The complainant requested information from the Meridian Surgery (the Surgery) about their prescribing statistics since 2015 for Eczema preparations and for any audits relating to Asthma and Eczema care that they had conducted. The Surgery had failed to provide a substantive response by the date of this notice. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Surgery failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the Surgery to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request. The Surgery must take these steps within 35 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 FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2020] UKICO IC-54639
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 19 August 2022; Ref: scu.657849