Duty of care to children

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Background: "Children – as the noun suggests – are not adults. Fundamentally, they are not able to take part in adult choices or the state apparatus."
"Children do not pay taxes, nor can they vote, and therefore it is the duty of the government to care for them when they are in danger of starvation. "

Therefore...

FoI request: Please kindly provide a copy of your duty of care to children

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Hart
for Stop UK lies and Corruption.

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Dear Ms Hart,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1265667 ). 

Yours sincerely,
Ed Franklyn 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

 

 

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Thanks for your response. We only require you to provide the DHSC's main document containing the title "duty of care". To be helpful, this would be a document which all staff treating children whether in hospital wards or outpatients are required to read.

If you don't have any 'duty of care' document, then kindly let us know. Additionally you may find it helpful to note that our request to the DWP for a 'duty of care' document resulted in them informing us they don't have a duty of care to anyone. Perhaps the DHSC also does not have a duty of care to anyone too. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/6...

Please note we're only looking for recorded information. We're not asking for information to be created or for an opinion on the subject.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Hart
for Stop UK lies and Corruption.

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Ms Hart,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1274313 ).

Yours sincerely, 

Ed Franklyn
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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