Freedom of Information disclosures 2021
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The Department receives and answers an array of FOI requests each year. In this section you will find examples of the type of requests received and answers given for 2021.
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Documents
- DOH/2021 - 0376 - Information on the number of organisations licensed under the Animal Scientific Procedures Act (ASPA)
- DOH/2021 - 0367 - Definition of each specific variant concern and all above answered individually from laboratory isolated versions of the virus
- DOH/2021 – 0364 – Calculation of positive Covid cases using LFD and PCR tests
- DOH/2021 - 0361 - Cycle threshold for PCR tests in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0360 - Has Sars Covid 19 virus been isolated
- DOH/2021 - 0359 - Flu Vaccine figures
- DOH/2021 - 0358 - Covid-19 patients
- DOH/2021 - 0354 - Under the Freedom of Information Act, I want to know how many of the publicised Covid 19 Deaths in Northern Ireland were recorded as being vaccinated and non-vaccinated.
- DOH/2021 - 0353 - Since the beginning of December 2020 till the end of November 2021 could give me a monthly breakdown of unvaccinated and vaccinated Covid deaths?
- DOH/2021 - 0350 - Exact figures of unvaccinated and vaccinated people in ICU (or in care) across all hospitals with a breakdown of age groups at this present moment along with the figures for November and October?
- DOH/2021 - 0347 - The date a private provider was appointed to verify compliance with the Health Protection (Coronavirus International Travel) Regulations (NI) 2021.
- DOH/2021 - 0342 - 0343 - 0345 - 0348 - 0357 - 0373 - Scientific Evidence
- DOH/2021 - 0341 - Positive test against vaccine doses statistics
- DOH/2021 - 0340 - NICE guidance on treatments for chronic pain which effectively removes non-opioid and opioid pain relief from patients
- DOH/2021 - 0339 - Hospital Beds
- DOH/2021 - 0338 - DPIA for Covid Certification Scheme
- DOH/2021 - 0337 - People Testing Positive, Hospitalisations and deaths
- DOH/2021 - 0336 - Ordering stock of sars cov2
- DOH/2021 - 0334 - Income from hospital car park charges
- DOH/2021 - 0331 - Figures on deaths since March 2021
- DOH/2021 - 0329 - Moberly Exercise Alice
- DOH/2021 - 0328 - COVID-19 hospital admissions
- DOH/2021 - 0327 - Hospital bed capacity for all hospitals in Northern Ireland across all trusts, for each year from 1970-2021
- DOH/2021 - 0326 - Number of Deaths from Covid-19
- DOH/2021 - 0325 - The quantity of hospital beds (including ICU) in NI there were in January 2021 compared with October 2021 across the hospitals in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0324 - Evidence for Wearing Face Masks
- DOH/2021 - 0323 - Information request relating to the National Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline part-funded by the DOH
- DOH/2021 - 0322 - Domestic Violence - Funding support
- DOH/2021 – 0321 - Scientific proof that the ‘Covid Virus’ has been isolated, purified and shown to exist
- DOH/2021 - 0319 - Covid-19 Shielding Cell minutes and list of members
- DOH/2021 - 0318 - Animal Testing
- DOH2021-0317 - Covid Transmission in Restaurants
- DOH/2021 - 0302 - Types of domestic abuse, number of cases and gender of victims
- DOH/2021 - 0296 - Monoclonal Antibody Treatment in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2022 - 0295 - Modelling Projections
- DOH/2021 - 0294 - Department of Health report into hospital admissions
- DOH/2021 - 0287 - Current PCR cycle threshold being used in Northern Ireland when testing individuals for the SARS-Cov-2 virus
- DOH2021-0291 - Covid Vaccination
- DOH2021-0290 - ICO Legal Challenges
- DOH/2021 - 0283 - Evidence of the Isolation of the SARS-coV-2 virus otherwise known as Covid-19
- DOH/2021 - 0281 - Studies and/or reports describing the purification of any COVID-19 virus
- DOH2021-0279 - Jab Done
- DOH/2021 - 0276 - Detail how much a) the Minister b) the permanent secretary have claimed in expenses, broken down into full detail, from January 2020
