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The information is grouped into broad categories as follows:
Class
1
Who we are and what we Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts
do.
How we fit into the NHS structure
Organisational structure
Lists of and information relating to organisations with which
the authority works in partnership
Senior staff and management board members
Board of Directors
Location and contact details for all public-facing departments
Class
2
What we spend and how
we spend it
Financial Information relating to projected and actual income
and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit
Annual statement of accounts
Budgets and variance reports
Financial audit reports
Standing financial instructions
Capital programme
Staff and Board members’ allowances and expenses
Staff pay and grading structures
Funding (including endowment funds)
Procurement and tendering procedures
Details of contracts currently being tendered
List and value of contracts awarded and their value
Class
3
What are our priorities
and how are we doing
Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits,
inspections and reviews
Annual Report
Annual business plan
Targets, Aims and Objectives
Strategic Direction - Corporate Objectives
Performance against targets (KPI)/performance framework
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Clinical governance
Health care Commission – Annual check
Audit reports
Service User Surveys
Class
4
How we make decisions
Decision making processes and records of decisions
Board papers – agenda, supporting papers and minutes
Patient and public involvement strategy (PPI)
Public consultations (for example, concerning
closures/variations of services).
Internal communications guidance and criteria used for
decision making i.e. process systems and key personnel
Class
5
Our policies and
procedures
Current written protocol, policies and procedures for delivering
our services and responsibilities
Policies and procedures relating to the conduct of business and
the provision of services
Policies and procedures relating to human resources (including
Race, Disability, Age and Gender, Equal Opportunities)
Policies and procedures relating to recruitment and
employment
Standing financial procedures
Standing orders
Complaints and other customer service policies and procedures
Data protection / information governance / Caldicott Guardian
Estate management
Charging regimes and policies
Class
6
List and registers
List and registers
Any information we are currently legally required to hold in
publicly available registers
List of main contractors / suppliers
Assets registers and Information Asset Register
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Any register of interests kept in the authority
Register of Gifts and Hospitality provided to Board members
and senior personnel
Disclosure Log
Class
7
The services we offer
Information about the services we offer, including leaflets,
guidance and newsletters
Clinical services provided and/or commissioned
Non-clinical services
A - Z of services
Services for which the authority is entitled to recover a fee
together with those fees
Patient information leaflets and other booklets and newsletters
Information leaflets
PALS
Patient advice and liaison service
Advice and guidance
For patients and visitors
Corporate communications & media releases
News and media
We will state how you can obtain the information outlined within each Class. This will normally be
either via the website or as a hard copy or other media as stated. The publications are all free unless
otherwise indicated. Where information is provided at a cost the charges will be calculated as set out
in Class 15.
The Trust’s commitment to publish information excludes any information which can legitimately be
withheld under the exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code or the Freedom of Information
Act. Where individual classes are subject to exemptions, the main reasons are such things as the
protection of commercial interests and personal information under the Data Protection Act 1998.
This applies to most Classes within the Publication Scheme.
The Publication Scheme is available in hard copy. If you require a hard copy, large print or audio
version of this Publication Scheme, please contact the Freedom of Information Co-ordinator:
Mrs Nicola Frost
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Service Reliability and Safety Department
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prittlewell Chase
Westcliff on Sea
Essex
SS0 0RY
Tel: 01702 435555 extn 6455
Fax: 01702 221079
E-mail to: nicola.frost@southend.nhs.uk