Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Health) [2025] UKICO 372188 (22 May 2025)
The complainant has requested the waiting times of trolley patients (from decision to admit to admission) in Accident & Emergency from Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust). The Trust provided some information but refused to provide part of it to which it applied section 12(1) FOIA and section 40(2) FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Trust applied section 12(1) correctly. However, he has also decided that the Trust applied section 40(2) FOIA incorrectly and this information should be released. The Commissioner finds that the Trust breached section 16 FOIA. However, the Commissioner is satisfied that on this occasion there was no advice or assistance that could have been provided. The Trust also breached section 17(5) by not confirming its reliance on section 12(1) FOIA within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Trust to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. -¢ Disclose the information that was withheld under section 40(2) in the second part of the request.