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This person's 45 Freedom of Information requests
Blocking emails from persistent complainants
Partially successful.
by Local Government Ombudsmen to m sowerby on 3 October 2011.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Sowerby
Please accept my apologies - I prepared a letter in response to your request on 5 September, but it appears that I didn't actually se...
Blocking emails from persistent complainants
Information not held.
by Darlington Borough Council to m sowerby on 19 September 2011.
Information not held.
Dear Sir/Madam
Please find attached the Council's response to your recent request for
information.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Officer...
Interim Head of Mental Health Commissioning
Follow up
sent to Derby City Council by m sowerby on 6 September 2011.
Refused.
Thank you for your reply. I am extremely concerned that you were not told of Ms Johnson's suspension from Redcar and Cleveland Council and I will...
Unblocking an email address
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sent to Hartlepool Council by m sowerby on 6 September 2011.
Successful.
Thank you very much for your reply.
Yours sincerely,
m sowerby
A request from Katie Davies re: how much did you spend on flowers and bedding
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by Newcastle upon Tyne City Council to m sowerby on 5 August 2011.
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Dear M Sowerby
Thank your for informing us of this we were not aware of this. The email was to inform me where the email had come from. It was not in...
DOH warning that anti psychotic drugs cause death
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sent to Department of Health by m sowerby on 1 August 2011.
Information not held.
Thank you for your reply.
Yours faithfully,
m sowerby
Colin Tucker Former Head of Children's Services
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by Birmingham City Council to m sowerby on 29 July 2011.
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Dear Mr Sowerby
Further to your email regarding:
Could you please tell me if the former Head of Children's Services, Colin
Tucker was dismissed or...
Mr Dinsdale says he has advised me in the past that he does not hold any information on this, no he has not, he has advised me that he doesn't hold an...
Conversion of barn at Tilley Manor, West Harptree BS40 6EB
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sent to Bath and North East Somerset Council by m sowerby on 11 July 2011.
Successful.
Thank you very much for the information.
Yours sincerely,
m sowerby
BBC Drama "Walk away and I stumble"
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sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by m sowerby on 7 July 2011.
Information not held.
Thank you very much for your response.
Yours sincerely,
m sowerby
Residents neglected at Hadrian Park Care Home
Long overdue.
Anyone with concerns about Southern Cross Healthcare may find this article interesting.
http://gu.com/p/2pncc
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
According to a number of Councils that I have now contacted, they would all consider concerns relating to the handling of medication in a care home fr...
Block imposed on my email address
Request sent to Stockton on Tees Council by m sowerby on 9 April 2011.
Long overdue.
In May 2010 Jane Humphreys, Corporate Director of Children Education and Social Care imposed a block on my email address as I refused to accept tha...
I was informed by the Council that as I was not a relative or representative of the person I was raising concerns for I could not make a complaint. I...
Warning Letter 7/7/10 to Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
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by Care Quality Commission to m sowerby on 11 March 2011.
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11th March 2011
Our Ref: Information Request CQC IGT 747
Dear Ms Sowerby,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 20th February 2011 in which yo...
Adult Social Care
Follow up
sent to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by m sowerby on 12 February 2011.
Refused.
Thank you for your reply, it is as I had expected. Lorraine Goude knows what she said to me, she knows what she did and she knows the distress she...
GP surgery cctv
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by Department of Health to m sowerby on 19 January 2011.
Partially successful.
Our ref: DE00000577583
Dear Mr/Ms Sowerby,
Thank you for your email of 22 December about closed-circuit television in
GP practices. I have been a...
Misuse of GP surgery computers by staff
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sent to Department of Health by m sowerby on 13 January 2011.
Partially successful.
Thank you very much for your reply.
Yours faithfully,
m sowerby
Treatment and threats to service user
Follow up
sent to Stockton on Tees Council by m sowerby on 3 November 2010.
Long overdue.
Could you please reply to my email dated 24 September 2010.
Yours faithfully,
m sowerby
Telephone call Wednesday 27 January 2010
Follow up
sent to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by m sowerby on 2 November 2010.
Refused.
Furthermore, if you do not hold any information in relation to the telephone call that was made to my home by Lorraine Goude and she herself also re...
Suspension of Council staff
Refused.
This request has been refused by post by Ged Morton at Stockton Borough Council. Apparently it is considered vexatious.
Elder Abuse
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sent to Stockton on Tees Council by m sowerby on 4 September 2010.
Long overdue.
