Significant FOI disclosures

You can see information that we have released under the Freedom of Information Act, and which is of wider public interest, with a short summary of each document and the date it was released. The Department makes every effort to ensure the releases are posted on the website as soon as possible after they are released.

The documents are available to download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

Freedom of Information request	Date released
Details of orthodontic waiting times (PDF 12 KB)	12 March 2008
Information about private healthcare firms carrying out operations in NI to reduce NHS waiting lists (PDF 26 KB)	10 April 2008
Information about the cost of reducing 19 HPSS Trusts to 6 HSC Trusts (PDF 66 KB)	6 May 2008
Information about the cost of translation services (PDF 13KB)	11 April 2008

How to request further copies of documents

If you would like further copies of these documents, or copies in a different format, please contact:

Departmental Information Manager, Room A3.5b, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SQ

tel: 028 90 522353

e-mail: FOI@dhsspsni.gov.uk

Downloading and accessing files

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