Organisation Management Structure Chart

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Dear Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

Please can you provide an up-to-date Organisational Structure chart for the Trust?
I am aware as to the one published on your web site for the Board of Directors.
Would you provide one including the names and job titles for other senior members of the trust such as the Deputies and any Site Leadership or Divisional Leadership teams?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Simons

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FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (WESTERN SUSSEX HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

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Dear Mr Simons,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Act 2000.

 

We are now in a position to respond to your request.

 

Your request:

 

Please can you provide an up-to-date Organisational Structure chart for
the Trust?

I am aware as to the one published on your web site for the Board of
Directors.

Would you provide one including the names and job titles for other senior
members of the trust such as the Deputies and any Site Leadership or
Divisional Leadership teams?

 

 

Our response:

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Trust
can confirm that it holds information relevant to your request and this
has been provided where possible below.

 

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is in the process of
merging with Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with the
intention that the new merged Trust will be in place for 1st April 2021.
Information about the Trust’s Board of Directors will be published on the
new University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust website in due
course. It is expected that details regarding other senior members in the
new Trust will be published similarly. Since this information is intended
for future publication, section 22 exemption under the FOIA applies at
this time.

 

Please note that roles not considered sufficiently senior for publication
are exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) [Personal Information]
exemption of the Freedom of Information Act. The names of staff working in
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consent or legitimate interests relevant to disclosure under the FOIA. The
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necessary, and does any legitimate interest outweigh the interest and
rights of the staff concerned.

 

ICO guidance advises: “The more senior an employee is and the more
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names.” It is our view that where staff do not meet the Information
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have a reasonable expectation that their names would be disclosed into the
public domain in this way. Where there is insufficient legitimate interest
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considered exempt under section 40(2) [personal information] exemption of
the Act. The engagement of s.40(2) in this case would be considered
absolute and not subject to public interest considerations.

 

 

 

 

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We hope that you find the information provided helpful.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Freedom of Information Office

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