Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Cover-ups & Denials ?

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Dear Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,

Dear Julie Dawson, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO.

I wish to make a Freedom of Information Request.

My name is Geoffrey McLaughlin.

My contact address is : 34 Timber close, St Austell, Cornwall. PL25 5NZ.

My email address is : [email address], and is my preferred method of contact.

You will recall Ms Dawson I made a FOI request on 10 April and was unhappy with your reply of 20 April so requested a review on 27 April 2015, which was replied to by Victoria Slavin, Trust Solicitor, due to your lengthy absence from the office.

Ms Slavin responded to only selected parts of the request in her review and claimed the remainder was either exempt or related to previous FOI Requests and Reviews. In my reply of 24 May I advised Ms Slavin I could not accept her comments because I had never requested an "Appeal of Freedom of Information Request FOI 46720", and because her comments related to FOI Requests and Reviews as far back as February 2015.

(1) I request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, what Trust solicitor Victoria Slavin meant when she stated she had "independently reviewed" the request of 10 April 2015 involving her employer and fellow employees ?

(2) I request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, why it was acceptable for Ms Slavin to introduce issues into her review not mentioned in the original request of 10 April 2015 ?

I refer to the fact the review would have been refused by the Trust had I introduced issues not mentioned in the original request ?

If Ms Slavin is a clever solicitor she will already know she has involved herself in a crime

In reply to "This information is exempt from disclosure under section 14 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as it is both a repeated request and in addition both questions are exempt under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 200, as they constitute personal information and disclosure of such would breach an individual's confidentiality", unquote.

(3) I therefore request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, what right the Trust has to dismiss requests which may appear similar to previously unanswered requests ?

(4) I therefore request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, what right the Trust has to deny me information concerning an individual's confidentiality and personal information when the Trust itself has confirmed and recorded the individual's identity on the internet as being one "Leigh Walwyn" and that his job title in 2012 was an "Assistant Practitioner" etc.

(5) I also request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, why the Trust has decided not to protect or defend NHS employee Leigh Walwyn's reputation ?

I refer to the Council's 'Letter of Defamation' sent to me over a year ago for naming and shaming 2 of it's employees on social media. The fact I have since named and shamed 6 council employees on social media, including your Mr Walwyn, in excess of 500 times without any legal consequences whatsoever perhaps says it all.

In reply to "The Trust does not hold this information in a reportable format. Collating this information would exceed the 'appropriate limit' as defined in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulation 2004 SI 2004 No 3244). Therefore, under Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this information is exempt as a public authority is not obliged to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit", unquote.

(6) I therefore request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, why the Trust does not have this information at hand ?

I refer to the Trust's obligations and Duty of Care to provide Representatives from the Health Authority on each Welfare Priority Assessment Panel in the best interest and wellbeing of applicants who also come under the health umbrella of the Trust ?

The Trust is already aware I find it deeply disturbing that the Trust still has no idea how many mentally ill and vulnerable adults it has neglected, abused and discriminated against as a direct result of the Trust not representing them at Welfare Assessments.

(7) I therefore would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, how the Trust can prevent this negligence continuing if the Trust does not even know the scale of the problem and is unwilling to look by collating its information ?

(8) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, why no qualified Representative from the Health Authority was on any of the 4 Welfare Priority Assessment Panels that assessed my late wife and other applicants in 2012 ?

(9) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, how many times the Trust has failed to provide a Representative of the Health Authority on each Welfare Priority Assessment Panel ?

(10) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, when the Trust first realised Cornwall Council had falsely described Leigh Walwyn as a "Community Psychiatric Nurse, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust" ? and also as a "representative" from the "Mental Health Team" in his capacity as a Panel member ?

Titles which contradicted advice the Trust gave to the PHSO in 2014 that Mr Walwyn "is a support worker, and although he is employed by the Trust, he was not acting in an NHS capacity whilst he was a Panel member", unquote.

Whilst I appreciate you will suggest I take it up with the Council via FOI again, I am trying to establish when you the NHS Trust decided to cover-up and deny everything.

(11) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, how Mr Walwyn came to be a Panel member without it not involving some form of agreement, discussion or arrangement by by the Trust - Mr Walwyn's employer ?

(12) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, how many times the Trust has agreed to employee Mr Walwyn being a Welfare Priority Assessment Panel member ?

Your previous reply that the Trust does not have this information and that I should take it up with the Council via a FOI request is rejected on the grounds that Leigh Walwyn is an employee and representative of the NHS Trust and as such the Trust is ultimately responsible for its employees.

(13) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, if Trust employee Leigh Walwyn was still under contract with the NHS Trust whilst he was a Panel member ?

(14) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, how long the Trust has known its employee Leigh Walwyn is a fraudster ? I refer to Mr Walwyn falsely signing himself as the "Mental Health Team Representative" on a Welfare Assessment Panel Form in 2012 ?

(15) I would like to know, and in the public interest and for the record, if Mr Walwyn is still employed by the Trust despite him being untrustworthy and having broken the terms of his contract ?

I refer to Mr Walwyn knowingly breaking the law.

(16) I also request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, if the Trust advised the PHSO in what capacity NHS 'support worker' Leigh Walwyn was a Panel member ?

(17) If not, did the PHSO request to know in what capacity the NHS employed 'support worker' was a Panel member ?

(18) I also request to know, and in the public interest and for the record, if the Trust advised the PHSO why it did not provide a Representative of the Health Authority on the Welfare Assessment Panel ?

