Sexual health clinic staff numbers

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To whom it may concern,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am writing to request information on the number of staff in the different sexual health/genitourinary medicine clinics run within CDDFT. I would like to please request this information retrospectively over as many past financial years as possible. I would also like to request this information for each such clinic run within the trust separately and with them combined for the trust as a whole. Please provide the following specific information:
- the number of nurses at each level (e.g. the different bands)
- the number of nurses at each level who took long-term leave
- the number of healthcare assistants
- the number of healthcare assistants who took long-term leave
- the number of doctors at each level (e.g. medical student/junior/senior/consultant)
- the number of doctors at each level who took long-term leave
- the number of non-medical staff
- the number of non-medical staff who took long-term leave
- the doctor:patient ratio
- the nurse:patient ratio

Please return this information in a spreadsheet file and give each amount as precisely as practically possible. Thank you very much.

Yours faithfully,
Leo Pritchard

CDDFTFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Pritchard

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Acknowledgement.

The Trust acknowledges your request for information received on 5^th July
2024.

Your request is being considered and a response will be sent to you
promptly and not later than 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of
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If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me at the email
address above.

Kind regards,

Susan

Corporate Records and Freedom of Information Team
Facilitators: Corporate
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-       Susan Cook Freedom of
Information
-       Stephen Dawson Office

Corporate Affairs Manager Darlington
Memorial
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CDDFTFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Pritchard

Further to your Freedom of Information request which we received on 5^th
July 2024, please find attached the response from the Trust.

At the bottom of this email is a quick survey about your experience with
our service. Your feedback allows us to monitor and improve our processes
within the Freedom of Information Department and we would be grateful if
you are able to take the time to complete the survey and return it to us.

Kind Regards

Susan

Corporate Records and Freedom of Information Team
Facilitators: Corporate
Records &
-       Susan Cook Freedom of
Information
-       Stephen Dawson Office

Corporate Affairs Manager Darlington
Memorial
-       Peter Dixon Hospital

http://intranet/sites/news-CommsToolkit/... Hollyhurst
Road

Darlington

DL3 6HX

Tel:  ext.
43700

DD: 01325
743 700

Email:
[1][email
address]
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Dear Ms Cook,

Thank you for responding to my request and your help thus far.

Please could you provide the information in the "Answers" PDF file as a spreadsheet file? Doing so will make it easier to examine the numerical information it contains.

Please could you explain the meaning of the numbers in the clinic names in the "Answers" PDF file, for example, 439 and 0506 in "439 Genito-Urinary Medicine - UHND (0506)"?

Please could you clarify if all the trust's community/community hospital sexual health clinics (all of Chester le Street, Peterlee, Consett, etc.) are provided in combination as "439 Community Sexual Health Services (0589)" in the "Answers" PDF file?

Please could you also provide this information for the clinic in Bishop Auckland? I understand that the trust has a sexual health clinic in a hospital in Bishop Auckland. However, as far as I can tell, the information is not provided for this clinic.

Thank you very much for your time and help.

Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard

CDDFTFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Pritchard,

Could you please let me know the Number on the top of your response letter as we have received so many we are not sure which FOI you are querying. We think it may be 07.24.22.

Many thanks

Susan

Corporate Records and Freedom of Information Team
Facilitators:
- Susan Cook
- Stephen Dawson

Corporate Affairs Manager
- Peter Dixon

Corporate Records & Freedom of Information Office
Darlington Memorial Hospital
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL3 6HX

Tel: ext. 43700
DD: 01325 743 700

Email: [email address]

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Dear Ms Cook,

The original subject/title of the request in question was "Sexual health clinic staff numbers". The FOI reference was "07.24.22". Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard

CDDFTFOI (COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Pritchard.

Please see the response below for the answers to your queries.

• The 439 at the start is the Trusts VPD which is the unique identifier used for Trusts within the NHS. The numbers at the end are the Cost Centre numbers that are linked to the areas within the Trust.
• The figures provided for the Cost Centres will include all the relevant clinics however we cannot provide a further breakdown for each individual clinic as we do not hold that information.
• The Cost Centres will cover the Bishop Auckland clinic, but as mentioned above, we cannot provide specific information at a clinic level.

I have copied in the work version as requested.

Many thanks

Susan

Corporate Records and Freedom of Information Team
Facilitators:
- Susan Cook
- Stephen Dawson

Corporate Affairs Manager
- Peter Dixon

Corporate Records & Freedom of Information Office
Darlington Memorial Hospital
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL3 6HX

Tel: ext. 43700
DD: 01325 743 700

Email: [email address]

CDDFT Warning and Disclaimer
This email and any files attached to it may be of a confidential nature, and are only to be opened by the intended recipient. If you receive this email by error please notify the sender immediately. This email is from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and any opinions expressed in it are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Trust. The contents of any email even if marked confidential, may be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 2018.

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