Bedwyn GP Tim Ballard has apologised to a patient after he criticised her, saying staff time had been taken up answering requests she made under the Freedom of Information Act.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/9656379.GP_says_sorry_for_naming_patient/
My experience Is that very few GPs know about Data Protection or Freedom of information. Even those who know about FOI tend to hate it and/or ignore it.
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Solicitor and Director
Act Now Training Limited
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