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Thank you for your request dated 22nd September 2023.
With regards to emails we are able to use key word searches and search specific inboxes to be able to conduct appropriate searches. We have conducted a search for relevant emails concerning your request. The search provided a large number of emails that may or may not have relevant information contained within them. I have estimated that it would take more than 30 hours of staff time to confirm that we held the data requested by manually checking each email. Under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act we are not obliged to comply with a request for information if we estimate that the cost of complying with the request would exceed 18 hours of staff time. Therefore, this is a formal refusal notice under Section 17[5] of the Act, regarding the request for emails. If you would like to refine this part of your request by narrowing its scope by being more specific about what information you particularly wish to obtain, we may be able to assist you with your request.
We do store records by the Health Board and then service.
I attach documentation relating to maternity services in Swansea Bay University Health Board held by Improvement Cymru below Due to the large number of documents, we have provided a portion of these documents now and plan to release more to you as soon as we are able to.
One of the documents held is already available to the public and under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act (information accessible by other means), we are not required to provide information in response to a request if the information is already reasonably accessible to you. However, for convenience I have attached the link where you can find this information here: sbuhb.nhs.wales/hospitals/a-z-services/maternity/reports/wales-maternity-neonatal-network-report-sbuhb-maternity-services-governance-process-review-2022/
Documents (Part 1):
Please find below here the rest of the documents held by Public Health Wales in relation to your request.
We hold 13 documents containing information that would constitute a breach of confidentiality. The information was provided by another person/people in confidence. Disclosure of this information would also breach the fair processing principle contained in the Data Protection Act (DPA), where it would be unfair to that person/is confidential. Therefore, under section 41 (information provided in confidence) of the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) this information is exempt from release.
We hold 10 documents containing personal data in relation to this request. This information is exempt under section 40 (personal information) of the FOIA, as the information constitutes third party data. Section 40(2) provides that personal data about third parties is exempt information if one of the conditions set out in section 40(3) is satisfied. Under the FOI Act disclosure of this information would also breach the fair processing principle contained in the Data Protection Act (DPA), where it would be unfair to that person/is confidential.
These are both absolute exemptions and there is therefore no requirement to consider the public interest.
Documents (Part 2):
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