Mental Health Agency Staff - 2018

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Dear Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,

Please can you confirm how many temporary Mental Health staff of the below specialisms, you had working on an agency/locum basis between the dates of 12th March – 16th March 2018.
Can you please break this information down into the following types:

• Mental Health Nurse
• Psychologist
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
• Psychotherapist
• Counsellor
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

To provide additional clarity on my request, ‘temporary Mental Health staff’ is to mean all persons who are mental health staff and are not on permanent contracts of employment with the Trust, but are supplied via employment agencies.

Yours faithfully,

Benjamin Stone

Freedom of Information (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Compliance Team

Kestrel House

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR6 5BE

 

Tel: 01603 421687

Fax: 01603 421411

Email:  [1][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

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Freedom of Information (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Requestor

 

CLARIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

 

The Trust is processing your request, however, before we can proceed
please can you provide some clarification?

 

You have asked:

 

Please can you confirm how many temporary Mental Health staff of the below
specialisms, you had working on an agency/locum basis between the dates of
12th March – 16th March 2018.

Can you please break this information down into the following types:

 

• Mental Health Nurse

• Psychologist

• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

• Psychotherapist

• Counsellor

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

 

To provide additional clarity on my request, ‘temporary Mental Health
staff’ is to mean all persons who are mental health staff and are not on
permanent contracts of employment with the Trust, but are supplied via
employment agencies.

 

Our Clarification:

 

REFUSAL NOTICE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION NOT
HELD

 

We have considered your request for information. Following a search of our
paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you
requested is not held by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

 

We do not hold the data you have requested by post, however do you wish to
receive the information based on hours and shifts covered.

 

Please note that once we have received your clarification we will send an
acknowledgement and a date by which you should expect a response. The
Trust is not required to provide information where we have asked for
clarification and the ‘clock’ restarts when clarification has been
received. If we do not hear from you in 30 working days we will close the
request and you will be advised to make a new request if you still require
the information.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Compliance Team

Kestrel House

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR6 5BE

 

Tel: 01603 421687

Fax: 01603 421411

Email:  [1][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

 

 

 

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Dear Freedom of Information (NSFT),

That will be fine. You can provide the information based on hours and shifts covered.

I would expect to have this information by the 9th May 2018.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Stone

Freedom of Information (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Requestor

 

Thank you for providing the further information that we asked for in
connection with your request. This was received on the 10th April 2018.
Please note that it is this date which is the date of receipt of your
request for the purposes of the FOI Act.

 

We will respond to your request promptly and in any event within 20
working days of the date of receipt of your request.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Compliance Team

Kestrel House

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR6 5BE

 

Tel: 01603 421687

Fax: 01603 421411

Email:  [Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

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Thorley Debbie (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Requestor

 

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please see below the information you have requested.

 

Question Answer
Please can you confirm how many temporary Mental  
Health staff of the below specialisms, you had
working on an agency/locum basis between the dates  
of 12th March – 16th March 2018.
12-16 March
Can you please break this information down into 2018 Workers
the following types: Mental Health
Nurse 79
  Psychologist 0
Psychological
• Mental Health Nurse Wellbeing
Practitioner 5
• Psychologist Psychotherapist 0
Counsellor 0
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Cognitive
Behavioural
• Psychotherapist Therapist 3

• Counsellor

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

 

To provide additional clarity on my request,
‘temporary Mental Health staff’ is to mean all
persons who are mental health staff and are not on
permanent contracts of employment with the Trust,
but are supplied via employment agencies.

 

 

If you are not satisfied with our decision regarding your request, you
have the right to appeal and should in the first instance write to our
Compliance Supervisor, via the email address [1][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]  or
address below who will escalate your appeal to the Trust’s Chair. Our
maximum response time to conduct our internal review will be 40 working
days.

