Dear Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust,

This FOI request relates to people admitted to psychiatric inpatient wards who are parents.

By ‘inpatient ward’ we refer to: any ward that provides primarily psychiatric care, that has provision for overnight use, including locked and unlocked wards; including male, female, and mixed wards; including rehabilitation and forensic wards.

We do not need data relating to wards that are (or were during time period in question) exclusively delivering care to patients with dementia, or exclusively delivering care to older adults, or exclusively delivering care to children and adolescents (CAMHS).

Where possible please provide data on forensic wards separately from other types of ward.

By ‘parent’, we refer to any individual who has a child/children aged under 18 years (this can include step/foster/adopted/biological children). These parents need not necessarily have current caring responsibility (e.g. their child/children could be in temporary foster care).

We also include as a ‘parent’ any individual who has any other formal residential caring responsibility for a child aged under 18 years (e.g. where a grandparent has parental responsibility for a grandchild).

We are seeking data covering the period from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019 inclusive.

Please provide the following data, as far as is reasonably possible:

1. Admissions Data
a. How many individual admissions (for one night or more) were made to each psychiatric inpatient ward in the Trust. This question refers to all patient admissions, not just parents.
If possible, please provide this information disaggregated by ward, and for each ward, please indicate:
• Ward gender type (male/female/mixed)
• Mean age of patients admitted during reporting period

b. How many of the patients reported under 1.a. were parents (as defined above)?
If possible, please provide this information disaggregated by ward, and for each ward, please indicate:
• Ward gender type (male/female/mixed)
• Mean age of patients admitted during reporting period

2. Parental Status Data Collection
a. What data are routinely collected on parental status when inpatients are admitted or during their care? For example, are any of the following recorded: parenthood status, parental responsibility, children’s age, involvement of statutory services, where child currently resides? Is any other related information routinely recorded?

3. Trust/ward policies and procedures
a. Please provide copies of Trust policy documents which include reference to the needs of psychiatric inpatients who are parents and their families (e.g. family visit policies).
b. Please provide copies of any internal guidelines/SOPs used by wards to manage child visits to wards.
c. Please provide a copy of each inpatient ward induction/welcome pack for inpatients.
d. Please provide a copy of any written information provided to carers of inpatients.
e. Please provide a copy of information provided to the carers of children of inpatients while they are inpatients (e.g. foster carer, grandparent).
f. Please provide a copy of any information provided to child(ren) of inpatients.
For items a-f, please state if no such materials exist.

4. Child visits.
a. During the reporting period, how many parents received at least one visit from their child/ren during their inpatient ward admission?
b. During the reporting period, how many individual visits were made by children to inpatient psychiatric wards?

5. Family-friendly facilities
a. Please provide a description of any family visit room(s) on each inpatient ward (include details of fixtures and fittings).
b. For each family room, state whether it is used solely for the purpose of family visits.
c. Please provide a photograph of each family room (a snapshot from a phone is fine).

Yours faithfully,
Sam Cartwright-Hatton
Professor of Clinical Child Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Sussex
BN1 9QH

Dear FOIREQUEST(LPT) (LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

This FOI request relates to people admitted to psychiatric inpatient wards who are parents.

You may note that a similar request has previously been sent to you and as such we are sending a reduced scope request, per section 14(2) of the FOIA. Here we request only a small amount of information to complete previous responses to clarify or complete previous responses.

By ‘inpatient ward’ we refer to: any ward that provides primarily psychiatric care, that has provision for overnight use, including locked and unlocked wards; including male, female, and mixed wards; including rehabilitation and forensic wards.

We do not need data relating to wards that are (or were during time period in question) exclusively delivering care to patients with dementia, or exclusively delivering care to older adults, or exclusively delivering care to children and adolescents (CAMHS).

Where possible please provide data on forensic wards separately from other types of ward.

By ‘parent’, we refer to any individual who has a child/children aged under 18 years (this can include step/foster/adopted/biological children). These parents need not necessarily have current caring responsibility (e.g. their child/children could be in temporary foster care).

We also include as a ‘parent’ any individual who has any other formal residential caring responsibility for a child aged under 18 years (e.g. where a grandparent has parental responsibility for a grandchild).

We are seeking data covering the period from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019 inclusive.

Please provide the following data, as far as is reasonably possible. IF THIS REQUEST IN FULL IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT EXCEEDS LIMIT OF SECTION 12, PLEASE PRIORITISE QUESTIONS IN THE ORDER SEEN BELOW. i.e. complete question 1 then question2 etc., FINISHING WHEN THE TIME ALLOWABLE HAS BEEN MET.

1. Trust/ward policies and procedures

a. Please provide copies of internal Trust policy documents intended for staff guidance which include reference to the needs of psychiatric inpatients who are parents and their families (e.g. family visit policies).
If you are unable to provide this data, please state which of the following reason explains this:

- We do not have internal Trust policy documents intended for staff guidance which include reference to the needs of psychiatric inpatients who are parents and their families.
- We do have internal Trust policy documents intended for staff guidance which include reference to the needs of psychiatric inpatients who are parents and their families but to provide this information would be outside the scope of the appropriate limit as per Section 12 of FOIA.
- Other (please provide reason)

b. Please provide copies of any internal guidelines/SOPs used by wards to manage child visits to wards.
If you are unable to provide this data, please state the reason in one of the following formats:
- We do not have specific internal guidelines/SOPs used by wards to manage child visits to wards.
- We do have internal specific internal guidelines/SOPs used by wards to manage child visits to wards but to provide this information would be outside the scope of the appropriate limit as per Section 12 of FOIA.
- Other (please provide reason)

Yours sincerely,

Sam Cartwright-Hatton

Dear FOIREQUEST(LPT) (LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST),

Many thanks for responding to our follow-up request and attaching the documents again for ease. The reason we re-requested/clarified this request is because we are interested in INTERNAL Trust policies intended for staff guidance/procedure and I note that the documents you sent are patient-facing information. It would be much appreciated if you were able to confirm if there are/are not internal Trust policies referencing parental/child visitation, and if these do exist to send us copies.

Thank you in advance.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Cartwright-Hatton