Information of a general business or administrative nature such as 'Who we are, what we do and how we run our Trust' can be accessed in one of two principal ways under the Freedom of information Act: either by searching our website and Publication Scheme for information we routinley publish or, when the information is not already published by us or another agency, by making a specific request.

Making a specific written request

If you can not find the information you require on our website or within our Publication Scheme, please contact our Trust's Information Governance Manager, Heather Champion via one of the following methods:

By email:    foi.team@bwhct.nhs.uk,

By Letter:    Information Governance Manager
                    Informatics Department
                    Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
                    Metchley Park Road
                    Edgbaston
                    Birmingham B15 2TG

By Telephone:    0121 607 4720

General overview of the Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust Board, Senior Management Structure

2008 Annual Report,  Annual Report and Accounts February - March 2008

Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust's Annual Reports, Clinical Reports, Strategic Vision, Strategy and Objectives, Quality and Clinical Governance, Healthcare Commissions Core Standards Declaration 2008 / 2009..

Trust Board papers

Race Equality Scheme

Services Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust provides, corporate communications and media releases, Information Leaflets, Corporate Brochure…

PART ONE: Introduction

What is a Publication Scheme?

This Publication Scheme is a complete guide to the information routinely published by the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust (BWHCT). It is a description of the information about our Trust that is publicly available. We also tell you how and when we will produce the information, from where it can be obtained, and whether it is available free of charge or on payment of a small fee. We regularly review the Scheme and  monitor how it is operating.

It is important that the Publication Scheme meets the needs of the public, patients and staff. It is designed to be a route map so that nformation about the Trust is easily located. Under section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Trust has a legal duty to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme for the publication of Trust information. The purpose of the Act is to promote greater openess by public auithoroties including the NHS.

Sometimes, however, some or all of the information you request cannot be provided. If this happens, the reasosns will always be explained to you.

The Freedom of Information Act does not change the right of patients to protection of their patient confidentiality in accordance with Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention, the Data Protection Act 1998 and at common law.The Trust adheres to the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice and maintaining the legal right to patient confidentiality is a  key commitment on our part. To help with this we have a Caldicott Guardian who has the responsibility to ensure the protection of confidentiality throughout the Trust in accordance with your legal rights.

The Caldicott Guardian is

Information Management

The Trust organises the information it makes available into classes of information. There are 15 classes of information within the scheme (see below). Information in these classes will be retained in accordance with the Trust's retention and disposal schedules which comply with the Records Management: NHS Code of Practice and National Archives guidance. Information not required for the business purposes of the Trust and that needs to be permanently preserved is held at Birmingham City Archives, a designated place of deposit approved by the Lord Chancellor for the purpose of holding public records.

Rights of access to information

The Freedom of Information Act recognises that, as a member of the public , you have the right to know how public services such as the NHS are organised and run, how much they cost, and how you can make complaints if you need to. You have the right to know which services are being provided, the targets that are being set, the standards of services that are expected, and the results achieved.

The Trust is obliged to respond to requests about the information that it holds recorded in any form, and to provide a right of access to that information. These rights are subject to certain exemptions which the Trust has to take into account before deciding what information can be released. Further information on these exemptions can be found on the Information Commissioner's web site. We will respond to requests for  information as soon as possoible, and no later than 20 working days from the day after the request is received by the Trust.

If you wish to obtain information listed in our Publication Scheme, or require further information on freedom of information, data protection, environmental information or other information governance topics, please contact: foi.team@bwhct.nhs.uk. Alternatively you can write to:

If you wish to request information under the Freedom of Information Act or Environmental Information Regulations (see below), you can write or e-mail to the above address, or alternatively you can download and complete the FOI Information Request Form. This can be returned by post or e-mail.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you are also entitled to access  your health records (or any other personal information held about you) by the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust.  To do this, please contact in writing:

Please  include as much information as possible  such as your full name and address, date of birth, hospital number or NHS number, and the names of any medical or nursing staff currently caring for you. Further information on accessing your health records can be found on the Trust's web site.

If you need copies of your health records (for instance, for a claim that a solicitor is dealing with for you), there may be a charge. You (or anyone acting for you) will be contacted with details of any costs.

