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About us

• About us
• Who we are
  • Our organisation
  • Board of Directors
  • Non executive directors
  • Council of Governors
  • Facts and figures
  • King's Health Partners
  • Who we work with
• How we are doing
  • Overview
  • Facts and figures
  • Equality and diversity
    • Embracing equality and diversity
    • Setting our objectives
    • Reports
  • Our CARE awards
• Our plans
  • Developing our hospitals
  • Trust objectives 2013-14
  • Improvements already made
  • What's in the pipeline
  • Developing our services
• Part of the community
  • Overview
  • Reducing our impact on the environment
  • Local employment
  • International healthcare programmes
  • Local procurement
• Publications
  • Annual reports and statutory publications
  • Publications
  • The GiST magazine
  • Freedom of Information
    • Freedom of Information (FoI) Act
    • Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
    • Submit an FoI request
  • Board papers
    • 2013 Board of Directors' papers
    • 2012 Board of Directors' papers
    • 2011 Board of Directors' papers
  • The medicines formulary
• Our history
  • Overview
  • Research on our recent history
  • Experts through the ages
  • Famous firsts
  • Art in the hospitals

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, every public authoritiy has a duty to specify what information they publish, how the information is made available and whether it is free or if there is a charge.  

Our publication scheme explains what information we provide to the public. Wherever possible, we will make it it easy for you to access. The information is provided in a set format, classed into the seven categories below.

Information categories

• Who we are and what we do

  1. How we fit into the NHS structure  - see the who we are section.
  2. Organisational structure – download our organisational structure chart (PDF 1.9Mb)
  3. List of, and information relating to, organisations with which the authoritiy works in partnership – see information on our partners.
  4. Senior staff and management board members – download the organisational structure chart (PDF 1.9Mb) or see the Board of Directors page.
  5. Location and contact details for all public facing departments – see our services and PALS page.

• What we spend and how we spend it

  1. Annual statement of accounts – see our annual reports page. 
  2. Budgets and variance reports – see the board meeting minutes for our monthly finance reports
  3. Financial audit reports - as above, see our annual reports page.
  4. Standing financial instructions. See the board meeting minutes for the latest standing financial instructions.  
  5. Capital programme – see our board meeting minutes for the latest reports.
  6. Staff pay and grading structures – download our payscales (PDF 62Kb). 
  7. Funding (including endowment funds) – see the King’s Health Partners procurement portal for information on our procurement and tendering procedures, details of tenders and contracts awarded.
  8. Our expenditure – see our payments to suppliers page, which gives monthly reports of the payments we have made to suppliers.

• What our priorities are and how we are doing

  1. Reports and business planning - useful documents can be found under the publications section and in our monthly board papers.
  2. Our performance – see our monthly board papers and annual reports page.
  3. Declarations of compliance – see our statutory documents.
  4. Audit reports – audit committee minutes are available to download from the Board meeting minutes.

• How we make decisions

  1. Board papers – agenda, supporting papers and minutes. 
  2. Patient and public invovlement strategy (PPI) - see our members section for ways to get involved.
  3. Public consultations (for example concerning closures/variations of services) – see our publications section and board minutes.

• Our policies and procedures

  Specific policies and procedures are available on request. Electronic or single print copies are free of charge. Please contact us to request a policy or procedure.

• Lists and registers

  Please email our Freedom of Information team at foi@gstt.nhs.uk or write to the information governance team: first floor, North Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH. 

• Services we offer

  1. Clinical and non clinical services provided and/or commissioned – see our services section.
  2. Patient information leaflets and other booklets and newsletters – see our patient publications page.
  3. Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) – see the PALS page for more information.
  4. Advice and guidance – see our PALS page.
  5. Corporate communications and media releases – see our news and events section.

 

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Archives

Records that we no longer need for business purposes are stored at the London Metropolitan Archives:

Tel: 020 7332 3820
Email: lma@corpoflondon.gov.uk|
Address: 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB