Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (Health) [2025] UKICO 335652 (30 April 2025)
In a multi-part request, the complainant requested information relating to sanctions applied under the violence and aggressions policy. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (the Trust) refused to provide some information in scope of the request, citing sections 40(2) (personal information) and 41(1) (information provided in confidence) of FOIA. The Commissioner investigated the Trust's application of section 40(2) to the withheld information in scope of parts 3-6 of the request (it made no further submission regarding the application of section 41(1) of FOIA). The Commissioner's decision is that the Trust was not entitled to rely on the exemption to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner requires the Trust to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose the requested information in scope of parts 3-6 of the request.