Wolverhampton City PCT - Publication Scheme

Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust
Publication Scheme

Classes of Information

1. Who we are and what we do
2. What we spend and how we spend it
3. Corporate Information
4. Aims, Targets and Achievements
5. Our Services
6. The Primary Care Trust and Independent Practitioners
7. Reports and Independent Enquiries
8. Policies and Procedures

9. Public Involvement and Consultation
10. Regular publications / information for the public
11. Complaints & Compliments
12. Human Resources
13. Communications with the Press and Media Releases
14. Lists and Registers
15. This Publication Scheme - includes information on copyright, monitoring and useful Freedom of Information resources

1. Who we are and what we do

2. What we spend and how we spend it:

The Trust follows the guidance established by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) whose website can be found at www.pasa.nhs.uk. The PASA guidance sets out the standard terms and conditions that NHS organisations should follow in regard to purchasing equipment and supplies.

The Trust will advertise tenders for goods and services worth over £90,319 through the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procedures. The website for OJEU is www.ojeu.com. For goods and services with a value below the OJEU threshold the Trust will advertise tenders through appropriate journals or other media. We will use this publication scheme to publish some background information relating to the tenders sought and awarded by the Trust. Items not included will be those where a commercial issue or issue of confidentiality is involved.

3. Corporate Information

4. Aims, Targets and Achievements

Performance Information:
Caldicott Guardian – Dr Adrian Phillips – Director of Public Health
Information on the role of Caldicott Guardians
Risk Management Policy
Incident Reporting
Healthy City Award

5. Our Services

6. The Primary Care Trust and Independent Practitioners

7. Reports and Independent Enquiries

Recent reports and inspections about the Trust
Recent reports and inspections about the Trust (patient surveys)

8. Policies and Procedures

There is a comprehensive set of policies and procedures which are followed by Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust which cover all of our activities. Please note that Policies and Procedures only remain effective if they are regularly reviewed and updated to reflect changes in legislation, environment and within our own organisation, some of the documents listed here are currently under review.

Being Open Policy and Procedures
Competition and Promotion Dispute Resolution Process
Disability Equality Scheme - Our Disability Equality Scheme and Action Plan is now incorporated into our Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan.
Equality and Diversity
Gender Equality Scheme
Race Equality Scheme - Our Race Equality Scheme and Action Plan is now incorporated into our Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan.
Risk Management Strategy & Policy
Single Equality Scheme and Action Plan

9. Public Involvement and Consultation

10. Regular publications / information for the public

11. Complaints & Compliments

12. Human Resources

Vacancies

13. Communications with the Press and Media Releases

Media and Press Releases

14. Lists and Registers

List of main contractors and suppliers
Asset Register
Information Asset Register
Register of Interests - PCT (page 9 of the annual report)
Register of Interests – PEC
Register of Gifts and Hospitality provided to Board Members and senior personnel
Disclosure Log

15. This Publication Scheme

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:

This 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 or by personal application at Trust Headquarters. 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.
Leaflets and brochures-free of charge for leaflets or booklets on, for example, services we offer to the public.
“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
Email - will be free of charge unless it says otherwise

The charges will be reviewed regularly.

Copyright
The material available through this Publication Scheme is subject to the PCT’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 in a misleading manner. Where any of the copyright items in this Scheme are being re-published 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 OPSI Guidance Notes on a range of copyright issues, see the OPSI website.

Monitoring
The bodies involved in the monitoring and/or inspection of our services:

Useful Freedom of Information resources

Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust Publication Scheme

Classes of Information

Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust
Publication Scheme