FOI/25/409

Request

Can you please provide an update on your Trust’s Infrastructure, including aspects of Database software, Wifi coverage, and Virtualisation? The questions are in the attached spreadsheet, which I would be grateful if you could fill in.

Response

 

1. Do your Trust have a Print Management solution?	Yes/No	Supplier	Contract end date	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]
	Yes	Kyocera	2029	£400k
2. Regarding your trust's mobile device management (MDM) policy, please provide details for each element below:	Main product	Main Supplier	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]	Contract end date	Additional notes
Smartphones	Intune	Microsoft/NHSE	c.£500k	Aug-25
Tablets	Intune	Microsoft/NHSE	c.£500k	Aug-25
Other (please specify):
3. For each element of IT infrastructure below, please provide the requested details:	In house or outsourced	Main product	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]	Contract end date	Additional notes
- Desktop management	outsourced	SCCM	Part of a larger Collaborative IT partnership provided by Capita	Aug-25
- Networking	outsourced	SCCM	Part of a larger Collaborative IT partnership provided by Capita	Aug-25
-Data Centre: hardware	outsourced	SCCM	Part of a larger Collaborative IT partnership provided by Capita	Aug-25
-Server management	outsourced	SCCM	Part of a larger Collaborative IT partnership provided by Capita	Aug-25
- IT/cyber security support supplier?	outsourced	SCCM	Part of a larger Collaborative IT partnership provided by Capita	Aug-25
4a. What percentage of your servers are virtualised?	% Virtualised	Main supplier	Additional notes
Do you have applications that cannot run in a virtualised or cloud environment?	60	VMWare
DEFINITION: A virtual server re-creates the functionality of a dedicated physical server. It exists transparently to users as a partitioned space inside a physical server.
4b. In relation to your trust's virtual servers, please provide the requested information.	Number of servers	Owned or Leased	Average age of servers	Main supplier	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]
	60	Owned	4yrs	Dell	Part of a larger Collaborative IT function provided by Capita
5. Does your trust have any virtualised desktops?	Main product	Main supplier	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]	Number of virtual desktops	Contract end date
DEFINITION: A virtual desktop is a preconfigured image of operating systems and applications in which the desktop environment is separated from the physical device used to access it. Users can access their virtual desktops remotely over a network.	MS AVD	Microsoft	£200k	c.50	Aug-25
6. If your organisation does not have virtualised desktops, are you planning to implement any within the next two years?	Yes/No	Preferred supplier	Expected number	Additional notes
Where you plan to implement new virtualised desktops, please provide details as requested
7a. Do you have patient/staff visitor/corporate Wifi access?	Yes/No
	Yes
7b. If yes, what percentage of your hospital sites is covered by WiFi? E.g. 10% of Hospital A, 65% of Site B	Percentage (%)
	All have Wi-fi available
8. Please outline your trust's WiFi coverage for each element listed below:	Patient WiFi coverage	Staff WiFi coverage
Community wide (e.g. CoIN - Community of Interest Network)	Yes	Yes
Enterprise wide (whole campus)	Yes	Yes
Main building only
Sections of building(s) only
Mobile phone signal enabled through WiFi	Yes	Yes
No wireless networks are used in the trust
9. Does your trust use database software?	Main supplier	Total annual spend 2023/2024 [£]	Contract end date
DEFINITION: Database software is a software program or utility used for creating, editing and maintaining database files and records. This type of software allows users to store data in the form of structured fields, tables and columns, which can then be retrieved directly and/or through programmatic access.	Microsoft	Part of the MS agreement c. £500k	Aug-25
10. How many people are in your IT department?	Number
	2 internal, the rest are via Capita