19 June 2017, Health (NHS)
The complainant has requested information from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust (the Trust) regarding permanent, temporary, locum and agency doctors used in A&E in 2016. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it has failed to give a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Trust must issue a response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Upheld