Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

As you can read below I have been advised to put this inquiry to the DHSC.

In view of the July 2015 The Health and Social Care Act 2008 and the Risk Society/Risk Assessment agenda, can you please confirm that the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS have prospective research for their respective populations and published results to support the clinical practice of the application of the Hare PCL:SV within clinical NHS in the UK, and please clarify the research, and the dates relative to the supporting evidence?

FOICRM (NHS ENGLAND - X24), NHS England 16 September 2022

Dear Mr Clark,

Thank you for your communications dated 10 August 2022.

NHS England has assessed your communication as a request under the Freedom
of Information (FOI) Act 2000. As such, your request is being dealt with
under the terms of the FOI Act and has been allocated the following
reference number: FOI-2208-1818823.

Your exact request was:

“In view of the July 2015 the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and the Risk
Society/Risk Assessment agenda, can you please confirm that the Department
of Health and Social Care and NHS have prospective research for their
respective populations and published results to support the clinical
practice of the application of the Hare PCL:SV within clinical NHS in the
UK, and please clarify the research, and the dates relative to the
supporting evidence?”

NHS England holds some information in relation to your request.

It may help if we first explain that NHS England is not the same as ‘the
NHS in England’. The NHS in England is not a single organisation but is
made up of a range of organisations such as Hospitals, Integrated Care
Boards (ICBs) formerly Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Ambulance
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Yours faithfully,

Mr Clark

Dear FreedomofInformation,

Does the Department of Health and Social Care hold 'Best Practice in Managing Risk?'

Does page 45 of Best Practice in Managing Risk refer to the Hare PCL:SV and data pertaining to its validation?

I ask that you re-look at your reply as it appears that you are not being exactly factual with what the DOHSC holds, let alone what it has clearly published.

I look forwards to your reply as an internal review will be required next as this is clearly not correct.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Clark

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 'The Health and Social Care Act 2008 and the Risk Society/Risk Assessment agenda DHSC'.

In consideration of the contradictory claims with what has been published by the Department of Health it appears relevant to request an internal review as it seems that whilst data has indeed been published by the Department of Health relative to the Hare PCL:SV, the Department of Health appears to act controversial by claiming that no data is held when the Department of Health has both a legal duty to the application of the instrument, the Hare PCL:SV, and a legal duty to ensure the safety and security of those who the Department of Health regulate, and this includes the fact that the Department of Health has published data relative to the Hare PCL:SV in the document Best Practice in Managing Risk page 45 that refers to the Hare PCL:SV and data pertaining to its validation?

It appears that both the Department of Health and NHS England are each claiming that the other part may hold this data, and yet it appears increasingly evident that both the Department of Health and NHS England are acting in a controversial manner, and considering that the Hare PCL:SV has been applied in clinical NHS, it would appear that there is a very serious instance of negligence that both the Department of Health and NHS England are covering up, as how could a private foreign instrument (Hare PCL:SV) be being applied within the UK clinical NHS when neither the Department of Health and NHS England has validated this tool for application in clinical NHS, and that would be a very serious wrong should this be the actual case.

I ask that the Department of Health addresses this matter as a matter of urgency as any potential legal wrong resulting of the use of the Hare PCL:SV in clinical NHS when there is nothing to substantiate its legal validity is alas a very detrimental reality and culpable negligence, and the Secretary of State for Health cannot allow such wrongs to take place knowingly as that is also another wrong.

I am essentially reporting negligence along with this request for an internal review as it seems that the Department of Health is acting in a very controversial manner, and as lives have been negatively effected by the Hare PCL:SV use in clinical NHS then the matter needs to be addressed accordingly as what is taking place is controversial and unlawful.

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

Yours faithfully,

Mr Clark