Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested information relating to medication errors, seclusion, the use of restraints, serious incidents and the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within the Trust for the year 2019. The Trust disclosed five data sets, compiled for each of the topics in question, in response to the request. It withheld any outstanding information citing section 12(1) (Cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust is entitled to rely on section 12(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.