The response to this request is long overdue. By law and under all circumstances, the authority should have responded by now.
Yours faithfully,...
Adult Social Care Recruitment
Request to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by m sowerby. Annotated by m sowerby on 1 September 2010.
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This request was sent on 5 June and replied to on 30 July. Not only was it long overdue but it was replied to on another request.
Number of staff suspended at Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Follow up
sent to Care Quality Commission by m sowerby on 5 August 2010.
Partially successful.
Thank you for your reply.
Yours sincerely,
m sowerby
Blocking an email address
Refused.
On 12 July I received an email from the daughter of the service user I had raised concerns for. She told me that she had made a complaint about the t...
This person's 28 annotations
Mr Dinsdale says he has advised me in the past that he does not hold any information on this, no he has not, he has advised me that he doesn't hold an...
Southern Cross Healthcare Homes ...Improvement notices
Partially successful.
Dear D Speers
You may find the following link of interest.
http://gu.com/p/2pncc
Residents neglected at Hadrian Park Care Home
Long overdue.
Anyone with concerns about Southern Cross Healthcare may find this article interesting.
http://gu.com/p/2pncc
Residents neglected at Hadrian Park Care Home
Long overdue.
28% of Southern Cross Healthcare homes in England have received improvement notices from the Care Quality Commission.
Residents neglected at Hadrian Park Care Home
Long overdue.
Stockton Borough Council wrote to me and told me I was vexatious because I complained that they had not investigated breaches at the care home. The c...
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
According to a number of Councils that I have now contacted, they would all consider concerns relating to the handling of medication in a care home fr...
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
How can an Ombudsman say I am unable to make a complaint because I am not related to the person I have concerns about? Does this mean that if I witne...
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
I have just received a response to a FOI request I made to the CQC asking how many inspections were conducted at Hadrian Park Care Home since Septembe...
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
This is a paragraph from a letter I received from Jane Humphreys, Corporate Director of Children, Education & Social Care on 21 May 2010.
"I have a...
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
Thank you for adding this Mr Nunn
Concerns over Hadrian Park Care Home TS23 3DF
Long overdue.
In September 2010 I received a letter from Stockton Borough Council Law and Democracy informing me that I am vexatious. The reason I have continued t...
I was informed by the Council that as I was not a relative or representative of the person I was raising concerns for I could not make a complaint. I...
Mis-fuelling of motor vehicles
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I submitted a request via this site on 19 September 2010 which was received by Stockton Borough Council and acknowledged by post. The request was ent...
Treatment and threats to service user
Long overdue.
The former Manager of Hadrian Park Care Home in Billingham about whom I made a complaint to Stockton Borough Council went on to manage another care ho...
Suspension of Council staff
Refused.
This request has been refused by post by Ged Morton at Stockton Borough Council. Apparently it is considered vexatious.
Telephone call Wednesday 27 January 2010
Request to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by m sowerby. Annotated by m sowerby on 20 September 2010.
Refused.
When Lorraine Goude worked at Stockton Council she sent me a letter. This letter was not recorded under the complaints procedure when it should have...
Elder Abuse
Long overdue.
The Council have failed to respond to my request. On checking the inspection reports for HADRIAN PARK CARE HOME IN BILLINGHAM TS23 3DF, the Care Qual...
Adult Social Care Recruitment
Request to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council by m sowerby. Annotated by m sowerby on 1 September 2010.
Successful.
This request was sent on 5 June and replied to on 30 July. Not only was it long overdue but it was replied to on another request.
Blocking an email address
Refused.
On 12 July I received an email from the daughter of the service user I had raised concerns for. She told me that she had made a complaint about the t...
Blocking an email address
Refused.
I said that the Interim Strategic Commissioner was incompetent, he sent me an email addressed to the Adult Protection Coordinator, I would say that is...
Blocking an email address
Refused.
Thank you Mr Figg, that is very interesting and something I did not know.
Blocking an email address
Refused.
Thank you Mr Figg, I am not sure they read the ones that are now returned as soon as they are sent but I will not give up and I continue to email usin...
I have had my emails blocked at Stockton Borough Council. You can see all of my FOI requests on this website and you can see that they have not even...
Elder Abuse
Long overdue.
My emails have been blocked to Stockton Council because they don't like me because I complained to the Ombudsman. The Customer Services Manager told...
Who can make a safeguarding vulnerable adults referral
Long overdue.
Stockton Council's Customer Services Manager wrote in an email to me that safeguarding is not within her remit.
