Accessing nerve agent antidote service (NAAS) pods

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

A document was published publicly on the department for health website(then www.dh.gov.uk), produced by the department of healt(your predecessor authority), updated on 31st march 2002, titled "Accessing nerve agent antidote service (NAAS) pods". I would like to request all versions that have been produced of this document.

Reference to this document can be seen here in the "further reading" section. http://www.pharmacyinpractice.com/past-i...

Yours faithfully,

Ada Cable

Department of Health and Social Care

Dear Ada Cable,
 

The link you have provided does not take us to the document that you have
requested previous versions for. Please can you provide an alternative
link or attach the document. Once received we will process your request.

Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

A link is not provided in that document- simply the title of the document i requested. The reference can be seen on the last page, in the blue box on the right, in the section "further reading" and "uk resources". It is item number 4 in this list, reading:
"4. Department of Health. Accessing nerve agent antidote
service (NAAS) pods important change from midnight 31st
March 2002 available via www.dh.gov.uk."

Yours faithfully,

Ada Cable

Department of Health and Social Care

Our ref: DE-1386343
 
Dear Ms Cable,
 
Thank you for your correspondence of 24 January about accessing nerve
agent antidote service pods. I have been asked to reply.

Unfortunately, the nature of your request is not clear from your
correspondence.  However, if you write back giving further details,
departmental officials may be able to provide you with a more complete
response.

I am sorry I cannot be more immediately helpful.

Yours sincerely,
 
L Gelder
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries
Department of Health and Social Care
 

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

I apologise, I'm not quite sure how much more I can clarify this. Possibly this version is more clear:

I request all versions of the document titled "Accessing nerve agent antidote service (NAAS) pods" held in your records. If multiple documents have had this title I request all these documents.

If I can be more clear, please let me know.

You may find the above correspondence helpful- notably, that this document was at least once updated on 31st march 2002, and that it was published on the department for health website. However, the request is simple and this information is merley there to assist in your search.

Yours faithfully,

Ada Cable

Department of Health and Social Care

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The answers to many other questions can be found on [2]GOV.UK,
the [3]Department of Health and Social Care website or by visiting
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appropriate, we aim to send a response within 18 working days, or 20
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Please note that the department cannot arrange vaccinations. Contact your
GP, clinical commissioning group or call 119. [5]This webpage gives
information on vaccination. If you have symptoms of COVID-19 you must get
tested as soon as possible. The swab test takes less than a minute and is
pain-free. Results from test sites are generally received within 24 hours
of the test being administered. Further information, including what
symptoms to look out for, can be found [6]here.
 
If your business is interested in helping the Government increase
COVID-19 testing capacity, please visit [7]this webpage. Please note that
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has closed. If you have a product to sell to the NHS, please visit
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If you are seeking an exemption from managed quarantine, please see the
advice below. Please note that there may be some delay before you receive
a decision. The team is receiving a great many requests to consider and
apologises if you do not receive a reply as quickly as you had hoped.
  
To apply for a medical or compassionate exemption, please email
[9][email address] at least 14 days before your travel
date. You should include any medical evidence you want to submit to
support your application.
 
If you’re arriving from a red list country and need more information about
managed quarantine, contact: [10][email address].
A list of the current exemptions on medical and compassionate grounds can
be found [11]here. A list of the jobs that qualify for exemption can be
found [12]here. 
 
If you are, or have been, in quarantine and have a complaint about the
hotel, please raise your concerns with the hotel itself in the first
instance. If your complaint is unresolved, please complete the [13]Managed
Quarantine Service Experience Survey. 
 
If you are writing in connection with an NHS or social care service please
note that the department does not manage health and social services
directly, nor does it process complaints. It also cannot give clinical
advice or intervene in matters concerning patient care or social services.
If you wish to make a complaint about a healthcare professional, an NHS
organisation or a social care provider, please visit [14]this link.

 
If you would like to raise your concerns about a COVID-19 testing
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6. https://www.gov.uk/getting-tested-for-co...
7. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-the-gov...
8. https://www.supplychain.nhs.uk/
9. mailto:[email address]
10. mailto:[email address]
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13. https://dhexchange.kahootz.com/MQS.lands...
14. https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-t...
15. https://enquiries.test-and-trace.nhs.uk/...
16. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...
17. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

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Dear Ms Cable,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref:FOI-1393616).

Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Ada Cable left an annotation ()

The document was found through an archival search here: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov....

And interestingly, the references to NAAS pods in the BNF have disapeared.