Directorate of Finance & Information

Our Ref: FOI.09.123

Contact us: [Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]

09 June 2009

Mr PM Willis

[email address]

Dear Mr Willis

Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your enquiry regarding the issue of smoking within hospital grounds, processed under reference number foi.09.123.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows for public access to recorded information, and as such you may find the following useful.

Please see the attached Trust Board Paper and draft policies that were discussed at the Trust Board Meeting in May 2006. This explains the background to this issue.

You may also find it useful to access information relating to the white paper `Choosing Health' that is mentioned in this Trust Board Paper. This can be found at:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4094550

Additionally, the Department of Health `Guidance for Smoke Free Hospital Trusts' can be found at:

http://www.nice.org.uk/aboutnice/whoweare/aboutthehda/hdapublications/guidance_for_smokefree_hospital_trusts.jsp

Please also see the attached extract from the Minutes of the Trust Board Meeting on 30 May 2006.

We apologise that this Trust did not forward our Freedom of Information contact details to you when first requested. As you may be aware, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows public organisations 20 working days to respond to requests for recorded information. As your initial e-mail was received by this Trust on 11 May 2009, despite the administrative problems, we are happy to have been able to respond to you within this time-frame.

If you should have any further queries with regard to this matter please contact me at the above address. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Please note that the information provided is the property of Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and subject to Intellectual Property and Database Rights. Any commercial application or use of this information may be subject to the provisions of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. This means that if you wish to re-use the information provided for commercial purposes for any reason you must ask us for permission to do so. Should we agree that you can use the information it will be subject to the issue of a licence which may or may not involve a fee. If you have any questions about this process please contact us at [Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email].

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to this request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to:

The Chief Executive

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Trust Headquarters

Derby City General Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby DE22 3NE

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by this Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Sally Maine (Mrs)

Information Access Co-ordinator