BAME staff risk assessment

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Dear NHS Trust or Clinical Commissioning group,

On behalf of Sky News, I am trying to obtain an answer to the following questions.

I would appreciate a response as detailed as possible please.

"Simon Stevens and Amanda Pritchard wrote to all NHS trusts and CCG Chief Executives on the 29th of April to advise that employers, on a precautionary basis, should conduct risk assessments for staff at greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and to act accordingly.
Has your organisation completed risk assessments on all Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff?
AND
What precautions, if any, have you put in place to protect BAME staff once they've been risk assessed?"

Yours faithfully,

Inzamam Rashid

FOI-REQUESTS (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Freedom of Information Manager
Information Governance Team
Bircham House
William Prance Road
Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 5WR

www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk

22nd May 2020

Our Ref: 20FOI047
Your Ref: Email received 22/05/2020

Dear Inzamam Rashid

File Reference: 20FOI047

Date request received:22/05/2020

Disclosure due date: 22/06/2020
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Clarification

I refer to your email received 22/05/2020 in which you requested information under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Our clinical staff and those that support them are currently managing our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is therefore of the upmost importance that we focus our resources on the care of our patients and the wellbeing of our staff at this unprecedented and challenging time.

With this in mind, we would be grateful if you could consider whether you wish to proceed with your request for information. If you want us to continue processing your request, you should be aware that it may be some considerable time before we are able to provide you with a substantive response and you are unlikely to receive a response in accordance with the 20 working days timeframe set out in the Act.

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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Freedom of Information Officer
Information Governance Team
Bircham House
William Prance Road
Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 5WR

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

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FOI-REQUESTS (UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information Act
request.

 

University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

Freedom of Information Team

Bircham House

William Prance Road

Derriford

Plymouth

PL6 5WR

 

 

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