Freedom of Information Act 2000
| HIGHFIELD SURGERY PUBLICATION
SCHEME
Welcome to the Dr Stuart Priestley; Dr Paul Kelly; Dr John Inmonger, Dr Michelle Martin; Dr Anne McGuire; Dr Stephen Hall; Dr Anil Madan General Practitioner Publication scheme. This is a guide to the General Practitioners (who practice together) within the partnership practice Publication Scheme as required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Part I: Introduction This Publication Scheme is a complete guide to the information routinely made available to the public by Dr Stuart Priestley; Dr Paul Kelly; Dr John Inmonger; Dr Michelle Martin; Dr Anne McGuire; Dr Stephen Hall; Dr Anil Madan General Practitioners. It is a description of the information about our General Practitioners and Practice which we make publicly available. It will be reviewed at regular intervals and we will monitor its effectiveness. How much does is cost? The publications are all free unless otherwise indicated within each Class (with £). Where information is provided at a cost the charges will be calculated as set out in Class 7. How is the information made available? The information within each Class is available in hard copy from: Practice Manager Tel: 01253 345328 Some information may be downloadable from this practice website.
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Tel: 01253 345328 Feedback If you have any comments about the operation of the Publication Scheme, or how we have dealt with your request for information from the Scheme, please write to: Practice Manager Tel: 01253 345328 Part II: Classes of Information All information at the Highfield Surgery General Practice is held, retained and destroyed in accordance with NHS guidelines. Our commitment to publish information excludes any information which can be legitimately withheld under the exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code or Freedom of Information Act 2000. Where individual Classes are subject to exemptions, the main reasons are e.g. the protection of commercial interests and personal information under the Data Protection Act 1998. This applies to all Classes within the Publication Scheme. The information on this Scheme is grouped into the following broad categories: 1. Who we are Details of the practice, organisational structures, key personnel and how we fit into the NHS. This practice adheres to the national General Medical Services
contract. The contract is with: Blackpool
Primary Care Trust, Blackpool PCT, Seasider's Way, Blackpool,
Lancashire FY1 6JX The practice aims to follow National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and National Service Framework guidelines. Copies of these can also be found on the NICE website (www.nice.org.uk) or the Department of Health Website (www.doh.gov.uk). The NHS is a very large part of the public sector. It is possible to find out information about our practice, the Blackpool Primary Care Trust and other NHS services in your area by using www.nhs.uk. A full list of local General Practices can be found there too. The Highfield Surgery provides general medical services for the geographical area of South Shore, Blackpool. The full names of GPs at our practice are listed in the introduction to this publication scheme. The practice also employs:
A full list of the services we provide is detailed in Class 2 below. There is a national NHS Plan that explains how the NHS is changing and sets out how all the different parts function and work together. A copy is available on the Department of Health website (www.doh.gov.uk/nhsplan). Some information will be withheld, including personal, confidential information about individuals which is protected by the Data Protection Act 1998. 2. Our services The range of services we provide under contract to the NHS This is the range of services we provide:
For any policies relating to our services, please refer to Class 6. See also our practice leaflet which is available free of charge from: Practice Manager Included in our practice leaflet is information on the following:
3. Financial and funding information Funding details and charging policies The Highfield Surgery receives money from Blackpool according to its contract (as per Class 1 above) in exchange for services provided for patients. The total income received from the NHS before expenses in 2006/7 was £1,210,334. The sum spent on drugs prescribed by the Highfield Surgery in 2007/8 is approximately £2.1m Please see Part III for a link to the document titled "Statement of Fees and Allowances payable for General Medical Practitioners in England". Please apply to the Department of Health for information on costs and the formats this is available in. There may be circumstances where material cannot be released because it is confidential or commercial information or the appropriate officer designated for these purposes under the Act has taken the view that it may be prejudicial to the conduct of the Practice's affairs. 4. Regular publications and information to the public Guidance and information sheets Information leaflets relating to the clinical services and health services that we provide for patients and the public, and our range of regular publications are freely available at the surgeries, in the reception areas. Alternatively, please contact: Practice Manager Tel: 01253 345328 5. Complaints Policies, procedures and contacts for complaints If you wish to make a complaint about any aspect of our service, you should first contact: Mrs Jeanette Millward Tel: 01253 345328 The complaints policy for our practice can be obtained free of charge from our website or in hardcopy from: Practice Manager Tel: 01253 345328 6. Our policies and procedures General policies and procedures in use within the practice. These include (but are not restricted to) data protection, prescribing and prescription, zero tolerance and heath and safety. We have policies available free of charge on the following:
Each of the above are available in hardcopy and some are available on our website. If you would like a copy, please contact: Practice Manager Tel: 01253 345328 7. This publication scheme In this class we will publish any changes we make to this publication scheme, the criteria on which our information management policies are made and a referral point for all enquiries regarding information management generally in the practice. 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 media (e.g. CD-ROM). Some information is available free, but for others there may be a charge. The charges will vary according to how information is made available. Charges are as follows: a) Via the General Practice website - free of charge, although any charges for Internet Service provider and personal printing costs would have to be met by the individual. For those without internet access, a single print-out as on the website would be available by post from the Practice Manager, Highfield Surgery, Garton Avenue, Blackpool, Lancs, FY4 2LD or by personal application at the Highfield Surgery General Practice. However, requests for multiple printouts, or for archived copies of documents which are no longer accessible or available on the web, may attract a charge for the retrieval, photocopy, postage etc. We will let you know the cost and charges that will have to be paid in advance. We will not provide printouts of other organisation's websites. b) Leaflets and brochures - free of charge for leaflets or booklets on, for example, services we offer to the public. A list is available in Class 4. c) "Glossy" or other bound paper copies, or in some
cases a CD-ROM, video or other mediums are for charge as in our
publication lists available from the Practice Manager, Highfield
Surgery, d) E-mail will be free of charge unless it says otherwise. The charges will be reviewed regularly. Part III: Useful Resources Websites: Our website Information Commissioner NHS Freedom of Information General Medical Council Publications: NHS Openness Code FOI Act 2000 Code of Practice under Sections 45 and 46 FOI Act 2000 Primary Care contracting for General Medical Practitioners in
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