Disciplinary proceedings over NHS staff using social media or instant messaging apps

Dear Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust,

I am writing with a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like this information for the calendar year to date, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Please can you tell me:

*How many people working at the trust have been subject to disciplinary proceedings for their use of instant messaging apps (e.g. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat)?

*How many people working at the trust have been subject to disciplinary proceedings for their use of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)?

*Please tell me, for each case, the job title of the staff member concerned (e.g. junior doctor, consultant, nurse, administrative staff) and which sanctions were applied (e.g. dismissal, formal warning, referral to professional regulator).

I would prefer to receive the information electronically, and in either Excel or CSV format.

Should this request be likely to breach the costs limit set out in section 12 of the FOI Act, I would like the information for the most recent calendar years in turn, going backwards until the cost limit is reached.

Yours faithfully,

Kat Lay
Health Correspondent
The Times
020 7782 5054 // 07775 694 789

foi@rbht.nhs.uk, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Kat Lay

Further to your request, made under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. The Trust has received your request and will respond within 20 working days.

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI 3941. If you have any queries in relation to your request, please quote this reference number.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in any respect, with the way in which your request has been handled, you can request an internal review by writing, by email or letter, to The Director of Performance and Trust Secretary, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, Britten Wing, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP: [email address] Tel: 020 7352 8121.

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at:www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

It is important to the Trust that you are satisfied with the way in which your request was handled. There is an applicant satisfaction survey on our website and we would be grateful if you could spend a short time to comment on your request.
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foi@rbht.nhs.uk, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Kat Lay

The Trust has now reviewed your request and can provide the following information (attached).

Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI3941 . If you have any queries in relation to your request, please quote this reference number.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Department
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

If you are unhappy in any respect, with the way in which your request has been handled, you can request an internal review by writing, by email or letter, to The Director of Performance and Trust Secretary, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Brompton Hospital, Britten Wing, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP: [email address] Tel: 020 7352 8121.

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you can apply to the Information Commissioner, who will consider whether the Trust has complied with its obligations under the Act, and can require the Trust to remedy any problems. You can find out more about how to do this, and about the Act in general, on the Information Commissioner’s website at:www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. Complaints to the Information Commissioner should be sent to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

It is important to the Trust that you are satisfied with the way in which your request was handled. There is an applicant satisfaction survey on our website and we would be grateful if you could spend a short time to comment on your request.
http://www.rbht.nhs.uk/about/freedom-of-...

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