Freedom of Information disclosures 2018
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The Department receives and answers an array of FOI requests each year. In this section you will find examples of the type of requests received and answers given for 2018.
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Documents
- Preparations for NI’s exit from the EU
- Can you provide me with the information on what percentage of the overall health budget is currently spent on mental health, including a breakdown of how that funding is allocated across the various mental health services?
- What are the figures for the number of terminations of pregnancy and medical abortions carried out in 2016/2017 broken down by: (i) Gestational age: and (ii) Method of termination of pregnancy or medical abortion?
- A list of every decision currently awaiting Ministerial approval, including those from public bodies, and a description of each decision, and when the decision was first referred/prepared for Ministerial approval?
- A copy of all correspondence between the Department and he Royal College of Physicians relating to the health alert?
- A copy of any investigation report or do~to recent awareness of concerns in respect of the ‘Essure’ sterilisation device?
- A list of every decision currently awaiting Ministerial approval, including those from public bodies?
- Can you please provide me with all commu~ personnel from the Department of Health - either personally to Gareth Robinson?
- Can you provide me with the information ~hat percentage of the overall health budget is currently spent on mental health?
- Copies of all documents held by the depa~he issue of introducing direct rule to Northern Ireland over the past 12 months?
- Details of the costs to the department resulting from the legal challenge of Northern Irelands abortion law?
- For the DoH Whistleblowing Policy Workin~h working group meeting and (b) which bodies were in attendance at each meeting?
- How many journeys have been made in ministerial car?
- How many young people have suffered a stroke in the past three years?
- To outline any increase in spend on child public health initiatives in 2018/19 as a result of additional monies coming to Northern Ireland from the sugar levy e.g. to counter childhood obesity /address child oral health concerns
- Please provide a copy of the Royal College of Physicians report relating to the work of Dr Michael Watt?
- Please provide me with a copy of the business case for the dementia navigator programme?
- Please provide statistics about Bariatric Surgery etc?
- Please provide the amount allocated to m~nt, alongside the percentage of the overall health budget that this represents?
- The number of people admitted to hospital for the last 3 years due to dog attacks - published?
- The number of private sector ambulance operators providing services to each of the health trusts or NIAS by trust area?
- The numbers in the current employment of community practitioners, community nurses, school nurses and health visitors?
- Was the Permanent Secretary or DoH aware that the Belfast Trust was sending so many members of staff overseas?
- What are the figures for the number of terminations of pregnancy and medical abortions carried out in 2016 - 2017?
- What follow up have you made with Dr Kil~ issues which were brought to your attention last year, by me, re WHSCT and PPI?
- When did the Department of Health Perman~College of Physicians report relating to the work of Dr Michael Watt from BHSCT?
- When was the Permanent secretary made aware of concerns surrounding Neurology services at the Belfast Trust?
- Who are the members of current Clinical Excellence Awards Committee?
- Would you have figures for how many chil~count as obese under the age of 4 and then by the age of 11 in Northern Ireland?
- All communications to date held by D.O.H concerning Dunmurry Manor with regards to the publication of the report by COPNI
- Please provide a full breakdown of how the £3.23 million was spend on the Delivering Social Change’s dementia project in 2017/18
- Of Stormont’s former Minister’s as elected to the NI executive in May 2016, which of the elected representatives still use Ministerial cars, and what is the cost of this per month to the tax payer? Can you detail the overall cost to the tax payer?
- Information about looked after children for the period 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2017, identified or suspected as having been trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, or identified as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child or separated child
- Please provide me with the current pay rates under Agenda for Change for pay bands and years of service for current fiscal year 2018-2019
- A detailed list of every piece of legislation and/or decision that cannot be taken without Ministerial sign off, an Executive or Assembly, now or in the coming days, weeks and months.
- How many outstanding decisions or "cross-cutting" decisions does your department have that require ministerial approval?
- Can you tell me how many times correspondence has been received by the Department in a language other than English?
- Request for any minutes of any meetings held of the department’s forum for HSC employers which was set up to examine the practical workforce consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU
- A copy of Chris Matthew's note to Richard Pengelly dated 22 February 2018 which states "in view of the contested nature of the draft findings of COPNI's investigation into DMCH, the Department should seek rapid and independent assurance."
