Please reply to:
Trust Headquarters
Name: Jeanette Randall
East Surrey Hospital
Title: FOI Officer
Canada Avenue
: ext 2976
Redhill
Email: xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
RH1 5RH
Tel: 01737 768511
By Email
www.sash.nhs.uk
Our ref: Outcome of internal review into FOI 4530
6 March 2018
Dear Mr Lovell
Thank you for your email of 15 February 2018 where you requested an internal review
into the response to your FOI request which is attached. In this request 4530 you asked
for a complete registry of all email addresses available at East Surrey Hospital.
Specifically to include Consultants, Surgeons, Departments etc.
I have now conducted a review and the response is below.
You questioned we did not provide a list of staff/department email addresses and that
the link provided below does not satisfy the requirements as the consultant’s email
addresses are not shown on the page. You suggested that we could still provide emails
for departments etc.
https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/our-services/consultant-directory/
I note that your request was refused on the grounds that the information was Personal
Information as defined by the Data Protection Act. The response provided was a
reasonable answer.
It is my decision that the exemption under Section 40(2) of the FOIA has been correctly
applied in this case.
In undertaking my review, and reaching my decision, I have taken into account the
construct of SASH email addresses which would provide the names of SASH
employees and of course the list would show their place of employment. I am satisfied
this is Personal Information and that if this information were to be disclosed this would
be in breach of the Data Protection Act and be unfair to the people involved. SASH also
does not have generic clinical departmental email addresses and therefore we do not
hold this information.
An Associated University Hospital of
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Additionally, I have taken into account the work involved in completing this task and also
the limited value of the information, bearing in mind SASH provides adequate methods
of contact whether by email, website, phone or letter.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Tel: 0303 123 1113
Cheshire
http://ico.org.uk
SK9 5AF
Yours Sincerely
Gillian Francis-Musanu Director of Corporate Affairs Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
An Associated University Hospital of
Brighton and Sussex Medical School