Information Governance

Information governance is concerned with how the NHS handles information about patients/clients and employees and in particular personal and sensitive information. It ensures that organisations and individuals deal with personal information legally, securely, efficiently and effectively in order to deliver the best possible care. It provides a framework bringing together the requirements, standards and best practice that apply to the handling of personal information.

Further information on information governance can be found on the Trust's web site. Also, if you require advice, guidance or further information on any aspect of information governance, you can write to:

Environmental Information Regulations

On 1 January 2005, new Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) were introduced. These regulations provide access to environmental information on similar lines to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The EIR place a duty on public authorities to make available environmental information to the public, wherever possible by electronic means. See Class 14: Environmental Information of our Publication Scheme.We will respond to requests for environmental information as soon as possoible, and no later than 20 working days from the day after the request is received by the Trust. Please see above for informsation on how to make a request for environmental information.

Copy right / Re-use of Public Sector Information

The material available through this Publication Scheme is subject to the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust’s copyright unless otherwise indicated. Unless expressly indicated on the material to the contrary, it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used out of its proper context or in a misleading manner. Where any of the copyright items in this scheme are being republished or copied to others, you must identify the source of the material and acknowledge the copyright status. Permission to reproduce material does not extend to any material accessed through the Publication Scheme that is the copyright of third parties. You must obtain authorisation to reproduce such material from the copyright holders concerned.

For guidance notes on a range of copyright issues, see the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) web site or contact Crown Copyright, Licensing and Public Sector Information Enquiries at OPSI on 01603 621000.

Feedback

We welcome suggestions on how this Publication Scheme and the publications themselves might be improved. The Publication Scheme is produced and maintained by the Information Governance Manager. If you have any comments about the Publication Scheme, or if you are having difficulty accessing any information, please contact:

If you have a complaint about  the Publication Scheme, or the way in which your request for information was handled, please contact:

You also have the right of appeal to the independent Information Commissioner if you are unhappy about the way your request and/or complaint has been handled. The Commissioner is a UK independent supervisory authority, reporting directly to the UK Parliament. The Commissioner oversees and enforces the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You can contact the Commissioner in various ways. Go to the Information Commissioner’s web site http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk for more information, or contact at the following address:

Class 1: The NHS and How We Fit

This Class describes the structure of the NHS structure. and how we fit into it.

The National Health Service (NHS) was founded in 1948 and is now the largest organisation in Europe. It is recognised by the World Health Organisation as one of the best public health services in the world.

The NHS is funded by the taxpayer and managed by the Department of Health, which sets overall policy on health issues. It is the responsibility of the Department  to provide health services to the general public through the NHS.

The current structure and various organisations that make up the NHS and how they relate to each other is shown in the following diagram:

The Department of Health

The aim of the Department of Health is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England. It sets standards and broad working practices of the NHS and local social services. The Department works on ways to prevent disease and help people live longer healthier lives.

Specifically, the Department is responsible for:

• setting overall strategic direction of the NHS and leading its transformation into a modern health service which works in full partnership with social care and  is built around the needs of patients

setting national standards to improve quality of services - such as the National Service Frameworks, which set out standards of care for priority areas including cancer, coronary heart disease and mental health

• securing sufficient funds from overall government spending to ensure that the NHS and social care are able to deliver these services

working with key partners to ensure that NHS and social care organisations have the support they need to deliver the best quality care - including Strategic Health Authorities, the Healthcare Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection.

Strategic Health Authorities

The whole of England is divided into Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs). These organisations were set up in 2002 to develop plans for improving health services in their local area and to ensure that their local NHS organisations. There were originally 28 SHAs but in July 2006 they were reduced to 10. SHAs are a key link between the Department of Health and the NHS. The Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust is responsible to the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.The SHAs are responsible for:

• developing plans for improving health services in their area
• making sure that local health services are of a high quality and are performing well

increasing the capacity of local health services - so that they can provide more services, and

• making sure that national priorities - for example, programmes for improving cancer services - are integrated into local health care plans

Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)

Primary care is the care provided by people you normally see when you first have a health problem. It might be a visit to your doctor or to a dentist, an optician for an eye test, or a visit to the pharmacist. NHS walk-in centres and the NHS Direct phone line service are also part of primary care. All of these services are managed by the local Primary Care Trust (PCT). The PCT also works with local authorities and other agencies that provide health and social care locally  to make sure that the local community's needs are being met.

