NHS England

The complainant requested copies of any correspondence that NHS England had inherited from a predecessor body and a particular NHS Trust about approval of ‘Campus and Collaborative’ agreements. By the date of this notice, NHS England had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS England has breached section 10(1) of 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 NHS England to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: NHS England must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.