Information Commissioner's Office

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

13 May 2015, Health (NHS)

The complainant has requested information from Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) about its Psychotherapy Service Team Leader position.  The Trust first said it was withholding the relevant information it holds as it is the personal data of a third person.  It then said it did not hold the specific information the complainant had requested.  During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the Trust released to the complainant relevant information that it holds.  The complainant is not satisfied that the Trust has disclosed all the information that it holds that relates to her request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has disclosed all the information that it holds that falls within the scope of the request and has met its obligations under section 1 of the FOIA (right to access information). The Trust did, however, take longer than 20 working days to disclose this information and has therefore breached section 10 (time for compliance). The Commissioner does not require the Trust to take any further steps.

FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 10: Upheld