PCTs are at the centre of the NHS and control 80% of the NHS budget. As they are local organisations, they are best positioned to understand the needs of their communities, so that they can make sure that the organisations providing health and social care services are working effectively.

The Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust's services are commissioned by PCTs. The main local commissioners of the Trust's services are the South Birmingham PCT and the Heart of Birmingham PCT. In addition, a further 18 PCTs regularly commission services from the Trust.

Acute Trusts

Hospitals are managed by acute trusts. Trusts ensure that hospitals provide high-quality health care, and that they spend their money efficiently. They also decide on strategies for hospital development and service improvement.

Acute trusts employ a large part of the NHS workforce including nurses, doctors, pharmacists, midwives and health visitors, as well as people doing jobs related to medicines such as physiotherapists, radiographers, podiatrists, speech and language therapists , consellors, occupational therapists and psychologists. There are also many other non-medical staff employed by acute trusts, including receptionists,  porters, cleaners, in formation specialists managers, engineers, caterers, domestics and security staff.

Some acute trusts are regional or national centres for more specialised care. Others are attached to universities and help to train health professionals. Acute trusts can also provide services in the community, for example through health centres, clinics or in people's homes.

The Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust is one of only two acute trusts in the UK offering specialist care to women. Further information on the services offered by the Trust can be found on the Trust web site and in Class 6 of this Publication Scheme.

Foundation Trusts

Foundation trusts are a new type of of NHS hospital run by local managers, staff and members of the public, which are tailored to the needs of the local population. Foundation trusts have been given much more financial and operational freedom than other NHS trusts.but still remain within the NHS and its performace inspection system. Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust is currently (2007) applying for foundation status. More information on the Trut's application can be found here.

Ambulance Trusts

There are currently 13 ambulance services covering England. They provide emergency access to health care.

If you call for an emergency ambulance, the calls are prioritised into:

• Category A emergencies which are immediately life-threatening, or

Category B or C emergencies which are not life-threatening.

The emergency control room decides what kind of response is needed and whether an ambulance is required. For all three types of emergency, they may send a rapid responses vehicle, crewed by a paramedic and equipped to provide treatment at the scene of an accident. Over the past five years, the number of ambulance 999 calls has gone up by a third. The NHS is also responsible for providing transport to get patients to hospital for treatment. In many areas it is the ambulance trust that provides this service.

Care Trusts

Care trusts are organisations that work in both health and social care. They may carry out a range of services, including social care, mental health services or primary care services. Care trusts are set up when the NHS and local authorities agree to work together, usually where it is felt that a closer relationship between health and social care is needed or would benefit local dare services.

Mental Health Trusts

Mental health trusts provide health and social care services for people with mental health problems. Mental health services can be provided through your GP, other primary care services or through more specialised care. This might include counselling and other psychological therapies, community and family support or general health screening. For example, people suffering bereavement, depression, stress or anxiety can get help from primary care or informal community support. If they need more involved support they can be referred for specialist care.

More specialist care is normally provided by mental health trusts or local council social services departments. Services range from psychological therapy, through to very specialist medical and training services for people with severe mental health problems. About two in every 1,000 people need specialist care for conditions such as severe anxiety problems or psychotic illness.

Special Health Authorities

Special health authorities are authorities that provide a health service to the whole of England, not just to a local community - for example, the National Blood Authority. They have been set up to provide a national service to the NHS or the  public under section 11 of the NHS Act 1977. They are independent but can be subject to ministerial direction, like other NHS bodies.

Further Information

Further information can be obtained from the NHS Choices web site. This new web site has been developed to help you make choices about your health, from lifestyle decisions about things like smoking, drinking and exercise, through to the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services should you need them. NHS Choices draws together the knowledge and expertise of NHS.UK, the National Library for Health, NHS Direct, the Information Centre for Health and Social Care, the Healthcare Commission and numerous other health and social care organisations.

Class 2: Who We Are

This Class contains details of the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust, organisational structures and key personnel.

The Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust, hereinafter referred to as BWHCT, was established in 1993 under the terms of Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 2541.

BWHCT is a leading provider of specialist women’s health services in the Midlands, and is one of only two dedicated centres for women’s services in the country.  The Trust comprises the Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Cancer Intelligence Unit, and the West Midlands Public Health Observatory.

BWHCT reports to the Department of Health via the Birmingham and Black Country Strategic Health Authority based in Birmingham - http://www.bbcha.nhs.uk/.

Details of the Trust’s organisation may be found in the Annual Report. This contains a description of the management structure, information on Trust Board members, including Chief Executive, Directors, Chairman and Non-Executive Directors, calendar of Board meetings, and principal committees.

BWHCT works closely with four Primary Health Care Trusts:

South Birmingham PCT - http://southbirminghampct.nhs.uk/
North Birmingham PCT - http://northbirminghampct.nhs.uk/
Eastern Birmingham PCT - http://easternbirminghampct.nhs.uk/
Heart of Birmingham PCT - http://hobtpct.nhs.uk/

The Trust also has a close working relationships with:

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust - http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/
University of Birmingham  http://www.bham.ac.uk
University of Central England in Birmingham  http://www.uce.ac.uk

Class 3: Financial and Funding information

This Class contains funding details, charging policies and financial accounts.

The annual report contains a summary of the Trust’s latest financial results. The full accounts are also available. The Trust Board receives regular updates on the financial position of the organisation.

The Trust follows procurement guidance established by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA). PASA guidance sets out the standard terms and conditions that NHS organisations should follow in regard to the purchasing of equipment and supplies.

The Trust will advertise tenders for goods and services worth over £100,410 through the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). Contracts that fall below this EU threshold will be subject to Trust Standing Financial Instructions.

NHS Trusts need to agree Standing Orders (SOs) for the regulation of their proceedings and business. Regulation 19 the NHS Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (SI 1990 2024) requires the meetings and proceedings of an NHS Trust to be conducted in accordance with the rules set out in the Schedule to those Regulations and with Standing Orders made under regulation 19 (2). The Codes of Conduct and Accountability (EL (94) 40) require boards to adopt schedules of reservation of powers and delegation of powers. The Governance and Financial Management Controls Assurance Standards (2002) reinforce this.

These documents, together with Standing Financial Instructions and the Executive Team Terms of Reference (see Class 2 above), provide a regulatory framework for the business conduct of the Trust.

In certain circumstances, information intended for future publication, audit material, personal information, commercial in confidence information, and criminal and regulatory investigative or law enforcement material will be exempt.

Class 4: Corporate Information

This Class contains routinely published reports, policies and business plans. Details are given below.

Some of this information is of a personal and confidential nature and will be excluded as will any other confidential material. Material relating to the health and safety of specific individuals, as to law enforcement or audit issues under certain circumstances may also be excluded from publication. There may be circumstances where material cannot be released because the appropriate officer of the Authority has taken the view that it may be prejudicial to the conduct of public affairs.

Clinical Report 2004
Management Structure

Class 5: Aims, targets and achievements

This Class contains information on how we measure ourselves. This information relates to the systems established to manage Clinical Governance and benchmarking with similar NHS organisations.

As an NHS Trust, the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust is assessed by the Department of Health via the Performance Assessment Framework (PAF), details of which can be consulted at http://www.doh.gov.uk. This sets out targets against which trust performance is assessed.

Clinical Governance

The Trust operates a range of well-established Clinical Governance systems to assure clinical safety and continuously improve quality for its patients.

The Clinical Governance Audit Sub-Committee monitors clinical governance on behalf of the Trust Board. The group scrutinises the clinical governance performance of each specialty through quarterly reports to the Clinical Improvement Group using an evolving set of quality indicators. It also monitors progress against the CHI action plan (See Class 7 below).

Each element of Clinical Governance has its own committee responsible for setting and delivering an annual development plan. These groups are represented at the Clinical Improvement Group. The committees are:

• Consultation and Patient Involvement  the Trust has its own patients council;
• Clinical Audit  all specialties have annual audit programmes including guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Royal Colleges, areas of practice identified through risk assessment, and patient input;
• Clinical Excellence  the Trust plays an active role in research and has an overall ethos of evidence based practice re-inforced through national and local guidelines, clinical audit, care pathways, practice improvement groups and journal clubs.

Class 6: Our Services

This Class describes the range of services we provide for the NHS and how we deliver these.

