
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provides right of access to information held by public authorities, including the NHS.
The FOIA requires the Trust to:
Before making a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, please check our NLFT Disclosure Log and Previous Disclosure Logs and publication scheme first as the information you are requesting may be already published.
Please note North London Foundation Trust only provides services and treatments relevant to Mental Health.
We therefore do not hold information on acute services and treatments such as cancer, radiology/imaging, childbirth etc.
If you are an NHS Trust, please consider contacting us directly via Business as Usual to obtain information as opposed to FOI to avoid creating additional work for public authorities.
If you are unhappy with your response, or how we handled your FOI request you should request an internal review under the Trust’s FOI policy by emailing: NLFT.Freedom.Information@nhs.net
If you remain dissatisfied, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office
You can request any recorded information that you think either Trust may hold. If you are looking for your own personal data, then you should make a Subject Access Request by emailing the relevant Trust below:
For C&I: nlft.information.request@nhs.net
For BEH: beh-tr.records@nhs.net
Your FOI request must be in writing and emailed to the below:
nlft.Freedom.Information@nhs.net
Details of postal address can be found via the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page:
We do not open links/attachments due to cyber security purposes. Your FOI request must therefore be included within the body of an email.
Your request must include the following before the Trust can respond to your request:
Your request does not need to explicitly mention the FOI Act, nor do you need to tell us why you want the information.
Detailed information and guidance in making a request is available via the Information Commissioner’s Office website. In making a request it is helpful to note the following:
It would be helpful to avoid:
Under the FOIA public authorities must respond to your request within 20 working days. We will do one of the following:
If for any reason we are unable to respond to your request within 20 working days we will inform you of this.