Department of Health(DOH)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request yesterday, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We have received your request on Psychiatric Care Facility Guidelines and Budget , August 21, 2024. We will respond and process your request on or before Sept. 10, 2024, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to the Health Human Resource Development Bureau (HHRDB) for item 1, while item 2 is to the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB). For item 3, please be advised that the DOH does not provide certificates for budget for a specific budget for a Provincial Psychiatric Care Facility.

Should you have any questions regarding this request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal for request with ticket number #DOH-628794929386.

Further, please be advised that this is a public site, and any information shared in this conversation thread will be visible to the public. Therefore, we kindly request that you refrain from disclosing any sensitive personal information or data in this thread.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

Department of Health

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated Aug. 20, 2024, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the number of FOI Users from 2016 to the present.

I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved. Below are our responses to your request

1.) Number of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses, and other staff for a Psychiatric Hospital in Rizal from 2020 to 2023. (separate each profession) We would like to refer our valued eFOI client to the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Statistics through PowerBI (http://tinyurl.com/HRHPHStat). This dashboard provides information on the number of health workers and their areas of practice from 2016 to 2023, which may serve as a valuable resource for your reference.

2.) Guidelines on the required total land area for a Provincial Scale Psychiatric Hospital / Provincial Mental Health Care Facility. - Attached is the response from the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) on your request.

Kindly accomplish the FOI Request Feedback form at the link: https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm, thank you.

Your right to request a review

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your FOI request, you have the option to request an internal review. To initiate this process, kindly submit your written appeal for review addressed to [insert name of Secretary and postal/e-mail address]. Please provide a detailed explanation of your dissatisfaction with our response within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving this response. We will conduct the review and communicate the outcome within 30 calendar days from the receipt of your review request.

Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer

Department of Health

Response-to-FOI-Request-DOH-628794929386-and-DOH-484713826365 - FOI Receiving Officer - [email protected]