PALS

The Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) focuses on improving the service to NHS patients. As a patient, relative, carer or visitor, you may need to turn to someone for on-the-spot help, advice or support. This is where PALS comes in.

PALS acts as a confidential, non-judgmental listening service for patients’ comments. It provides independent facilitation for patient concerns. PALS are independent from the delivery of care and act independently on their patients’ behalf. It works to empower and enable patients to access our services. It takes action driven by the patient to resolve issues, and will acts as a catalyst for changes to practice as a result of patient opinion. BWHCT’s PAL service can be reached by telephoning 0121 627 2747 between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Friday. More information about the background and purpose of PALS can be found on the Department of Health Web Site

Current Services

The Web Site listed below includes a list of clinical and medical services that the Trust provides to meet the needs of its demographic community.

Class 7: Reports and Independent Enquiries

This Class contains recent reports and findings regarding the Trust.

BWHCT and its activity, strategies, policies and processes are subject to various independent inspections. The findings of these inspections are then used to inform any necessary changes, developments and improvements to ensure that we continue to seek to provide the highest possible standards of environment and care for our patients, visitors and staff. The Trust will use this section to provide details of these inspections and the most recent reports. Also, see Part Three of this Publication Scheme for a list of bodies that monitor and inspect the Trust.

Class 8: Policies and Procedures

This Class describes the published policies in procedures in operation at the BWHCT.

Policies exist with the Trust to reflect and underpin patient and staff services, and safeguard the best interests of patients, the general public, external contractors and employees. They also act as an aid to the further development of existing patient services and as guidance to facilitate the changes in national directives, codes of practice and codes of conduct.

All BWHCT policies are subject to a continuous and rigorous consultation, approval, ratification and review process. Policy review, in most cases, is on an annual basis but can also occur as and when the need arises

Policies are available to all Trust employees via network-shared folders and/or the Trust Intranet. Where there is an obvious requirement, hard copy folders containing specific categories of policies are also made available on wards and in departments. Notification and summaries of the contents of all new policies are broadcast to all Trust employees, as are changes to reviewed policies.

Class 9: Public Involvement and Consultation

This Class contains details of consultation procedures, decision-making processes, timescales, and responses, consultations in progress and how you can become involved.

The Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust is committed to deliver patient-centred care. To achieve our aim, we involve and consult patients and the public in how our services are planned and developed. Patients’ views are welcomed, taken seriously and used to bring about change.

In accordance with the ‘Involving Patients and Public in Health’ initiative  http://www.doh.gov.uk/involving patients/index.htm  and the ‘Shifting the Balance of Power’ programme  http://www.doh.gov.uk/shiftingthe balance/index.htm - involvement is on a continuum from minimum to maximum involvement.

Class 10: Regular publications and information for the public

This Class provides details on guidance documentation and other information leaflets that the Trust routinely makes available to patients and members of the public.

The Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust produces a range of regular public information publications and information sources.

Women's Progress
Patient Information

Class 11: Complaints

This Class details the Trust’s approach to managing complaints, together with details of who to contact if you wish to make a complaint.

The Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust aims to provide high quality services to all the people who use them. Sometimes things do go wrong, and people want to complain and have that complaint investigated. It is helpful for the Trust to have peoples’ views so that they can be taken into account in planning for the future, and to improve services for the benefit of the whole community.

In certain circumstances, personal and/or confidential material will be exempt from the information we are required to release under this Class of information.

Class 12: Human Resources

This Class contains information on the Trust’s employment policies and procedures.

The Trust human Resource Strategy is currently not available. It will be available for viewing via this Publication Scheme in due course.

The Equality and Diversity Strategy is currently being compiled, and will move through the Trust’s approval process before being made available for viewing.

As part of the NHS Plan, a standard has been introduced to deliver improvements in the working lives of staff in the NHS. The standard represents a commitment by NHS organisations to ensure that they provide well managed, flexible working environments which support staff, promote their welfare and development, as well as respecting the need for a balance between work and home life. BWHCT recently achieved Practice Status. The Department of Health Web Site provides further information about the accreditation scheme.

The Trust recognises that to enable employees to respond to and meet the challenges of a modern and progressive health service, the Continual Professional Development (CPD) of its employees is vital.

