Freedom of Information Use of cookies When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally. These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example: Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast. You can manage these small files yourself through your browser setting. Use necessary cookies Allow all cookies Show details Staff Extranet > Text size: Reset High contrast mode Home About us Patients and visitors Get Involved Professionals Contact us Work for us Freedom of Information As a public organisation, Dorset HealthCare strives to be open and accountable, and to share appropriate information that allows members of the public and interested parties to understand more about the Trust's activities. Because Dorset HealthCare is publicly funded, it complies with the principles and rules set out in the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which gives members of the public the right to access certain types of information. The Act covers any recorded information that is held by a public authority, but does not cover personal data (information about yourself) such as health records – you can request this type of information by making a Subject Access Request. The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act lists sets out information which should be published under the Information Publication Scheme, and also allows individuals and interested parties to request official information held by the Trust. There may be occasions when the information requested cannot be supplied – for example, if it is not held by the Trust, or an exemption applies – but we will explain the reasons if that is the case. Our Freedom of Information Policy illustrates our procedure for dealing with information requests under the FOI Act (2000). How to request information If you can't see the information you are looking for within the Information Publication Scheme, you can make an information request under the general rights of access to information. You can do this by completing our online form. We will respond to your information request within 20 working days. Sometimes, some or all of the information requested cannot be provided. We will explain the reasons why not if this happens. Submit a new FOI request We are currently experiencing intermittent technical errors with the submission of forms. Should you have difficulty in submitting, send the request to dhc.foi.enquiries@nhs.net. Your Information Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Sentinel House, Nuffield Industrial Estate, Nuffield Road, Poole, BH17 0RB Accessibility > Complaints > Sitemap > Disclaimer > Privacy Notice > Cookies > Website designed & developed by Frank Health