There are certain aspects of public services in the area I live in which cause me concern:
Firstly, as I have detailed in earlier posts my former employer behaved in a cavalier way towards me. I was of course bullied and then had no alternative but to leave the job I had done to my employer’s satisfaction for over 12 years.
Following the breach of patient confidentiality by the healthcare provider which I mentioned in my previous post, I wrote to the local manager. I wanted to resolve the issue quickly and quietly in a way which would not jeopardise people’s jobs or patient care.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) describes the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as providing “public access to information held by public authorities.
It does this in two ways:
The Act covers any recorded information that is held by a public authority, including government departments, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and by UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland.
The main principle behind freedom of information legislation is that people have a right to know about the activities of public authorities, unless there is a good reason for them not to. This is sometimes described as a presumption or assumption in favour of disclosure.”
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