Freedom of Information – Records of authorisation for surgical procedures (spinal surgery): September 2026

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Request

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

In your email of 20 August 2026, you requested the following information:

whether Healthcare Improvement Scotland holds any regulatory record indicating that the following doctor was authorised, recognised, or registered to perform surgical procedures, specifically spinal surgery, within Scotland:

Name: Jan Simcik GMC number: 6100387

Response

Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) has considered your request and concluded that it does not hold the information requested.
Searches of HIS records identified no information relating to Dr Jan Simcik (GMC number 6100387). Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) have considered your request and concluded that HIS does not hold the information requested

Applied exemptions

The following exemptions have been applied to this response. If you wish to learn more about the relevant exemptions please visit the Scottish Information Commissioners website using the links below.  You will leave the HIS website: FOISA exemptions

Section 17 – Information not held Information not held – Exemption 17

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