I am writing in response to your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to Gifts and Interests

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1 Ref: FOI/CAD/ID June 2016 Please reply to: FOI Administrator Trust Management Service Centre Maidstone Hospital Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9QQ Freedom of Information Act 2000 I am writing in response to your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to Gifts and Interests I would like a breakdown in the last five years, items which have been logged on your organisation s gifts and hospitality register by staff, detailing: Date item was declared Description of item Reason for the gift/hospitality Value Whether the item was accepted or declined Additionally, does your organisation have a monetary limit on gifts (i.e. gifts worth under 50 are allowed) and can cash gifts ever permitted? Please find attached in response to your of 27/05/16, the requested details from the Trust s Hospitality Register from 2012 to date. In response to your specific questions, the Trust s Gifts, Hospitality, Sponsorship and Interests Policy and Procedure requires that: Offers of non-cash gifts above the value of 25 must be declined, and declared, and that Staff must not accept gifts of cash offered to them personally, regardless of the value involved. Hospitality Value Date / accepted Event at the London Transport Museum Event at the London Transport Museum 36 26/01/ /01/12 Chairman: Tony Jones Chief Executive: Glenn Douglas Trust Headquarters: Maidstone Hospital, Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9QQ Telephone: / Fax:

2 Attendance at the Computer Weekly 500 Club event Networking lunch at Brown's restaurant Overnight to attend a Bariatric handling Course Accommodation and expenses at an Investigator Meeting Attendance and meals at the National Back Exchange Sponsorship in the form of an education grant to attend Foundation of Nurses in Diabetes Accommodation and catering provided to attend the Glaucoma Interest Group Study day held at Camberley 25 25/04/ /05/ /07/ /09/ /09/12 2, /09/ /10/12 Hospitality Value Date / accepted conference ASCO 13 meal and conference - Florida Attendance of Neuroendocrine Tumour Society Annual Meeting - Barcelona Evening Meal and Networking Event at Eastwell Manor Lecture for Local Ovarian Cancer Meeting - London 3,000 Feb-13 2, /02/13 2,000 Mar /03/ Apr-13

3 Travel and one night to a conference Flights,, hotel for 4 nights ASCO conference in Chicago and San Antonio breast cancer symposium Expenses paid for attending Peripheral Nerve Society congress in France - including flights, hotel and congress Donation to Summer Ball (20th birthday) Donation to Summer Ball (20th birthday) Travel and Registration - Meeting for BAUS Accommodation and to the World RCOG Congress in Liverpool Lecture for Local Ovarian Cancer Meeting - Kent Consultancy Fee for attending half day meeting in London Accommodation and meal and attendance to one day conference 3,000 31/05-04/06/13 25/05/13 1,000 Jun /06/ /06/ /06/ /06/ Jul Sep-13 12/09/13

4 Malignant Mesothelioma Meeting - The Shard, London and conference fee to attend EURETINA meeting Attendance of Cancer Congress - Amsterdam Attendance of Cancer Congress - Amsterdam Attendance of Cancer Congress - Amsterdam Evening Meeting - South East Coast Breast Cancer Meeting and conference fee to attend AMD meeting subsistence for attendance at GSK renal meeting - Paris Sponsored place at the Wounds UK 2013 with 2 nights John Lewis Voucher receive from in-patient 50 19/09/13 2, /09/13 50 Oct Oct-13 2,000 Oct /10/13 2, /10/ /11/ /11/ /11/2013

5 meal and conference (San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium) 1, /12/13 Travel expenses re-imbursement - sponsored course Bottle of Champagne Bottle of Champagne /12/ /12/13 Bottle of Champagne Travel and Accommodation - Cardiology Managers Forum Reduction of fee from 150 to 75 Plane ticket to Edinburgh and lunch Dosimetry Check Symposium Travel to conference, course fees, and food Appearance at a Charity Event 30 23/12/ ,000 Declined Hospitality Value Date / accepted fee 350 Jan-14 2 Bottles of Wine 30 08/01/2014 Accommodation, Meal - Visit for Equipment on replacement programme /01/2014

6 Dinner - Colangiocarcinoma Workshop, Tunbingen hotel conference, meals for attendance of Neuroendocrine Tumour Society annual meeting, Barcelona, March 2014 attendance Chicago - flights, fee, subsistence - re: treating prostate cancer Accommodation, meals Course Fee and travel for Brachy meeting attendance deluxe coffee machine and a year s supply of coffee, tea and hot chocolate to say thank you to the staff on Ward 11. course fees/travel and for ESMO 2014 Ipad mini - Prize from UK User group meeting hosted by Gael. Teaching on course Accommodation at the Infection Prevention Society annual meeting in Glasgow Accommodation at the Infection Prevention Society annual meeting in 30 23/01/2014 2,000 Mar-14 2,000 03/03/2014 1, /03/ Euro 11/04/2014 quantified Aug-14 1,150 Sep /09/ /09/ /09-01/10/ /09/2014

