The Freedom of Information Act 2000 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 standard of services that are expected and the results achieved.
Under Section 19 of the Act, Alder Hey has a legal duty to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme. The main purpose of a Publication Scheme is to make information readily available to the public without the need for specific written requests. The Act and Publication Schemes are intended to encourage organisations to publish proactively, and to develop a greater culture of openness.
Our Publication Scheme is a guide to the information routinely published by the Trust and the Scheme is reviewed and monitored at regular intervals. Detailed below are the classes of information covered by the Scheme and links to the information available on our website.
Should you not be able to find the information you require please contact Information Governance by email at FOIRequests@alderhey.nhs.uk or in writing to:
Information Governance,
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust,
Eaton Road,
Liverpool,
L12 2AP
Guide to Information
For more information about what information NHS England makes routinely available and how it can be accessed.
The NHS England Publication Scheme is designed to signpost individuals to information we proactively release as and when it becomes available. The Publication Scheme contains seven classes of information, as follows, and information falling into each of these classes is published on our website
- Who we are and what we do – Visit our About us page for this.
- What we spend and how we spend it – This can be found in our Annual Accounts and you can view our published Expenditure over £25,000 reports.
- What we spend and how we spend it – This can be found on our Publications page.
- How we make decisions – This can be found in our Annual Report.
- Our policies and procedures – These can be requested via the FOI process as outlined on this page.
- Lists and registers – These can be requested via the FOI process as above although responses to previous FOI requests for information are available in our Disclosure Log. Please also see the list of Declarations.
- The services we offer – This can be found in our Annual Report and on our About us page.