 

If you are still not satisfied you can contact the Information
Commissioner’s Office, who oversees Freedom of Information and Data
Protection in the United Kingdom. The contact details are listed below:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 01625 545740

[2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

Compliance Team

Kestrel House

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR6 5BE

 

Tel: 01603 421687

Fax: 01603 421411

Email:  [3][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

The information in this email and in any attachments may contain
information that is confidential and which also may be privileged.
It may also contain personal views that are not the views of Trust. The
content of this email is for the exclusive use of the intended recipients.
If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies and we
request that you inform us that this message has gone astray. You should
not retain, copy or use the e-mail for any purposes, nor should you
disclose all or any part of its content to any other person. You should
not take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly
prohibited and may be unlawful.

Under Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
the content of emails and their attachments may be subject to public
disclosure. Unless the information is legally exempt, the confidentiality
of this email and any reply cannot be guaranteed.

All electronic communication to and from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS
Foundation Trust is retained in order to comply with regulatory and
business requirements.

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]
2. http://www.ico.gov.uk/
3. mailto:[Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Dear Thorley Debbie (NSFT),

It seems that the format of the information requested has become skewed in your response, are you able to clear it up and re-send so that it is clear please?

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Stone

Freedom of Information (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Requestor

 

I have copied the request which was sent to you by Debbie Thorley. If your
email appears in the same format as before it will be because your emails
are formatted as “Plain Text” rather than “HTML” which makes you unable to
see the tables we have used.

 

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please see below the information you have requested.

 

Question Answer
Please can you confirm how many temporary Mental  
Health staff of the below specialisms, you had
working on an agency/locum basis between the dates  
of 12th March – 16th March 2018.
12-16 March
Can you please break this information down into 2018 Workers
the following types: Mental Health
Nurse 79
  Psychologist 0
Psychological
• Mental Health Nurse Wellbeing
Practitioner 5
• Psychologist Psychotherapist 0
Counsellor 0
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Cognitive
Behavioural
• Psychotherapist Therapist 3

• Counsellor

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapist

 

To provide additional clarity on my request,
‘temporary Mental Health staff’ is to mean all
persons who are mental health staff and are not on
permanent contracts of employment with the Trust,
but are supplied via employment agencies.

 

If you are not satisfied with our decision regarding your request, you
have the right to appeal and should in the first instance write to our
Compliance Supervisor, via the email address [1][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email] or address
below who will escalate your appeal to the Trust’s Chair. Our maximum
response time to conduct our internal review will be 40 working days.

 

If you are still not satisfied you can contact the Information
Commissioner’s Office, who oversees Freedom of Information and Data
Protection in the United Kingdom. The contact details are listed below:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 01625 545740

[2]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

Compliance Team

Kestrel House

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

Norfolk

NR6 5BE

 

Tel: 01603 421687

Fax: 01603 421411

Email: [3][Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

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Dear Freedom of Information (NSFT),

It is definitely not a clear answer.
So that you are aware, this request is made through Whatdotheyknow.com
I am unable to change format of the request OR the answer.

The link to it is - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

Below is what I can see:

"Question Answer
Please can you confirm how many temporary Mental
Health staff of the below specialisms, you had
working on an agency/locum basis between the dates
of 12th March – 16th March 2018.
12-16 March
Can you please break this information down into 2018 Workers
the following types: Mental Health
Nurse 79
Psychologist 0
Psychological
• Mental Health Nurse Wellbeing
Practitioner 5
• Psychologist Psychotherapist 0
Counsellor 0
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Cognitive
Behavioural
• Psychotherapist Therapist 3

• Counsellor

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapist"

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Stone

Freedom of Information (NSFT), Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

1 Attachment

Dear Mr Stone

Please find attached as a PDF our response to your request. I you have any further queries or are unable to access this response please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Debbie Thorley
Acting Compliance Manager

Compliance Team, Kestrel House, Hellesdon Hospital, Drayton High Road, Norwich, NR6 5BE
Tel: 01603 421687
Email: [email address], [Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust request email], [email address]
Please note that I work 30 hours a week on different days depending on business need. I will always respond back to your email it just may not be the same day you have sent it, if this is a Non-Working day that week.

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