Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref No: 24-406

Thank you for your request for Trust information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the Team is currently attending to your request. A member of the team will respond within the statutory timescale which is currently 20 working days.

If applicable, we will inform you if any of your requested information is exempt from release along with any fee required. We may require further detail from you to assist us in searching for the information you have requested. You may therefore be contacted in due course if it is necessary to clarify any part of your request.

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request, please do not hesitate to contact us quoting the reference number above.

Kind Regards

Gina Coldrick
Corporate Information Specialist
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Executive Offices, Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG

Email: [email address]

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Dear Sir/Madam

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref No: 24-406

Response to request dated 28/06/2024 made under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000

Questions and Response:

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) – establish if
information is held

In accordance with Section 1 of the FOIA, we can confirm that the Trust
does hold some of information you have requested.

1) Gender reassignment and/or transgender guidance and policies relating
to staff - attached: Transitioning in the workplace and Transitioning in
the workplace procedure and WHH Uniform and Workwear policy.

2) Gender reassignment and/or transgender guidance and policies relating
to patients

Section 1 of the FOIA – establish if information is held

In accordance with Section 1 of the FOIA, we can confirm that the Trust
does not record/collate the above information. The Trust can confirm that
we do not currently have any guidance or policies in place relating to
Gender Reassignment (and/or transgender) for patients. We should explain
that the FOIA is in relation to transparency of information held by public
authorities and gives an individual the right to access recorded
information held by public authorities. The FOIA does not require public
authorities to create information, or to answer questions, provide
explanations or give opinions, unless this is recorded information that
they already hold.

Section 16 of the FOIA – duty to provide advice and assistance

In accordance with Section 16 of the FOIA, the Trust has a duty to provide
advice and assistance as part of any request. On this occasion, we can
confirm that Gender Reassignment Patient Support will be covered in our
Eliminating Mixed Sex Accommodation Policy, which is currently being
re-drafted and therefore, we are unable to share a copy at this moment in
time and therefore not yet been finalised/approved/ratified.

3) Related Equality Impact Assessments if separate These are included
within the policies as a mandatory template to be completed.

4)  Policies on mixed sex and/or same sex accommodation – attached:
Discharge suite SOP, Transfer of patients and clinical handover policy, as
mentioned above our Eliminating Mixed Sex Accommodation Policy is
currently being re-drafted and therefore, we are unable to share a copy at
this moment in time as it has not yet been finalised/approved/ratified.

If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can contact the Company Secretary to request a review by
writing to:

Executives Offices, Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane,
Warrington, WA5 1QG or email to [1][email address]

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of this internal review you can
submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can do
this by writing to:

FOI / EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Alternatively
you can complete an electronic complaints form and submit it to the
Information Commissioner’s Office via email. I have included a link below
for your convenience which explains how to complain to the Information
Commissioner’s Office.

[2]https://ico.org.uk/

Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005

The supply of information under the Freedom of Information Act is intended
to be for personal use only and does not automatically give the recipient
the right to commercially re-use it, for example, the right to publish it
or make it available to a wider audience [SI 2005 No: 1515 4(1)].

The Trust provides information under the Freedom of Information Act in
line with the template [3]Open Government Licence for public sector
information. Should you wish to re-use any information in line with this
Licence then you are not required to take any further action.

If you require any clarifications on the response to your Freedom of
Information this must be actioned within 60 days of receipt of you
receiving your response from the Trust. If we receive this after 60 days,
this will be processed as a new Freedom of Information request.

The Open Government Licence allows you to re-use information freely and
flexibly, with only a few conditions. If you wish to re-use information
outside of the Licence terms then please inform the Trust as unauthorised
re-use may be in breach of copyright law.

Kind Regards

Gina Coldrick

Corporate Information Specialist

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Executive Offices, Kendrick Wing, Warrington Hospital, WA5 1QG

Email: [4][email address]

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Good morning,

I have spoken with the respondent, and they have advised that they hope to have it completed, signed off and ready to use by the end of the calendar year due to the number of staff and committees involved.

Regards

Gina

Gina Coldrick
Corporate Information Specialist
Trust Executive Offices
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Email: [email address]

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