Staff Details: Chief & Deputy Nurse, and CNIO

Reference: 24-25275

Date response sent: 10/10/2024

Details of enquiry

I would be grateful if you could, under the Freedom of Information Legislation, provide the information (first name and surname) relating to the following staff (or equivalent) employed in your organisation:

1. Chief Nurse
2. Deputy Chief Nurse
3. Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)

Response sent

Please be advised that the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital.  This is reflected below in our response, where you will see that we do not have comparable numbers of senior posts to larger Acute Trusts.

We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological therapy services. We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities, and do not have an A&E department

The postholder details you requested are:

1. Chief Nurse

Chief Nursing Officer

Postholder:  Clare Scott

2. Deputy Chief Nurse

The Trust does not have a Deputy Chief Nurse post.

The role that deputises for the Chief Nurse is:

Associate Director of Nursing and Patient Experience.

Postholder:  Nimisha Deakin

3. Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)

The Trust does not have a CNIO,

The Trust has a Chief Clinical Information Officer

Name:  Myooran Canagaratnam