Mental Health

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Dear Universities,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in regards to the mental heath resources at your university.

1. How many support service staff have been employed with a mental health remit (e.g. counselling, wellbeing) in each of the last 5 academic years. If a breakdown is not available for mental health staff, please provide a total for the closest possible category.

2. Budget for mental health support for each of the last 5 academic years, and where possible a breakdown on how that money is allocated, e.g. staff, marketing, equipment etc.

3. Number of students seeking mental health support in each of the last 5 academic years.

4. Average waiting time for mental health support in each of the last 5 academic years.

5. Any internal reports or reviews relating to mental health provision over the last 5 years.

Please provide the above information digitally, preferably in the form of an excel spreadsheet.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.

In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.

I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.

Yours faithfully,

Kirsty Card

Freedom of Information, University of St Andrews

Dear Calum,

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Our Ref: 417-18

Thank you for your email below, dated 07 December 2018, where you seek information on student mental health services available at the University.

The University will endeavour to respond to your request as quickly as possible. In any event you will receive a response within the time set for compliance, as prescribed in section 10 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 i.e. no later than 08 January 2019.

It may prove necessary for the University to seek further clarification from you, to assist it in identifying and locating the information requested. If this is the case either I or one of my colleagues will write to you in this respect. If clarification is required we will seek this at the earliest opportunity.

In the meantime, should you have any questions about your information request please do not hesitate to contact me. Please quote Ref number 417-18 in any future correspondence in this connection.

Yours sincerely,

Chris

Christopher Milne
Head of Information Assurance and Governance
Office of the Principal University of St Andrews St Andrews
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No: SC013532

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Freedom of Information, University of St Andrews

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Dear Kirsty,

Thank you for your information request, 07 December 2018, our ref 417-18.

Please find enclosed the University’s response.

With best wishes,

Chris

Christopher Milne
Head of Information Assurance and Governance
Office of the Principal
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Fife KY169AJ
Scotland

T: +44(0)1334464010
M: 07720948036
E: [email address]
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: SC013532

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