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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”. 42 back to contents
st. vincent’s university hospital The partnership approach is formally organised locally in the Hospital through the Partnership Committee. This committee is jointly chaired by a Union representative and a Senior Management representative and has an equal number of management and union nominees. This provides an opportunity for staff and management to work together to bring about patientfocused change. A designated facilitator from the office of the HSNPF supports the partnership process in the Hospital. The role and purpose of the local Partnership Committee is to act as a mechanism through which initiatives to address organisational and work-related issues and challenges are progressed. This committee and various subcommittees meet on a regular basis. Details regarding the committee’s various issues and initiatives are available on the Hospital’s Intranet. Further information on the Hospital’s Partnership Committee, including contact details, is available on the Intranet. 43 back to contents
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