I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding employment and related details of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians within your trust. I believe this information is essential for public interest, transparency and to better understand the role of multi-professional approved and responsible clinicians within the healthcare system. Please provide the information in one of the following digital formats PDF, Excel, or Word documents.
Please could you provide the following information:
1. The total number of multi-professional approved clinicians (as approved under the mental health act) employed by the trust currently
a. A breakdown of this number by base profession (psychologist, nurse, occupational therapist or social worker)
b. The number of these working as responsible clinicians
c. A breakdown of which teams these staff are working in based on the following
i. inpatient vs outpatient setting
ii. Specialty (old age, general adult, child and adolescent, intellectual disability, forensic or other)
iii. For inpatient settings whether male ward, female ward or mixed ward
2. The total number of trainee multi-professional approved clinicians currently in training in the trust
3. The mean pro-rata salary of multi-professional approved clinicians and multi-professional responsible clinicians currently employed by the trust (as two values if these are different.)
4. Are multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians currently allowed to cover gaps in service left by doctor approved/responsible clinicians
5. Do multi-professional approved/responsible clinicians contribute to on call rotas
a. If yes are these on rotas shared with doctor approved/responsible clinicians
b. If yes is this in hours, out of hours, or both