FOI_8875

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8875

Date Request Received: 26/08/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 02/09/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Postnatal ward photographers

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: Whether individual photographers, or representatives from any newborn photography companies, are present on the hospital's postnatal ward

Answer To Question 1: The Trust do not support photographers from photography companies to be present on the ward, therefore, the answer is no to all questions

Question Number 2: If "yes", please provide: The names of these companies or individuals

Answer To Question 2: As per Q1

Question Number 3: The date since which these companies have been present on the ward

Answer To Question 3: As per Q1

Question Number 4: The hours and days of the week when these companies are present on the ward

Answer To Question 4: As per Q1

Question Number 5: Full copies of all training or guidance materials provided by the hospital to the photographers, including (but not limited to) how they should interact with patients when on the ward, how to obtain consent from patients, and safeguarding training

Answer To Question 5: As per Q1

Question Number 6: Details of whether the hospital conducts DBS checks or other background checks on these photographers

Answer To Question 6: As per Q1

Question Number 7: Details of the financial arrangements between the hospital and the photography companies, including (but not limited to) the amount paid by the photographers or photography companies to the hospital. Please break this down by calendar year, from the starting date of the hospital's contract with the company.

Answer To Question 7: As per Q1

Question Number 8: Has the hospital received any complaints from patients or their families about the behaviour of photographers? If yes, please provide... The number of complaints received, broken down by calendar year, from the starting date of the hospital's contract with the company. If available, the anonymised content of the complaints Details of any action taken by the hospital as a result of these complaints

Answer To Question 8: As per Q1 So no complaints received.

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