Summary: The complainant has requested from the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (-the Trust-) the number of Serious Adverse Incident reports compiled within the Trust during the 2011/12 financial year. He also requested copies of those reports. The Trust disclosed the number of reports and a brief summary of each incident, however it refused to disclose copies of the reports, citing sections 40(2) and 41 of FOIA as a basis for non-disclosure. The Commissioner-s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied the above exemptions to the withheld information.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Not upheld