NHS waiting list

2 March 2022

Dear

ATISN 16126 – NHS Waiting Lists

Thank you for your request to the Welsh Government for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) received on 01 March 2022.  I have interpreted your request as follows:

In relation to Swansea Bay University Health Board:

• To confirm if you are entitled to view information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding waiting lists and specifically to ask how many patients are ahead of me at any given time

Our Response

Welsh Government does not hold the level of information you are requesting with regards to waiting lists for the Swansea Bay University Health Board. We only hold total numbers waiting with no identifiable information on individuals on the waiting list.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) provide a right to know whether a public organisation holds recorded information and a right of access to that recorded information, unless one or more legal exemptions apply.  Therefore, we are able to confirm that you are able to make Freedom of Information requests to Swansea Bay University Health Board.

You can contact their Freedom of Information Officer on the following:

Swansea Bay University Health Board
FOIA Team
Swansea Bay University Health Board
1 Talbot Gateway
Baglan Energy Park
Port Talbot, SA12 7BR   
Email: FOIA.Requests@wales.nhs.uk

Next Steps

The request you sent me contains personal information about you - for example, your name and address. The Welsh Government will be the data processor for this information and, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, it will be processed in order to fulfil our public task and meet our legal obligations under the Act to provide you with a response.

We will only use this personal information to deal with your request and any matters which arise as a result of it. We will keep your personal information and all other information relating to your request for three years from the date on which your request is finally closed.  Your personal information will then be disposed of securely.

Under data protection legislation, you have the right:  

•  to be informed of the personal data we hold about you and to access it
•  to require us to rectify inaccuracies in that data
•  to (in certain circumstances) object to or restrict processing
•  for (in certain circumstances) your data to be ‘erased’
•  to (in certain circumstances) data portability
•  to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) who is   our independent regulator for data protection

For further information about the information which the Welsh Government holds and its use, or if you wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please see contact details below:

Data Protection Officer
Welsh Government
Cathays Park    
CARDIFF
CF10 3NQ
Email:  DataProtectionOfficer@gov.wales

If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at:

Information Rights Unit, 
Welsh Government, 
Cathays Park, 
Cardiff, 
CF10 3NQ 

or Email: Freedom.ofinformation@gov.wales 

Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office, 
Wycliffe House, 
Water Lane, 
Wilmslow, 
Cheshire, 
SK9 5AF. 

However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process

Yours sincerely