The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) was introduced in January 2005 to promote openness and accountability by ensuring that any person requesting information from a public body like the NHS, will receive that information, subject to certain exemptions. The FOI(S)A protocol is reviewed annually to ensure issues are addressed and to take account of developments in the FOI(S) system.
Go to Making a Request for information on how to make a request to NHS Borders under FOI(S)A.
The Act also requires us to adopt and maintain a Model Publication Scheme which lists the types of information we will regularly publish.
The Model Publication Scheme sets out the documents we will make available routinely. Most of these are available on this website and are listed under their classifications according to the Publication Scheme.
For information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act and your rights, click here for the Scottish Information Commissioner's website.
NHS Borders policy is to publish responses to requests for information under the FOI Act. You will find these on the Request and Responses Register.
Statistics on NHS Borders Freedom of Information compliance can be found within the Information Governance Annual Reports below: