Journalist’s FOI victory forces publication of surgeon data
Posted by
Martin Stabe
on 7 February 2006 at 10:28
Tags: Freedom of Expression, Newspapers, Scotland, Scotsman
A Scottish journalist’s successful Freedom of Information appeal yesterday bore fruit, as NHS Scotland began publishing Scottish surgeons’ mortality rates.
In December The Scottish Information Commissioner, Kevin Dunion, had ruled in favour of the Scotsman’s Peter MacMahon, who had been refused the data by the Scottish Health Service.
Tags: Freedom of Expression, Newspapers, Scotland, Scotsman
