympus DR 2200 USB microphones with Big Hand Professional and Big Hand.
How many digital dictation devices does your trust have?
Our service is currently able to purchase its own digital voice recorders, so this is not managed centrally. The number of devices currently in use is not available.
How many users/licences do you currently have?
80
What are your plans, if any, to replace your Digital Dictation or Speech/Voice Recognition solutions
The Trust has no current plans to replace either product in the Trust.
What is the name and position of the key internal stakeholder for this service?
Graham Birrell – Central Records and EDMS Manager
What EPR and PAS system is used?
RiO/SystmOne
Voice recognition: Identifies and translates spoken words into text. Used to complete tasks or transcribe documents.
Do you use any voice/speech recognition software within your trust?
Which provider do you use?
Dragon Medical Practitioner
Who was the previous provider?
Perpetual licences
How many licences do you currently have?
120
Do you use outsourced transcription services?
No
Do you do transcription in-house?
Yes
If so, who does this?
Transcription is carried out by medical secretaries and administration staff.
Document Management
Who is the supplier?
Hyland
What is the system name?
Alfresco.
Health Information Systems/clinical systems
What systems do you use for the following?
EPR (Electronic Patient Record), PAS (Patient Administration System)
RIO, Systm One,
EMIS
IAPTUS
An Electronic patient/health record (EPR) is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart.
Patient Administration System (PAS), these are the core enterprise systems, containing a Master Patient index, used by NHS trusts to enable them to know when a patient has arrived, who they are, who they were seen by, what treatment they received, and what happened to them. This core functionality, needed by every trust, covers admission, discharge and transfer.
Who is the supplier of RIO/SystmOne?
Access/TPP
Which Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) does the Trust use?
Alfresco
Which Radiology Information System does the Trust use?
N/A
Which Laboratory Information Management System does the Trust use?
N/A
Which E Correspondence system does the Trust use?
N/A
Which Hybrid Mail system does the Trust use?
N/A
Please state the suppliers and names of software used for the following systems:
Robotic process automation system 1 (Finance) – Mastek (UK) Ltd
Robotic process automation system 2 (HR) – Blue Prism
Payroll System – IBM
Staff rostering system – Allocate software
HR/Workforce management system – IBM
Financial management system – Capita integrated business solution
System Definition:
Child Health System: Responsible for collating data from healthcare professionals for children aged 0-19 in a specified area, into a single child health record.
Which child health system does your Trust use?
CPIS national system
System Definition:
Health Information Exchange (HIE): Is the electronic transmission of healthcare-related data among medical facilities, health information organizations, and government agencies according to national standards. HIE enables care professionals to view shared records and make more informed decisions for patients
Which Health Information Exchange does your Trust use?
PKB – run by North West London (NWL) Integrated Care Board (ICB)
System Definition:
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT): A patient management and reporting system for psychological therapists providing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other related treatments, which meets the central IAPT reporting requirements. Used to measure the local accessibility of psychological therapies.
Who is the supplier for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies software?
Apira
What is the system name for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies software?
IAPTUS
System Definition:
Order Communications: Electronic ordering communications systems (OCS) are computer applications used to enter diagnostic and therapeutic patient care orders, for example, laboratory test requests or prescriptions, and to view test results. The primary aim of the system is to remove most of the current paper-based processes for requesting laboratory investigations and for receiving results.
Order communications: What is the system type?
Software
Who is the supplier?
Capita
System Definition: Population health management: Population health management platforms cover the set of IT capabilities and related services that enable provider organizations to manage populations of patients and achieve the specific quality, cost, and experience goals.
Do you have a Population Health Management department?
No
System Definition:
Pathology: Pathology testing is managed electronically
Transfers of care system: System used to manage and collect data on patients moving from one care provider to another.
Who is the supplier of your Pathology system?
This is supplied by another Trust.
System Definition:
The Transfers of care system a system used to manage and collect data on patients moving from one care provider to another.
Transfers of Care System, What system type is this?
Software
Who is the supplier?
Access & the Phoenix Partnership
System definition: Analytics (Business Intelligence) that includes outcomes): Analytical software and processes to collect and analyse data, including clinical outcomes to support both business planning and reporting.
Analytics
What system is used?
Software
What supplier do you use?
Phoenix Software
What is the system name?
Tableau
What Integration Engine do you use to handle the inbound and outbound communication between your clinical systems?
Mirth
Please confirm who provides your LAN, WIFI, and security infrastructure:
See below
Please confirm your annual spend on each:
See below
Please confirm your data centre switching and security infrastructure, and have you deployed cloud-based security and threat management?
The Trust will not be disclosing any information in relation to networking and security infrastructure. This information is exempt under section 31 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as it would be likely to prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. As this is a qualified exemption the Trust has considered the public interest in disclosing this information and has determined that the prejudice arising from disclosure outweighs the benefit to the public; it has determined that disclosure could result in exposure of safeguards used to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data held by the Trust and compromise the effective prevention and detection of crime.
Please provide the following details about your data storage cloud provider.
Does your data storage use Cloud Provision?
A small amount is held in the Cloud.
Who is your main Cloud provider?
Microsoft Azure
Which cloud platform solution is used?
Amazon Wes Services
Does the Trust store any patient data on a “cloud” platform (For example, including, but not limited to, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Azure, or Amazon Web Services)?
Yes, data is de-identified, encrypted at rest, and accessible only via HSCN connection.
What computing devices do you provide for staff?
Microsoft (MS) Windows
Who is your network provider?
BTEE
What does the Trust spend on average annually on the network?
£300,000
What is the number of connections for each network provider?
3,000 – 4,000