Disciplinary proceedings over NHS staff using social media or instant messaging apps

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Dear Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing with a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like this information for the calendar year to date, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Please can you tell me:

*How many people working at the trust have been subject to disciplinary proceedings for their use of instant messaging apps (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat)?

*How many people working at the trust have been subject to disciplinary proceedings for their use of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)?

*Please tell me, for each case, the job title of the staff member concerned (e.g. junior doctor, consultant, nurse, administrative staff) and which sanctions were applied (e.g. dismissal, formal warning, referral to professional regulator).

I would prefer to receive the information electronically, and in either Excel or CSV format.

Should this request be likely to breach the costs limit set out in section 12 of the FOI Act, I would like the information for the most recent calendar years in turn, going backwards until the cost limit is reached.

Yours faithfully,

Kat Lay
Health Correspondent
The Times
020 7782 5054 // 07775 694 789

FOI (ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Madam,

Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004
Reference Number: F1333

Thank you for your request, which was received the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust on 9th April 2018.

We are processing your request in accordance with the Trust’s Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Procedures. You are entitled to receive our response as soon as possible, but by no later than 8th May 2018.

If you have any further queries or would like to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards

On Behalf Of Sophie Churchill
Information Governance Office
Room Q109
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW

Tel: 01392 406229
FOI email address: [email address]

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FOI (ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Reference Number: F1333

 

I am writing in response to your request for information, which was
received by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust on 09th April
2018.

 

Please find the Trust’s response to your request, attached.

 

If you are in any way dissatisfied with how your request has been handled,
please let us know by responding to this email and requesting an internal
review. All internal reviews are conducted by the Trust’s Information
Governance Manager in accordance with the Trust’s Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Procedures.
Complainants who remain dissatisfied with the Trust at the end of the
internal review procedure have the right to take their complaint to the
Information Commissioner’s Office.

 

I hope this information is of assistance to you.

 

Many thanks and kind regards

 

Information Governance Office

Room Q109

Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW

 

Tel: 01392 406229

FOI email address: [1][email address]

 

 

 

 

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