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Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (Health) [2025] UKICO 343895 (22 May 2025)

The complainant has requested the number of episodes/day cases for each hospital and the relevant diagnosis discharge code or procedure code over a specific period of six years. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (the Trust) relied on section 40(2) of FOIA (third party personal information) to withhold the information. The Commissioner-s decision is that the Trust has not correctly relied on section 40(2) of FOIA to withhold the information. The Commissioner requires the Trust to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Provide the complainant with an anonymised version of the requested information, with any figures 5 or lower referred to as -<5-. The Trust must take these steps within 30 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 40(2):Upheld
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