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Information about the General Practitioners and the practice required for disclosure under this act can be made available to the public. If you wish to make a FOI request please familiarise yourself with the regulations and submit your application to the practice manager who will consider your application and respond within the statutory framework.

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Information available from Greenway Community Practice providing medical services under contract to the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act model publication scheme

Information covered by this scheme is only about the primary medical services we provide under contract to the National Health Service.

Information to be published

How the 
information can 
be obtained
(eg hard copy, website)

  

Cost
Class 1 - Who we are and what we do
(Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts)
This will be current information only		 Staff information 
available on practice 
website
Requests for hard copy 
in writing to Practice 
Manager		    
  Practice Website    
Doctors in the practice      
Contact details for the practice (named contacts where possible with 
telephone number and email address (if used))		 Practice Website
Practice Leaflet		    
Opening hours Practice Website
Practice Leaflet		    
Other staffing details Practice Website
Practice Leaflet		    
Meetings specifically with pharmaceutical companies and other 
medical suppliers. We would expect as a minimum that this 
information should include the name of the company, the date and, if 
appropriate, the name of the member(s) of staff attending (if 
recorded), together with a general indication of the category of 
meeting, for example marketing or promotion. The names of staff 
attending should include any senior managers and any medically 
qualified staff if this information is recorded.		 Requests for hard copy 
in writing to Practice 
Manager		    
Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it
(Financial information relating to projected and actual income and 
expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit)
Current and previous financial year as a minimum		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Details on NHS/HSC funding received by the practice. NHS Digital    
We would expect practices to consider publishing as much information
as practically possible including as much detail as possible.		      
Audit of NHS/HSC income Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Details of expenditure items over £10,000 - published at least 
annually but at a more frequent quarterly or six-monthly interval 
where practical.		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
List and value of contracts awarded by the practice. We would 
normally only expect the practice to publish details of contracts that 
are of sufficient size to have gone through a formal tendering process.		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Staff allowances and expenses that can be incurred or claimed, with 
totals paid to senior staff members (for the purpose of this document, 
senior staff are defined as partners or equivalent level), by references 
to categories.		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Pay policy Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Declaration of GPs’ NHS/HSC income.
The information made available as part of GPs’ contractual obligation to publish their net income relating to NHS/HSC contracts, once this obligation is in force. A link may be provided to the information on a 
third party website, and /or a description of where this information is available.		 Practice Website    
Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing
(Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews)
Current and previous year as a minimum		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Plans for the development and provision of NHS/HSC services Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Performance data including performance against targets Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Inspection reports by regulators: the CQC, HIW, RQIA and HSCB and 
any other regulators.		 CQC inspection report 
on practice website		    
Class 4 – How we make decisions
(Decision making processes and records of decisions) Current and previous year as a minimum		 Available on written 
request to practice manager		    
Records of decisions made in the practice affecting the provision of 
NHS/HSC services. 		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Class 5 – Our policies and procedures
(Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities)
Current information only.
Here we have listed the policies we would expect practices to have. Any additional policies should also be listed. 
Mark “not held” against any policies that are not actually held.		      
Policies and procedures about customer service Practice Website    
Internal instructions to staff and policies relating to the delivery of 
services		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Policies and procedures about the recruitment and employment of 
staff		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Equality and diversity policy  Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Health and safety policy Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Complaints procedures (including those covering requests for 
information and operating the publication scheme)		 Practice Website    
Records management policies (records retention, destruction and 
archive)		 Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Data protection policies Practice Website    
Policies and procedures for handling requests for information Practice Website
Or Available on written 
request to practice 
manager		    
Class 6 – Lists and Registers
Currently maintained lists and registers only		      
We recognise that it is unlikely that GPs are going to have registers available for public inspection and while this remains the case “none held” can be entered in this section. None held    
Any publicly available register or list (if any are held this should be 
publicised; in most circumstances existing access provisions will 
suffice).		 None held    
Class 7 – The services we offer
(Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public)
Current information only		      
The services provided under contract to the NHS/HSC Practice leaflet
Practice newsletter
Practice Website		    
Charges for any of these services Practice leaflet
Practice newsletter
Practice Website		    
Information leaflets Practice leaflet    
Out of hours arrangements Practice leaflet
Practice website