Perhaps a pro-active approach is worth considering – preparing examples of what communications managers, equality and diversity officers etc have done which readers can easily relate to, for instance how drives to increase take-up of cancer screening have helped some families escape the tragedy of late diagnosis, in case the media run further stories on this.

Savi

My organisation received this Freedom of Information Act Request from the Tax Payers Alliance too and I thought I would share the original request with you as it goes wider than Equality & Diversity and gives a quite fascinating view on what they see as a ‘waste of tax payers money’

To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting:

1.    a) The full job titles of the trust’s employees which contain any of the following words or phrases:

Affairs

Art

Arts

Awareness

Brand

Branding

Carbon

Change

Climate

Communication(s)

Culture

Decarbonisation

Diversity

Ecological

Ecology

Energy

Environment

Environmental

Equalities

Equality

Europe

European

EU

External

Government

Governmental

Green

International

Insight

Leadership

Liaison

Media

Political

Press

PR

Public Affairs

Public Relations

Recycling

Reputation

Rights

Shape

Stakeholder

Sustainable

Sustainability

Transformation

Transformational

b)   For each employee returned under this question, please provide their:

                                      i.    Job description for each job title

                                     ii.    Total annual remuneration in financial year 2012-13. This should include, but not be limited to, salaries, expenses, benefits in kind, employer pension contributions and bonuses. Please note I am not requesting the name of any employee, or any other information that may identify them individually. If you can only provide salary bandings, please continue to do so. If you cannot answer this question, please continue to answer questions 1a) and 1b)i as requested.

If the information for the 2012-13 financial year is not available, please provide information for the 2011-12 year.

Alison Devlin

Equalities & Diversity Manager

Tel: 020 3214  5770

Email: [log in to unmask]  Web: www.cnwl.nhs.uk

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Stephenson House, 75 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2PL.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk/get-involved

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