Freedom of Information - Publication Scheme

Publication Scheme

Under Section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Harrogate Healthcare Facilities Management Limited (trading as Harrogate Integrated Facilities), a wholly owned subsidiary company of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, has a duty to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme.

The purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is to promote greater openness by public authorities and their subsidiaries.

Who we are and what we do

Harrogate Integrated Facilities (HIF) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) and supplies services to the hospital and community services with respect to Cleaning, Catering, Portering, Courier and Transport, Hotel Services, Estates Maintenance and Capital Delivery, Sterile Services, Medical Equipment, Security, Car Parking, General office and Administration, Energy, Waste and Environmental Impact Reduction, Consultancy and Business Development. We are a multi-cultural and multi-nationality workforce.

Organisational Structure: About Us

HIF Board: About Us

Freedom of information requests: https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information/make-a-foi-request/

Meet the Teams: Meet The Teams

What we spend and how we spend it

Please see our HIF Business Plan: HIF Summary Business Plan 2024

Please see our Annual Reports and Accounts:

Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021

Annual Report and Accounts 2021-2022

Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023

Staff and Board Members' Allowances and Expenses

All allowances and expenses are paid in accordance with the National Terms and Conditions of Employment, a copy of which is available via the Department of Health website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

Members of staff’s allowances are paid for the following reasons: unsocial hours, weekend work, Working Time Directive pay, night duty and recruitment and retention. Any expenses must be claimed by completing an expense claim form. Expenses can relate to study leave, travel, course/conference fees and subsistence.

Staff Pay and Grading Structures

To obtain details of the Harrogate Integrated Facilities’ staff pay and grading structures, please click here

Item 10.0 Gender Pay Gap report

Item 11.0 Ethnicity Pay Gap report

Procurement and Tendering Procedures

HIF’s procurement services are provided by HDFT’s Procurement Team, who support the delivery of high quality patient care while ensuring value for money is achieved. The Trust is a member of the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative and makes extensive use of the range of contracts they provide as well as the range of goods and services supplied or contracted by NHS Supply Chain. Suppliers are welcome to make enquiries or send information on the goods and services they can provide to hdft.supplies@nhs.net

If you would like to enquire about working with us then please click here to view how to tender: Tender-with-Us

Details of contracts currently being tendered and value of contracts awarded can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Our priorities and how we are doing

Our mission is to be an exceptional provider of integrated facilities for the benefit of our communities, our staff and our partners.

Our Services

HIF Summary Business Plan 2024

How we make decisions

HIF has an established governance meeting and committee reporting structure which ensures decisions are made on our quality, governance and compliance is monitored and reported on a regular basis, providing assurance of our high-quality services.

Our HIF Board of Directors, and our three sub committees – ‘Quality and Governance’ ‘Innovation, Resource and Commercial’ and ‘People and Culture’, are our key committees undertaking this activity.