St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant requested information regarding the funding of pathology services. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust initially withheld all relevant information, but partially withdrew its reliance on the exemption and disclosed some information during the internal review process. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust did not comply with its duties under section 1 of the FOIA within 20 working days and therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA when responding to the request. As a satisfactory response has now been issued, no further steps are required.