Information and documents relating to staff wellbeing in higher education
Dear London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be interested in any information held by your organisation regarding my request on staff wellbeing in Higher Education (HE).
I would like to request the following information, covering the last 12 months:
1. The job title of the senior manager with lead responsibility for staff wellbeing in the University.
2. The number of mental health specialist staff available within the university to support staff wellbeing.
3. A copy of the University’s Policy (procedures)/other relevant document(s) to support the wellbeing of staff.
4. The type of services offered to support staff wellbeing in the University
5. The number of referrals to services offered where staff wellbeing was a primary reason for the referral
6. Staff take up (number) by each service offered to support staff wellbeing.
Please provide the above information in the form of electronic files.
If it is not possible to provide the information required due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in section 12, please provide assistance under section 16, obligation of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to receiving the above information.
Yours faithfully,
Vida Douglas
LSHTM ServiceDesk
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Re: Freedom of Information request - Information and documents relating to
staff wel
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Information Act. We will process your request as soon as possible and
will respond within 20 working days.
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Regards,
Freedom of Information team
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Dear London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
Further to my recent FOI request for information and document relating to staff wellbeing in higher education. I do not appear to have received a response which I should have received by 24th December.
I would be grateful if you could advise me on the progress of my request.
Yours faithfully,
Vida Douglas
LSHTM ServiceDesk
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Re: Re: Freedom of Information request - Information and documents
relating to staff
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act. We will process your request as soon as possible and
will respond within 20 working days.
Information on how we process Freedom of Information requests is available
on the LSHTM website at :
[1]https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/organisa...
We may need to contact you again if we require further information from
you in order to process your request.
We will also contact you as soon as possible if we determine that a fee
will be payable for reprographics costs (such as photocopying or printing)
or postage costs associated with your request.
Please do not hesitate to contact us by reply to this email if you have
any questions relating to your request.
Regards,
Freedom of Information team
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT UK | [2]www.lshtm.ac.uk
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LSHTM ServiceDesk
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Your request Freedom of Information request - Information and documents
relating to staff wel has now been completed.
Dear Vida Douglas,
I write to provide the following response to your Freedom of Information
Act Request.
1. The job title of the senior manager with lead responsibility for staff
wellbeing in the University. There is no single senior manager for lead
responsibility as responsibility for this is shared across a number of
senior managers, including: the Director, the Deputy Director and Provost,
the Director of HR, the Chief Operating Officer, and the Secretary &
Registrar.
2. The number of mental health specialist staff available within the
university to support staff wellbeing. In addition to the staff employed
in the Student Counselling and Advice Service, we have a dedicated,
externally-provided Occupational Health service and a counselling service
employing a number of individuals, both services being staffed by
qualified professionals. We also have a number of other initiatives to
support staff wellbeing including an annual Health and Wellbeing week,
training and support for managers, and are working toward the London
Healthy Workplace Charter (also see answer to question 3 for further
information).
3. A copy of the University’s Policy (procedures)/other relevant
document(s) to support the wellbeing of staff. Attached is LSHTM’s
Management of Stress Policy and Procedure. We could also provide the
information at the following link (it will need to be pasted and copied
into a
PDF): [1]https://lshtm.sharepoint.com/Services/Hu....
4. The type of services offered to support staff wellbeing in the
University See questions 2 and 3.
5. The number of referrals to services offered where staff wellbeing was a
primary reason for the referral. In terms of numbers which are trackable:
· For the Only Connect counselling service provided by the
University of Westminster, 55 staff used the service from August 2017 to
August 2018 (inclusive), the last period for which figures are recorded.
· 91 staff used the Occupational Health service.
6. Staff take up (number) by each service offered to support staff
wellbeing. See question 5.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
LSHTM ServiceDesk
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