- Copies of minutes of any meetings held of the department’s forum for HSC employers which was set up to examine the practical workforce consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU.
- 1. Total number of deaths by suicide in NI by year over the last twenty years. 2. Total funding from the Department of Health in NI available for suicide prevention, awareness raising and support by year over the last twenty years.
- What guidance does the Dept of Health have in regards to Trusts who take advice from clinical ethics committees who have no formal training and then filter that advice into Trust policy?
- All correspondence sent to and received by officials in the Department of Health pertaining to prostitution law and policy in Northern Ireland since the 1st of January 2018.
- How much did the DoH spend on tackling air pollution and its health effects in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18? And what projects was this funding allocated to?
- The Current Number of People in the Health Service Earning £100,000+ Broken Down by Clinical Staff and Non-Clinical Staff
- All correspondence between the Northern Ireland Chief Medical Officer and the Belfast Trust with regards to substitute prescription services for drugs, between 30th June 2017 until 10th August 2018?
- Copies of any reports, reviews, prevention strategies, action plans or correspondence produced or held by DoH that had as their principal focus the issue of suicide, either/or, in Derry/on the River Foyle/or from the Foyle and Craigavon bridges?
- A list of all the decisions (if any) which were signed off by your Department's Minister between 9 January 2017 and 2 March 2017.
- With respect to this Ministerial Department at Stormont, from the period of 2016 to date can you confirm: a) number of correspondents received in English only; b) Irish only; c) containing both English and Irish; d) containing any other language
- Following publication of the DoH Business Plan 2018/19 on the 21st August, I would like to request a copy of the full Risk Register. Could you provide an explanation of what the risk register is and provide a full copy of all the risks.
- Please provide link(s) to any guidance (in any form, including letters, circulars etc.) issued by DoH circa 2001/2002 which advised on appropriate hospital settings for general anaesthesia in dentistry, and the facilities required in these settings.
- To provide a list of all primary and secondary legislation which governs both the Department for Health and the Health and Social Care Trusts.
- Please provide the number of decisions not taken because of the absence of a minister at your department.
- The number of cases registered with DoH where families are experiencing or have experienced: 1 Fuel poverty; 2 Food shortage; 3 Physical violence.This should be presented for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and separately broken down by health trust.
- Please provide the following information: The number of cases in which social workers are providing support for families where children are perceived to be at risk by way of child abuse.
- Can I request a copy of the Commissioning Plan Direction for the following years: 2015/16; 2016/17; 2017/18; 2018/19 (if published yet). Can you also provide me with hyperlink to page where this document is published - if one exists?
- 1. How much did DoH spend on Irish language projects, grants, events or other in the past 4 years? 2. A breakdown of those costs for the same period by year. 3. What percentage is this of the total expenditure of the council for the same period by year?
- Under freedom of information legislation please provide me with a breakdown of data relating to the number of times when individuals have been detained under mental health legislation in Northern Ireland from 1st November 2016 until 31st October 2018.
- Copies of minutes relating to the September and October meetings of the EU Exit sub-group on health and social care workforce, as well as any associated documents and/or reports prepared for the working group.
- Could you please supply me with the relevant information: details including the minutes, agenda, meeting dates and findings of the "scoping exercise" intended to be carried out by the N.I.Executive under the Department of Health
- General Practitioners Pay Assimilation
- Briefing documents that may have been shared over the last 3 months by your Department with TUS, regarding departmental preparation for Brexit / Day One Planning
- No-deal Brexit - What planning is ongoing for the NHS in the north of Ireland and what repercussions are expected in a no-deal scenario for the NHS in the North
- Questions relating to mother and baby homes
- Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request details in relation to new Westminster legislation and Northern Ireland Office (NIO) guidance aimed at clarifying the powers of civil servants in the absence of devolved ministers.
- On what date was the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Health first alerted to concerns at Muckamore Abbey Hospital?
- Could you please forward a joint letter sent by Sean Holland, and Charlotte McArdle to Martin Dillon, Chief Exec of the Belfast HSC Trust in September 2017, in which concerns were raised about the trust's handling of abuse allegations at Muckamore Abbey.