Directors Positions.
helen hamill made this Freedom of Information request to Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
This freedom of information request relates to the senior management structure within the western health and social care trust (WHSCT).
Can you please provide the organisational chart for the western trust at present?
This chart should show:
- chief executive
- all executive directors.
- all non-executive directors.
- all assistant directors.
- All associate directors.
Can you indicate how long each person has been in their current role?
Can you also provide as part of this request a copy of all job descriptions that were placed for any of these roles in the last three years.
Yours faithfully,
helen hamill
We acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Our
reference number for this request is listed in the subject line of this
email.
Reference: FOI23/725
Subject: Directors Positions
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Email: FOIWesternTrust[1]@infreemation.co.uk
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Dear Helen Hamill,
Your request for information ref FOI23/725
I am writing to apologise for the delay in responding to your request for
information.
We refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which was received
by the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
We apologise for the delay in responding to you. We are continuing to
process your request and endeavour to provide a response as soon as
possible.
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information office
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Dear Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
Can I based on the delay, ask for the current directors- including interim positions.
And the ones requested at the beginning of this request.
THankyou
"Can you please provide the organisational chart for the western trust at present?
This chart should show:
- chief executive
- all executive directors.
- all non-executive directors.
- all assistant directors.
- All associate directors.
Can you indicate how long each person has been in their current role?
Can you also provide as part of this request a copy of all job descriptions that were placed for any of these roles in the last three years."
Yours faithfully,
helen hamill
Dear Ms Hamill
I refer to your email below and query regarding our response to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request (FOI/23/725). We apologise for this delay but can advise that this information is not held centrally in the Trust and we therefore had to request this from directorates individually. This response is almost complete and I am continuing to follow this up and when we have a complete response, we will issue this to you.
We apologise again for this delay and appreciate your patience on this matter.
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
Email: [Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) request email]
Dear Helen Hamill
I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request below which was
received by the Western Health and Social Care Trust on 01/03/2023. We
apologise for the delay in responding.
Please see attached a Trust response to your request.
We hope you find this response helpful.
Yours sincerely
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Freedom of Information Office
Western Health and Social Care Trust
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Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone
through the Trust’s internal review procedure to try to resolve the matter
with the Trust in the first instance.
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Dear [email address],
I would like to encourage the trust to disclose openly, and honestly the information as requested. I am unsure as to why so much of the material is refused -and the reasons given are bizarre- especially during a period of uncertainty and heightened public interest and awareness.
It is critical that disclosure information should tally in this freedom of information with:
job descriptions,
the organisation chart and roles as displayed on your WHSCT website ,
with Media statements from the trust an
indeed with titles used by the members of the trust team during the recent events.
Several of the recent promotions do not seem to be included.
High quality, communication of information are part of every freedom of information request. Transparency should be automatic.
We await a timely, considered response and disclosure.
Yours sincerely,
helen hamill
Dear [email address],
I am awaiting your reasonable response to this request.
Yours sincerely,
helen hamill
Dear Ms Hamill
I refer to your email below and request for an Internal Review into our
Trust’s Freedom of Information (FOI) response (our ref.: FOI23/725).
We will now consider this request and will be in contact with you again
when this review has been completed.
Regards
Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
“I would like to encourage the trust to disclose openly, and honestly the
information as requested. I am unsure as to why so much of the material is
refused -and the reasons given are bizarre- especially during a period of
uncertainty and heightened public interest and awareness. It is critical
that disclosure information should tally in this freedom of information
with:
Job descriptions, the organisation chart and roles as displayed on your
WHSCT website , with Media statements from the trust an indeed with titles
used by the members of the trust team during the recent events.
Several of the recent promotions do not seem to be included.
High quality, communication of information are part of every freedom of
information request. Transparency should be automatic.
We await a timely, considered response and disclosure”.
Dear Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Western Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)'s handling of my FOI request 'Directors Positions.'.
It is completly inappropriate to suggest that providing an org chart of directorships is likely to "endanger physical or mental health" of anyone!
This is not a reasonable stance at all.
The choice for exemption was : section 38. - ATTACHED BELOW)
I await a reasoned FOI disclosure.
Thankyou
Section 38 – Health and safety Section 38 states that: (1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to- (a) endanger the physical or mental health of any individual
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...
Yours faithfully,
helen hamill
Dear Helen Hamill
I refer to recent correspondence from the Trust to you on 4th July 2023 where we have stated that the review process for this request has now been initiated.
We will inform you of the outcome of the review within due course.
Regards
FOI Office
Dear Helen Hamill,
Your request for information ref FOI23/725
I am writing to apologise for the delay in responding to your request for
information.
We refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request which was received
by the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
We apologise for the delay in responding to you. We are continuing to
process your request and endeavour to provide a response as soon as
possible.
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information office
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Dear Ms Hamill
I refer to your request for an Internal Review to be carried out into our
Trust’s response to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request (FOI/23/725)
– Director organisational charts and job descriptions.
Please accept our apologies for this delay.
We can advise that this review has now been completed and see attached a
Trust response to your request.
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information Office
Western Health & Social Care Trust
helen hamill left an annotation ()
I have still received very little information. After asking for formal reconsideration. Not at all what could be called open informtion sharing,
Section 38 applied again.
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helen hamill left an annotation ()
section 38 was applied to this request.
It is now being apealled.