Care & nursing homes who reported coronavirus (COVID-19) to Herefordshire Council

The request was refused by Herefordshire Council.

Dear Herefordshire Council,

Please provide the following:

1. A full list of care homes & nursing homes in Herefordshire County who reported suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to Herefordshire Council between 1st January 2020 to 10th June 2020
Please present separate lists, i.e.
Names of homes with suspected infection
Names of homes with confirmed infection

2. A full list of care homes & nursing homes in Worcestershire County whose services are commissioned or used by Herefordshire Council and who reported suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to Herefordshire Council between 1st January 2020 to 10th June 2020
Please present separate lists, i.e.
Names of homes with suspected infection
Names of homes with confirmed infection

3. The exact date Herefordshire Council became aware of coronavirus and its appearance in The UK

4. The first reported incident of coronavirus in Herefordshire County reported to Herefordshire Council

Yours faithfully,

Chris Bury

Access To Information, Herefordshire Council

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached acknowledgement of your FOI request

 

Regards

 

Claire

 

 

Claire Jacobs

FOI / EIR Officer

Information Access Team

Corporate Support

Herefordshire Council

Plough Lane | PO Box 4 | Hereford HR4 OLE

 

 

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the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council,
Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS Trust or
2gether NHS Foundation Trust. You should be aware that Herefordshire
Council, Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS
Trust & 2gether NHS Foundation Trust monitors its email service. This
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Access To Information, Herefordshire Council

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached response to your FOI request

 

Regards

 

Claire

 

 

Claire Jacobs

FOI / EIR Officer

Information Access Team

Corporate Support

Herefordshire Council

Plough Lane | PO Box 4 | Hereford HR4 OLE

 

 

“Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of
the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council,
Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS Trust or
2gether NHS Foundation Trust. You should be aware that Herefordshire
Council, Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS
Trust & 2gether NHS Foundation Trust monitors its email service. This
e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the
use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by
law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have
received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use,
dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the
sender immediately and destroy all copies of it.”

Dear Herefordshire Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an administrative review of Herefordshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'Care & nursing homes who reported coronavirus (COVID-19) to Herefordshire Council'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Yours faithfully,

Chris Bury

Access To Information, Herefordshire Council

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached acknowledgement of your request for a review

 

Regards

 

 

Information Access Team

Corporate Support

Herefordshire Council

Plough Lane | PO Box 4 | Hereford HR4 OLE

 

 

“Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of
the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council,
Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS Trust or
2gether NHS Foundation Trust. You should be aware that Herefordshire
Council, Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG), Wye Valley NHS
Trust & 2gether NHS Foundation Trust monitors its email service. This
e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the
use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by
law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have
received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use,
dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the
sender immediately and destroy all copies of it.”

Access To Information, Herefordshire Council

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached response to your request for a review

 

Regards

 

 

Information Access Team

Corporate Support

Herefordshire Council

Plough Lane | PO Box 4 | Hereford HR4 OLE

 

 

“Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of
the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council or Wye
Valley NHS Trust. You should be aware that Herefordshire Council and Wye
Valley NHS Trust monitors its email service. This e-mail and any attached
files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee.
This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed
on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in
error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing
or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received
this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all
copies of it.”

Access To Information, Herefordshire Council

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Dear Sir,

 

Please see the attached letter

 

Regards

 

 

Information Access Team

Corporate Support

Herefordshire Council

Plough Lane | PO Box 4 | Hereford HR4 OLE

 

 

“Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of
the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council or Wye
Valley NHS Trust. You should be aware that Herefordshire Council and Wye
Valley NHS Trust monitors its email service. This e-mail and any attached
files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee.
This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed
on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in
error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing
or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received
this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all
copies of it.”

Chris Bury left an annotation ()

This request is currently under ICO investigation due to the response from Herefordshire Council

Chris Bury left an annotation ()

Although Herefordshire Council refused to allow the information requested to be known and were supported to withholding such by the CQC and Information Commissioner's Office. The CQC later published some of the data Herefordshire Council and the CQC originally refused to release.

The ICO final decision letter to me regarding the Herefordshire Council refusal can be viewed here:
https://web.archive.org/web/202108161314...

The later CQC published data can be viewed here, with statistics for each county on page 5.
However, the data is, for the most part, worthless, as only homes of 10 or more residents were included.
Also, I noticed some incorrect map location accuracy for the CQC data I queried.
https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiO...