Arrangements for Disabled people who employ their own PAs

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

1. I require information on what arrangements were in place for disabled people who employ their own PAs through direct payments.
2. Please provide information of the new arrangements to disabled people who employ their own PAs now the CO-19 has been confirmed a non infectious disease.

Please do not edit the line below. Please note the links to Gov website below are provided for clarification pertaining to number 1 & 2
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I direct you to https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio....
Updated 19 March 2020

The government is facing accusations that its emergency planning for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic has “abandoned” disabled people who use direct payments to employ their own personal assistants (PAs) and as a concerned member of the public I have duty of care to protect the vulnerable, disabled and elderly surrounding a confusing on the CO-VID19 signals and publications.
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/co...

By definition on March 19th 2020 the Government have declared CO-VID19 is not defined by UK criteria infections diseases But there has been no mention of the declaration to date of the downgrade of CO-VID19 to the public by Prime Minister and health boards pertaining to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequ... .
This also breaches the 7 principles of public life. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bi...
And http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/...

The Prime Minster CORONAVIRUS BILL giving new measures and new legislation to come into effect from 23 March 2020 is void and has no jurisdiction (Clause 85: Extent) due to the language within the instrument pertaining to CO-VID19 is misleading and does not co inside with legislation of The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 or Parts 3 and 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act which breaches fundamentals of the Human Rights and European Convention Human Rights. By definition of The 4 nations public health HCID Group independently confirmed HCID COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) in the UK.

Yours faithfully,

Lee

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Thank your for acknowledgement and I look forward to your reply within 18- 20 working days.

Please be advised the questions to which I have raised for information is not listed on the NHS website Or .Gov website. hence my freedom of information request for the information.

Yours faithfully,

Lee

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Lee,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1213034  ) 

Yours sincerely,

 Nicole Mercer 

Freedom of Information team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Ms Nichole Mercer

May I remind your obligation in office to not misslead me by offering to resubmit my FOI.

The information I required has not been provided by you I direct you to 7 principles of public life document.

Without prejudice subject to Freedom Of Information Act 2000 section 40 I have the right not to provide my personal details, however, for the purpose of the information I require my name is Lee Kahn.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 allow the public to ask to see information held by public bodies. This includes information which has not been published.

Please take notice the withhold of certain information pertaining to down grade of the CO-VID19 breaches articles 5 and 6 and to award on the satisfaction under Article 50 for a remedy.

I look forward to information I require set out in time frame of 20 working days from the outset of your acknowledged of my FOI.

Your faithfully

Lee Kahn

Department of Health and Social Care

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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 daysif your query is a Freedom of
Information request or complaint.

If you are experiencing symptoms related to COVID-19, please
vist [4]111.nhs.uk or telephone your GP surgery immediately for further
advice. Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital directly.

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 [5]Complaints Procedure page on GOV.UK.

You can find out more about the Department’s commitments from our Personal
Information
Charterhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisati....

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2. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...
3. https://www.nhs.uk/
4. https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19/
5. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Mr Kahn,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1214730  ) 

Yours sincerely,

 Nicole Mercer 

Freedom of Information team
Department of Health and Social Care

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