Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Case Outcome | Complaint upheld FOI 1: Complaint upheld |
| Subject Matter | Health |
| Court | Information Commissioner (UK) |
| Record Number | IC-283053-K4L5 |
| Date | 13 March 2024 |
| Respondent | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
Reference: IC-283053-K4L5
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Date:
13 March 2024
Public Authority:
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
The Oast, Unit D
Hermitage Lane, Barming
Maidston
Kent ME16 9NT
Decision (including any steps ordered)
1. The Commissioner’s decision is that Kent Community Health NHS
Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) doesn’t hold the requested information
about autism assessment outcomes but that it didn’t comply with
confirm it doesn’t hold the information within the statutory timeframe.
2. It’s not necessary for the Trust to take any corrective steps.
Request and response
3. The complainant submitted the following information request to the
Trust on 28 September 2023:
“In the diagnosis tables provided Psicon have outcomes of
'inconclusive', 'diagnosed autism', and 'not diagnosed autism', whereas
Sinclair-Strong have outcomes of 'ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder]
diagnosis confirmed' and 'ASD diagnosis not confirmed'. Please can you
provide Psicon's and Sinclair-Strong's policies regarding such outcome
options so as to explain how it is the two companies can differ from
each other and what these terms actually indicate.”
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