Wednesday 02 April 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8376
Date Request Received: 09/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 27/01/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Maintaining High Professional Standards
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Please confirm has your Trust adopted the Just Learning Culture in handling of concerns following receipt of Dido Harding’s letter that was sent to all Chairs and Chief Executives of NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts dated 23 May 2019. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes, confirmed | |
| Question Number 2: Does your MHPS Procedure set out an informal process to deal with concerns pertaining to conduct/ capability of medical and dental staff, if so please provide details. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Yes, informal process is the first step before formal process instigated. This would consist of an informal fact-find to ascertain whether or not a formal process is required. | |
| Question Number 3: 3. Please provide details of what training and support is provided by your Trust to Case Investigators and Case Managers when dealing with MHPS cases. | |
| Answer To Question 3: External MHPS training | |
| Question Number 4: Please can you confirm if your Trust has a Decision-Making Group and if so, please can you confirm who sits on this group/how this is constituted and its remit? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Yes, we have a consistency panel, chaired by the CMO. Also includes CPO, medical HR, CD's. This ensures consistency with decisions and actions. | |
| Question Number 5: The number of cases of medical and dental staff that were handled and resolved via a Just Culture approach and informal process. | |
| Answer To Question 5: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality | |
| Question Number 6: The number of cases of medical and dental staff that were subjected to a formal MHPS investigation. | |
| Answer To Question 6: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality | |
| Question Number 7: The number of medical and dental staff that have been formally excluded under MHPS and the duration of the exclusion. | |
| Answer To Question 7: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality. Duration - approximately 1 year | |
| Question Number 8: Where medical and dental staff have been formally excluded under MHPS please provide a breakdown of whether this was on grounds of a) a need to protect the interests of patients or other staff pending the outcome of a full investigation, and/or b) the presence of the practitioner in the workplace was likely to impede the gathering of evidence during the investigation? | |
| Answer To Question 8: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality - a) a need to protect the interests of patients or other staff pending the outcome of a full investigation. | |
| Question Number 9: How many medical and dental staff have been the subject of a formal process in relation to concerns over conduct and performance after they have made a protected disclosure (whistleblowing) following concerns over patient safety or other issues? | |
| Answer To Question 9: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality | |
| Question Number 10: Please provide the number of medical and dental staff that were placed on restricted duties and the duration of these restrictions. | |
| Answer To Question 10: <5 - Any responses less than 5 have been marked <5 as we do not want to potentially breach confidentiality. Duration approximately 3 months. | |
| Question Number 11: Please provide a breakdown of how many of these formal MHPS investigations were: a. Resolved with no further action due to the concerns not being upheld b. Resolved via an agreement to proceed through a disciplinary fast track process which avoided the need to proceed to a formal hearing c. Proceeded to a formal hearing – conduct or capability (provide breakdown) d. Other outcome - provide details | |
| Answer To Question 11: <5 - unable to provide detail as <5 and could be identifiable | |
| Question Number 12: Of the cases that proceeded to a formal hearing please confirm how many of these resulted in: a. No disciplinary sanction - because the allegation/ concerns were not upheld b. No disciplinary sanction - but ended with a recommendation for additional training/remediation/support c. A disciplinary sanction – please confirm the level of this sanction (e.g. written warning/final written warning/dismissal) d. Number of medical staff who appealed the disciplinary sanction and the outcome e. Other outcome - provide details | |
| Answer To Question 12: <5 - unable to provide detail as <5 and could be identifiable | |
| Question Number 13: Please provide length of time from start to finish of each MHPS | |
| Answer To Question 13: Times range from a couple of months to a year | |
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