Welcome to the Ilkley Moor Medical Practice General Practitioner’s Publication Scheme.

Introduction
This Publication Scheme is a complete guide to the information routinely made available to the public by Ilkley Moor Medical Practice General Practitioners. It is a description of the information about our General Practitioners and Practice which we make publicly available. It will be reviewed at regular intervals and we will monitor its effectiveness.

How much does it cost?
The publications are all free unless otherwise indicated within each Class. [Where information is provided at a cost the charges will be calculated as set out Class 7].

How is the information made available?
The information within each Class is either downloadable from the practice website www.ilkleymoordoctors.co.uk or available in hard copy from

The Practice Manager
Ilkley Moor Medical Practice
Springs Lane
Ilkley
LS29 8TH

Your rights to information
• In addition to accessing the information identified in the Publication Scheme, you are entitled to request information about Ilkley Moor Medical Practice under the NHS Openness Code 1995.
• The Freedom of Information Act 2000 recognises that members of the public have the right to know how public services are organised and run, how much they cost and how the decisions are made.
• From January 1st 2005 it will oblige the General Practice to respond to requests about information that it holds, and is recorded in any format and it will create a right of access to that information. These rights are subject to some exemptions which have to be taken into consideration before deciding what information it can release.
• New environmental information regulations may be introduced as early as 2003. These will enable similar access to environmental information as under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
• Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you are also entitled to access your clinical records or any other personal information held about you and you can contact the practice manager to do this.

Feedback
If you have any comments about the operation of the Publication Scheme, or how we have dealt with your request for information from the Scheme, please write to:

Wendy Ribbands
Ilkley Moor Medical Practice
Springs Lane
Ilkley
LS29 8TH

CLASSES OF INFORMATION

All information at the Ilkley Moor Medical Practice General Practice is held, retained and destroyed in accordance with NHS guidelines. Our commitment to publish information excludes any information which can be legitimately withheld under the exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code or Freedom of Information Act 2000. 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 all Classes within the Publication Scheme. The information on this Scheme is grouped into the following broad categories:

1. Who we are
The general medical practitioners at Ilkley Moor Medical Practice provide NHS general medical services under contract to Airedale Primary Care Trust. The Practice area covers Ilkley and the surrounding area – as far as Burley and Addingham.

Airedale Primary Care Trust maintains their own website which includes details of all the local practices in the area [see www.Airedale-pct.nhs.uk ]. Together the local practices provide medical services to Keighley, Haworth, Oakworth, Steeton, Silsden Addingham, Bingley, Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale.

A full list of your services will be at Class 2 below.

The following Doctors provide medical services at Ilkley Moor Medical Practice.

Dr M French
Dr R Hargreaves
Dr G Marcoolyn
Dr R Poulier
Dr H Rolfe
Dr G Summers
Dr H Watson

The Practice Manager is
Wendy Ribbands

The Practice Nursing team:
Sr Chris Bailey
Sr Gill Shuttleworth
Sr Hanah Sharon

The Health Visitors are:
Claire Rowley
Libby Dixon

The District nursing team are:
Vicky Bartle
Mel Flavell
Carol Harvey
Lesley Heaton
Barbara Holdsworth
Yvonne Jamieson
Sheila Kennedy
Lorna Peniket
Sara Walker

Midwives
Julie Finlayson
Lynne Bilton
Debbie Rhodes

Some information will be withheld, including personal, confidential information about individuals which is protected by the Data Protection Act 1998.

2. Our Services
The following general medical services are available at the surgery:
Child health surveillance,
Contraceptive services,
Maternity medical services,
Minor surgery services,
Obstetric services,
Dietician,
Baby clinic,
District nursing services,
Counsellor,
Dermatology,
Health promotion clinics,
Woman clinics,
Disease management clinics,
Immunisations,
Cervical cytology
COPD
Diabetic,
Asthma.

Some services may involve information sharing (e.g. child protection conferences) with other agencies. Data protection procedures and protocols and information sharing protocols have been developed by the Bradford Informatics Service on behalf of the practice and are available on the BHIS website www.bradford.nhs.uk

The Practice premises and hours of opening are 08:00am to 06:00pm Monday to Friday and 08:00am to 10:30am Saturday.

