Freedom of Information Publication Scheme

What is a Publication Scheme?

This Publication Scheme is a complete guide to the information routinely published by Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. It is a description of the information about our Trust which we make publicly available. We shall review the Scheme at regular intervals and monitor how it is operating. We will also advise you if the information is available free of charge or on payment of a small fee.

It is important to us that this Scheme meets your needs and we have designed it to be a route map so that you can find information about Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust easily .Under Section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has a legal duty to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme for the publication of Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust information. The purpose of the Act is to promote greater openness by public authorities (of which Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is one).

The Publication Scheme will help you to find all the information which the Trust publishes. 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 and at common law. Maintaining the legal right to patient confidentiality continues to be an important commitment on our part. To help with this, we have appointed someone who is called a Caldicott Guardian, and who has responsibility to ensure the protection of patient confidentiality throughout the Trust in accordance with your legal rights. In Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, our Caldicott Guardian is: