Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to obtain information held by public authorities unless there are good reasons to keep it confidential.
Your can find out more about the freedom of information act on the freedom of information page of the information commissioner’s office website.
Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
Information to be published | How the information can be obtained | Cost |
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Class1 - Who we are and what we do Doctors & other staffing details Contact details & opening hours | Practice leaflets available at surgery | No cost |
Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it | Not available | |
Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing Improved patient access by offering additional appointments for early morning, late evening and Saturday mornings | No cost |
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Plans for the development and provision of NHS services | Practice Development Plan Available on request in writing | £5 per request |
Class 4 – How we make decisions Weekly business meetings with GP Partners & Practice Manager Weekly Clinical meetings with the clinical team Monthly Primary Healthcare Team Meetings Regular Patient feedback inc Patient Surveys | Not available due to confidentiality of patients data | |
Class 5 – Our policies and procedures (Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities) | Visit our website for Practice policies Protocols and procedures available on request | No cost £5 per request |
Policies and procedures about the employment of staff | Available on request in writing | £5 per request |
Internal instructions to staff and policies relating to the delivery of services | Yes | £5 per request |
Equality and diversity policy | Yes | £5 per request |
Health and safety policy | Yes | £5 per request |
Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for information and operating the publication scheme) | Yes | £5 per request |
Records management policies (records retention, destruction and archive) | Yes | £5 per request |
Data protection policies | Yes | £5 per request |
Policies and procedures for handling requests for information | Yes | £5 per request |
Patients’ charter | ||
Class 6 – Lists and Registers | Not applicable | |
Class 7 – The services we offer | Practice leaflets/information available at Surgery | No cost |
Charges for any of these services | ||
Out of hours arrangements |