Disability within staff & donors
Dear NHS Blood and Transplant,
I am writing to make a request for information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please send me:
• The percentage of NHS Blood and Transplant employees who have a mental illness.
• The percentage of NHS Blood and Transplant employees who have a learning disability.
• The percentage of NHS Blood and Transplant employees who have a Post-Traumatic Stress
• The percentage of NHS Blood and Transplant employees who have poor mental health (stress, depression...)
• The percentage of NHS Blood and Transplant employees who have burn out
• The percentage of blood donors who have a mental illness.
• The percentage of blood donor who have a learning disability.
• The percentage of blood donor who have a Post-Traumatic Stress
• The percentage of blood donor who have poor mental health (stress, depression...)
• what reasonable adjustment, accommodation or support is provided for donors with
- mental illness (specify per illness if relevant)
- post traumatic stress
and what steps (if any) do donor need to take to obtain such support/accommodations
Yours faithfully,
Ms Vanpeene
Our ref: CAS-252598-H1D7T7
Acknowledgement: Freedom of Information Request
Dear Ms Vanpeene,
Thank you for your request for information dated 27th November 2022.
I acknowledge your request to access information from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and am presently dealing with your request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We aim to reply within 20 working days.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us at [email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
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Dear Ms Vanpeene,
Please find your FOI response attached.
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
[email address]
Visit nhsbt.nhs.uk
Twitter @NHSBT
Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
thank you for your answer.
having data on the number of donor who have mental health issues is NOT required for you to share the accomodation that your service offers/should offer (according to your internal rlevant policy) or on the process that donnors need to follow if they have an accomodation need.
so please answer question 10 or provide relevant policies around reasonable adjustment for donors.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Vanpeene
Dear Ms. Vanpeene,
Please find some additional information below. To be clear, NHSBT is a blood and transplant service, and NHSBT do not provide an accommodation service for donors.
10. what reasonable adjustment, accommodation or support is provided for donors with?
- mental illness (specify per illness if relevant) – Mental Health or mental health illness does not exclude donors from donating blood. Each donor undergoes a donation safety check at each donation session and a full assessment is made at each visit. The questionnaire does ask about medication and visits to Health care professionals but does not ask specifically about mental health. There may be medications that impacts on a donors ability to donate and these will be explored and the donor will be asked appropriate questions to ensure that they are feeling fit and well on the day. We must be confident that the donor has given informed consent and has the capacity to give consent. Capacity to give consent is, again, not a specific question, but assessed throughout the health screening process by the staff with skilled interviewing techniques and confirming understanding.
- post traumatic stress – the response to this question is very similar to the one above and can only be assessed by on the day health screening and confirming that the donor is feeling fit and well on the day. As PTSD can present in many different ways and the impact on individuals so varied it is not possible to give a generic response that would include all donors who may be affected by PTSD.
and what steps (if any) do donor need to take to obtain such support/accommodations – the help line can give advice to donors on pre donation preparation and also give advice to donors to check if they are able to donate. More specific clinical questions can be directed to a member of the clinical team but again the “on the day” health screening will determine the donors suitability to donate.
If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have a right to request an internal review.
Kind Regards,
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
[email address]
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Twitter @NHSBT
Dear Ms. Vanpeene,
Thank you for your letter (attached).
Whilst you have circled the date on the text message received, this is
illegible and cannot be detected.
This is to reiterate our previous response – the first record we have of
sending such texts is 10 January.
Kindly note that we have responded to your FOI requests accordingly, and
provided you with internal reviews on the same topics.
If you remain dissatisfied your next step would be to contact the
Information Commissioner’s Office.
Kind Regards,
FOI Team.
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
[1][email address]
Visit nhsbt.nhs.uk
Twitter @NHSBT
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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
the date WAS legible on the document i sent, it is only your scanning process that has rendered it illegible, i also note that you have failed to look at/scan the second page of my letter wich contained further evidence.
please locate the original letter that i sent you and correct your answers.
you sent this text to some donors on the 13h of December NOT the 10th.
please provide evidence of your records of sending such texts.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Vanpeene
Dear Ms. Vanpeene,
Thank you for your email.
The whole of your letter was reviewed.
The fact still remains that we have no records of these texts until 10 January.
Kindly note that we have responded to your FOI requests accordingly, and provided you with internal reviews on the same topics.
If you remain dissatisfied your next step would be to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Kind Regards,
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
[email address]
Visit nhsbt.nhs.uk
Twitter @NHSBT
Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
you do now have evidence of the text being sent prior to 10th of January (the letter i sent to you).
the internal review was conducted without taking into account the evidence i submitted and therefore canot be counted as objective.
as a public organisation i urge you to respect the transparency and honesty principles when assessing the accuracy of your responses and reviews.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Vanpeene
Dear Ms. Vanpeene,
Thank you for your email.
The review of your letter did not change the outcome of our internal review. As previously advised, we have no records of these texts until 10 January.
Kind Regards,
Freedom of Information
Digital, Data and Technology Services
NHS Blood and Transplant
[email address]
Visit nhsbt.nhs.uk
Twitter @NHSBT
Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
the letter that i sent you - wich is now part of your records- IS record that this message WAS sent before the 10th of January 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Vanpeene
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