Information Commissioner's Office

NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

1 November 2017, Health (NHS)

In four requests, the complainant has requested information from NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (‘the CCG’) about its Lymphoedema service. The CCG approached the complainant’s requests as questions and queries and answered them accordingly. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CCG breached section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA with regard to the four requests as it did not clearly confirm whether it does or does not hold recorded information within the scope of these requests.  As a result of her investigation, the Commissioner is prepared to accept that the CCG does not hold, in recorded form, the information the complainant has requested. The Commissioner also finds that the CCG breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it did not communicate to the complainant, within 20 working days, that it holds no relevant information.

FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld