Summary: The complainant has requested a copy of the external report into women-™s services commissioned by the Trust as well as a list of serious untoward incidents regarding maternity services since 2009 with dates and descriptions. The Trust has now made the report publicly available but has redacted some information on the basis of section 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) and 40(2) and has also provided a list of serious untoward incidents but withheld any further detail on the basis of section 40(2). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied section 36 and 40(2) to redact information from the report and, after considering the public interest arguments, has concluded the public interest favours withholding the remaining information. The Commissioner also considers section 40(2) has been correctly applied to withhold further detail on the serious untoward incidents.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld