Below is an outline of the Publication Scheme and the classes of information that are available. You can obtain a full copy of the Publication Scheme, in electronic format or hard copy, by emailing or writing to the Information Governance Officer.
List and registers
- Any information we are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers
- List of main contractors / suppliers
- Assets registers and Information Asset Register
- Any register of interests kept in NIBTS
- Register of Gifts and Hospitality provided to Board members and senior personnel
- Disclosure log
Who we are and what we do
- How we fit into the HSC structure
- Organisational structure
- Lists of and information relating to organisations with which NIBTS works in partnership
- Senior staff and management board members
- Location and contact details for all public-facing departments
What we spend and how we spend it
- Annual statement of accounts
- Budgets and variance reports
- Financial audit reports
- Standing financial instructions
- Capital programme
- Staff and Board members’ allowances and expenses
- Staff pay and grading structures
- Funding (including endowment funds)
- Procurement and tendering procedures
- Details of contracts currently being tendered
- List and value of contracts awarded and their value
What are our priorities and how are we doing
- Annual Report
- Annual business plan
- Targets, Aims and Objectives
- Strategic Direction document (5 year plan)
- Performance against targets (KPI)/performance framework
- Clinical governance
- Audit reports
- Service User Surveys
How we make decisions
- Board papers – agenda, supporting papers and minutes
- Personal and public involvement strategy (PPI)
- Public consultations (for example, concerning closures/variations of services)
- Internal communications guidance and criteria used for decision making i.e. process systems and key personnel
Our policies and procedures
- Policies and procedures relating to the conduct of business and the provision of services
- Policies and procedures relating to human resources (including Race, Disability, Age and Gender, Equal Opportunities)
- Policies and procedures relating to recruitment and employment
- Equality Scheme/statement produced in accordance with section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Standing financial procedures
- Standing orders
- Complaints and other customer service policies and procedures
- Data protection / information governance / Caldicott Guardian
- Estate management
- Charging regimes and policies
The services we offer
- Clinical services provided and/or commissioned
- Non-clinical services
- Services for which NIBTS is entitled to recover a fee together with those fees
- Patient information leaflets and other booklets and newsletters
- Advice and guidance
- Corporate communications & media releases
Freedom of Information
Email foi@nibts.hscni.net
Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
Lisburn Road, Belfast
BT9 7TS