Many thanks for your below email which we received today requesting the
following information:

I am curious to where charities can fundraise within NHS buildings. Is
there a list of participating venues?

We require your full name within the body of an email for your request to
be considered valid as per Section 8(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

This is a requirement and is also an expectation of the Scottish
Information Commissioner who regulates FOISA in Scotland. For more
information on what constitutes a valid request in relation to names in
emails please click on the following link to the Scottish Information
Commissioner’s guidance that has been published on their website (page 3,
paragraph 23 “Names in emails”).

[1]https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/nmsr...

On receiving your full name within the body of an email we will begin
processing your request and you will receive a response from us within 20
working days from then.  

If you have any queries in relation to anything detailed above please do
not hesitate in contacting us at the email address [2][NHS National Services Scotland request email]

Kind regards & best wishes

Leanne

FOI Support Administrator

Strategy, Performance & Service Transformation

NHS National Services Scotland

Gyle Square

1 South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

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dangos adrannau a ddyfynnir

Dear Jo-Anne Campbell

Freedom of Information Reference:  FOI-2023-000035

I refer to your freedom of information request which we received on 27
January 2023, requesting the following information: 

I am curious to where charities can fundraise within NHS buildings. Is
there a list of participating venues?

I confirm that under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland)
Act 2002, a response to your information request will be sent within 20
working days of receipt, i.e. no later than 24 February 2023

Kind regards 

Heather

Heather Driver

FOI Support Administrator

Strategy, Performance & Service Transformation

NHS National Services Scotland

Gyle Square

1 South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

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Dear Ms Campbell,           

Freedom of Information Reference FOI-2023-000035      

I refer to your request of 27^th of January under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for information in relation to the
following:      

I am curious to where charities can fundraise within NHS buildings. Is
there a list of participating venues?

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that under Section 17 of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, NHS National Services Scotland
(NSS) does not hold the information that you have requested.   

As NSS are only a Special Health Board within NHS Scotland we are
responsible for supplying essential services to the rest of the NHS in
Scotland including legal, procurement and blood transfusion services and
do not hold information on behalf of any of the other Health Boards within
NHS Scotland. For more information on the services that NSS provide please
visit our website by clicking on the following link:
[1]https://www.nss.nhs.scot/

NSS do not hold a list of participating venues for charity fundraising in
NHS buildings.

In order to obtain the information that you have requested we suggest that
you contact each of the Regional Health Boards within NHS Scotland
directly by using the emails listed below for any information that they
hold as under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
we are unable to transfer this request on your behalf.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran [2][email address]
NHS Borders [3][email address] 
NHS Dumfries & Galloway [4][email address]
NHS Fife [5][email address]
NHS Forth Valley [6][email address]
NHS Grampian [7][email address]
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde [8][email address]
NHS Highland [9][email address]
NHS Lanarkshire [10][email address]
NHS Lothian [11][email address]
NHS Orkney [12][email address]
NHS Shetland [13][email address]
NHS Tayside [14][email address]
NHS Western Isles [15][email address]

If you are unhappy with any aspect of how we have dealt with your request
you can make representations to us asking us to review the handling of
your request.  Please write to the Head of Information and Cyber Security
using the email address [16][NHS National Services Scotland request email] within 40 working days of the
date of this correspondence.          

If after a review you are still unhappy, you also have the right to apply
to the Scottish Information Commissioner, who can be contacted at Kinburn
Castle, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, or via their online Appeal
form.              

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me at the above
address. 

Kind regards,

Faith

Faith Glennon

Information Governance Advisor

NHS National Services Scotland

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