Internal Reference Number: FOI_8240
Date Request Received: 29/10/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 31/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Gifts for nursing staff
Request Category: Media
Question Number 1: Please can you supply a breakdown for the years 2022-23 and 2023-24 of items logged on your organisation’s gifts and hospitality register by/relating to nursing staff* (include Agenda for Change band 5 and above – please see list at the end of this email). I request the following details laid out like the following example, in table form attached *Please include all nursing staff who are Agenda for Change band 5 or above, which will likely include the following roles: • Registered nurse • Registered nurse (inpatients) • Clinical nurse specialist • Clinical lead nurse (community) • Advanced nurse practitioner • Community nurse • Nurse manager • Staff nurse • Senior staff nurse • Senior community nurse • Mental health nurse • Specialist nurse • Nurse/nursing associate • Research nurse • Palliative nurse • Children’s/paediatric nurse • Neonatal nurse • Nursing assistant • Senior sister/charge nurse • Nursery nurse • Any other nursing roles not mentioned above | |
Answer To Question 1: No gift declarations by any nursing staff during 2022-23. I have attached the declarations in 2023-24 on the form provided. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: ![]() | |
Question Number 2: Please can you also tell me – does your organisation have a policy with a monetary limit on gifts (i.e. gifts valued under £50 are allowed) and are cash gifts ever permitted? | |
Answer To Question 2: Policy attached. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: ![]() | |
Question Number 3: Finally, please state whether any nursing staff at your organisation were left any gifts or sums of money in patients’ wills during this time period? | |
Answer To Question 3: There have been no declarations of this type during this time. | |
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