17 August 2017, Health (NHS)
The complainant requested information relating to a ‘clinical incident’ he was present at on 17 August 2016. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (“the Trust”) did not comply with the request, citing section 14(1) of the FOIA (vexatious request). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has applied section 14(1) of FOIA appropriately. The Commissioner does not require the Trust to take any steps as a result of this decision.
FOI 14: Not upheld