FOI_8534

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8534

Date Request Received: 25/03/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 15/04/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Policy compliance

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: Who holds trust wide responsibility for the maintenance of procedures and policies? o What is their name and email address?

Answer To Question 1: Head of Corporate Governance - t.songore@nhs.net PA to Deputy Chief Nurses and Head of Clinical Effectiveness & Associate Medical Director

Question Number 2: What digital tools does the trust use for the staff to reference these procedures and policies? - ie - intranet

Answer To Question 2: Eolas system

Question Number 3: How does the trust record that staff have read and comply with the procedures and policies?

Answer To Question 3: Our policy management system does not monitor individual staff or enforce reading of policies.

Question Number 4: Which tools are used for on-boarding new staff in relation to reading procedures and policies?

Answer To Question 4: Face to face induction for all new starters and mandatory elearning via the Kallidus LEARN platform covers core topics including procedures and policies where relevant Induction into work base teams provides onboarding of local policies and procedures relevant to the immediate work environment

Question Number 5: How do the heads of department monitor that clinical and non clinical staff have read/understood mandatory procedural updates?

Answer To Question 5: Line managers can access mandatory training compliance for their teams via the Kallidus LEARN platform

Question Number 6: How many staff have accessed your NHS Intranet in the past year?

Answer To Question 6: The Trust do not record individual staff access but some stats are below over 12 months. Visitor Hits - 31110800 Total Visitors - 1307821 Average Visitors per Day - 3563

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