Internal Reference Number: FOI_9699
Date Request Received: 09/10/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/10/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: pressure-relieving equipment and pressure ulcer prevention
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Please provide the information for financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. Where a product was bought through NHS Supply Chain or another distributor, please give the manufacturer separately from the supplier. I am content to receive a raw extract from your purchasing, catalogue or service system in any format, including a spreadsheet, without reformatting (section 11) This request is for 麻豆国产 NHS Foundation Trust. If this inbox does not handle Freedom of Information requests, please pass it to the team that does. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following about the Trust's pressure-relieving equipment and pressure ulcer prevention. The Trust's spend on pressure-relieving support surfaces (mattresses and mattress replacement systems, overlays, cushions, and any automated turning, lateral rotation or turn-assist devices) in each financial year, split by purchase, rental or hire, and managed service, and by manufacturer and supplier. | |
| Answer To Question 1: 2025/26 Direct Healthcare 拢16350 purchase Permobil 拢5108 purchase Frontier Therapeutics 拢5699 2024/25 Direct Healthcare 拢18983 purchase Permobil 拢1753 purchase 2023/24 Talley 拢7792 purchase Permobil 拢3492 purchase | |
| Question Number 2: For dynamic (powered) mattresses that are rented, hired or provided under a managed service: the supplier, the contract or framework used, its start and end dates, and the number of rental days (or units) and the cost in each financial year. | |
| Answer To Question 2: N/A | |
| Question Number 3: The number of pressure-relieving mattresses the Trust owned at 31 March 2026, by type (high-specification foam, hybrid, dynamic or alternating air, and lateral turning or rotation), and the date of any planned replacement or re-procurement. | |
| Answer To Question 3: 314 Alternating Pressure systems | |
| Question Number 4: The Trust's current mattress or support surface selection policy and repositioning standard (a link or copy is enough), and whether the Trust uses any automated turning, lateral rotation or turn-assist device, with the product name and number in use. | |
| Answer To Question 4: 3 x TOTO Touch. Policy for choosing | |
| Question Number 5: The number of pressure ulcers that developed in the Trust's care in each financial year, by category (2, 3, 4, unstageable, suspected deep tissue injury, and medical device related). | |
| Answer To Question 5: See attached To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9699 - Q5.pdf | |
| Question Number 6: The number of patient safety incidents recorded in 2025/26 where pressure-relieving equipment was unavailable or delayed and, if the Trust records it, the median time from request to provision of a dynamic mattress. | |
| Answer To Question 6: None | |
| Question Number 7: The group that evaluates new pressure area care equipment; its meeting dates from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027; and the submission process and evidence required from a supplier. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Not applicable as no specific group. Any supplier would be asked to tender following NHSSC framework. | |
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