Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant requested information about the numbers of midwives suspended for bullying.  The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) withheld the information, citing the exemption under section 40(2) of the FOIA (third party personal data) as its basis for doing so for part of the request and section 1 for the remainder of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied section 40 (2) and section 1 of FOIA and does not therefore require the Trust to take any steps.