- DOH2021-0275 - Vaccine Consent
- DOH2021-0273 - Hospital Patients
- DOH/2021 - 0271 - Covid-19 Deaths
- DOH/2021 - 0270 - £500 Payment to HSC Staff
- DOH/2021 - 0266 - Hospital admissions, attendances and deaths within 28 days of a covid injection
- DOH2021-0264 - Covid Booster Vaccines
- DOH/2021 - 0263 - copies of all scientific reports, scientific studies, scientific data and scientific evidence you have proving the SARS-CoV-2 "Covid 19" virus has been isolated in a laboratory setting
- DOH/2021 - 0260 - All flights to London booked and paid for by DoH for The Permanent Secretary, DoH , the Chief Medical Officer, DoH and The Chief Nursing Officer, DoH between the 1st December 2018 and 16th January 2019
- DOH/2021 - 0259 - Hospital admissions and Covid-19 deaths
- DOH/2021 - 0257 - Medicine withdrawal from Northern Ireland following end of EU grace period
- DOH/2021 - 0255 - Carpal Tunnel queries
- DOH2021-0249 - Vaccinations
- DOH2021-0235 & DOH2021-0251 - Vaccination Figures
- DOH/2021 - 0241 - Response letter to ICA
- DOH2021-0248 - Adverse Reactions
- DOH/2021 - 0240 - Cost of a PCR Test
- DOH / 2021 - 0239 - Covid inpatients
- DOH/2021 - 0238 - SARS-Cov2 Virus
- DOH/2021 – 0234 – Number of Deaths in NI due to various causes
- DOH/2021 - 0233 - Dashboard
- DOH / 2021 - 0229 - Face Masks on Public Transport
- DOH/2021 - 0227 - In NI, how many cycle thresholds are conducted during a PCR test for SARS-CoV-2?
- DOH/2021 - 0224 - supply all official and unofficial information passed to BBC Northern Ireland from 1st August 2021 to present
- DOH/2021 - 0223 - Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine
- DOH/2021 - 0222 - Covid deaths
- DOH/2021 - 0221 - Prescribing of Natural Desiccated Thyroid (NDT)
- DOH/2021 - 0220 - Provide evidence that there is an isolated example of Sars Cov 2 to prove Covid19 exists
- DOH/2021 - 0219 - Irrefutable proof that SARS-COV-2 has been isolated a
- DOH/2021 - 0218 - scientific papers providing evidence that the SARS-Cov2 virus has been isolated
- DOH/2021 - 0217 - Clinical Analysis of Discharge Patterns from HSC Hospitals in Northern Ireland,
- DOH/2021 - 0216 - Cost of Covid-19 PCR and lateral flow tests
- DOH/2021 - 0215 - Information that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated in a lab
- DOH/2021 - 0214 - Covid tests
- DOH/2021 - 0211 - Media spend in relation to COVID-19 since March 2020
- DOH/2021 - 0210 - number of people alerted to self-isolate by the contact tracing app Stop Covid NI between 27 July 2020 -1 June 2021, with a monthly breakdown of total numbers
- DOH/2021 - 0208 - Ventilators
- DOH/2021 - 0207 - HSC COVID-19 vaccine passport application.
- DOH2021-0206 - Vaccines
- DOH/2021 - 0202 - Developing the HSC Covid Cert App
- DOH2021-0201 - Equality Screening
- DOH/2021 - 0200 - Covid
- DOH/2021 - 0199 - Information on the number of patients in hospital with COVID
- DOH/2021 - 0199 - A full, accurate and complete list of records held, describing the isolation of a SARS-COV-2 virus, directly taken from a symptomatic patient of COVID-19
- DOH/2021 - 0197 - PCR Tests
- DOH2021-0196 - Long Covid
- DOH/2021 - 0194 - Infected Blood Inquiry
- DOH/2021 - 0193 - Cycle threshold cut off point
- DoH 2021-0191 - Children testing positive for Covid-19
- DOH2021-0190 - Covid Testing
- DOH2021-0189- Covid Waves
- DOH2021-0188 - Covid Vaccine Rollout
- DOH/2021 - 0187 - Positive Covid-19 tests - Breakdown by test type and vaccines status
- DOH/2021 - FIR - 0187 - Further Information Response
- DOH/2021 - 0186 - Screening Document for The Face Covering Regulations
- DOH/2021 - 0185 - Elderly Patients Discharged from Hospital Back into Care Homes
- DOH2021-0183 - Contracts with Capita
- DOH2021-0182 - Wearing of Face Masks
- DOH/2021 - 0180 - Scientific Data for Mask Wearing
- DOH2021-0181 - Cuts to Personnel
- DOH/2021 - 0179 - Freedom of Information Act 2000
- DOH/2021 - 0178 - SARS-Cov2
- DOH/2021 - 0175 - Standard Cycle Threshold of PCR Tests
- DOH/2021 - 0170 - Waiting lists - numbers and breakdown
- DOH/2021 - 0169 - Cancer diagnoses and referrals
- DOH/2021 - 0168 - can you provide me with the Legislation, Act, NHS Policy or Law that states you cannot access NHS healthcare, treatment or procedure without, 1: A PCR Test 2: Proof of Vaccination
- DoH 2021 - 0167 – Deprivation of Liberty (DOL) for Residents in both Nursing and Residential Care Homes
- DOH/2021 - 0166 - Social media marketing
- DoH 2021-0163 - Audit of Support Services for Carers
- DOH/2021 - 0160 - Nursing and Residential Care Home
- DOH/2021 - 0158 - Scientific data for mask wearing
- DOH/2021 - 0155 - Messaging Evidence reasonable excuse for not wearing Mask Wearing
- DOH/2021 - 0154 - Mask Wearing
- DOH/2021 - 0150 - Covid Testing in Northern Ireland involves the use of different testing kits - Instructions for each different testing kit
- DoH 2021 - 0148 - Medical Negligence Claims
- DOH/2021 - 0147 - Number of patients reporting to NI hospitals with heroin addiction in 2019 and 2020
- DOH/2021 - 0146 - Asymptomatic testing
- DOH2021-0145 - Fatality Rate for SARS CoV2-Covid-19
- DOH/2021 - 0143 - Evidence that SARS-COV-2 has now been isolated and purified
- DOH/2021 - 0142 - Covid-19 - Evidence of Spread by people with no symptoms and evidence that Mask Wearing stops the spread
- DoH 2021 - 0140 – How many care/nursing/residential homes experienced a SARS-CoV2 outbreak within 14 days of receiving an untested or SARS-CoV-2 positive patient
- DOH 2021 - 0139 – How many people which tested positive for Covid-19 were put into nursing homes in NI over the pandemic
- DOH/2021 - 0138 - Breakdown of social media marketing spend
- DOH/2021 - 0137 - Weight loss surgery
- DOH/2021 - 0136 - Gender Identity Clinics
- DOH/2021 - 0134 - Request for a current list of consultees as specified in Appendix 3, Page 76 of the DoH Equality Scheme (2012).
- DOH/2021 - 0133 - Please provide the data re fatality rate from covid19 per age
- DOH/2021 - 0132 - Ministerial correspondence in 2020 and 2021 relating Mental Health Services
- DOH/2021 - 0128 - All financial transactions over £500 on a procurement card by the Department of Health for the calendar year of 2020
- DOH2021-0127 - Deaths Involving Covid-19
- DOH2021-0125 - Restrictions on Playing Golf
- DOH/2021 - 0124 - Northern Ireland discharge analysis
- DOH/2021 - 0123 - PCR testing in Northern Ireland
- DOH2021-0122 - Hospital-Acquired Infections
- DOH2021-0121 - Closure of Schools
- DOH/2021 - 0120 - NHS clinical staffing levels
- DOH/2021 - 0120 - How many labs appointed
- DOH/2021 - 0119 - Timelines for planned vaccinations
- DOH 2021-0118 – Correspondence with Runwood Homes
- DOH2021-0117 - Modelling Inputs Outputs & Scientific Evidence
- DOH/2021 - 0116 - DoH Equality scheme - Publication of preparedness policy and contingency plans
- DOH/2021 - 0115 - Covid-19 deaths
- DOH 2021 - 0113 – Coronavirus Act amendments to the Mental Health Capacity Act
- DOH/2021 - 0112 - Number of Staff in NI Health Service
- DOH2021-0111 - Closure of Barbers and Hairdressers
- DoH 2021 - 0104 – Independent care providers
- DOH 2021 - 0103 – Care homes and Care partners
- DOH/2021 - 0102 - PCR Tests
- DOH2021-0100 - Legal Costs for Judicial Review
- DOH/2021 - 0098 - Flavelle Wearing of face masks
- DOH2021-0097 - Vaccine Information
- DOH/2021 - 0096 - Guidance on restrictions
- DOH/2021 - 0096 - Guidance on restrictions
- DOH/2021 - 0095 - Fully comprehensive list of every building or asset which DoH owns which is over 100 years old
- DOH/2021 - 0094 – Isolated samples of Covid-19
- DOH/2021 - 0092 - Hospital admissions and covid testing
- DOH/2021 - 0089 - Dr McBride
- DOH/2021 - 0088 - Cancelled procedures and treatments
- DOH/2021 - 0087 - Mask Wearing
- DOH/2021 - 0086 - CT value of tests conducted on suspected carriers of SARS-CoV-2
- DOH/2021 - 0085 - How many cycles are the Current PCR tests for
- DOH/2021 - 0082 - Please supply all official and unofficial information passed to the BBC Northern Ireland from 1st December 2020 to 19th February 2021 inclusive?
