2 July 2015, Education (Other)
The complainant has requested the details of all doctors used as clinical advisers by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) including their GMC (General Medical Council) registration numbers. The PHSO provided an anonymised list of the doctors’ specialities and qualification but withheld the remaining information under section 40(2) – personal information. During the Commissioner’s investigation the PHSO also applied section 38 – endangerment to health and safety and also refused the request under section 14(1) on the grounds that it believed the request was vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the PHSO is entitled to rely on section 14(1) to refuse the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further action in this matter.
FOI 14: Not upheld