Hospital Chaplaincy Procedures

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Dear Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust,

I would like to request the following information on standards, policies and procedures relating to hospital chaplains in your Trust.

Could you please:

1. tell me whether policies or procedures exist to:

a. establish whether a patient admitted to any of your hospitals does or does not wish to receive contact from a hospital chaplain

b. ensure that patients (or their visitors, next-of-kin etc.) do not received unsolicited contact from chaplains

c. safeguard patients’ personal and medical data such that hospital chaplains by default do not have access to it

d. ensure that hospital chaplains, when given access to patient data, do not share any of it with third parties

If you answered yes to any of the above, please could you provide me with copies of the relevant policies or procedures

2. outline your approach for monitoring adherence to the policies and procedures above

3. provide me with a summary of the results of this monitoring for the last five years, including rates of compliance with the policies and procedures, and severity of any non-compliance events

4. provide me with details of any action taken in respect of any non-compliance identified (e.g. tightening of procedures, disciplinary action – in the latter case, taking care not to disclose any personal information)

Please could you release this information in electronic form by email via this WhatDoTheyKnow request.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Davis

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Dear Susan Davis

Freedom of Information Request REF: FOI/1213/485

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which we received today. We are processing your request and will respond to you shortly.

In the meantime, please find attached our leaflet offering guidance on our procedure for managing requests for information in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any queries please either respond to this email or contact me at the following address quoting the above REF number.

Yours sincerely,

Sylvia Saunders
Information Governance Administrator
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Lakeside House
4 Smith Way
Grove Park
Enderby
LE19 1SS

Tel: 0116 295 7265

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Davis [mailto:[FOI #154527 email]]
Sent: 25 March 2013 14:46
To: LPT - FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Hospital Chaplaincy Procedures

Dear Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust,

I would like to request the following information on standards,
policies and procedures relating to hospital chaplains in your
Trust.

Could you please:

1. tell me whether policies or procedures exist to:

a. establish whether a patient admitted to any of your hospitals
does or does not wish to receive contact from a hospital chaplain

b. ensure that patients (or their visitors, next-of-kin etc.) do
not received unsolicited contact from chaplains

c. safeguard patients’ personal and medical data such that hospital
chaplains by default do not have access to it

d. ensure that hospital chaplains, when given access to patient
data, do not share any of it with third parties

If you answered yes to any of the above, please could you provide
me with copies of the relevant policies or procedures

2. outline your approach for monitoring adherence to the policies
and procedures above

3. provide me with a summary of the results of this monitoring for
the last five years, including rates of compliance with the
policies and procedures, and severity of any non-compliance events

4. provide me with details of any action taken in respect of any
non-compliance identified (e.g. tightening of procedures,
disciplinary action – in the latter case, taking care not to
disclose any personal information)

Please could you release this information in electronic form by
email via this WhatDoTheyKnow request.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Davis

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Dear Susan Davis,

Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000 REF: FOI/1213/485

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 25 March. Please find attached our response to your request.

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the above REF number.

Yours sincerely,
Mary Stait
Information Governance Team
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
First Floor North
Lakeside House
4 Smith Way
Grove Park
Leicester
LE19 1SS
Telephone: (0116) 295 7290
[mobile number]
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: LPT - FOI Requests
Sent: 25 March 2013 16:00
To: 'Susan Davis'
Subject: Freedom of Information REF: FOI/1213/485

Dear Susan Davis

Freedom of Information Request REF: FOI/1213/485

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which we received today. We are processing your request and will respond to you shortly.

In the meantime, please find attached our leaflet offering guidance on our procedure for managing requests for information in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any queries please either respond to this email or contact me at the following address quoting the above REF number.

Yours sincerely,

Sylvia Saunders
Information Governance Administrator
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Lakeside House
4 Smith Way
Grove Park
Enderby
LE19 1SS

Tel: 0116 295 7265

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Davis [mailto:[FOI #154527 email]]
Sent: 25 March 2013 14:46
To: LPT - FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Hospital Chaplaincy Procedures

Dear Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust,

I would like to request the following information on standards,
policies and procedures relating to hospital chaplains in your
Trust.

Could you please:

1. tell me whether policies or procedures exist to:

a. establish whether a patient admitted to any of your hospitals
does or does not wish to receive contact from a hospital chaplain

b. ensure that patients (or their visitors, next-of-kin etc.) do
not received unsolicited contact from chaplains

c. safeguard patients’ personal and medical data such that hospital
chaplains by default do not have access to it

d. ensure that hospital chaplains, when given access to patient
data, do not share any of it with third parties

If you answered yes to any of the above, please could you provide
me with copies of the relevant policies or procedures

2. outline your approach for monitoring adherence to the policies
and procedures above

3. provide me with a summary of the results of this monitoring for
the last five years, including rates of compliance with the
policies and procedures, and severity of any non-compliance events

4. provide me with details of any action taken in respect of any
non-compliance identified (e.g. tightening of procedures,
disciplinary action – in the latter case, taking care not to
disclose any personal information)

Please could you release this information in electronic form by
email via this WhatDoTheyKnow request.

Yours faithfully,

Susan Davis

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so, please contact us using this form:
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