Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social care meetings with medical doctors: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

All recorded details about the last five most recent meetings to present date the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social care held with a practicing medical doctor. This should include but not be limited to:

  • a. Date
  • b. Time
  • c. Length of meeting
  • d. Location of meeting
  • e. Purpose of meeting
  • f. Minutes of meeting

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption under section s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below:

REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION

An exemption applies

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, namely names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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FOI 202400394225 - Information Released - Documents

Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

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