The Freedom of Information Act gives you the right to ask any public body for all the information they have on any subject you choose. Unless there’s a good reason, the public body must provide the information within 20 working days. You can also ask for all the personal information they hold on you. Everyone can make a request for information – there are no restrictions on your age, nationality, or where you live.
You can ask for any information at all – but some information might be withheld to protect various interests which are allowed for by the Act. If this is case, the public authority must tell you why they have withheld information. If you ask for information about yourself, then your request will be handled under the General Data Protection Regulations.
As an independent provider of health services (defined as an NHS Business Partner), however, Referral Management Services Limited T/A FDS Consultants, (from hereon referred to as RMSL), is not a public authority and therefore does not need to comply with all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act (2000). However, for those services that we operate on behalf of the NHS we are required to respond under the FOI Act.
If you would like to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please contact NHS England. When asked for information by NHS England, RMSL will comply with all requests that are not commercially confidential or in breach of the guiding principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (2018). You may also contact us directly, stating that you are making an FOI request, if you believe that your request relates to our services.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact us.
More information on the Freedom of Information act can be found on the DirectGov website. You can link to it here.
You might be interested in our privacy policies and data protection processes, including information on how we process your data. You can find out more by visiting this page.
You have the right to get a copy of the information that is held about you where we act as data controller. You can find out more by visiting our privacy notice.