I am today sending the letter below to the Department of Health to request under the Freedom of Information Act a copy of the Wells review of the NHSu.
Freedom of Information Officer
Open government section
Department of Health,
PO Box 777,
London SE1 6XH
1.1.05
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the freedom of information act. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. If however this request is too wide or too unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the act, you are required to advise and assist requesters.
I wish to obtain a copy of the report of the study about the National Health Service university (NHSu) which was chaired by Sir William Wells. This work was a “more detailed study” into the NHSu following on from the report “Reconfiguring the Department of Health’s Arm’s length Bodies”. I understand the Wells review/report was discussed at the NHSu board meetings on 22nd July and 30th Sept.
I contacted my MP Dan Norris in October and received a copy of a reply from John Hutton (Ref: P05005693 dated 9th Nov 2004) stating that the DoH intended to publish the findings from this report “shortly” on the department web site. I have searched both the DoH and NHSu web sites and can not find this report.
I understand that under the act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Yours,
Rod Ward
cc:
Information Requests, NHSU, 15th Floor, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7RS
Dan Norris MP
