The complainant has requested access to all complaints made to the General Medical Council (‘GMC’) about a named doctor. As the named doctor had conditions placed on his registration by an Interim Orders Tribunal, GMC confirmed that details about the current investigation into the named doctor was subject to the personal data exemption at section 40(2) FOIA. As regards any other complaints into the named doctor, GMC would neither confirm nor deny whether the requested information is held under section 40(5) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that GMC correctly withheld all the requested information under section 40(2) FOIA and section 40(5) FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.
FOI 40(5): Complaint not upheld FOI 40(2): Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-123448
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.674880