FOI/25/134
| Reference | FOI/25/134 |
|---|---|
| Description | Chief Nursing Information Offer details |
| Date requested | 15/07/2024 |
| Attachments | N/A |
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
- Can you confirm whether you have a chief nursing information officer (CNIO) or chief midwifery information officer (CMIO) at your organisation (or both).
- If someone is in post for one or both of these roles. Can I request the following information:
- Their name
- The date they started the position
- What Agenda for Change band they work at
- If they identify as coming from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background
- Can you please provide the information in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in the following format
|
Trust name |
Name of CNIO |
Name of CMIO |
The date they started |
What band they work at |
Whether they come from a BAME background |
Response
Having completed enquiries within CLCH, in respect of Sec1(1)(a) CLCH does hold information relating to your request, however, this information is published online. Therefore, for the purpose of section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), this part of our response serves as a formal notification of refusal of your request on the basis that exemption Section 21 of the FOIA applies.
Section 21 - Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
(1)Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt information.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment, and
(b)information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than by making the information available for inspection) to members of the public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.
Section 21 is an absolute exemption and where information falls within the scope of an absolute exemption, a public authority is not obliged to communicate it to an applicant and is also not obliged to comply with the duty to confirm or deny the existence of the information requested.
Having said that and in an effort to assist, please see the below in relation to your FOI request.
The position of Chief Nursing Information Officer does not exist within Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. Please see links below for further information.