Independent advocacy services
Dear Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
I should be obliged if you would provide the following information:
Names and contact details for all advocacy organisations with whom you currently have contracts for the provision of independent advocacy services for the following categories:
1. Adults with mental health issues
2. Adults with disabilities
3 Children with disabilities
4. Unpaid or informal carers.
Yours faithfully,
Caroline M Kelly
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care services during the first peak of the CoVid19 pandemic. During this
time we have been asking our staff to prioritise their professional caring
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responding to the emergency. This has understandably had an impact on
other duties within their role such as responding to legislative
requirements under FOI and the processing of Subject Access Requests.
We are refocussing our efforts to recover our corporate services; however
this will take time due to a backlog of work and the gradual return of
staff to their roles so we anticipate that there may still be some delays
in responding to requests for information. We assure you that your
request will be logged and processed, and we will do our utmost to respond
as quickly as possible.
Yours Faithfully
Information Governance Team
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Dear Caroline Kelly
We acknowledge receipt of your email to Southern Health and Social Care Trust:
Independent Advocacy Services
If you have submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR), your request will be considered and you will receive our response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.
The reference number for your email is FOI/116.
Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please reply to this email.
Yours sincerely,
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Dear Ms Kelly,
Please find attached response in respect of your recent FOI request to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
Kind regards
Gail Fegan
Information Governance Assistant
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