False Positve Percentage
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Please can you advise what the percentage of false positive rate is wrt the current Covid tests?
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Ken Frost
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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Why have you not answered my FOI?
By law, you should normally have responded promptly and by 16 October 2020
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Ken Frost
Dear Mr Frost,
Thank you for your email. I apologise for the length of time it is taking to respond to your FOI request.
Please note that an internal review cannot be carried out until you have received a response to your initial request. We will respond as soon as we are able.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Department of Health and Social Care
Dear Mr Frost,
Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1256671).
Yours sincerely,
Hazel Percy
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Health and Social Care's handling of my FOI request 'False Positive Percentage'.
I asked what the false positive rate was, when you finally answered you stated that you do not hold that information:
1 Why do you not hold that information?
2 Who does?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
ken frost
This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email.
Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care.
We are currently experiencing high volumes of enquiries and we are
focusing our resources on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
The answers to many questions, including the latest information on
COVID-19, can be found on [1]GOV.UK, the [2]Department of Health and
Social Care website or by visiting the [3]NHS website. We may not respond
to you if the answer to your enquiry can be found on either of these
websites. Where a reply is appropriate, we aim to send a response within
18 working days, or 20 working days if your query is a Freedom of
Information request or complaint.
If you are experiencing symptoms related to COVID-19, please
visit [4]111.nhs.uk or telephone your GP surgery immediately for further
advice. Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital directly.
If you are a business interested in helping the government increase
COVID-19 testing capacity, please visit this [5]Government website. Please
note that the service to offer other COVID-19 support from your business
has closed.
If you are clinician looking to support the NHS, please visit the NHS
Professionals websitehttps://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ for further
information.
If you are a clinician who has retired within the last 6 years and would
like more information on how to apply for the temporary register, please
visit the NHS England
websitehttp://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/re....
If you want to volunteer during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
please visit this
website[6]https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/coronavi... for
more information.
The Department of Health and Social Care does not process complaints about
the NHS or social services. If you wish to make a complaint about a
healthcare professional, an NHS organisation or a social care provider,
please visit the [7]Complaints Procedure page on GOV.UK.
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Information
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4. https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19/
5. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-the-gov...
6. https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/coronavi...
7. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
The response to my request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, you should have responded by now.
Yours faithfully,
Ken Frost
Dear Mr Frost,
Your requested internal review of FOI-1256671 is now complete. Please see the attached letter for the outcome.
Yours sincerely,
Charlene Carter
Freedom of Information Casework Manager
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0EU
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