Urology and Imaging equipment (FOI)

​Request

Please can you answer the following questions regarding the X-ray Imaging equipment used within the Trust?

1

Please can you provide the following information for each piece of Lithotripsy Suite equipment within the Trust or associated sites? (Please complete the attached spreadsheet)

a. Manufacturer

b. Model

c. Location - Hospital Name or Site Name

d. Department equipment is primarily used in

e. Method of Finance at Procurement (Trust/Lease/MES/Charity/PFI)

f. Initial cost of Equipment

g. Annual Maintenance cost

h. Acquisition Date

i. Planned Replacement Date

2

Please can you provide the following information for each Mobile Surgery C-arm within the Trust or associated sites? (Please complete the attached spreadsheet)

a. Manufacturer

b. Model

c. Location – Hospital Name or Site Name

d. Department equipment is primarily used in

e. Method of Finance at Procurement (Trust/Lease/MES/Charity/PFI)

f. Initial cost of Equipment

g. Annual Maintenance cost

h. Acquisition Date

i. Planned Replacement Date

Please can you answer the following questions regarding the Urology equipment used within the Trust?

3

Please can you provide the following information for each piece of Lithotripsy Suite equipment within the Trust or associated sites? (Please complete the attached spreadsheet)

a. Manufacturer

b. Model

c. Location - Hospital Name or Site Name

d. Department equipment is primarily used in

e. Method of Finance at Procurement (Trust/Lease/MES/Charity/PFI)

f. Initial cost of Equipment

g. Annual Maintenance cost

h. Acquisition Date

i. Planned Replacement Date

4

Please can you provide the following information for each Urology Lasers within the Trust or associated sites? (Please complete the attached spreadsheet)

a. Manufacturer

b. Model

c. Location – Hospital Name or Site Name

d. Department equipment is primarily used in

e. Method of Finance at Procurement (Trust/Lease/MES/Charity/PFI)

f. Initial cost of Equipment

g. Annual Maintenance cost

h. Acquisition Date

i. Planned Replacement Date

Response

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Details of Health and Community Services’ (HCS’) assets in scope of this request, including manufacturer and model, acquisition and replacement dates, and the location / department in which they are used are provided in the attached spreadsheet.

Modalities form.pdf​

Initial procurement costs

Philips Veradius Mobile C-arm: £88,944

Fuji FDX Visionary CS: £116,500

EMS Swiss LaserClast: £35,000

All equipment has been purchased outright by HCS.

Annual maintenance costs

The total annual costs of maintaining the listed equipment is £24,800. The value of individual maintenance contracts is considered commercially sensitive, therefore, Article 33 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Article applied

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).

Public Interest Test

Article 33 is a qualified exemption and as such, HCS has conducted a prejudice test as required by law. 

When responding to requests of this nature, HCS has to balance the public interest with the impact that disclosing this information would, or would be likely to, have upon the organisation and / or third parties. Whilst it may be in the public interest to understand the costs of contracting services, protecting the commercial interests of HCS is an essential component in controlling public finances, which in itself is in the public interest.

It has been concluded that disclosing details of the contractual service arrangements is likely to prejudice the commercial interests of HCS and / or the provider. When considering the application of this exemption, HCS has determined that whilst it is in the public interest to disclose information, this is outweighed by the necessity to limit any impact on the commercial interests of HCS and third parties in future contract negotiations, and as such, Article 33 has been applied.​