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Section 5
employee handbook
delegated official spokesperson for the Hospital. Such unapproved
actions have the capacity to prejudice the interests and reputation of
the Hospital.
Freedom of Information and Data Protection: The Freedom of
Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and Data Protection Acts 1988 and
2003 give people (including Employees) specific legal rights to their
personal information and to reasons for decisions that affect them.
These acts place a responsibility on all of us to keep accurate and upto-date
records, to keep records safe and secure and to give people
access to their personal records. The Quality, Risk and Consumer
Affairs Department deals with Freedom of Information and Data
Protection requests from the public.
Workplace Partnership
The Hospital supports and operates a partnership approach in which
management is committed to consulting and engaging with staff and
trade unions on change. All Employees are encouraged to
participate in the process of change and the ongoing development
of a world-class service in their area of speciality and across the
Hospital.
The Partnership approach is linked on a national level through the
Health Services National Partnership Forum (HSNPF). The HSNPF is a
joint management/trade union steering committee for workplace
partnership in the Irish Health Service. It has continued to promote a
partnership approach to change and problem solving in the health
services under the national partnership agreements such as
“Sustaining Progress” and “Towards 2016”.
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