NHS Tayside “fell significantly short” when asked to provide details linked to disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel, Scotland’s Information Commissioner has ruled. David Hamilton has now ordered the health board to release the information that it “incorrectly withheld” after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request was made. NHS Tayside has also been given until September 17 to carry out a revised review of its response to parts of the request, which was originally made in March 2023. The health board had been asked for information related to the independent report into Eljamel’s employment carried out in 2019 by NHS Lothian executive Tracey Gillies. A spokesperson for NHS Tayside said: “NHS Tayside intends to fully comply with the decision notice from the Scottish Information Commissioner.”