Freedom of Information Team
Our Ref: FOI/2019.244/JM
The Oast
Date: 17 September 2019
Unit D, Hermitage Court

Hermitage Lane

Barming
Mr J Withington
Maidstone
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
ME16 9NT

Phone: 01622 211900

Email: xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear Mr Withington
Web: www.kentcht.nhs.uk

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act

Thank you for your email received 24 August 2019 requesting information regarding
organisational structure charts.

Please find detailed below a summary of your request, together with our response.

Summary of your original request:
Please can you provide under the Freedom of Information Act a full management structure
chart for the Trust inclusive of all 'Heads of Service,' 'Assistant Directors' and Directors
with the full job titles and the names of individuals who hold these positions.

Please find detailed below structure charts as requested.  The Trust responded to a Freedom of
Information request asking for clinical structure charts in July 2019 which is available on our
website.
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019.170-Professional-Leads-and-
Structure-Charts.pdf

Therefore some of the information you requested is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ‘information accessible to applicant by other means’.  I have
detailed below the relevant excerpt from the Act:

Section 21 - Information accessible to applicant by other means.
(1)
Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is
exempt information.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)
information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on
payment, and
(b)
information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is information which
the public authority or any other person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate
(otherwise than by making the information available for inspection) to members of the public on request,

whether free of charge or on payment.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a public authority and does not
fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely
because the information is available from the public authority itself on request, unless the information is
made available in accordance with the authority’s publication scheme and any payment required is
specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme.

It is Trust policy to not release names and contact details of staff below Executive Director Level
as this constitutes personal information which is exempt under Section 40(2) in conjunction with
Section 40(3A)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which relates to ‘Personal Information’.

An excerpt of the relevant Freedom of Information legislation can be found below:

Section 40 – Personal information
(2) Any information to which a request for information relates is also exempt information if—
(a) it constitutes personal data which does not fall within subsection (1), and
(b) either the first, second or third condition below is satisfied.
(3a) The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public
otherwise than under this Act
(a)
would contravene any of the data protection principles, or
(b)
would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (manual
unstructured data held by public authorities) were disregarded.


If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
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Please remember to quote the reference number in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
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at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, and Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Act Team
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Business
Development &
Service
Improvement
Head of Service
Commercial
Project Manager
Project Manager
Improvement
Manager
Business Planning
Manager
Project Co-
ordinator
Vacant
Service
Improvement
Information Lead
Vacant
Manager
Vacant
Market &
Information
Analyst
Service
QI Co-ordinator
Improvement
Assistant
Business
Development
Assistant &
Secretary to AD

Director of Finance
AD of Performance & Business
Intelligence
Market &
Team Admin
Senior Performance
Quality Analyst
Market &
Manager
Information Analyst
Information Analyst
(Advanced)
(Specialist)
Market & Information
Market &
Analyst (Specialist)
Information
Analyst

Corporate Services Director
Assistant Trust
AD Compliance
Project Officer/
Governor
Sec/Committee
Head of Facilities
AD Estates
PA
PA
Support Officer
Sec
Head of
Transformation
Governor
Facilities
Edenbridge Lead
Head of Health &
Business Admin
Operations
Head of Projects
Lead
Head of Legal
Head of Risk
Head of EPR
Head of IG
Support Officer
Manager
Safety
Apprentice
IG
Administrator
Administrator
Senior Service
Facilities
Site Supervisor
Manager
Legal Services
Fire Safety
Risk & Incident
Information
Manager
Resilience Officer
X 4
(Projects)
Property Manager
Manager
Manager
Governance
Compliance
Administrator
Interim Senior
Manager
Project Manager
Site Supervisor
X 5
Facilities
Estates Business
Legal Services
Security
Risk System
Manager
Manager
Coordinator
Manager
CRT Trainer
Manager
Information
Project Manager
Compliance
Governance
Officer
Assurance Lead
Site Supervisor
X 4
Senior Estates
Estates Services
Operational
Legal Services
Fire Safety
Manager
Manager x 4
Facilities
Risk Coordinator
Officer
Advisor
Manager
Capital Planning
Corporate
Manager
Services Officer
Site Supervisor
Estates
Estates
X 4
Compliance
Legal Services
Deputy Health &
Administrator
Manager
Officer
Safety Manager
Risk System
Estates Project
(shared role)
Administrator
Assistant
MICAD Manager
Legal Services
Risk
Officer
Administrator
(Bank)
Estates
Administrator

Organisational Chart
Clinical Director
Clinical Director
Clinical Director
Clinical Director for
Sexual Health
Geriatrics
Community
Quality and
Paediatrics
Governance
SAS Tutor
Lead Appraiser
Medical Director
Medical Directorate
Head of Research
Project Manager
Chief Pharmacist
and Clinical Audit
Medicines
Medical Director
Clinical Audit and
Management and
Personal Assistant
Research Teams
Pharmacy Team
Appraisal and
Medical Directorate
Revalidation
Business Assistant
Administrator
Clinical Leadership Team
Clinical Services
Medical Directorate Administration and Project Team

Executive Team
Our board also includes
Non-Executive Directors:
Jennifer Tippin
Chairman
Bridget Skelton
John Goulston
Pippa Barber
Richard Field
Steve Howe
Chief
Executive
Peter Conway
Paul Bentley
Nigel Turner
Chief Operating
Medical
Director of
Director of Workforce,
Officer
Director
Finance
Organisation
Lesley Strong
Dr Sarah Phillips
Gordon Flack
Development and
Communications
Louise Norris
Interim Chief
Director of
Corporate
Nurse
Strategy
Services Director
Mercia Spare
Gerard Sammon
Natalie Davies

Deputy Director of Finance
Head of
Procurement
Head of Contracts
Contracts Manager
Assistant Contracts
Procurement
Procurement Project
Manager
Manager
Officer
Vacant
Deputy Procurement
Vacant
Manager
Deputy Procurement
Contracts
Manager
Coordinator
Buyer
Contracts Assistant
Junior Buyer

IT
Director of Finance
Commercial Manager
Assistant Director ICT
IT Infrastructure
IT & Telecoms
Head of IT Operations
Head of IT Projects
Manager
Infrastructure Manager
Admin Assistant
& Telecoms

Finance Consortium

Financial Systems
Financial Accountant
Payments Manager
Manager

  Technical Systems
Systems Analyst
Technical & Accounts
Cash Office
Deputy Payments
Manager
Technical
Receivable
Supervisor
Manager

Accountant

Team Leader –

Team Leaders
Financial Systems
Cash Assistant
Technical

Technical Accounts
Finance Assistant
Support Officer
Assistants

Senior Payments
Support Officer
Credit Control er
Assistant

Cashiers
Senior Payments
Officers

Credit Control
Payments Assistant

Assistants
Supplier Masterfile

Debra
Sales Ledger Assistant

Payments Assistants

Support Assistant

Deputy Director of Finance

Head of

Procurement
Head of Contracts

Contracts Manager
Assistant Contracts
Procurement
Procurement Project

Manager
Manager
Officer

Deputy
Deputy
Contracts

Procurement
Procurement
Coordinator
Junior Buyer x 2
Manager
Manager

Contracts Assistant

Executive
Director of Workforce, Organisational
Assistant
Development and Communications
Deputy Director of
Deputy Director of
Human Resources
Assistant Director of
Human Resources
(Operations)
Communications
(Education & Workforce)
Head of
Head of
Head of
Head of
Systems and
Head of
Workforce,
Head of
Campaigns
Employee
Clinical
Performance
Resourcing
Information
Communications
and
Relations
Academy
Lead
and Systems
Engagement

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