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General Medical Council (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50391797 (19 December 2011)
Summary: The complainant has requested a full set of the medical records for her deceased mother and any information the General Medical Council (GMC) holds on the name of a doctor who prescribed the drug Haloperidol to her late mother. The complainant also requested information on any preventative safety measures that were taken in regard to that prescription. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the GMC correctly applied section 21(1) of the FOIA to the complainant-™s deceased mother-™s medical records and that on the balance of probabilities it does not hold information in respect of the remainder of her request. However, the Commissioner considers that the GMC breached section 1(1)(a) and section 10 of the FOIA by not informing the complainant within 20 working days that it did not hold such information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 21 - Complaint Not upheld