All Scottish public authorities must have a Publication Scheme in place setting out the information they make publicly available, how it can be accessed, and whether there is any charge for the information.
The Partnership has adopted the Scottish Information Commissioner’s Model Publication Scheme. To support this, a Partnership Guide to Information document is provided to explain how you can access information easily.
The Integration Joint Board is also is subject to the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011. This means it must have a Records Management Plan in place which sets out how it manages its records. The Board submitted its first plan to the Keeper in March 2020. The Keeper’s assessment of the plan is available on the National Records of Scotland website.
Information is regularly updated on our website. If you can’t find what you need online, use the rest of this page to find out how and where to access information.
Ways to access information
Everyone has a legal right to see information held by Scottish public authorities. To make an FOI request you need to give us your name and a contact address, but you don’t need to tell us anything more about who you are or why you want the information.
We already make some information available to the public. More details about our published information can be found in our Guide to Information available through the Model Publication Scheme.
If you do not find what you want there, you can make a request by emailing us or writing to us:
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
Carseview House
Castle Business Park
Stirling FK9 4SW
Phone: 01786 433284
Email: FV.FalkirkIJBFOI@nhs.scot
You can also ask us for environmental information under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
We will answer your request within 20 working days. Sometimes there will be reasons why we cannot provide the information you requested. If that is the case, we will tell you why. If we refuse to give the information to you, we must tell you why. You can challenge our decision to keep information from you and ask us to review our response. If you are unhappy after the review, you can appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner.
You may also find the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website in understanding the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act.
Data Protection
Our partners, Falkirk Council and NHS Forth Valley, provide services on our behalf. They hold and share personal data about you so that they can deliver integrated health and social care services to you. Personal data is information about you.
We are committed to protecting any personal data we hold and comply with Data Protection Legislation as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018. We will use your details to provide you with the service which you or someone else has asked us or our partners to provide, or to deal with any complaints or concerns you may have. We may also share information with our partners so that they can provide you with better services. We may also use your details for the purposes of crime prevention and crime detection and/or when required by law, and will share it with other public bodies for that purpose.
If you supply personal information to us, it may have to be disclosed to the data subject unless there are good grounds for withholding it. You can find out how we handle personal data on our Privacy Notice.
Requests for your personal information
You have a right under the Act to see certain information held by us about you. A request to see information held about you is known as a “subject access request”. If you would like to see the information we hold about you, you should write to us.
We have 30 calendar days to respond to your request. There are exemptions in the Act which may mean that we do not need to comply with all, or part, of your request. If you are not happy with how we deal with your request, please let us know and we will try to resolve your complaint. If you are still not happy, you should contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
For requests for information under the Data Protection Act please write to:
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership
Information Governance Department
NHS Forth Valley
Carseview House
Castle Business Park
Stirling FK9 4SW
Phone: 01786 433285
Email: FV.FalkirkIJBSAR@nhs.scot