NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England)

The complainant requested information from the NHS Commissioning Board (“NHS England”) relating to the pathway/referral process, the Individual Funding Review panel and NHS England’s targets for replying to correspondence from MPs. By the date of this notice, NHS England had not provided a substantive response.
The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS England has failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA.
The Commissioner requires NHS England to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
NHS England must issue a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.
NHS England must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.