Open AccessWill performance league tables change the way surgeons select and operate on patients?
Author(s) -
Matthew Nixon,
Yazmin Johari,
Gemma Taylor
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363506x113848
Subject(s) - freedom of information , government (linguistics) , league table , league , business , public administration , medicine , law , political science , public relations , economics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , astronomy , classical economics
The Freedom of Information Act became law in January 2005 and means that any information held by a public authority is eligible for release upon demand. It was designed to make government authorities more transparent and each authority is required to document what information it holds and how that information can be obtained.