A Freedom of Information (FOI) request is a request sent to a public sector organisation for any recorded information they have.
A FOI request does not provide information about an individual person. If you would like to request information that an organisation holds about you, you would need to send a Subject Access Request (SAR).
A Freedom of Information request must;
- Be made in writing, FOI requests cannot be accepted verbally under any circumstances,
- sent to the NHS Information Governance (IG) team,
- include the requester's real name, address for correspondence and a description of the information requested.
All requests must be responded to within 20 working days of the client's IG team (Data Controller) being informed.
HR Shared Services (HRSS) act as a Data Processor; our client is the Data Controller. All FOI requests must be processed by the client’s IG team.
Further information is available from:
Internal
NHS Business Services Authority's (BSA) Security and Information Governance hub page.
External
NHS Business Services Authority's (BSA) website