Faculty – Covid-19
Dear NHS Improvement,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from NHS Improvement:
All letters and emails between 1 March 2020 – 1 June 2020 from the Chief Execute of NHS Improvement to other government bodies, private companies and NHS entities concerning Faculty and their involvement in the NHS COVID-19 App including other digital services used to track and trace individuals who have come into contact with Covid-19.
Faculty is also known as Faculty Sciences, Faculty AI, Faculty Sciences Ltd and the Advanced Skills Initiative. Please include these in your search.
Please provide the information in a combined PDF document.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
[Name Removed]
Dear Mr Stafferton,
Please see the attached decision letter dated 18 June 2020.
Yours sincerely
NHS Improvement
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need to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care
within local health systems that are financially sustainable. By holding
providers to account and, where necessary, intervening, we help the NHS to
meet its short-term challenges and secure its future.
NHS Improvement is the operational name for the organisation that brings
together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety, the
National Reporting and Learning System, the Advancing Change team and the
Intensive Support Teams.
Dear FOI (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - T1520),
Thank you for your response. Please could you elaborate on your decision to why you do not hold this information?
Yours sincerely,
[Name Removed]
Dear Mr Stafferton
Thank you for your email dated 18 June 2020.
We conducted a search for letters and emails as specified in your request
and this produced a nil return. We therefore do not hold the information
being requested.
We hope this clarifies our response.
Yours sincerely
NHS Improvement
Follow us on: [1]Twitter | [2]LinkedIn
NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts, NHS
trusts and independent providers. We offer the support these providers
need to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care
within local health systems that are financially sustainable. By holding
providers to account and, where necessary, intervening, we help the NHS to
meet its short-term challenges and secure its future.
NHS Improvement is the operational name for the organisation that brings
together Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority, Patient Safety, the
National Reporting and Learning System, the Advancing Change team and the
Intensive Support Teams.
Dear FOI (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - T1520),
Thank you for your speedy response, and forgive my attention to detail. Is this because there has been no written communication between Faculty and NHS Improvement's CEO, or is it because the information has been deleted?
Yours sincerely,
[Name Removed]
Dear FOI (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - T1520),
Under the Freedom of Information Act public authorities are required to respond to requests no later than 20 working days.
The Act makes this clear:
“a public authority must comply with section 1(1) promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth working day following the date of receipt.”
Please ensure you follow this requirement or otherwise cite the exemption.
Yours sincerely,
[Name Removed]
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