FOI/202500489380 · FOI · partially withheld
Communication with Healthcare Improvement Scotland regarding the WRN Scotland report titled "How Safe Are Our Scottish Hospitals?": FOI release
Information requested
All correspondence (including emails, letters, and other communications), records of meetings, and minutes of meetings between the Scottish Government and Healthcare Improvement Scotland that relate to the recommendations contained in the Women's Rights Network (WRN) Scotland report titled "How Safe Are Our Scottish Hospitals?", covering the period from 4 March 2025 to the date the request is processed, 16 October 2025.
Response
I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested in the format you asked for.
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An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal data of a third party) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Disclosing this information would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Section 38(1)(b) – Personal data relating to a third party An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal data of a third party) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Disclosing this information would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.