The aim of the Act is to promote greater transparency and openness of public authorities by answering requests for information from and about public authorities.

Under Section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, public authorities are required to publish and maintain a publication scheme which is a list of the information routinely published by us. The purpose of the scheme is to enable significant amounts of information to be made available without the need for a specific request.

Please note if you request information from the Trust a response may be delayed due to urgent operational responses to dealing with Public Health priorities.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our response to your request breach the statutory time frame and you remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at the their website - Information Commissioners Office - Make a complaint

Please also see the ICOs statement on requests for information here:

• ICO Website - Data protection and Coronavirus
• ICO Blog - Information Rights Works

Our disclosure log lists our responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which we feel are of wider public interest. These are categorised to help navigate through the range of requests we have received.

We also publish some performance and financial information which is readily available to access on our site.

Please email FOI@eastamb.nhs.uk to request information about the lists and registers.