Royal Stoke University Hospital
Ref: FOIA Reference 2015/316
Quality, Safety and Compliance Department
Newcastle Road
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6QG
Date: 23rd July 2015
Tel: 01782 676474
Email
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Kiara Vincent
Via WhatDoTheyKnow.com
General Secretary
Dear Ms Vincent,
I am writing in response to your email dated 19th July 2015 (received in this office 20th July 2015)
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) regarding Trust consultants.
As of 1st November 2014 University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) manages two
hospital sites – Royal Stoke University Hospital, and County Hospital (Stafford). Therefore the
response below is for the two sites combined from that date where appropriate.
Q1
The number of Consultants currently employed within your Trust
A1
Headcount of 473 (427.67 WTE) as at 30th June 2015
Q2
The number of Consultants currently employed within your Trust who have actively
opted out of non-emergency weekend working.
A2
We do not offer an “opt out” to consultants. Consultants negotiate their working patterns
according to service need. These working patterns are agreed in job plans and may or may not
include emergency on-call.
This letter confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request and a copy of this letter will be
held by the Trust.
If you have any queries related to the response provided please in the first instance contact my office.
Should you have a complaint about the response or the handling of your request, please also contact
my office to request a review of this. If having exhausted the Trust’s FOIA complaints process you are
still not satisfied, you are entitled to approach the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and
request an assessment of the manner in which the Trust has managed your request.
The Information Commissioner may be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF or via
www.ico.org.uk.
If following review of the responses I can be of any further assistance please contact my secretary on
01782 676474.
Yours,
Helen Grocott
Information Governance Manager