Joint Working Manual

Appendix Four - PHSO amended scheme of delegation

  1. This document supplements the main PHSO Scheme of Delegation and explains how the Ombudsman delegates his powers in respect of decision-making on joint working cases. It should be read in conjunction with the main Scheme, information about its administration and how general and specific powers are delegated.
  2. The main Scheme takes precedence over this supplement and reference should be made to it if there is uncertainty about the approval of specific actions or decisions.
  3. Joint working covers investigations carried out jointly with the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Health Services Ombudsman, the Local Government Ombudsman or the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
  4. The Ombudsman gives a general delegated authority to the staff listed in this supplement to publish anonymised case information about joint working cases.
  5. These delegations apply to all staff in joint working teams dealing with joint working cases, regardless of which Ombudsman’s office they are actually employed by.
  6. The following delegations are classified by action or decision type. The following table illustrates the relevant powers and decisions delegated to staff in accordance with our ‘three step’ casework process. All of the powers and decisions referred to below are delegated as a matter of course to the Chief Executive and Executive Director of Operations and Investigations.

 

LGO logogram

Review your privacy settings

Required cookies

These cookies enable the website to function properly. You can only disable these by changing your browser preferences, but this will affect how the website performs.

View required cookies

Analytical cookies

Google Analytics cookies help us improve the performance of the website by understanding how visitors use the site.
We recommend you set these 'ON'.

View analytical cookies

In using Google Analytics, we do not collect or store personal information that could identify you (for example your name or address). We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data. Google has developed a tool to help you opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

Privacy settings

•