The Department of Health Web Site provides copies of circulars in reference to pay scales. These are available through the COIN database.

TheTrust’s Human Resources department has several policies that provide support and information for its employees. These will be made available via this Publication Scheme in due course. However, it should be recognised that that such policies are continually monitored and amended to ensure that they keep in line with national policy initiatives and changes to employment law. As a result not all documents will be available.

It should be noted this Class covers information of a personal and confidential nature and this will be excluded (as will any other confidential material). Material relating to health and safety of specific individuals, as to law enforcement, criminal or regulatory enforcement, or audit issues (under certain circumstances) may also be excluded from publication.

Class 13. Communications with the Press and Media Releases

This Class describes our regular communications with the media.

Class 14: Environmental Information

This Class covers Estates and Land and environmental impact.

Information detailing estate and land holdings, and the uses they currently enjoy, together with any information required to be placed in the public domain as a result of the environmental enforcement actions will shortly be listed in this Class.

BWHCT recognises that, under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, it has legal duties to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare of all its employees, and the health and safety of patients, members of the public and other persons who use its premises. The Trust also has a duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 regarding its management of Waste.

It should be noted that the Government is currently considering new regulations to allow the public access to information about the environment. These new Environmental Information Regulations will enable similar access to environmental information, as under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. They may be announced and/or implemented in 2003. We will update this Class as further guidance is published.

Class 15: This Publication Scheme

In this Class we will publish any changes we make to this Publication Scheme and a referral point for all enquirers regarding information management generally in the Trust. We will also publish any proposed changes or additions to publications already available.

Cost of Information

For the most part, we will charge you only for hard copies or copying onto other media. Some information is available free, but for others there may be a charge, and this will vary according to how the information is made available. Charges are as follows:

Via the Trust’s Web Site  free of charge, although any charges for Internet access via an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and personal printing costs would have to be met by the individual For those without Internet access, a single print-out as on the Web Site will be available free upon application by post to: Information Governance Manager, Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust, Metchley Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG

1. E-mail will be free unless otherwise stated;
2. Leaflet and brochures on, for example, services we offer to the public are provided free of charge (see Class 10 for further information).

For the most part, we will seek to provide information to you free of charge. However, requests involving multiple copies or research time will incur a charge. The minimum charge will be £10. We will inform you in advance of the costs and charges that have to be paid for particular information. The charges will be reviewed regularly.

Changes to the Publication Scheme

Information added to the Publication Scheme is shown below:

External Links

No responsibility can be accepted by the Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust for the content or availability of web sites not owned or controlled by it.

Copyright / Re-use of Public Sector Information

The material available through this Publication Scheme is subject to the Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust’s copyright unless otherwise indicated. Unless expressly indicated on the material to the contrary, it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used out of its proper context or in a misleading manner. Where any of the copyright items in this scheme are being republished or copied to others, you must identify the source of the material and acknowledge the copyright status. Permission to reproduce material does not extend to any material accessed through the Publication Scheme that is the copyright of third parties. You must obtain authorisation to reproduce such material from the copyright holders concerned.

For guidance notes on a range of copyright issues, see the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) web site or contact Crown Copyright, Licensing and Public Sector Information Enquiries at OPSI on 01603 621000.

Information added to the Publication Scheme will be shown here:

Part Three of this Publication Scheme consists of three sections:
a)Bodies involved in inspection/monitoring
b)Useful resources
c)Publication Scheme Index

a) The following list  gives links to the organisations and bodies involved in the monitoring and/or inspection of our services.

Please note that no responsibility can be accepted by the Birmingham Women's Health Care NHS Trust for the content or availability of web sites not owned or controlled by the Trust.
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Audit Commission
Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health
Counter Fraud & Security Management Service
Environmental Health, Birmingham
General Medical Council
Health and Safety Commission
Health and Safety Executive
Health Professions Council
Health Protection Agency
Healthcare Commission
Health Care Standards Unit
HM Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull
Human Fertilisation & Emryology Authority
Human Tissue Authority
Improving the Patient Experience (PEAT)
Improving Working Lives
Information Commissioner's Office
Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
National Audit Office
National Clinical Assessment Service
NHS Estates & Property Management
National Patient Safety Agency
NHS Connecting for Health
NHS Litigation Authority
NHS Patient Survey Programme
NHS Pensions
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Post-graduate Medical Education and Training Board
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Pathologists
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA)
West Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands Police
West Midlands Strategic Health Authority

b) Useful Resources

Web sites:

