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.

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Ambulance Driver Training - Process, procedures and instructor training
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Bill Lavender on .

Awaiting response.

1. What is the relationship between the NHS Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the Driver Training Advisory Group (DTAG) 2. What is the pur...
Dame Sally Davies CMO and Electronic Cigarettes Correspondence
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to J.A.F. Mitchell on .

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Dear Mr/Ms Mitchell With apologies for the delay, I can confirm that we received your request of 7 June, and will respond to your request within 20 wo...
List of NHS hospitals with A&E department
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to viktoryia varzinava on .

Awaiting classification.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Where a reply is appropriate, we aim to send one within 18 working days, or 20 workin...
Guidelines to Assist Ethnic Minorities Subject to Racism within the Health Services
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to mathew5 on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Matthew, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request. (our ref: FOI-1179613)  Yours s...
Right Of The Complainant To Turn To The Secretary Of State For Intervention
Internal review request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by dominic be on .

Awaiting internal review.

June 2019 Thank you for your message of February 2019 and apologies for delaying this reply. I understand you do not hold the information so, g...
Cost of retirement celebrations
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to David Lammy on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Lammy, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request. (our ref: FOI-1176651)  Yours...
Dress code (uniform) policies in mental health and elsewhere
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Helen Bright on .

Successful.

Our ref: DE00000957004    Dear Ms Bright,   Please find attached the Department of Health's response to your Freedom of Information request. You...
Concordia price rises
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to helsan on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Santilly, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1176267  )  Yo...
Secretary or Minister of State diary 19th December 2018
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Gemma Partridge on .

Awaiting internal review.

Hello Gemma, Thank you for your request for an internal review. Please be aware we cannot carry out an internal review until you have received a subs...
Surrogate Marker Testing
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Sean Cavens on .

Awaiting response.

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Where a reply is appropriate, we aim to send one within 18 working days, or 20 workin...
IAPT workers in 350 Jobcentres
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Ian Couling on .

Information not held.

Our ref: DE00000931847    Dear Mr Couling,    Please find the Department of Health's response to your recent FoI request attached. Yours sincer...
Assaults on medical staff
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Alix Hattenstone on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Hattenstone, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request. (our ref: FOI-1176893) ...
Anti-depressants in under-18s
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Alix Hattenstone on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Hattenstone, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request. (our ref: FOI-1176896) ...
19th December, 2018
Internal review request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Amanda Hart on .

Awaiting internal review.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Health...
Infected Blood Support Scheme
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Sean Cavens on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Cavens Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1175027  )  Yours...
Retention of Health Records Beyond Statutory Period
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by A J Preston on .

Awaiting response.

I understand that there are minimum periods for which personal health records are retained by the NHS, and that some documents are retained beyond t...
WHO - Improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health products
Request sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Linda Sanday on .

Awaiting response.

WHO Seventy Second World Health Assembly A72/A/CONF./2 Rev.1 28.May.2019 It has been reported that the UK, Germany and Hungary have disassociated t...
PHSO refusal to accept complaints
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to C Rock on .

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This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Where a reply is appropriate, we aim to send one within 18 working days, or 20 workin...
Reiki within NHS
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Ezio Savva on .

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This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email. Where a reply is appropriate, we aim to send one within 18 working days, or 20 workin...
Surgical Mesh Implants
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Carole Davies on .

Information not held.

Our ref: DE-1174406   Dear Ms Davies,   Thank you for your correspondence of 25 April about transvaginal mesh implants.  I have been asked to re...
Vaccine Damage Payments claims received and award statistics
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Amanda Denton on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Miss Denton Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1174296)  Yours...
Second Round of ePMA funding
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Mark Simmons on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Simmons, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1176927)  Yours...
List of GP Dispensing Practices in the United Kingdom
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Carl Reynolds on .

Reported for administrator attention.

Our ref: DE00000742543    Dear Mr Reynolds,    Please see attached the Department of Health's response to your Freedom of Information request. Y...
Contraceptive Pill prescriptions
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to georgina roberts on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Roberts, Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1172482  )  You...
SENDirect
Response by Department of Health and Social Care to Educational Rights Alliance (ERA) on .

Partially successful.

FAO Mrs Sayers (Educational Rights Alliance)   Please find attached the Department of Health’s response to your request for an Internal Review, to...

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