Children and Young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing Framework Consultation

Overview

The Department of Health is consulting on the Health and Social Care Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing (EHWB) Framework. The Framework, when finalised, will support health and social care services and practitioners to collaborate with other services, agencies and key stakeholders in order to rationalise, coordinate and integrate high-quality, evidence-based support, intervention and diagnostic care pathways that best meet the needs of children, young people and their families.

If you require a hard copy of The Framework and consultation documents 

please email; Regional.EHWB@hscni.net

Hard copies should be posted to 

• EHWB Framework Consultation
• Strategic Planning and Performance Group
• Department of Health
• 12-22 Linenhall Street
• Belfast BT2 8BS

Why your views matter

We would welcome your views on the draft Framework during this consultation period. We want you to tell us what you think so that we reflect on your views and ensure we incorporate your ideas and suggestions into the final version of The Framework.

By sharing your opinions, you can help ensure that the The Framework will provide direction and guidance to Health and Social Care providers to deliver practical, effective services that meets the needs of children, young people and their families.

Your feedback will help us understand how implementation of The Framework might impact different groups and how we can deliver better more responsive services.

Your feedback, and our response, is crucial to building trust and ensuring that we're providing services developments that everyone can support. This consultation is your chance to have a direct say in the future development of emotional health and wellbeing services for children, young people and their families.

PRIVACY NOTICE 

Being transparent and providing accessible information to individuals about how we may use personal data is a key element of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).  The Department of Health (DoH) is committed to building trust and confidence in our ability to process your personal information and protect your privacy.

Purpose for processing

We will process personal data provided in response to consultations for the purpose of informing the development of our policy, guidance, or other regulatory work in the subject area of the request for views.  We will publish a summary of the consultation responses and, in some cases, the responses themselves but these will not contain any personal data.  We will not publish the names or contact details of respondents but will include the names of organisations responding.

If you have indicated that you would be interested in contributing to further Departmental work on the subject matter covered by the consultation, then we might process your contact details to get in touch with you.

Lawful basis for processing

The lawful basis we are relying on to process your personal data is Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, which allows us to process personal data when this is necessary for the performance of our public tasks in our capacity as a Government Department.

We will only process any special category personal data you provide, which reveals racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious belief, health or sexual life/orientation when it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest under Article 9(2)(g) of the UK GDPR, in the exercise of the function of the department, and to monitor equality.

How will your information be used and shared

We process the information internally for the above stated purpose.  We don't intend to share your personal data with any third party.  Any specific requests from a third party for us to share your personal data with them will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the data protection laws.

How long will we keep your information

We will retain consultation response information until our work on the subject matter of the consultation is complete, and in line with the Department’s approved Retention and Disposal Schedule Good Management, Good Records (GMGR).

What are your rights?

• You have the right to obtain confirmation that your data is being processed, and access to your personal data
• You are entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• You have a right to have personal data erased and to prevent processing, in specific circumstances
• You have the right to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data, in specific circumstances
• You have the right to data portability, in specific circumstances
• You have the right to object to the processing, in specific circumstances
• You have rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

DATA CONTROLLER 

Name:          Department of Health (DoH)

Address:      Castle Buildings, Stormont, BELFAST, BT4 3SG

Email:          Regional.EHWB@hscni.net

Telephone:   07385950735

Data Protection Officer

Name:                                        Charlene Maher

Telephone:                                 02890522353

Email:                                         DPO@health-ni.gov.uk

How to complain if you are not happy with how we process your personal information

If you wish to request access, object or raise a complaint about how we have handled your data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details above.

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire SK9 5AF

ICO Complaints Form