National Institute for Public Health (NIHP)

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I hope you’re keeping well. I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would appreciate it if you could please provide the following information held by the Department:

1) Information (including, but not exclusive to, minutes, emails, texts, WhatsApp messages records, and notes) regarding decision-making behind the abolition of Public Health England and the creation of the National Institute for Public Health

I look forward to receiving a response.

Yours faithfully,
Scott Jarvis

Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

To clarify, my request relates to the newly established National Institute for Health Protection and not a “National Institute for Public Health”.

Yours faithfully,
Scott Jarvis

Department of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care

This is an acknowledgement - please do not reply to this email.

Thank you for contacting the Department of Health and Social Care. 

We are currently experiencing high volumes of enquiries and we are
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 days if your query is a Freedom of
Information request or complaint.

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

If you are a business interested in helping the government increase
COVID-19 testing capacity, please visit this [5]Government website. Please
note that the service to offer other COVID-19 support from your business
has closed.

If you are clinician looking to support the NHS, please visit the NHS
Professionals websitehttps://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ for further
information. 

If you are a clinician who has retired within the last 6 years and would
like more information on how to apply for the temporary register, please
visit the NHS England
websitehttp://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/re....

If you want to volunteer during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
please visit this
website[6]https://www.gov.uk/volunteering/coronavi... for
more information. 

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 [7]Complaints Procedure page on GOV.UK.

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Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Mr Jarvis,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request FOI-1266171. 

Yours sincerely,

 
 Charlotte Chow 

Freedom of Information Team Department of Health and Social Care

 

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Dear Ms Chow,

Thank you for your email and for your assistance. I would like to refine my request so it can be answered within the cost limit set out under the 2004 Fees Regulations. Please find below my refined request:

1) Please provide copies of emails made in the month of August 2020 by a) the Secretary of State, b) Damon Poole, c) Allan Nixon, d) Emma Dean where both the terms "Public Health England” and "National Institute for Health Protection” are mentioned.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,
Scott Jarvis

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Mr Jarvis,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1269471).

Yours sincerely, 

Charlotte Chow
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Ms Chow,

Thank you for your response to my request for information. I wish to refine my request to keep within the cost limit, as follows:

1) Please provide copies of emails made in the month of August 2020 by Emma Dean where the term
'National Institute for Health Protection' is mentioned.

Yours faithfully,
Scott Jarvis

Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Please provide an update on my request under the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours faithfully,
Scott Jarvis

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Mr Scott,

We apologise for the delay in our response. Please find attached the
Department of Health and Social Care's response to your recent FOI request
(our ref: FOI-1286723).

Yours sincerely, 

Charlotte Chow
Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Late and not particularly helpful