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NHS Litigation Authority (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50391677 (24 November 2011)
Summary: The complainant has requested the names of the parties to each medical contract dispute resolution in 2010/11. The NHS Litigation Authority (the -NHSLA-) refused to disclose the information relying on section 40(2). During the course of the Commissioner-s investigation the NHSLA changed its policy regarding the publication of medical dispute decisions. It opted to publish the names of the parties to each dispute and redact personal sensitive information from the body of the text. Previously it had redacted the names of the parties to the dispute but retained the anonymised personal sensitive information in the body of the text. The NHSLA refused to apply this change retrospectively to previous decisions. The Commissioner-s decision is that the NHSLA was correct to refuse the request by relying on section 40(2).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld