Summary: The complainant has requested details of the ethnicity of nurses disciplined or dismissed over a five year period in relation to the non-disclosure of criminal convictions. The Aneurin Bevan Health Board (-˜the Health Board-™) refused to provide the information by virtue of section 40(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Health Board correctly relied on section 40(2) to withhold this information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken by the Health Board.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld