Dear Ms McGuiness-Karabagli

 

I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, which I
received on 8 November 2020 for information about the following:

 

Please provide a full, accurate and complete list of records held within
your office, and or under your authority, describing the isolation of a
SARS-COV-2 virus, directly taken from a symptomatic patient of COVID-19
where the sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic
material (not limited but by way of example monkey kidney cells, aka vero
cells, liver cancer cells) thereby eliminating contamination as a possible
alternative source of sampling.

 

Please note isolation is used in the normally understood meaning of the
word – the act of separating a thing from another. I am not referring, and
hence not requesting, to isolation meaning the culture of something else,
the performance of an amplification test (eg PCR test which only detect
mRNA or DNA) or the sequencing of “something”.

 

If any records match the above description and are available to the public
elsewhere, please provide enough information so that I may identify and
access each record with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal,
and weblink or location where the public may access it).

 

I remind you full, accurate and complete disclosure is required.

 

Response

 

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that the information you requested
is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.

 

However it is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the
information you require. They can be contacted at:

 

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: [1][email address]  

Web [2]http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

 

Please note that this response will be published on our Freedom of
Information disclosure log at:

 

[3]https://applications.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/FOI/f...

 

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of my decision,
please write within 40 working days of the date of this response to:

 

Chris Gooday

Information Governance Manager

NHS Business Services Authority

Stella House

Goldcrest Way

Newburn Riverside Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

 

Details of how we will handle your review request are available on our
website at:

 

[4]https://bit.ly/2Sjdk2H

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please note that generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the NHS Business Services Authority’s complaints procedure.

 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel:  01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [5][email address]

 

We would also value your feedback regarding the way in which your request
was handled. You can provide us with direct feedback on our website at the
following address:

 

[6]Information Governance Survey

 

Any feedback you provide will be strictly anonymous and much appreciated.

 

Regards

 

Chris

 

 

Chris Dunn

Information Governance Specialist

Security and Information Governance
[7]www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk

We are constantly looking at ways to
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