HR

I am writing to request the following information relating to parental leave under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000:
• The total number of employees who took shared parental leave (SPL) in the last five
financial years: 2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023/24; and 2024/25.
• In the same period, the number of employees who took:
• Maternity leave
• Paternity leave
• Any internal policy documents or guidance issued to staff regarding shared parental leave
entitlement, including any updates in the past five years.
• Whether enhanced pay is offered during shared parental leave, and if so, how it compares
to maternity and paternity leave packages.

For the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2025 (or as far back as records are held, if full data for this period is not available):

1. Total number of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) — also referred to as confidentiality clauses or settlement terms within COT3 agreements or other settlement agreements, entered into with current or former staff members by your organisation.

2. Of those NDAs, please provide a breakdown of how many were associated with settlement agreements relating to:
a) Complaints of bullying or harassment
b) Complaints of discrimination (related to any protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010)
c) Whistleblowing or the raising of protected disclosures
d) Other reasons (please specify if available)

3. Total amount of money paid out under all settlement agreements or COT3s that included an NDA during this period.

4. The highest individual settlement amount paid out under a settlement agreement or COT3 that included an NDA during this period.

5. If available, please also provide:
A breakdown by staff group or job role (e.g. nursing, medical, administrative, etc.) A breakdown by department or service area A breakdown by type of complaint (if not already provided above) If the information is not held in this level of detail, please provide whatever level of detail is recorded.

If any part of this request is likely to exceed the cost limit, please prioritise questions 1–3 and advise how I might reasonably narrow the scope of the remaining questions.

I am wondering if you could please help me with a couple of benchmarking queries?

Neonatal Leave and Pay
• Have you got a family leave policy to share for this guidance and how you will process the leave for colleagues?

Lease Cars
• We are looking to add to our current guidance around scenarios where colleagues have a lease car and then for example, go on maternity leave, return on reduced days which could put them below the national minimum wage which could revoke the car. This could also apply to any substantive employees who adjust their hours for example. How do you support colleagues in this situation?

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.

– 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.

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.

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.

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.