FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/02764
- Request Date
- October 15, 2018
- Subject
- Sanitary Products 09/08
- Description
1. Does your trust provide free female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) to in-patients?
2. Does your trust have a policy covering the provision of female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) to in-patients? If yes, please provide this policy.
3. How many premises with inpatient beds are there in your trust, and at how many of these premises are female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) available to purchase on site? For example, in shops or bathroom vending-machines.
4. How much did your trust spend (£) on female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) in the following financial years: • 2017/18 • 2016/17 • 2015/16 • 2014/15 • 2013/14 • 2012/13 And, where possible, please provide a breakdown of this spending against the products’ NHS Supply Chain catalogue codes.
5. How many inpatients beds were there in your trust for each of the following financial years? • 2017/18 • 2016/17 • 2015/16 • 2014/15 • 2013/14 • 2012/13
6. Please provide a list of all items that are supplied to in-patients free of charge in your trust, and a list of all items which you advise in-patients to bring with them for an overnight or extended stay.
- Response
1 Does your trust provide free female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) to in-patients? No, our Trust uses a common sense approach. If a patient did not have the required sanitary product to stem their bleed, then an HCA would be kindly asked to go to the Women’s Unit and request the items until such time as the patient could go to the chemist and purchase the items themselves 2 Does your trust have a policy covering the provision of female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) to in-patients? If yes, please provide this policy. No, please see answer to question 1 (above). 3 How many premises with inpatient beds are there in your trust, and at how many of these premises are female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) available to purchase on site? For example, in shops or bathroom vending-machines. Victoria Hospital = 6 5 Vending Machines, 1 at Lloyds Chemists
Clifton Hospital = 0
4 How much did your trust spend (£) on female sanitary products (such as sanitary pads and tampons, but excluding maternity sanitary products) in the following financial years: • 2017/18
• 2016/17
• 2015/16
• 2014/15
• 2013/14
• 2012/13
And, where possible, please provide a breakdown of this spending against the products’ NHS Supply Chain catalogue codes.
Please see attached 5 How many inpatients beds were there in your trust for each of the following financial years? • 2017/18
• 2016/17
• 2015/16
• 2014/15
• 2013/14
• 2012/13
• 2017/18 – 896
• 2016/17 – 890
• 2015/16 – 890
• 2014/15 – 878
• 2013/14 – 876
• 2012/13 – 896
6 Please provide a list of all items that are supplied to in-patients free of charge in your trust, and a list of all items which you advise in-patients to bring with them for an overnight or extended stay. We do not routinely provide toiletries free of charge however we do have available a limited amount of simple toiletries including sanitary towels that are available on an as required basis. Attached link provides information regarding recommended to bring in items , section 7.