FOI – 000055 Health Visitor’s Complaints (HTML)

Date received 17 Mar 2022 – Date responded 22 Mar 2022

Request

Under the Freedom of information ( Scotland ) Act 2002 I wish to obtain information relating to how many complaints have been registered against health visitors or the health visiting service within the last 5 years, How many of these numbers have been within the Tayside region and how many relate to a child 5 years or under that has been identified as having additional support needs either diagnosed or undiagnosed.

Response

Freedom of Information Reference: FOI-2022-000055 Health visitor’s complaints I refer to your freedom of information request that we received on 17 March 2022 requesting the following information. Under the Freedom of information (Scotland) Act 2002 I wish to obtain information relating to how many complaints have been registered against health visitors or the health visiting service within the last 5 years, How many of these numbers have been within the Tayside region and how many relate to a child 5 years or under that has been identified as having additional support needs either diagnosed or undiagnosed.

I can advise you that we have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:

Under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act an organisation does not require to provide information if it does not hold that information. NHS National Services Scotland does not hold this information.

I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Contact

Address

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