Process
Dear Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust,
I would like to know or be shown where to find your process on adults disclosing sexual abuse to one of your staff.
Yours faithfully,
Samantha Willis
Dear Ms Willis,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Dudley & Walsall Mental Health
Partnership NHS Trust
Thank you for your request for information under the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 which we received on 19 December 2018.
As per section 10 of the Act, you can expect a reply no later than 20
working days from this date.
There may be a fee payable for this information. This will be considered
and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must
be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 day time
limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment. If there is
a fee payable we will write to you again to let you know the process in
this event.
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent the release of the information you have requested. We will assess
whether any of the exemption categories apply to your request and if they
do, or if there is a delay due to the application of an exemption we will
write to you again.
If any further assistance in this matter is required, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Jannette
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Jannette Boss
Corporate Governance Support Officer (Temporary)
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Contact Details:
External number: 01384 325002
Internal extension: 65002
Email: [2][email address]
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust
Trust HQ
Trafalgar House, 2^nd Floor
47-49 King Street
Dudley, DY2 8PS
Dear Ms Willis
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - Dudley & Walsall Mental Health
Partnership NHS Trust
Freedom of Information Request No: 3860
Further to your Freedom of Information request received on 19^th December
2018, I am able to respond now and can confirm that the Trust holds the
requested information. Please find our response to your following request
in blue.
I would like to know or be shown where to find your process on adults
disclosing sexual abuse to one of your staff.
“The response to any disclosure of abuse (be it sexual or otherwise) would
be guided by the patients individual circumstances, criminal
considerations and the Trusts safeguarding policies and procedures."
Your request has now been closed. If you have any queries related to the
responses provided please in the first instance contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact
the Information Governance Manager on 01384 3245111 or email
[1][email address]
If you remain dissatisfied, then you are entitled to approach the
Information Commissioner and request an assessment of the manner in which
the Trust has handled your request.
The Information Commissioner is an independent officer, appointed by the
Crown and reports directly to Parliament. The Commissioner can request
all
the documentation relating to your request to decide whether the Trust’s
decision was fair and meets the requirements of the Freedom of
Information
Act 2000 and can be contacted via [2]www.ico.org.uk
You can also refer to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
[3]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Kind regards
Jannette
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Jannette Boss
Corporate Governance Support Officer (Temporary)
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Contact Details:
External number: 01384 325002
Internal extension: 65002
Email: [5][email address]
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust
Trust HQ
Trafalgar House, 2^nd Floor
47-49 King Street
Dudley, DY2 8PS
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