Classes of information

The Trust's commitment to publish information excludes any information which can legitimately be withheld under the exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code or the Freedom of Information Act.

Where individual classes are subject to exemptions, the main reasons are e.g. the protection of commercial interests and personal information under the Data Protection Act 1998. This applies to most Classes within the Publication Scheme.

We will state how you can obtain the information outlined within each class. This will be either via the Trust web site or as a hard copy or other media as stated within each class. The publications are all free unless otherwise indicated within each class.

The information is grouped into broad categories as follows:

• Who we are and what we do
• What we spend and how we spend it
• What are our priorities and how are we doing
• How we make decisions
• Our policies and procedures
• List and registers
• The services we offer

Optional class: archive deposits

At present the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust does not have an
archive deposit. As records are placed in deposit, details will be shown in this section.

The Trust adheres to the NHS Records Management Code of Practice regarding retention of records.