17 July 2017, Health (Other)
The complainant has requested information on a decision by Northumberland CCG to temporarily close beds at Rothbury Community Hospital and copies of Financial Recovery Plans and Transformation Plans. The CCG withheld information on the decision under sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the FOIA and refused to provide the Financial Recovery Plan on the basis of section 43(2) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CCG has correctly applied the provisions of section 36(2)(b) to withhold information on the decision to temporarily close the beds and has also correctly withheld the Financial Recovery Plan by virtue of the exemption at section 43(2) of the FOIA. She requires no steps to be taken.
FOI 36: Not upheld FOI 43: Not upheld