Department of Health and Social Care

A ministerial department, also called DHSC

Known as the the Department of Health (DH) until January 2018.

The department is responsible for health and social care in England.[1] The Department provides strategic leadership to the NHS and social care organisations in England.[2]

FOI requests relating to Connecting for Health, the national programme for NHS information technology, including summary care records, can be made to the Department of Health and Social Care. Connecting for Health is a directorate of the Department of Health and Social Care. Requests to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) can also be made via the Department for Health and Social Care.

The department hosts the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) and the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).

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Where is the Scientific proof of SARS-CoV-2?
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Bartholomeus Lakeman on .

Delayed.

Dear Dr Lakeman, I apologise for the length of time it has taken to carry out your requested internal review of FOI-1232496. The Department of Health...
COVID Tests per individual
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Gareth on .

Awaiting response.

Following several revelations on social media at the weekend of 11th/12th July 2020 that positive cases are being tested and counted multiple times,...
Incremental benefit of face masks over and above other mitigating actions
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Suzanne Lugthart on .

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The widespread use of face masks in public places is being mooted. Whilst it is inarguable that a face mask may prevent the spread of infection, th...
Chris Whitty's R number
Follow up sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Chris Moffett on .

Delayed.

Hello. My FOI request should have been answered by now by law. Could you please forward the information to me as soon as possible together with a re...
Track and trace Leicester city lockdown
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Alison Stevens on .

Awaiting response.

Could you please answer the following questions with regards to this Freedom of Information Request. 1. With regards to the Leicester City and surro...
19th December, 2018
Request to Department of Health and Social Care by Amanda Hart. Annotated by Amanda Hart on .

Long overdue.

ICO responded 6th July 2020 DHSC has confirmed that it aims to comply by 14 August 2020. If DHSC fails to comply by this date, the case file will be p...
Enforcement of drug legislation and MCA 2005 enforcement
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Sylvia Rushbrooke on .

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Dear Ms Rushbrooke, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1233327  ) ...
GP Practices in the UK
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Helen White on .

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Under the Information Of Freedom Act please could you provide me a list of all G.P practices in the UK including any primary contact information hel...
How many claims for vaccine damage compensation were successful in the last 10 years
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Jonathan Ayres on .

Awaiting classification.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Correspondence Between Chris Whitty and Catherine Calderwood
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to James Keenan on .

Delayed.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Numbers of Contact Tracing staff and their activity to date
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Kay Kelsall on .

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This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Payments to Deloitte, Serco and other private companies for Covid 19 testing and tracing.
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Caroline Airley on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Airley, I apologise for the length of time it has taken to carry out your requested internal review of FOI-1233044. The Department of Health...
Number of Delayed Results Received by Deloittes
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Enoch Brampton on .

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Dear Mr Brampton, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1233042)  Your...
Background to the designation of the Faculty of Homeopathy for doctor revalidation
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Les Rose on .

Awaiting classification.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Black lives matter in research
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Mr John Founder on .

Awaiting classification.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Care Act 2014 Statutory Duties Easements.
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Jacob Rogers on .

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This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
data to assess the putative flu vaccine / Covid-19 relationship
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Bartholomeus Lakeman on .

Awaiting classification.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Paper by professor Steven Riley dated 9th March 2020 advising lockdown
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Amanda Hart on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Hart, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request. (our ref: FOI-1233043)  Yours s...
Data Protection Impact Assessment for the coronavirus contact tracing app
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Jennifer Cobbe on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Cobbe, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1222090)  Yours s...
Budgets/grants to LAs and CCGs to implement the MCA 2005
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Sylvia Rushbrooke on .

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This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...
Pathology Statistics relating to Covid-19
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Dawn Cairns on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Cairns, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1234658  )  Your...
Faculty – Covid-19
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Reece Stafferton on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Stafferton, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1230861  ) ...
Lost or missing 2018 onwards
Clarification sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Lee Jefferson on .

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Please find our clarified request below. Please kindly provide a list of electronic items owned by your department that have been recorded as lost...
People tested statistics
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Joe McCarthy on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr McCarthy, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1231973)  Your...
Estimate for number of people tested for COVID-19 daily since 23rd May
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to T Sanderson on .

Awaiting internal review.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.  We are currentl...

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