Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act allows you to request some of the information we hold. Information on how to make a request is below, but before you do, check to see if we have already published the information you are looking for. 

We publish information about our work following the publication scheme approved by the Information Commissioner's Office.

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As well as accessing the information through the Publication scheme, you are entitled to request information about South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). Our Freedom of Information policy explains our procedure for dealing with information requests:

Freedom of Information policy (PDF)

You can make an information request under the general rights of access to information by emailing foi@slam.nhs.uk or writing to this address:

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Information Governance Office
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AZ

We will respond to your information request within 20 working days. Sometimes, some or all of the information requested cannot be provided. We will explain the reasons why not when this happens.

The Freedom of Information Act does not change the right of patients to the protection of their confidentiality in accordance with Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention, the Data Protection Act (2018) and common law.

Maintaining the legal right to patient confidentiality is a very important commitment for us. We have appointed a Caldicott Guardian, who is a senior clinician with responsibility to ensure the protection of patient confidentiality throughout the Trust in accordance with your legal rights.

Our Caldicott Guardian is:

Dr Robert Harland
c/o Data Protection Office
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AZ

Under the Data Protection Act (2018), you are entitled to access your clinical records or any other personal information held about you by the Trust. You can make an application to our Data Protection Office by completing the subject access request form:

Subject access request form for service users to access health records (PDF)
Subject access request form for staff to access employee records (PDF)

You can contact the Data Protection Office by email via DataProtectionRequests@slam.nhs.uk or write to:

Data Protection Office
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AZ

You can also call us on any of these numbers:

• 020 3228 3861
• 020 3228 3862
• 020 3228 3867