I would like to know how many people the trust employs in the Very Senior Manager (SM) grade please.
This should cover the current financial year, 2024-25 and 2023-24.
Please also include their job titles.
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Allegations of antisemitism, islamophobia and racism
– Please provide the number of persons who work or have worked at your NHS Trust who have been the subject to complaints on the basis of allegations of (1) antisemitism (2) islamophobia (3) racism against Palestinians and/or Arabs since 7 October 2023.
– For each of the above persons who works or has worked at your Trust, please confirm:
(i) whether the complaint(s) is/are based on allegations of antisemitism or islamophobia and/or racism towards Palestinians and/or Arabs;
(ii) the name of any organisation that submitted the complaint;
(iii) whether the complaint arises from the person’s actions at work and/or outside work;
(iv) whether the complaint is being or has been dealt with under informal or formal disciplinary procedures;
(v) the content of the complaint (deleting any personally identifiable information)
(vi) the outcome of any disciplinary hearing;
(vii) any sanction which has been applied against the person.
– Please provide the definitions used by your NHS Trust for (i) antisemitism, (ii) islamophobia, (iii) racism towards Palestinians and/or Arabs.
Complaints Submitted by Midwives, Nurses and Doctors
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information about complaints submitted by the midwives, nurses and doctors working at your trust.
From 1st January 2023 up to and including 15th April 2025, can you please tell me the following:
The number of grievances submitted by midwives, broken down into the nature of the complaint, including but not limited to:
Bullying and harassment work relations terms and conditions of employment health and safety.
Please break this down by year and month.
For “bullying and harassment” and “work relations” (above) please provide us with the trust’s summary of each grievance submitted by midwives and, where relevant, the outcome. Where necessary, please remove identifying details.
The number of grievances submitted by doctors. Please break this down by year.
The number of grievances submitted by nurses. Please break this down by year.
If this request is at risk of triggering the s12 cost exemption, please advise us on how we can amend the wording of our request to align with the trust’s categorisation and/or filing conventions for grievances and complaints.
NDAs and Settlement Agreements
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
For the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025:
1. How many Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), also referred to as confidentiality clauses were signed with staff (current or former) by your organisation?
2. Of those NDAs, how many were part of settlement agreements related to:
a) Complaints of bullying or harassment
b) Complaints of discrimination (on any protected characteristic)
c) Whistleblowing
d) Other reasons (please specify if possible)
3. What was the total amount of money paid out in settlement agreements that contained NDAs?
4. What is the highest individual settlement amount paid in this period as part of a settlement agreement that contained an NDA?
Please include any available breakdowns by department, staff role, or type of claim where possible.
If it is not possible to provide all of the information requested, please provide as much as you are able to within the appropriate cost and time limits.
Grievances, Disciplinaries and Bullying & Harassment Complaints
Please can you detail the number of grievances, disciplinaries and bullying & harassment (dignity at work) complaints that have been raised in the last 5 years.
297-2024
Request 1
In the previous 36 months on how many occasions have you engaged the services of an Executive Search recruitment company?i.e. a recruitment service for senior staff on a retained fee basis.
Request 2
If the response to Request 1 is positive what fees, either in percentage or a pounds and pence figure, where paid by your organisation to the supplier.
303-2024
Please provide the latest inclusive language guide document for staff and other documents used for internal diversity training
280-2024
1. Please confirm has your Trust adopted the Just Learning Culture in handling of concerns following receipt of Dido Harding’s letter that was sent to all Chairs and Chief Executives of NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts dated 23 May 2019.
2. Does your MHPS Procedure set out an informal process to deal with concerns pertaining to conduct/ capability of medical and dental staff, if so please provide details.
3. Please provide details of what training and support is provided by your Trust to Case Investigators and Case Managers when dealing with MHPS cases.
4. Please can you confirm if your Trust has a Decision-Making Group and if so, please can you confirm who sits on this group/how this is constituted and its remit?
5. The number of cases of medical and dental staff that were handled and resolved via a Just Culture approach and informal process.
6. The number of cases of medical and dental staff that were subjected to a formal MHPS investigation.
7. The number of medical and dental staff that have been formally excluded under MHPS and the duration of the exclusion.
8. Where medical and dental staff have been formally excluded under MHPS please provide a breakdown of whether this was on grounds of a) a need to protect the interests of patients or other staff pending the outcome of a full investigation, and/or b) the presence of the practitioner in the workplace was likely to impede the gathering of evidence during the investigation?
9. How many medical and dental staff have been the subject of a formal process in relation to concerns over conduct and performance after they have made a protected disclosure (whistleblowing) following concerns over patient safety or other issues?
10. Please provide the number of medical and dental staff that were placed on restricted duties and the duration of these restrictions.
11. Please provide a breakdown of how many of these formal MHPS investigations were:
a. Resolved with no further action due to the concerns not being upheld
b. Resolved via an agreement to proceed through a disciplinary fast track process which avoided the need to proceed to a formal hearing
c. Proceeded to a formal hearing – conduct or capability (provide breakdown)
d. Other outcome – provide details
12. Of the cases that proceeded to a formal hearing please confirm how many of these resulted in:
a. No disciplinary sanction – because the allegation/ concerns were not upheld
b. No disciplinary sanction – but ended with a recommendation for additional training/remediation/support
c. A disciplinary sanction – please confirm the level of this sanction (e.g. written warning/final written warning/dismissal)
d. Number of medical staff who appealed the disciplinary sanction and the outcome
e. Other outcome – provide details
13. Please provide length of time from start to finish of each MHPS
169-2024
How many days of sick leave, recorded as being due to “Anxiety/Stress/Depression/Other Psychiatric Illnesses”, in line with NHS recording of sickness absence, were taken by pharmacy staff in your trust in each of the following years:
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
2017/18
194-2024
I would like to know the difference in spending for Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). As part of this I am trying to get clarification on what constitutes OH and EAP.
1) Could you please provide me with an understanding of how your Trust defines OH and EAP respectively? What elements/criteria do you measure to track the provision of each?
2.) Could you also please provide a breakdown of how much the trust spends on OH and EAP respectively from the total spending figures you have provided in your initial FOI response?