The practice is closed from 1pm on the second Tuesday of each month for staff training.

Out of hours cover:
Healthcare out of hours is currently provided by the North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors. Please ring the following number to make contact (01904 621621).

Languages spoken and the availability of interpreters:
The local health community can supply interpreters for Urdu and Punjabi. Arrangements can be made for simultaneous telephone based translation for other languages.

The clinical interest of particular doctors:
The GPs are all general medical specialists. In addition their interests are:

Dr French Elderly and sports injuries
Dr Hargreaves CHD and family planning
Dr Marcoolyn Medical education and mental health
Dr Poulier Diabetic and IT
Dr Rolfe Cancer and child health
Dr Summers Audit and minor surgery
Dr Watson Asthma and training gynaecology


3. Financial and funding information
The Ilkley Moor Medical Practice receives money from Airedale Primary Care Trust according to its contract (as per class1 above) in exchange for services provided for patients.

The Total income received from the NHS before expenses (which includes premises costs and staff employment) in 2002-2003 was £1,112,283.

The sum spent on drugs prescribed by Ilkley Moor Medical Practice in 2002-2003 was £1,775,477

Please note: there may be circumstances where material cannot be released because it is confidential or commercial information or the appropriate officer designated for these purposes under the Act has taken the view that it may be prejudicial to the conduct of the Practice’s affairs.

4. Regular publications and information for the public
We maintain a practice leaflet detailing our services and maintain the practice website www.ilkleymoordoctors.co.uk . From time to time we may publish information leaflets when major changes to services are planned

5. Complaints
The practice operates an NHS standard complaints procedure. All complaints should be addressed to the practice manager in writing.

6. Our policies and procedures
The practice conforms to current prescribing guidelines as far as possible, including the National Institute of Clinical Excellence and the various National Service Frameworks. In addition guidelines are issued by Airedale Primary Care Trust.

The practice maintains a health and safety policy in line with current legislation.

7. This Publication Scheme
In this class we will publish any changes we make to this Publication Scheme, the criteria on which our information management policies are made and a referral point for all enquires regarding information management generally in the Trust. We will also publish any proposed changes or additions to publications already available.

Cost of Information
For the most part, we will charge you only for hard copies or copying onto media (e.g. CD ROM). Some information is available free, but for others there may be a charge. The charges will vary according to how information is made available. Charges are as follows:

[a) Via the General Practice/Primary Care Trust Web Site –Free of charge, although any charges for Internet Service provider and personal printing costs would have to be met by the individual

For those without Internet access, a single print-out as on the website would be available by post from:
The Practice Manager
Ilkley Moor Medical Practice
Springs Lane
Ilkley
LS29 8TH

Or by personal application at Ilkley Moor Medical Practice. However, requests for multiple printouts, or for archived copies of documents which are no longer accessible or available on the web, may attract a charge for the retrieval, photocopy, postage etc. We will let you know the cost and charges that will have to be paid in advance. We will not provide printouts of other organisation’s websites.]

b) The Practice Leaflet is available free of charge from the surgery

c) Information is also displayed and made available in the practice display unit.

d) e-mail-will be free of charge unless it says otherwise

The charges will be reviewed regularly.

Useful Resources
Web sites:
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
This is the web site of the Information Commissioner
www.lcd.gov.uk
This is the web site of the Lord Chancellor’s Department
www.foi.nhs.uk
This is the NHS Freedom of Information web site

Publications
• NHS Openness Code- www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexec/codemain.htm

• FOI Act 2000 www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk

• Code of Practice under Section 45 FOI Act 2000 www.lcd.gov.uk

• Code of Practice under Section 46 FOI Act 2000 www.lcd.gov.uk

• Statement of Fees and Allowances payable for General Medical Practitioners in England


Copyright
Material available through this Publication Scheme is subject to the General Practice’s copyright unless otherwise indicated. Unless expressly indicated to the contrary, it may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is done so accurately in a manner which will not mislead. Where items are re-published or copied to others, you must identify the source and acknowledge copyright status. This permit does not extend to third party material, accessed through the scheme. For HMSO Guidance Notes see www.hmso.gov.uk/guides.htm