NIAS IG REF: 26488-24

Good Afternoon Liam

Thank you for your request for information detailed below which will be processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please note the Freedom of Information Act only covers recorded information held on computers, emails, handwritten documents etc and does not relate to creating new information or giving an opinion or judgement that is not already recorded.

If any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released and you will be informed if this is the case, including your right of appeal.

Kind regards

Laura.
Information Governance Team

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Thank you for contacting the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service with the
below request for information.

                “Dear Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social
Care Trust,    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to
request the following information:     Please provide your total spend on
communications and public relations for the last three financial year's
(20/21,21/22,22/23). For each year I would like a breakdown containing the
following information:     • Spend on communications and public relations
activities.  • Total number of communications and public relations
employees.  • Total salary cost for all communications and public
relations employees.    Yours faithfully,”

We apologise for the delay in our response and appreciate your patience.
We are continually working to improve our response rate.  To assist us and
ensure your query reached the assigned case handler, can you please direct
any queries relating to your request to the following email address: 
[1][email address] quoting your unique reference
number - 26488-24(AME/NA)

Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.

NIAS, Information Governance Team

The information contained in this email and any attachments is
confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named
addressee(s). No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any
mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this email,
please inform the sender by return email and destroy all copies. Any views
or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the views of HSC. The content of emails sent and
received via the HSC network may be monitored for the purposes of ensuring
compliance with HSC policies and procedures. Please be aware that e-mail
may not be a secure medium. This e-mail (whether you are the sender or the
recipient) may be monitored and monitoring and blocking software may be
used. While HSC takes precautions in scanning outgoing emails for computer
viruses, no responsibility will be accepted by HSC in the event that the
email is infected by a computer virus. Recipients are therefore encouraged
to take their own precautions in relation to virus scanning. All emails
held by HSC may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. All emails held by HSC may also be disclosed, where
required, under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

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Thank you for contacting the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service with the
below request for information.

                “Dear Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social
Care Trust,    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to
request the following information:     Please provide your total spend on
communications and public relations for the last three financial year's
(20/21,21/22,22/23). For each year I would like a breakdown containing the
following information:     • Spend on communications and public relations
activities.  • Total number of communications and public relations
employees.  • Total salary cost for all communications and public
relations employees.    Yours faithfully,”

We apologise for the delay in our response and appreciate your patience.
We are continually working to improve our response rate.  To assist us and
ensure your query reached the assigned case handler, can you please direct
any queries relating to your request to the following email address: 
[1][email address] quoting your unique reference
number - 26488-24(AME/NA)

Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.

NIAS, Information Governance Team

The information contained in this email and any attachments is
confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named
addressee(s). No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any
mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this email,
please inform the sender by return email and destroy all copies. Any views
or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the views of HSC. The content of emails sent and
received via the HSC network may be monitored for the purposes of ensuring
compliance with HSC policies and procedures. Please be aware that e-mail
may not be a secure medium. This e-mail (whether you are the sender or the
recipient) may be monitored and monitoring and blocking software may be
used. While HSC takes precautions in scanning outgoing emails for computer
viruses, no responsibility will be accepted by HSC in the event that the
email is infected by a computer virus. Recipients are therefore encouraged
to take their own precautions in relation to virus scanning. All emails
held by HSC may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. All emails held by HSC may also be disclosed, where
required, under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

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Dear Liam,

The NI Ambulance Service HSC Trust has now completed its search for the
information requested. Please find attached NIAS response letter.

The Trust would apologise for the delay in the provision of same.

I hope this fully assists you.

Kind Regards,

Aisleain McElroy | Information Governance Officer | Northern Ireland
Ambulance Service

Site 30 | Knockbracken Healthcare Park | Saintfield Road | Belfast |
Northern Ireland | BT8 8SG |

The information contained in this email and any attachments is
confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named
addressee(s). No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any
mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this email,
please inform the sender by return email and destroy all copies. Any views
or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the views of HSC. The content of emails sent and
received via the HSC network may be monitored for the purposes of ensuring
compliance with HSC policies and procedures. Please be aware that e-mail
may not be a secure medium. This e-mail (whether you are the sender or the
recipient) may be monitored and monitoring and blocking software may be
used. While HSC takes precautions in scanning outgoing emails for computer
viruses, no responsibility will be accepted by HSC in the event that the
email is infected by a computer virus. Recipients are therefore encouraged
to take their own precautions in relation to virus scanning. All emails
held by HSC may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. All emails held by HSC may also be disclosed, where
required, under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

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