Freedom of Information Request

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Freedom of Information Request

Reference Number: EPUT.FOI.19.1134 Date Received: 1 July 2019

Information Requested:

I would like to request a breakdown of the following in relation to hospital food provided in your trust.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) please may you supply me with information relating to the following three questions:

1. What is the average cost per day in pound sterling allocated to feed an inpatient with non-exceptional dietary requirements staying in each of your hospitals for the last 5 years? For ‘year’ please use calendar year up to 2019. For ‘hospitals’ please include sites where patients stay overnight on a ward and please ignore any sites that are self-catering.

2. Please list the hospital and care sites in your trust and state whether the catering service is outsourced and if outsourced please give the name of the company or companies this is currently outsourced to and the date of the outsourcing to this company,

3. How many cases of listeriosis have been traced back to sandwiches that were given to inpatients in your trust in the last three years?

Please may the information be presented as follows? 1.

HOSPITAL NAME YEAR Ave. cost per day to feed an inpatient

Basildon Mental Health

Unit ²⁰¹⁹ ^£6.33

Unit ²⁰¹⁸ ^£6.05

Unit ²⁰¹⁷ ^£7.20

Unit ²⁰¹⁶ ^£9.00

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Unit ²⁰¹⁵ ^£8.85

The Brambles 2019 Self-Catering

The Brambles 2018 £6.56

The Brambles 2017 £0.74

Brockfield House 2019 £8.82

Clifton Lodge 2019 £6.00

Derwent Centre 2019 £6.72

Heath Close – Byron Court 2019 Self-Catering Heath Close – Byron Court 2018 £12.91 Heath Close – Byron Court 2017 Self-Catering Heath Close – Byron Court 2016 Self-Catering Heath Close – Byron Court 2015 Self-Catering

Kingswood Centre 2019 £5.46

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The Lakes 2019 £4.50

The Lakes 2018 £6.05

The Lakes 2017 £13.12

The Lakes 2016 £13.05

The Lakes 2015 £16.50

Landermere 2019 Self-Catering

Landermere 2018 £6.05

Linden Centre 2019 £7.74

Mary St Aubyn 2019 £5.67

Mountnessing Court 2019 £6.33 Mountnessing Court 2018 £6.05 Mountnessing Court 2017 £6.91 Mountnessing Court 2016 £10.00 Mountnessing Court 2015 £10.13

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Rawreth Court 2019 £6.24

Robin Pinto 2019 £5.37

Rochford Hospital 2019 £6.30

Rochford Hospital 2015 Rochford Hospital was opened in 2014/15

Saffon Walden 2019 £5.28

St. Margaret’s Hospital 2019 £5.04 St. Margaret’s Hospital 2018 £6.05 St. Margaret’s Hospital 2017 £7.62 St. Margaret’s Hospital 2016 £15.87 St. Margaret’s Hospital 2015 £6.50 Thurrock Community

Hospital ²⁰¹⁹ ^£11.30

Thurrock Community 2018 £6.05

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Hospital

Thurrock Community

Hospital ²⁰¹⁷ ^£6.65

Thurrock Community

Hospital ²⁰¹⁶ ^£9.00

Thurrock Community

Hospital ²⁰¹⁵ ^£8.61

Woodlea Clinic 2019 Self-Catering

Woodlea Clinic 2018 £6.05

Woodlea Clinic 2015 Self-catering

2.

Outsourced: YES

Name of company: Tillery Valley (Main Meals); Anchor (Sandwiches and Wraps); Brakes Bros (Fruit and Vegetables – ambient food provider)

Year of outsourcing: 2018/19

Name of company: Anglia Crown (Cook Chill – Bread and Mil) – Raynors (sandwiches); NHS Supply Chain (Ambient Food); Brakes Bros (Fresh; Frozen and Dairy Products)

3.

YEAR CASES OF LISTERIOSIS

2019 None

2018 None

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2017 None Publication Scheme:

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