Freedom of information requests

No. of doctors subjected to formal disciplinary process

Questions

1. How many doctors have been subjected to formal disciplinary processes, including MHPS, in the last 7 years?
2. For each formal disciplinary, as outlined in Question 1, what is the duration of the process from start to finish (in days)?
3. What data is provided to the Board, and how regularly, regarding disciplinaries against doctors within the Trust?
4. Have all Case Investigators and Case Managers conducting disciplinary processes within your Trust undertaken mandatory training on the disciplinary process?

Response

1. 71
2. We do not hold this information in a away that allows us to calculate this figure in days, however we have provided the duration in months where known.
   

   Months duration	Cases
   1	5
   2	6
   3	7
   4	3
   5	9
   6	7
   7	3
   8	5
   9	3
   10	2
   11	2
   12	3
   13	1
   15	1
   17	1
   19	2
   20	2
   23	1
   n/k	2
   ongoing	6

3. The information is contained within the People report which is presented bi-monthly at the People and Culture Committee and at the bi-monthly board meeting. There is also a designated non-executive board member who has oversight of key MHPS cases and who is updated in a monthly meeting on individual cases.

4. Not all Case Investigators as during Covid and post-Covid, training temporarily ceased; an updated version of the training will be launched later this year. However, a trained HR Advisor supports each Case Investigator.