Health and Social Care Act 2008

107 Duty to inform the public

(1) For the purpose of ensuring that members of the public are informed about the OHPA and the exercise by it of its functions, the OHPA must publish or provide in such manner as it thinks fit information about the OHPA and the exercise of its functions.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the OHPA must publish in such manner as it thinks fit, and within such time as may be specified in rules, decisions of its fitness to practise panels.

(3) But the OHPA may withhold from publication—

(a) information concerning the physical or mental health of a person which the OHPA considers to be confidential, and

(b) other information which is of a description specified in rules.

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) authorises or requires the publication or provision of information if the publication or provision of that information—

(a) is prohibited by any enactment, or

(b) would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.

(5) In this section “rules” means rules made by the OHPA.