Sunday 27 September 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9492
Date Request Received: 01/07/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Ethics and device procurement
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: This is a Freedom of Information request. With respect to your organisation: Please provide the date when your medical device (as defined by MHRA, i.e. also including relevant software) procurement policy (or policies, if you e.g. have a separate one for medical software) was/were last updated. | |
| Answer To Question 1: SFT Medical Equipment Management Policy - Updated October 2025 SFT Procurement Policy - Updated May 2023 | |
| Question Number 2: Please state whether the policy (mentioned in point 1 above) requires that a clinical ethicist should be consulted during purchase decisions (if a clinical ethicist is only needs to be consulted under certain conditions, please list these). A clinical ethicists is defined as a member of your clinical ethics committee (under whatever name it operates in your organisation, but this does not include research ethics committees) or an academic with a dedicated post in ethics or a permanent staff members explicitly employed to provide clinical ethics support. | |
| Answer To Question 2: No requirement stated in policies. | |
| Question Number 3: If the policy requires ethical issues to be considered during such devise purchase decisions, but not via input of a clinical ethicist as defined above, please state the mechanisms in place for fulfilling that requirement. | |
| Answer To Question 3: N/A | |
| Question Number 4: Please state whether you had clinical ethicist (as defined above) involvement in the purchase of any clinical artificial intelligence applications irrespective of whether this is mandated by your policy. | |
| Answer To Question 4: No | |
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