The complainant has requested reports prepared for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) relating to NHS surge capacity and population triage / social care in the event of a pandemic. He has also requested correspondence between NHS England and the CMO and the Department of Health and Social Care. By the date of this notice NHS England had failed to provide a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS England has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. NHS England is now required to respond to the request in accordance with the FOIA.
FOI 10(1): Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-84979
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 24 October 2022; Ref: scu.659840