Information Governance Office,
Information & Records Department
Hugh McCloy
E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
5 August 2010
Our Ref:
HMCC210610F
Dear Mr McCloy
Re: Request for information – Freedom of Information Act 2000
I refer to your e-mail dated 21 June 2010, requesting the following information:
‘Provide what consideration was given by the NHSCT to the needs and safety of
children and people with a disability in the catchment area of the Mid-Ulster Hospital,
when making the decision to close the Accident and Emergency Unit’
Further to this, please be advised that this information is contained within Deloitte
Management Consultants Report 2006 (attached) and the ‘Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital
Services – Consultation and Equality Impact Assessment – January 2009’ which is availlable
via the Northern Health & Social Care Trust website - www.northerntrust.hscni.net . On the
website, follow the following path ‘Published Info’ (About the Northern Trust) > ‘Consultation
papers’ > ‘Modernising Health and Social Care Services’.
Trust decisions in relation to the release of information that the Trust holds are governed by
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 and other
pieces of associated legislation.
The above information has been supplied to you for your personal use under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. It may also be used for the purposes of news reporting. However, you
do not have an automatic right to re-use the information, as it is subject to the Re-Use of
Public Sector Information Regulations 2005. For example, you must not use the information
supplied for commercial purposes, or publish or issue further copies of the information unless
you have been given permission from the Trust, in advance, to re-use the information in this
way. If you wish to apply for such permission, you should write to the Chief Executive at The
Cottage, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT43 6DA.
Causeway House, Route Complex, 8e Coleraine Road, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, BT53 6BP
Tel: 028 2766 1227 Fax: 028 2766 1215 E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
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Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you, however, we are currently
experiencing a high volume of requests. I trust that the above information satisfies your
request. However, should you require anything further, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Lyons
Information Governance Office
Att.
Causeway House, Route Complex, 8e Coleraine Road, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, BT53 6BP
Tel: 028 2766 1227 Fax: 028 2766 1215 E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
