Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested information on the findings of an independent review into operational concerns and the conduct of Trust Board members. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) relied on section 31(1)(g) of FOIA (law enforcement) and section 40(2) of FOIA (third party personal information) to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust was entitled to rely on section 31(1)(g) of FOIA to withhold the independent review report. However, he finds that while section 31(1)(g) is engaged, the public interest favours disclosing some of the information caught by this exemption. The Commissioner requires the Trust to disclose the contents of part one and part two of the ‘Recommendations’ section outlined in the report.