The Freedom of Information Act (2000) promotes openness, transparency, and accountability across public authorities.  As part of our duties under the Freedom of Information Act, we are required to make information available proactively via a publication scheme.

The Publication Scheme outlines the information Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust proactively publishes, and information we intend to publish.  The Trust have adopted Model Publication Scheme produced by the Information Commissioner’s Office, and as such publish information under the seven classes of information described by the Commissioner.

A full breakdown of our publicly available information can be found in our Guide to Information, and a selection of our key publications can be found below:

Who we are and what we do

• More details can be found in the about us section
• More details on our services can be found in the your services section
• View a list of organisations we work in partnership with
• View our Board of Directors
• View our organisational structure can be found here
• More details on Greater Manchester Information Sharing Protocols

What we spend and how we spend it

• Details on our spending can be found in our Annual Reports
• Our monthly spend over £25,000 can be found here

What our priorities are and how we are doing

• Find out about the Trust performance
• Our current Operational Plan can be found here
• Our Strategic Plan for 2014 to 2019 can be found here
• Our Service Development Strategy for 2014 to 2019 can be found here

How we make decisions

• Read about our Board of Directors and Council of Governors
• A list of our current service user and community engagement stratergies can be found here
• Our Patient Experience Strategy can be found here

Our policies and procedures

• Please visit the Policies and Procedures section to review our published policies
• A list of our all current policies can be found here.  If you wish to review a policy that is not currently available in the Policies and Procedures section, please submit a Freedom of Information request and your request will be considered (contact details can be found here)

List and Registers

• View our responses to previous requests under the Freedom of Information Act here
• The Gifts and Hospitality Registers:- 
• 2016/17 can be found within the April Board Papers (page 107) here
• 2015/16 can be found here
• 2014/15 can be found here
• 2013/14 can be found here
• 2012/13 can be found here
• 2011/12 can be found here
• A list of all our current policies can be found here
• A list of our building assets can be found here

The services we offer

• Full details can be found in the services section

Further Information

• Information regarding our CCTV cameras can be found here
• View a list of previously requested information or;
• If your question hasn't be answered, make a request for information
• How we use your information?