Hospital Chaplaincy Procedures
Dear Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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
I have now left CMFT.
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Kind regards,
Cara Taylor
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Dear Ms Davis,
We are writing to acknowledge receipt yesterday Sunday 24/03/13 of your
request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your
request has been assigned the following reference number FOI 105-13 and
please could you quote this reference number in any future correspondence
relating to your request.
We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20
working days time limit subject to the following constraints:-
(a) The Freedom of Information Act 2000 defines a number of exemptions,
which may prevent the release of the information you have requested. If
any of the exemption categories apply, the information will not be
released to you and we will advise you accordingly, including your rights
of appeal.
(b) If the information you have requested contains reference to a third
party, we will consult with them prior to making a decision on whether to
release the information to you.
Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:-
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk
If you require any further information regarding your request, please do
not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Gio
Giovanni Cerisola
Information Governance Manager
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Room 341, 3^rd Floor, Cobbett House
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9WL
Tel: 0161 701 0375
Email: gio.cerisola[2]@cmft.nhs.uk
[3]www.cmft.nhs.uk Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust includes: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital,
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Saint Mary's Hospital, University
Dental Hospital of Manchester, Trafford Hospitals and Community Services.
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Dear Ms Davis,
Please find attached our formal response to your recent Freedom of
Information request, reference FOI 105-13 refers.
We would be grateful if you could please confirm and acknowledge receipt
of this email.
We trust this is satisfactory but if you require any further information
or wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Yours sincerely
Gio
Giovanni Cerisola
Information Governance Manager
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Room 341, 3^rd Floor, Cobbett House
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9WL
Tel: 0161 701 0375
Email: gio.cerisola[1]@cmft.nhs.uk
[2]www.cmft.nhs.uk Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust includes: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital,
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Saint Mary's Hospital, University
Dental Hospital of Manchester, Trafford Hospitals and Community Services.
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