Information Commissioner's Office

Liverpool NHS Primary Care Trust

12 November 2007, Health (NHS)

The complainant requested a copy of all “investigative literature” relating to any investigation carried out by Liverpool NHS Primary Care Trust (the “PCT”) into Urgent Care 24 (“UC24”) which had come about following a “public interest disclosure meeting held in July 2006”. The complainant also requested copies of any correspondence between the PCT and UC24 relating to any such investigation. The PCT informed the complainant that it did not hold any information relating to his request, and that no specific action had taken place as a result of the meeting on 20 July 2006 (the “July meeting”). During the course of this case the PCT informed the Commissioner that it had carried out a review of UC24 during 2006 – 2007, but that this had not come about as a result of the July meeting, and was in fact part of a process which had begun in February 2006. The PCT informed the Commissioner that it had told the complainant of this. After considering the information provided by both parties the Commissioner decided that the PCT did not hold any information which fell under the complainant’s request (as the PCT provided compelling evidence to show that the review had not been carried out as a result of the July meeting), and therefore the PCT had complied with section 1 of the Act. The Commissioner does not require the PCT to take any further steps.

FOI 1: Not upheld