Covid-19 Second Wave

The request was refused by Orkney NHS Board.

Dear Orkney NHS Board,

I am writing to you to request the following information.

1) Between May 1 2020 and present, any planning documents, briefing notes, or meeting agenda items and associated papers which show, outline, predict or examine the potential impact of a second wave of Covid-19.
1a) Please take this to include any documentation (but not email correspondence) which includes the phrase 'second wave'.
1b) The condition in 1a should not be taken to exclude information which falls under the scope of the first part of this request but does not include the phrase 'second wave'.

2) Any risk and/or impact assessments carried out by the health board in regards to the potential impact of a second wave of Covid-19 on
2a) Hospitals
2b) Care homes
2c) Acute care services such as A&E
2d) Primary care services such as GPs

Yours faithfully,

Conor Matchett

FOIRequests (NHS ORKNEY),

FOI Request - Acknowledgement of Receipt

I hereby acknowledge receipt of the request below:
Reference number allocated to this request:
202021-173 (Please quote this reference number in any future correspondence relating to this request.)
The official date of your request is:
07/09/2020
A response should be sent to your request no later than:
06/10/2020
Note: NHS Orkney is a small remote and rural health board within Scotland. All responses to Freedom of Information requests are collated in accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 states that a public authority must inform the applicant in writing whether it holds the requested information and if so, communicate that information to the applicant, promptly, but not later than 20 working days after receipt of the request.

For further details please refer to The Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.

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Freedom of Information Office
NHS Orkney
The Balfour
Foreland Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1NZ

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Dear FOI Officer,

I am writing to you to request an update on my FOI request which I was due to have a response on yesterday, but am yet to receive one.

Yours sincerely,

Conor Matchett

FOIRequests (NHS ORKNEY),

Dear Mr. Matchett,

Please accept our apologies for not responding within the timescales as set out under FOISA.

We are currently looking through the relevant material and hope to have a response sent to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Diane

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FOIRequests (NHS ORKNEY),

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Dear Mr. Matchett,

Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request from NHS Orkney.

Once again, please accept our apologies for not responding within the timescales as set out under FOISA.

Kind regards,
Diane

Diane Smith
Freedom of Information Officer
NHS Orkney
The Balfour
Foreland Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1NZ

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