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Following guidance from NHS England, senior managers and officers in certain categories are now required to make annual declarations of interest. Read the staff declarations for 2020/21.
Members of the public can view the Trust's Register of staff declarations of interest, thus providing transparency and accountability in compliance with the latest NHS England guidance. You can view the Declarations of Interests Register by visiting the Declarations web page.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to confirm that we are compliant with the Government’s requirement to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation, except when it is in the patient’s overall best interest, or reflects their personal choice. Read the Trust's declaration of compliance on mixed sex accommodation.
We welcome your feedback to help us ensure continuous quality improvements.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust declares that it supports in principle the recommendations outlined in the Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: February 2013 and the subsequent reports ‘Patients First and Foremost’ (March 2013) and ‘Hard Truths the Journey to Putting Patients First’ (November 2013). The Trust has an action plan in place and all actions taken to achieve the recommendations will be made in line with national policy and standards.
This Manual sets out in high level terms how the Trust is governed. Well governed organisations have been shown by research to deliver better results.
This Manual highlights several over-arching governance concepts including:
Dorset HealthCare aims to be as effective as possible in ensuring that Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking is not taking place in any part of its business or supply chains. In addition to the above actions, Dorset Health Care will measure its performance against the following indicators:
The Trust endeavours to build long-standing relationships with our suppliers and make clear our expectations of business behaviour. Where National or International supply chains are used, we expect these suppliers to have suitable Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policies and Procedures and, where there is a risk of Slavery and Human Trafficking taking place, steps have been taken to assess and manage that risk.
The Trust is committed to maintaining an honest, open and well intentioned approach so as to best fulfill the objectives of the NHS. This means fraud, bribery and corruption related activity will not be tolerated.
Such conduct, at any level, is unacceptable. The Trust Board will ensure that stringent policies and internal systems to deal with fraud, bribery and corruption are in place and are acted upon swiftly.
We expect all our staff to operate in accordance with our values, and to have the best interests of the NHS and our service users in mind. We are committed to the elimination of fraud, bribery and corruption, to the rigorous investigation of any such allegations and to taking appropriate action against such individuals that includes criminal prosecution and recovery of losses as a result of any criminal act.
If an employee has suspicions regarding fraud, bribery or corruption related activity within the trust, we assure you that the matter will be taken seriously and referred to the Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS).
With regard to external parties, we reserve the right to terminate any contracts where there is evidence of acts of bribery having been committed.
For further advice and information, please refer to the Anti-fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy.
Should you have any concerns or require any advice, please contact our dedicated LCFS, Andy Knight, on 01305 361129 / 07920 295097 for a confidential discussion.
You can also speak to our Director of Finance and Strategic Development, Matthew Metcalfe, or report any suspicions directly to NHS Counter Fraud Authority at www.cfa.nhs.uk/reportfraud or by calling 0800 028 4060.
NHS foundation trusts are required to self-certify whether or not they have complied with the conditions of the NHS provider licence (which itself includes requirements to comply with the National Health Service Act 2006, the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Health Act 2009, and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and have regard to the NHS Constitution), have the required resources available if providing commissioner requested services, and have complied with other governance requirements.
The aim of self-certification is for providers to carry out assurance that they are in compliance with the conditions.
The Trust Board, on 22 May 2019, certified that it was compliant with the statements.