Haemofiltration (FOI)

Request

Could you please provide me with the following information relating to the provision of haemofiltration or continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) within the intensive care units (ICU's) of your NHS Trust:

A

The name of your Trust.

B

The names of the hospitals within your Trust.

C

The ICU's conducting haemofiltration / CRRT within your Trust.

D

The number of patients treated with CRRT per year within your Trust.

E

Current provider of CRRT services to your Trust.

F

The preferred CRRT modality.

G

The name of the Lead Clinician, in each hospital, responsible for CRRT services.

H

The name of the person in Procurement responsible for the CRRT contract in your Trust.

I

Date of the next tender for CRRT services.

J

A copy of the previous successful tender for CRRT services.

K

CRRT contract value per annum.

Response

A

Health & Social Services, Jersey, Channel Islands.

B

Jersey General Hospital is the only acute care provider on the island.

C

As above.

D

Our records demonstrate we have treated the following numbers of patients with RRT (CVVHDF remaining our preferred modality).

2013 – 20

2014 – 23

2015 – 21

2016 – 20

2017 – 17

2018 – 13 to date

E

Baxter Healthcare (formally Gambro Hospital).

F

Continuous Venous Venous Heamodiafiltration (CVVHD).

G

This information is exempt under Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (the Law). The post holder ultimately responsible is the Clinical Lead for the Intensive Care Unit.

H

This information is exempt under Article 25 (Personal Information) of the Law. The post holder ultimately responsible is the Health & Social Services Department Manager - Procurement and Contracts.

I

There is no identified date.

J

This is commercially sensitive information and is exempt under Article 33 (Commercial interests) of the Law.

K

This is commercially sensitive information and is exempt under Article 33 (Commercial interests) of the Law.

Exemptions applied

Article 25 Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

Article 33 Commercial interests

Information is qualified exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes a trade secret; or

(b) its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).

Prejudice / public interest test

Article 33 (b) allows an authority to refuse a request for information where its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information). Whilst we accept that the public may have an interest in the value of contracts between the States of Jersey and third parties, we believe the contract values are commercially sensitive as they are the outcome of negotiations between parties and that the release of this data could affect the negotiation of future contracts.