7 Glasgow Accommodation at the Infection Prevention Society annual meeting in Glasgow Bottle of red wine given as a Christmas Gift /09-01/10/14 25 Dec-14 Hospitality Other Value Date / accepted Christmas Hamper and Chocolate Tower Christmas gifts to self and BT Chiefs - prizes for competition to be distributed to staff as prizes 45 & 25 Advised Jan '15 attendance /01/15 Cheque for 200 Cheque for patient - letter sent not accepting hospitality and returning cheque /01/15 lunch,ticket Rail fare, lunch at Stereotactic radiotherapy planning meeting, ticket to Wales vs England rugby match in Cardiff /02/15 lunch,ticket Rail fare, lunch at Stereotactic radiotherapy planning meeting, ticket to Wales vs England rugby match in Cardiff /02/15 Ticket to Lionel Ritchie concert at O2 Following completion of valuation work /02/15

8 Course includes travel//meal Paid 100 himself towards the course /02/15 and meals for course attendance (for consultant and 2 assistants) Clinical Immersion Course (Hamburg) /04/15 Course (subsidised) and Accommodation To attend advanced wrist course in Munich at Arthrex Head Office. 500 Advised May '15 Honorarium and travel expenses To talk to small groups of local GPs and Practice Nurses at a meeting in May /05/15 purchased various refreshments, e.g. cakes, biscuits, drinks Refreshments were for training event held over two days /05/15 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) e-pass Granted to review educational material online from ASCO /05/15 Kent Event Centre, Detling, Kent - Free tickets for competition prize Elton John Concert John Weeks received on behalf of Trust 50 31/05/15 conference and meal 270 Advised Jun '15 Accommodation, conference ASCO meeting Chicago 2,500 29/05-02/06/15 / dinner/ Supplier of brachy kit with educational bursary written into contract /06/15

9 attendance /06/15 meal and course fees Hamilton medical workshop over two days for those that use their ventilators - includes advanced training from international respiratory experts and knowledge about the latest developments in mechanical ventilation. 1,200 Advised Sept '15 meal and course fees Hamilton medical workshop over two days for those that use their ventilators - includes advanced training from international respiratory experts and knowledge about the latest developments in mechanical ventilation. 1,200 Advised Sept '15 Association for Study of Diabetes /09/15-18/09/15 and conference fee Cancer Congress (ECCO), Vienna /09/15 travel, and and World Lung conference 2015, Denver, Colorado, USA Cancer Congress (ECCO), Vienna 5, /09/15 2, /09/15

10 Registration, and hospitality Cancer Congress(ECCO), Vienna 2, /09/15 Course fee In order to attend Respiratory Society International conference /09/15 and meals for course attendance (for consultant and 2 assistants) Clinical Immersion Course (Madrid) /10/15 attendance American Society of Haematology (Florida) quantified 5-8/12/15 Hospitality Other Value Date / accepted conference attendance and conference fees for diabetes conference Leaving lunch (no alcohol) Dinner Travel and subsistence Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU) (San Francisco) Eisai First Thoughts Breast Cancer Meeting Clinical Conundrums for Consultant Diabetologists British Thoracic Oncology Group meeting On leaving trust/conclusion of legal process Diabetes UK Annual 4, /01/ /01/ /01/16 > /01/16 30 Feb Feb /02/16

11 Use of holiday home in Florida and subsistence for forum and /course fees overnight hospital bill and subsistence Food hamper for competition winner Book tokens (x2) for competition winners Food hamper for competition winner Free snacks to be used for Academic Centre, training, meetings, staff perks Consultancy fee and travel to meeting Educational Evening with catering, meals Offered by MD of Sigmacon Ltd (family friend) free of charge for holiday Expert Forum Meeting, Rethinking options for B cell malignancies Urology Association(EAU) Annual Congress, Munich Speaker at Annual Philips MRI Users group, Manchester For presentation during Nutrition & Hydration week For presentation during Nutrition & Hydration week For presentation during Nutrition & Hydration week Free samples provided with aim of gaining market research through completion of questionnaires World Lung Meeting NeuroPrestige Advisory Board about immunoglobulin treatment at home Intra-Operative Fluid Management event (Tunbridge Wells Hotel) At the Limits, Cardiology, Diabetes & Nephrology event (London) quantified Mar /03/16 1, /03/ /03/ (2x 25) 28 17/03/16 17/03/ /03/16 > 25 17/03/16 > 2000 Spring ' /04/ Apr /04/16

12 Course fee, and subsistence for forum Course fees (partsponsorship) Lunch and train fare to attend RenaL Interest meeting Consultancy fees, travel Consultancy fees, travel to meeting, (2 nights) attendance and expenses attendance British Society for Haematology annual scientific meeting (Glasgow) RCS course on Advanced Skills in Breast Disease management ARVO meeting, Seattle UK immunoglobulin homecare strategy advisory board meeting, Birmingham ARVO meeting, Seattle American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting (Chicago) Prep and chairing of an educational symposium of case presentations about CIDP (Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium, Glasgow) Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS), Barcelona International Urogynaecological Association Congress American Society of Haematology (Florida) 1, /04/16 quantified, tbc /04/ Advised 27/04/16 01/05/ /05/16 2,000 01/05/16 > /06/16 2, /6/ /07/16 2, /08/16 quantified 3-6/12/16