(19) If not, did the PHSO request to know why the Trust did not provide a Representative of the Health Authority on the Welfare Assessment Panel ?

In reply to Ms Slavin's decision to include the PHSO and the LGO into the Appeal/review, I acknowledge the 'Catch 22' situation I found myself in the moment I lodged a complaint with the LGO involving 2 distinct and separate bodies. That the LGO had no authority to investigate the NHS Trust or its employee or determine matters relating to health and medical issues.

Although the LGO did meddle in health issues to protect Cornwall Council, and as a consequence the NHS Trust also, I have never forgotten the LGO's grandiose opinion that Welfare Assessments were not medical as such. This despite Council Policy 23.2 stating the Welfare Panel considers an applicant's "medical and welfare need".

When the PHSO was given an opportunity to investigate the NHS Trust's roll she rejected my complaint on the grounds it had nothing to do with the NHS, and recommended I take my complaint up with the LGO again. That Leigh Walwyn's roll as a nomad in no man's land had enabled the PHSO to perversely avoid NHS involvement and therefore protected the Trust, avoided any potential of having to contradict or disagree with the LGO's decision and, as a consequence, protected Cornwall Council also.

Unsurprisingly perhaps, Cornwall Council also recently mentioned the LGO to the Freedom of Information Commissioner to avoid answering FOI request. That unless the ICO could prove the LGO wrong the Council was right. That the Council did not then have to explain in what capacity Leigh Walwyn was a Panel member on the Welfare Assessment Panel, or why the Council lied about Walwyn's job description, or why the Council wilfully engaged in fraud the moment Walwyn made a false declaration on an official document etc. etc..

Please be assured further cover-ups, denials, stonewalling and misinformation will only delay the inevitable.

Yours faithfully,

Geoff McLaughlin

Dear Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,

Dear Julie Dawson

The following is in reply to the Trust's breaking the law not to answer the FOI request by 27 October 2015, and the recent formal harassment allegations made to Devon & Cornwall Police by 2 Trust employees.

Widower of mentally ill woman abused by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Cornwall Council seeks a written apology from Trust Solicitor Victoria Slavin and Trust support worker and fraudster Leigh Walwyn for making false allegations of harassment against the widower, myself, to Devon & Cornwall Police to protect criminality by them, the Trust and by Cornwall Council.

This involving rigged Welfare Priority Assessments by the Trust and the Council and recent refusal to answer Freedom of Information requests about the Assessments. The Council by falsely declaring me vexatious and the Trust by breaking the law and denying me information I was entitled to receive under the FOI Act.

An official complaint is in preparation to Devon & Cornwall Police and the IPCC regarding this continued harassment and intimidation upon me by Devon & Cornwall Police since 2012 when 2 Sergeants and 2 police constables were party to a Scam which perverted the course of justice to protect your partner in crime Cornwall Council, Sanctuary Housing Association and others, and involved willful blindness by the IPCC to protect all concerned except the victim of the Scam.

Yours faithfully,

Geoff McLaughlin

FreedomOfInformation (CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr McLaughlin,
 
Thank you for your email.
 
Your email of 8th November 2015 is not appropriate for a Freedom of
Information request as it does not request any information. Your request
concerns personal information about staff members and which is
inappropriate for a Freedom of Information request.  We have informed you
of this on other occasions.
 
In respect of your Freedom of Information request of 29th September 2015,
a review was completed in respect of your earlier request and as you are
aware if you are unsatisfied with the Trust’s response you are able to
contact the Information Commissioner, as provided in the review response.
Your request of 29th September 2015 raises no additional questions which
you have not already raised and the Trust has answered in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act, where applicable.
 
All future requests under the Freedom of Information Act of a similar
nature will now be considered as vexatious and repeated under Article 14
of the Freedom of Information Act and future requests of this nature will
be acknowledged but remain unanswered.  Please note that any such future
requests will remain on the Trust’s files and may be used in evidence.
 
Should you wish to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner,
the Trust will assist them with their enquiries.
 

Kind Regards,

The Freedom of Information Team

 

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From: Geoff McLaughlin [[FOI #294391 email]]
Sent: 08 November 2015 09:50
To: FreedomOfInformation (CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Cornwall Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust Cover-ups & Denials ?

Dear Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,

Dear Julie Dawson

The following is in reply to the Trust's breaking the law not to answer
the FOI request by 27 October 2015, and the recent formal harassment
allegations made to Devon & Cornwall Police by 2 Trust employees.

Widower of mentally ill woman abused by Cornwall Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust and Cornwall Council seeks a written apology from Trust
Solicitor Victoria Slavin and Trust support worker and fraudster Leigh
Walwyn for making false allegations of harassment against the widower,
myself, to Devon & Cornwall Police to protect criminality by them, the
Trust and by Cornwall Council.

This involving rigged Welfare Priority Assessments by the Trust and the
Council and recent refusal to answer Freedom of Information requests about
the Assessments. The Council by falsely declaring me vexatious and the
Trust by breaking the law and denying me information I was entitled to
receive under the FOI Act.

An official complaint is in preparation to Devon & Cornwall Police and the
IPCC regarding this continued harassment and intimidation upon me by Devon
& Cornwall Police since 2012 when 2 Sergeants and 2 police constables were
party to a Scam which perverted the course of justice to protect your
partner in crime Cornwall Council, Sanctuary Housing Association and
others, and involved willful blindness by the IPCC to protect all
concerned except the victim of the Scam.

Yours faithfully,

Geoff McLaughlin

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