Lothian NHS Board
Waverley Gate
2-4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
Telephone 0131 536 9000
Fax 0131 536 9088
www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Date
Our Ref
05/10/12
3289
Enquiries to Richard Mutch
Extension 35687
Direct Line 0131 465 5687
Email
richard.mutch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Dear
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – ICT
I write in response to your request for information in relation to Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) within NHS Lothian. Please note that there are no Trusts within the NHS in
Scotland.
I have been provided with information to help answer your request by Mr Martin Egan, Director of
eHealth – NHS Lothian.
Question:1. What is the trust’s overall budget for 2012/13?
Answer:NHS Lothian‘s budget for 2012/12 is £1,244,000,000.
Question:2. Please complete the table below with the relevant requested information on the trust’s ICT
expenditure.
Answer:Category
ICT total (please split capital and
revenue)
Hardware total
Software total
ICT Services total
Hardware maintenance
Software Maintenance
IT outsourcing
IT consultancy
Bespoke Software
Implementing new systems
System integration
Training
ICT Spend 2011/12
£16,700,000 Revenue
£2,600,000
Capital
£3,650,000
£2,300,000
£6,300,000
£2,300,000 (includes
software maintenance &
service contracts)
£4,000,000
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
ICT budget 2012/13
£15,700,000 Revenue
£2,600,000
Capital
£3,567,000
£1,100,000
£6,800,000
£2,100,000 (includes
software maintenance &
service contracts)
£4,700,000
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0
Headquarters
Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG
Chair Dr Charles J Winstanley
Chief Executive Tim Davison
Lothian NHS Board is the common name of Lothian Health Board
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Communications total
IM&T Staff total
Other ICT costs (please specify)
£1,550,000
£5,500,000
£0
£933,000
£5,900,000
£0
Question:3. How many IM&T staff does the trust employ in 2011/12?
Answer:There are 198 Whole Time Equivalent staff employed within IM&T.
Question:4. What did the Trust spend overall in 2011/12 and is budgeted to spend overall in 2012/13 on:
(please split hardware, software, staff and implementation costs)
Answer:Category
PAS (patient Administration System)
Order Communications
Diagnostic Reporting
Letters with coding
Scheduling
E-Prescribing
PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System)
Each of the trust’s Departmental IT systems (e.g.
Maternity, RIS, Pathology etc.) and if possible
please list which departments that spend
includes?
Other IT projects above a value of £50,000
Please provide details of the projects included in
previous question
Question:5. Kindly provide me with a copy of your latest ICT Plan.
Answer:Enclosed with this response.
I hope this information helps with your request.
2011/12
£1,522,000
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
NA
National System
2012/13
£1,647,000
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
NA
National
System
Part of PAS
Part of PAS
In core costs
In core costs
612935092
If you are unhappy with our response to your request, you do have the right to request us to review
it. Your request should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply
within 20 working days of receipt. If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain
dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information
Commissioner.
If you require a review of our decision to be carried out, please write to Mr I Whyte, FOI Reviewer
at the address at the foot of this letter. The review will be undertaken by Mr Whyte as he was not
involved in the original decision-making process.
FOI responses (subject to redaction of personal information) may appear on NHS Lothian’s
Freedom
of
Information
website
at
:http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/FOI/Pages/default.aspx
Yours sincerely
ALAN BOYTER
Director of Human Resources
and Organisational Development
Cc: Chief Executive