Information Commissioner

Department of Consitutional Affairs

NHS Freedom of Information

The National Archives

Publications:

Code of Practice on Openness in the NHS

Freedom of Information Act 2000

FOI Act 2000 Explanatory Notes

Code of Practice on the Discharge of Public Authorities' Functions under Part 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Code of Practice on the Management of Records under Section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2006

c) Publication Scheme Index

Accounts, annual financial      10

Aims and objectives       11

Aims, targets & achievements (Class 5)    12

Annual report        10

Birmingham and Black Country Strategic Health Authority  8

Board meeting agendas      11  

Board meeting minutes and papers     11

Board sub-committee agendas     11

Board sub-committee minutes and papers    11

Bodies involved in inspection/monitoring    25

Booking Office out-patient management    15

Caldicott Guardian       2  

CHI investigations, Trust responses     14

CHI report        14

Clinical governance       12

Clinical Governance Audit Sub-committee    12

Clinical Improvement Group      12

Clinical services list       13

COIN database       20 

Commercial R&D policy      15

Communications with the press & media (Class 13)   21 

Complaints re Publication Scheme     3

Complaints (Class 11)      19

Complaints procedure      19

Control of contractors policy      15

Copyright        23

Corporate information (Class 4)     11

Corporate objectives       11

Current vacancies       20       

Data accreditation training policies & procedures   15

Data quality for patient-based systems    15

Data Protection Act 1998      3

Development, distribution & maintenance of Trust policies  15

Disaster recovery of the Trust’s main PAS system   15

Discharge policy       15

Environmental information (Class 14)    22

Environmental Information Regulations    5

Equality & diversity strategy      20

Establishment Orders       9

Executive team terms of reference     9

External links        23

Financial and funding information (Class 3)    10

Financial targets, aims, objectives & key performance indicators 10

Fire policy        15

Fraud policy & response plan      15

Freedom of Information Act 2000     2

Gynaecology Directorate admissions procedure notes  15

Health and safety at work general policy    15

HMSO copyright guidance      23-24

Human resources (Class 12)      20

IM&T strategy        15

Improvement, expansion and reform document   8

Improving working lives      20

Incident reporting policy      16

Information added to the publication scheme   24

Information classes list      6

Information Commissioner      3

Information costs       23

Information leaflets and booklets     18

Information management      2-3

Information procedures      15

Involving public and patients in health initiative   17

IT disaster recovery plan      15

Major incident procedure (internal)     15

Maternity Services Directorate protocol for cancellation of … 15

Media policy & procedure      15

Medical records, access to      4

Medical Records Department operational policies & procedures 15

National enquiries, Trust responses     14

National Service Frameworks     8

News on the Trust       21

NHS and how we fit (Class 1)     8  

NHS Openess Code       4

NHS Plan        8

OJEC         10

Organisational charts       9

Our services        13

PASA guidance       10

Patient access and data management policy   16

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)    13

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) feedback form  13

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) web site  13

Patient confidentiality       2

Performance Assessment Framework    12

Policies & procedures (Class 8)     15-16

Policies & procedures for clinical coding    16

Policy for cancelling urgent operations    16

Policy for management of out-patient & in-patient waiting lists 16

Policy for management of telephone calls in …   16

Policy for the control of substances hazardous to health  16

Policy on standards for business conduct    16

Press releases about the Trust     21

Primary Health Care Trusts      9

Public involvement and consultation (Class 9)   17

Publication scheme       2-3, 23-24

Records management policy      16

Register of interests       9

Reports & independent enquiries (Class 7)    14

Regular publications & information for the public (Class 10)  18

Research & development report     12

Retention and disposal schedules     2

Safe haven policy & procedures     16

Scheme of delegation       9

Serious clinical incident procedure     16

Service decisions       13

Staff newspaper       18

Standing financial instructions     10

Standing Orders       9

Statutory Instrument 1992 (2541)     9

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust    9

University of Central England in Birmingham   9

Useful resources       25-26 

Who we are (Class 2)       9

Women’s Hospital Council terms of reference   17

Workforce description       20