Department of Health and Social Care

The complainant requested information from NHS Improvement (NHSI) relating to a review by the Kings Fund commissioned by NHSI. By the date of this notice NHSI had failed to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHSI has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires NHSI to respond to the complainant’s request in accordance with the FOIA. NHSI must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.