NHS Policy on Prophylaxis

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Dear NHS England,

Please provide the titles, dates and version numbers (again with dates for each respective version) for all policy documents (whether draft or final versions) prepared on prophylaxis for COVID 19 since January 2021 by:

- The COVID-19 Prophylaxis Oversight Group
- The COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel
- Any other Group/bodies formed by the DHSC, NHS England, the NHSEI or other Department to consider prophylaxis policy for COVID.

Please also provide the dates that each policy was approved by the relevant authorising Committee, Chief Medical Officer etc as the official policy of the DHSC together with the details of each approver.

I am addressing this request to both the DHSC and NHS England as it is unclear where the different Group/Panel/Bodies sit within the Health framework, so please answer for the part of the system you are responsible for and advise me promptly if another body should be asked for any part of this information.

Yours faithfully,

Penelope Crouch

CONTACTUS, England (NHS ENGLAND – X24), NHS England

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FOICRM (NHS ENGLAND - X24), NHS England

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FOICRM (NHS ENGLAND - X24), NHS England

Dear Penelope Crouch,

Thank you for your communication dated 30 September 2022.

Your exact request was:

“Please provide the titles, dates and version numbers (again with dates
for each respective version) for all policy documents (whether draft or
final versions) prepared on prophylaxis for COVID 19 since January 2021
by:

- The COVID-19 Prophylaxis Oversight Group
- The COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel
- Any other Group/bodies formed by the DHSC, NHS England, the NHSEI or
other Department to consider prophylaxis policy for COVID.

Please also provide the dates that each policy was approved by the
relevant authorising Committee, Chief Medical Officer etc as the official
policy of the DHSC together with the details of each approver.

I am addressing this request to both the DHSC and NHS England as it is
unclear where the different Group/Panel/Bodies sit within the Health
framework, so please answer for the part of the system you are responsible
for and advise me promptly if another body should be asked for any part of
this information.”

NHS England does not hold information in relation to your request.

This information may be held by the Department of Health and Social Care
(DHSC), as they run the Secretariat for both the COVID-19 Prophylaxis
Oversight Group, and the COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel.

As such, you may wish to contact them directly. DHSC contact information
can be found on the GOV.uk [1]website.

We hope this information is helpful. However, if you are dissatisfied, you
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Please do not reply to this email. This message has been sent from a
central mailbox. To communicate with NHS England regarding Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests, enquiries or complaints we ask these are sent
directly to NHS England’s customer contact centre. This is to ensure all
communications are progressed correctly. Their postal address, telephone
number and email details are as follows: PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT;
0300 3 11 22 33, [3][NHS England request email].

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information
Communications Team
Strategy Directorate

NHS England
PO Box 16738
REDDITCH
B97 9PT

Tel: 0300 311 22 33
Email: [4][NHS England request email] 

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