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Dear General Medical Council

I would like to request all details including suspension and interim hearing on Dr Philip John Cowburn from 1994 - 2008

Yours faithfully,
E.M

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FOI, General Medical Council

Dear Ms Mann,

Your information request - IR1-2605197198

Thank you for your email dated 31 January, in which you ask for all
details including suspension and interim hearing on Dr Philip John Cowburn
from 1994 – 2008.

How we will consider your request

We’re going to consider your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (FOIA). The FOIA gives us 20 working days to respond, but we’ll come
back to you as soon as we can.

Who to contact

Sadie Jones will be handling your request. If you have any questions you
can call her on 0161 250 6889 or email her at [1][email address].

 

Yours sincerely

 

Lauren Barrowcliffe

Information Access Team Assistant

 

[email address]

0161 240 8356

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

M3 3AW

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Mann [mailto:[FOI #640550 email]]
Sent: 31 January 2020 21:41
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Freedom of information

 

Dear General Medical Council

 

I would like to request all details including suspension and interim
hearing on Dr Philip John Cowburn from 1994 - 2008

 

Yours faithfully,

E.M

 

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General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AW

Regents Place, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3JN

The Tun, 4 Jacksons Entry, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AE

4th Floor, Caspian Point 2, Caspian Way, Cardiff Bay CF10 4DQ

9th Floor, Bedford House, 16-22 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FD

The GMC is a charity registered in England and Wales (1089278) and
Scotland (SC037750)

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Sadie Jones (0161 250 6889), General Medical Council

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Dear Ms Mann

 

Your information access request - IR1-2605197198

 

Thank you for your email dated 31 January asking for information about Dr
Phillip John Cowburn (GMC ref: 4013585), I’ve considered your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

 

Publicly available information about a doctor’s registration is on our
List of Registered Medical Practitioners (LRMP), which can be found on our
website: [1]www.gmc-uk.org. The LRMP lets you check a doctor’s
registration status and information about a doctor’s fitness to practise
history. I’ve attached a copy of Dr Cowburn’s LRMP record which shows that
they have no previous action on their registration.

 

I can’t confirm whether we hold information in relation to any suspensions
or interim hearings because it would breach the data protection
legislation to do so.

 

We believe it’s reasonable for doctors and complainants to expect that
complaints will be treated as confidential. If a case is heard at a public
hearing, or the doctor receives a sanction or warning on their
registration, information may be made publicly available; subject to
certain time limits in line with our [2]publication and disclosure policy.
Otherwise the information is treated as the confidential personal data of
the doctor and other parties involved. I’ve given details of the exemption
under the FOIA which applies below.

 

The exemption

 

Section 40(5B)(a)(i) of the FOIA applies where the information, if held,
would be the personal data of a third party and where confirming whether
it’s held would breach any of the principles relating to the processing of
personal data listed at Article 5 of the GDPR.  I believe that to publicly
confirm or deny whether we hold the information would breach the first
principle, which requires that the processing of personal data is lawful,
fair and transparent. I do not believe that any of the legal bases for
processing listed at Article 6 of the GDPR are met and therefore giving
you the information would be unlawful.

 

Your right to appeal

 

If you would like to appeal this decision please set out your reasons in
writing to [3][GMC request email]. Please note that we will only usually
consider appeals received within 40 working days of our response. You can
also appeal to the [4]Information Commissioner, the regulator of the FOIA
and DPA.

 

Yours sincerely

Sadie Jones

Information Access Officer

[5][email address]

0161 250 6889

 

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street

Manchester

M3 3AW

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Louise Mann <[FOI #640550 email]>
Sent: 31 January 2020 21:41
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Freedom of information

 

Dear General Medical Council

 

I would like to request all details including suspension and interim
hearing on Dr Philip John Cowburn from 1994 - 2008

 

Yours faithfully,

E.M

 

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[6][FOI #640550 email]

 

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education and practice in the UK by setting standards for students and
doctors. We support them in achieving (and exceeding) those standards, and
take action when they are not met.
_________________________________________________________________

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do not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on it or any
attachments. Instead, please email the sender and then immediately delete
it.

General Medical Council

3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AW

Regents Place, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3JN

The Tun, 4 Jacksons Entry, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AE

4th Floor, Caspian Point 2, Caspian Way, Cardiff Bay CF10 4DQ

9th Floor, Bedford House, 16-22 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FD

The GMC is a charity registered in England and Wales (1089278) and
Scotland (SC037750)

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