Skipton House
80 London Road
1 June 2020
London SE1 6LH
T: 020 3747 0000
E: xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
W: improvement.nhs.uk
David Johnson
By email
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Johnson
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the “FOI Act”)
We refer to your email of 30 April 2020
in which you requested information under the FOI Act
from NHS Improvement. Since 1 April 2016, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development
Authority have been operating as an integrated organisation known as NHS Improvement.
For the purposes of this decision, NHS Improvement means Monitor and the TDA.
Your request
You made the following request:
“I write in respect of Exercise Cygnus; the NHS England led simulation which looked at the
impact of an influenza pandemic upon the United Kingdom.
Do you hold a copy of the final report into Exercise Cygnus? If you do hold a copy of the
final report, please disclose a copy of the report in its entirety.”
Decision
NHS Improvement does not hold the information that you have requested.
We suggest you refer your request to the Department of Health & Social Care who may hold
the information you require. Contact details can be found in the link provided below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
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.
Review rights
If you consider that your request for information has not been properly handled or if you are
otherwise dissatisfied with the outcome of your request, you can try to resolve this informally
with the person who dealt with your request. If you remain dissatisfied, you may seek an
internal review within NHS Improvement of the issue or the decision. A senior member of
NHS Improvement’s staff, who has not previously been involved with your request, will
undertake that review.
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of any internal review, you may complain to the
Information Commissioner for a decision on whether your request for information has been
dealt with in accordance with the FOI Act.
A request for an internal review should be submitted in writing to FOI Request Reviews,
NHS Improvement, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH or by email to
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx. Publication Please note that this letter will shortly be published on our website. This is because
information disclosed in accordance with the FOI Act is disclosed to the public at large. We
will, of course, remove your personal information (e.g. your name and contact details) from
the version of the letter published on our website to protect your personal information from
general disclosure.
Yours sincerely,
NHS Improvement
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.
