Part Two: The Classes Of Information That We Hold

1. ABOUT THE GOOD HOPE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

Our Position in the NHS
The Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust is part of the NHS. There are over six hundred NHS Trusts, a full list of these can be found at www.nhs.uk. The Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust is classified as a medium acute or multi-service district general hospital. The Trust provides a typical portfolio of district general hospital services from the Good Hope site, and also provides significant activity in South Staffs, Burntwood, Lichfield, Tamworth and Northern Birmingham.

The Trust has an established clinical network infrastructure to support the delivery of services on site, e.g. dermatology with City Hospital.

Our work as a Trust is based upon the strategic direction established by the Department of Health. The Department of Health’s website can be found at www.doh.gov.uk and has links to the key national strategies, such as the NHS Plan and the Mental Health National Service Framework, that guide our organisation and the wider NHS.

Our website shows how we fit into the NHS across the area we serve (www.goodhope.org.uk). The Birmingham and Black Country Strategic Health Authority (www.bbcha.nhs.uk) and Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (www.sasha.nhs.uk) websites are also useful sources of information about the wider NHS in our area.

Working in Partnership with non-NHS organisations
The Trust also works in partnership with a number of non-NHS organisations to ensure local delivery of services and their development, in accordance with national guidance and local needs. These partner organisations include local authorities, educational establishments, police, prison service, probation, the private sector and not-for-profit and community groups. We are particularly proud of our close links with Social Services and service user and carer groups.

Some of these organisations are involved in the joint delivery of services with us. If you would like to know more about these arrangements and how these services are managed, please contact the Publication Scheme Co-ordinator who will arrange for you to receive the information you require.

Some of the partnerships will involve information sharing, with agreed protocols and procedures between organisations about how this information is hared. The Trust is also developing an Information Sharing Policy, which will be available through the Publication Scheme Co-ordinator.

Other sections

1. About the Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust
2. Who we are
3. Financial and Funding Information
4. Corporate Information
5. Aims, Targets and Achievements
6. Our Services
7. Reports and Independent Enquiries
8. Policies and Procedures
9. Public Involvement and Consultation
10. Regular Publications and Information for the Public
11. Complaints
12. Human Resources
13. Communications with the Press and Media Releases
14. Environmental Information
15. This Publication Scheme

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