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Part Two - Publication Scheme: Guide to Information 

The Publication Scheme comprises seven classes of information (known as Definition Documents) which can be accessed by clicking on the designated links below:

CLASS DEFINITION DOCUMENT
1 Who we are and what we do

a) How we fit into the NHS structure
b) Organisational structure  
c) Organisations with which the Trust works in partnership
d) Trust Board members
e) How to contact us
    Specific contact points are listed under the relevant section on the Trust's Website

2 What we spend and how we spend it

a) Annual Accounts 2012
b) Budgets and variance reports
    See the Performance Report listed in the Trust Board papers
c) Annual Governance Report 2012 and Annual Audit Letter 2011/12
d) Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions
e) Capital Investment Plan
    See page 19 of our Annual Plan
f) Trust Board members and senior officers' allowances and expenses 2010/2011 
g) Staff pay and grading structures
    - NHS Employers website
    - Pay Circulars Agenda for Change
    - Pay Circulars Medical and Dental
h) Funding
    See the relevant section, page 12, in the Annual Accounts 
i) Procurement and tendering procedures
    - Procurement and Logistics Strategy
    - Tender/OJEU Procedure Overview
j) Contracts currently being tendered - follow this link
    k) Contracts awarded

3 What our priorities are and how we are doing

a) Our Vision and Values - see pages 8 and 9 of our Annual Plan 2012/2013
b) Our Plans 2009 to 2019
c) Annual Business Plan 2012/2013
d) Annual Reports
e) Performance framework
    - Clinical quality
    - How do our services compare
    - Performance reports
      See the relevant section in the Trust Board papers
f) Quality Account
g) Healthcare Commission's Annual Health Check
h) Service user surveys
    The Trust participates in the NHS Patient Survey Programme

4 How we make decisions

a) Trust Board papers
b) Patient and Public Involvement Strategy
c) Public consultations
    - Equality and Diversity
d) Internal communications guidance and criteria used for decision making
    Further guidance is to be found in Class 5 - Our policies and procedures

5 Our policies and procedures

a) Clinical Governance
b) Corporate Governance
c) Equipment, Estates and Facilities Management
d) Health and Safety
e) Human Resources
f) Information Governance
g) Patient and Consumer Affairs
h) Risk Management
i) Charging Regimes

6 Lists and registers

a) List of contractors and suppliers
b) Asset Register
    See the relevant section in the Annual Accounts
c) Register of Interests declared by Trust Board members
d) Registers of Hospitality and Interests are available for inspection at the Trust's premises
e) Disclosure Log

7 The services we offer

a) Our clinical services  
b) Services for which the Trust is entitled to recover a fee
c) Patient Advice and Liaison Service
d) Advice and support
e) Information pamphlets
    Clinical information pamphlets are available on request
f) Magazines and newsletters
    - Cascade: Staff magazine
    - Members News: A newsletter for our Foundation Trust public members
g) Communications and media releases

If you are unable to access the Publication Scheme via the designated link, then please contact the Publication Scheme Co-ordinator who would be happy to assist you with your enquiry by either supplying you with a paper copy of the relevant information or inviting you to attend the Trust's premises to inspect the information yourself.

Our Publication Scheme Co-ordinator is:

Legal Department
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Central Records Library
Bush Park
Plymouth
PL6 7RG

Direct Dial: 01752 431055
Fax : 01752 315205

E-mail: plh-tr.foi-requests@nhs.net

 
 
 
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