Publication Scheme

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives you the right to access any recorded information that is held by a public authority.

Our Trust has two obligations under the Act:

• Produce and maintain a publication scheme, listing what information will be made routinely available, where it can be found and whether a charge will be made for it (Section 19, Freedom of Information Act).
  
  
• Respond to individual requests for information that are not included in the publication scheme.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the regulating authority that oversees the Freedom of Information Act. The ICO produce a model publication scheme for public authorities with a definition document for NHS Trusts. We have adopted their model publication scheme.

Our Publication Scheme contains seven classes of information, these can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

Class 1: Who we are and what we do

How we fit into the NHS structure

Organisational structure: Trust board

Gender pay gap reporting

Workforce diversity

Organisations with which we work in partnership

Meeting with pharmaceutical companies and other medical suppliers

Senior executives and management board of governing body members

Contact details for public facing departments

Class 2: What we spend and how we spend it

Financial statements, budgets, variance reports

Financial audit reports

Capital programme

Staff and board members' allowances and expenses (See Annual Reports)

Staff pay and grading pay structures

Funding

Trade Union facility time

Procurement and tendering procedures

Details of contracts currently being tendered the Trust’s contracts are advertised on the CTM tendering portal. You will need to login.

• For contracting opportunities and information, please utilise Contract Finder:  https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder  This site assists you in exploring and searching business opportunities.

List and value of contracts awarded

Class 3: What our priorities are and how we are doing

Annual report

Annual business plan

Targets, aims and objectives

Strategic direction documents (5 year plan)

Performance information

Reports by regulatory organisations

Audit reports delivered at board level

Clinical strategy

Service user surveys

Data protection impact assessments

Class 4: How we make decisions

Board papers and agendas

Patient and public engagement strategy

Public consultations (no active consultations)

Class 5: Our policies and procedures

Policies and procedures

Equality and diversity:

• Equality and diversity policy
• Inclusion Policy Statement

Health and safety policy

Clinical research transparency standards, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), instructions and other documents

Pay policy statement

Standing financial procedures or instructions:

• Standing Financial Instructions Matters Reserved for Board and Scheme of Delegation
• Standing-Financial-Instructions-Appendices-1-3 (16 pages)
• Standing-Financial-Instructions-Appendix-4 (two pages)

Standing orders

Customer service and complaints policies and procedures

Data protection and duty of confidentiality, records management, Caldicott Guardian and Privacy Notices

Estate management:

• Fire safety policy
• Medical equipment and devices management and training policy
• Trust vehicle operations policy

Charging regimes and policies

Class 6: Lists and registers

Any information you are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers

• Please see registers in Foundation Trust documents

List of main contractors or suppliers (top 80% suppliers by invoice value)

The Trust uses CCTV and notices are displayed in areas where CCTV is installed

Registers of interest

Register of gift and hospitality

Disclosure log

Class 7: The services we offer

Services provided

Services for which we are entitled to recover a fee

Patient support groups, including bereavement support

Patient information leaflets

Patient advice and liaison services (PALS)

Advice and guidance

Corporate communications and media releases

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Visitors to our site find the search engine (on the top right of every page) helpful. If you still can’t find what you’re looking for, or if you require information in hard copy form, please email us: rduh.foi@nhs.net

Charges

Charges may be made for information subject to a charging regime specified by Parliament. Charges may be made for:

• photocopying
• postage and packaging, and
• the costs directly incurred as a result of viewing information.

Charges may also be made for information provided under this scheme where they are legally authorised.

If a charge is to be made, confirmation of the payment due will be given before information is provided. Payment will be required prior to provision of information.

Charges may also be made for making datasets (or parts of datasets) that are relevant copyright works available for re-use. These charges will be in accordance with the terms of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, where they apply, or with regulations made under Section 11b of the Freedom of Information Act, or with other statutory powers of the public authority.

Information held by our Trust that is not published under this scheme can be requested in writing and will be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.