Services to Foster Carers
Dear Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
I am writing to make a request for all the following information which I am entitled to under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide a copy of the following information related to commissioned services to foster carers and kinship carers in your Trust area. Please provide details of the spending broken down by financial year for each of the last 3 years (2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22)
1) The total spent to purchase carers' membership of the Fostering Network each year.
2) The total spent on commissioned carer ‘independent’ support and advocacy services associated with allegations and complaints made against carers each year.
3) Please provide copies of the most recent evaluations of each of these services.
4) Please provide copies of the Trust’s documented Public Patient involvement (PPI) of carers in the planning, commissioning, and evaluation of membership services of the Fostering Network as required by the Health and Social Care Reform Act (NI) 2009)
5) Please provide copies of the Trust’s documented Public Patient involvement (PPI) of carers in the planning, commissioning, and evaluation of the ‘independent’ support and advocacy service associated with allegations and complaints made against carers from the Fostering Network as required by the Health and Social Care Reform Act (NI) 2009).
I would like the above information to be provided to me as an electronic copy.
If the request is too broad or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand under the Act you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of the information is already in the public domain, please send it to me directly with page references or URLs when necessary.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance under the section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine the request.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within 20 working days after receiving this request. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing you have received this request.
I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Yours faithfully,
Dr Alastair Scott-McKinley
Hi Alastair
FOI REQUEST RE: SERVICES TO FOSTER CARERS
Thank you for your request for information received on 9 February 2024 which we are dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Further clarification may be required to ensure your request is dealt with appropriately and if this is the case we will contact you again. Under Freedom of Information guidelines a response should be provided by 8 March 2024.
For more information about the legislation and our procedures for dealing with requests for information please refer to our website: www.belfasttrust.hscni.net.
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Hi Alastair
FOI REQUEST RE: SERVICES TO FOSTER CARERS
I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 09
February 2024. Our response is now attached for your information.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your Freedom of Information
(FOI) request has been handled you may wish to complain. You should
contact Public Liaison Services, Nore Villa, Knockbracken Health Care
Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8BH or alternatively e-mail:
[1][email address] within two months of the date of
this response and your complaint will be considered and a response
provided usually within 20 working days of receipt.
Should you still be dissatisfied with the outcome, you can proceed to the
second review stage by contacting the Information Commissioner, The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF who will undertake an independent review. It is important to note
that if you refer any matter to the Information Commissioner, you will
need to show evidence of having gone through the Trust’s review process to
try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first instance.
If you require any further information or wish to discuss, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Lorraine
Lorraine O’Kane
Public liaison officer
TEL: 028 95046359 or
Tel: 028 95045888
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