Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Mr Nicholas Wheatley
By email to
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
10 October 2022
Dear Mr Wheatley,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1419111
Thank you for your request dated 22 September to the Department of Health and Social
Care (DHSC), a copy of which can be found in the accompanying annex.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
DHSC holds information relevant to your request.
However, as the information held by DHSC is in the public domain we will, under section
21 of the FOIA (information accessible to the applicant by other means), refer you to the
published source. Please see appendix 10, paragraph A10.2, page 105 of the report at
The Life and Death of Elizabeth Dixon: A Catalyst for Change - November 2020
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Annex
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Wheatley <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: 22 September 2022 18:17
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Terms of Reference for the Investigation into
the death of Elizabeth Dixon
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
On 26th November 2020 a report on the investigation into the death of Elizabeth Dixon
was published. It can be found here:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgov
ernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-life-and-death-of-elizabeth-dixon-a-catalyst-for-
change&data=05%7C01%7Cdhmail%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C4bcd15e895ec4d2b61f908d
a9d3201a6%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637995135340002
709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI
6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=B47ee3MEG1c5%2B
XBccTDfOPJJBE6QG2UBYcZPzfkh2Ms%3D&reserved=0
Please provide the Terms of Reference for the investigation which, according to the
foreword of the report, was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt MP as Secretary of State for
Health at the time.
Yours faithfully,
Nicholas Wheatley
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