Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108)
Dear General Medical Council,
Please can you tell me how many complaints in total you received about Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108) who is now erased from the register.
- the years in which you received these complaints
- how many of these complaints were by patients
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
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Dear J Browne,
Your information request - IR1-4879192927
Thank you for your email dated 14 April.
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From: J Browne <[FOI #1270515 email]>
Sent: 14 April 2025 23:12
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC
reference number: 4030108)
Dear General Medical Council, Please can you tell me how many complaints
in total you received about Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number:
4030108) who is now erased from the register. - the years in which you
received these complaints
Dear General Medical Council,
Please can you tell me how many complaints in total you received about Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108) who is now erased from the register.
- the years in which you received these complaints
- how many of these complaints were by patients
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
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Dear J Browne,
Your information request – IR1-4879192927
Further to our acknowledgement of 17 April 2025, I have considered your
request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I confirm that we hold information within the scope of your request, which
we have published about [1]Dr Manish Natverlal SHAH (4030108) on our
online register. In particular, the [2]Record of Determinations, from the
hearing into this doctor, highlights that two complaints were made by
patients in 2013.
When we make information available it is in line with our [3]publication
and disclosure policy. Outside of this we believe it's reasonable for
doctors to expect their personal data will be treated confidentially.
To the extent that we hold any further information within the scope of
your request, I can neither confirm nor deny whether we hold any, as I
believe it would breach data protection legislation to do so.
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The exemption
Section 40(5)(b)(i) of the FOIA applies where the information, if held,
would be the personal data of a third party and where confirming whether
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confirm or deny whether we hold any further information would breach the
first principle, which requires that the processing of personal data is
fair, lawful, and transparent. I believe the conditions at Article 6 of
the GDPR, which are about the lawfulness of processing are not met and
therefore giving you the information would be unlawful.
This is in line with ICO and Tribunal decisions. In particular, I draw
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Yours sincerely,
Christopher Harrison
Information Access Officer
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester M3 3AW
From: FOI
Sent: 17 April 2025 11:37
To: J Browne <[FOI #1270515 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC
reference number: 4030108)
Dear J Browne,
Your information request - IR1-4879192927
Thank you for your email dated 14 April.
How we will consider your request
We are 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.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
From: J Browne <[7][FOI #1270515 email]>
Sent: 14 April 2025 23:12
To: FOI <[8][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC
reference number: 4030108)
Dear General Medical Council, Please can you tell me how many complaints
in total you received about Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number:
4030108) who is now erased from the register. - the years in which you
received these complaints
Dear General Medical Council,
Please can you tell me how many complaints in total you received about Manish Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108) who is now erased from the register.
- the years in which you received these complaints
- how many of these complaints were by patients
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
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Dear General Medical Council,
Has the public interests test been applied? This doctor was convicted and criminal offences. It is in the public interest to know how many complaints the GMC received and when they received them.
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
Dear Ms Browne,
Appeal: IR1-4900538235
Thank you for your email dated 28 April.
We will be considering your email as a Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) appeal. We have a target response time of 20 working days. We will
endeavour to respond to you within this timeframe.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
From: J Browne <[FOI #1270515 email]>
Sent: 28 April 2025 23:52
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Manish
Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108)
Dear General Medical Council, Has the public interests test been applied?
This doctor was convicted and criminal offences. It is in the public
interest to know how many complaints the GMC received and when they
received them. Yours faithfully,
Dear General Medical Council,
Has the public interests test been applied? This doctor was convicted and criminal offences. It is in the public interest to know how many complaints the GMC received and when they received them.
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
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Dear Ms Browne
I have considered this matter again and am issuing a fresh response.
Our investigation into Dr Shah was instigated after a referral by NHS
England on 29 July 2013. However, as can be seen by the online
determination, ultimately Dr Shah was erased on the basis of his criminal
convictions at trials on 19 December 2018 and 10 December 2019.
In 2019, one patient approached the GMC directly with a complaint and they
were added as an interested party to the already existing investigation.
I hope this explanation is satisfies your request and is helpful.
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Kind Regards
Matt
Matthew McCoig-Lees
Information Access Manager
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
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From: FOI
Sent: 29 April 2025 11:21
To: J Browne <[FOI #1270515 email]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Manish
Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108)
Dear Ms Browne,
Appeal: IR1-4900538235
Thank you for your email dated 28 April.
We will be considering your email as a Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) appeal. We have a target response time of 20 working days. We will
endeavour to respond to you within this timeframe.
Yours sincerely
Information Access Team
General Medical Council
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
From: J Browne <[7][FOI #1270515 email]>
Sent: 28 April 2025 23:52
To: FOI <[8][email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Manish
Natverlal Shah (GMC reference number: 4030108)
Dear General Medical Council, Has the public interests test been applied?
This doctor was convicted and criminal offences. It is in the public
interest to know how many complaints the GMC received and when they
received them. Yours faithfully,
Dear General Medical Council,
Has the public interests test been applied? This doctor was convicted and criminal offences. It is in the public interest to know how many complaints the GMC received and when they received them.
Yours faithfully,
J Browne
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