Classification of Post Reunion Counselling Notes

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Shannon McLaughlin

Dear Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

I wish to request the following information -

Please advise if all post adoption reunion counselling and/or mental health notes for persons other than the adopted person, we're reclassified as 'adoption records' when the GMGR guidance was revised in 2011 to include the new category under GMGR P6 of post adoption support services for other persons affected by adoption. If so, please advise how these records were classified prior to the revised GMGR in 2011. Please advise if a DPIA was completed when the categorisation of these records changed in 2011 to reflect the different retention period and processing of the data.

Yours faithfully,

Shannon McLaughlin

PublicLiaison-SM, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Good afternoon Shannon,

Thank you for your request for information received on 17 February 2025,
which we are dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

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appropriately and if this is the case we will contact you again.

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18 March 2025.

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Hayley

Hayley Kerr

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Care Trust

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Good afternoon Shannon,

Apologies that it is taking longer than anticipated to provide our
response.  Unfortunately, the Trust is currently experiencing increased
demand across its services and this has led to delays in responding to
enquiries.

Meantime, we would like to thank you for your understanding and patience.

We will provide a response to your requests as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

Hayley

Hayley Kerr

Public Liaison Officer, Public Liaison Service, Belfast Health and Social
Care Trust

Team Tel: 028 9504 5888

Direct Tel: 028 9504 9597

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Dear Shannon

 

FOI REQUEST RE: Classification of Post Reunion Counselling Notes

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 17
February 2025. Our response is now attached for your information.    We
apologise for the delay.

    

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information
(FOI) request has been handled you may wish to complain. You should
contact Public Liaison Services, Nore Villa, Knockbracken Health Care
Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8BH or alternatively e-mail: [1][email
address] within two months of the date of this response and your complaint
will be considered and a response provided usually within 20 working days
of receipt.    

    

Should you still be dissatisfied with the outcome, you can proceed to the
second review stage by contacting the Information Commissioner, The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF who will undertake an independent review. It is important to note
that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner, you will
need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust’s review process to
try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.    

    

If you require any further information or wish to discuss, please do not
hesitate to contact me. 

Kind regards

Lorraine

Lorraine O’Kane

Public liaison officer

TEL:  028 95046359 or

Tel: 028 95045888

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From: Kerr, Hayley On Behalf Of PublicLiaison-SM
Sent: 18 February 2025 17:06
To: Shannon McLaughlin <[FOI #1241325 email]>
Subject: Our Ref: FOI/33295 - Freedom of Information request -
Classification of Post Reunion Counselling Notes

Good afternoon Shannon,

Thank you for your request for information received on 17 February 2025,
which we are dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.

Further clarification may be required to ensure your request is dealt with
appropriately and if this is the case we will contact you again.

Under Freedom of Information guidelines a response should be provided by
18 March 2025.

For more information about the legislation and our procedures for dealing
with requests for information please refer to our website:
[7]www.belfasttrust.hscni.net.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me and remember
to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

FOI RESPONSES DISCLOSURE LOG

The information you require may already be available on our Trust website.
We have published responses to previous requests for information on our
FOI responses disclosure log which can be accessed via link below:

[8]https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/about/acc...

Please let us know if you find the information here and no longer require
us to provide you with an individual reply.

Regards,

Hayley

Hayley Kerr

Public Liaison Officer, Public Liaison Service, Belfast Health and Social
Care Trust

Team Tel: 028 9504 5888

Direct Tel: 028 9504 9597

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