Weston Area Health NHS Trust

The complainant has requested Weston Area Health NHS Trust (the trust) to disclose information relating to doctors subjected to disciplinary action in the last 5 years. The trust disclosed the requested information to the complainant but refused to disclose the exact allegations for each case under section 40 of the FOIA. The complainant did not dispute the application of section 40 of the FOIA but disagreed with the information disclosed and felt further recorded information is held or should be provided. The Commissioner is satisfied that the trust has now provided all the recorded information it holds falling within the scope of the complainant’s requests. She therefore does not require any further action to be taken. The Commissioner has however found the trust in breach of sections 1(1)(a) and (b) and section 10 of the FOIA.