- DOH2021-0081 - Outbreaks of Covid in Gyms
- DOH/2021 - 0078 - Care home support packages
- DOH2021-0077 - Vaccination of NHS Staff
- DOH2021-0075 - Impact Risk Assessments Prior to Lockdowns
- DOH/2021 - 0074 - Vacant ICU Nursing Positions
- DoH 2021-0073 – How to report an adverse side-effect
- DOH/2021 - 0072 - Coronavirus advertising costs
- DOH/2021 - 0072 - How much the Department for Health has spent on advertising services during 2020 in relation to Coronavirus between 1 Jan - 31 December 2020?
- DOH/2021 - 0071 - Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0069 - Transmission Rates
- DOH/2021 - 0068 - Is there an electron micrograph of the pure and fully characterised virus (SARS-CoV-2)?
- DOH/2021 - 0067 - Current cycle threshold of the PCR tests set at
- DOH/2021 - 0066 - Percentage of People
- DOH/2021 - 0065 - Suppliers of testing kits
- DOH/2021 - 0064 - The results of the isolation process of SARS- CoV-2 (covid19)
- DOH/2021 - 0063 - Isolating SARS-COV-2
- DOH/2021 - 0062 - Isolation of a SARS-COV 2
- DOH/2021 - 0061 - Isolation of Covid 19 Virus
- DOH/2021 - 0060 - Cycle thresholds in the PCR Tests
- DOH/2021 - 0059 - PCR Testing
- DOH/2021 - 0056 - Cycle threshold in the PCR Test
- DOH/2021 - 0055 - Cycle thresholds in the PCR tests
- DOH/2021 - 0054 - Cycle thresholds in the PCR Tests
- DOH/2021 - 0053 - Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0052 - Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0051 - Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0050 - Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0049 - Covid-19 Testing - 24 hour results and tracing
- DOH/2021 - 0044 - ICU Beds/Flu cases
- DOH/2021 - 0043 - Northern Ireland Workforce Appeal
- DOH/2021 - 0042 - Vaccine rollout in Downpatrick
- DOH/2021 - 0041 - HSCNI bodies included in BEIS list of 'rogue employers'
- DOH/2021 - 0040 - Pfizer Vaccine
- DOH/2021 - 0038 - Military aid - Estimates
- DOH/2021 - 0037 - Planned legislative programme
- DOH/2021 - 0035 - rt-PCR Test
- DoH 2021-0033 – Chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions
- DOH/2021 - 0031 - Cancelled cancer surgeries
- DOH/2021 - 0030 – Current PCR amplification cycle thresholds in Northern Ireland
- DOH/2021 - 0029 - Isolation of Coronavirus
- DOH/2021 - 0028 - Cycle thresholds in the PCT Tests
- DOH/2021 - 0027 - Cycle Threshold (Ct) for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing’
- DOH/2021 - 0026 - Social media policy
- DoH 2021-0025 – Wasted vaccines
- DOH/2021 - 0023 - Documents relating to the approval and designation given to (i) Public Health England and (ii) Border Force, to implement the Public Health Passenger Locator Form for COVID-19
- DOH/2021 - 0022 - Terms of Reference / Roles and Responsibilities of the Northern Ireland Mental Health Champion
- DOH/2021 - 0021 - Scientific evidence for lockdowns and mask wearing and Covid19 virus isolation
- DOH/2021 - 0019 - Oxford Vaccine
- DOH2021-0018 - Covid 19 Deaths
- DOH/2021 - 0017 - List of records held, describing the isolation of a SARS-COV-2 virus, directly taken from a symptomatic patient of COVID-19
- DOH/2021 - 0016 - PCR cycle threshold data
- DOH/2021 - 0014 - Children with Covid
- DOH/2020 - 013 - Covid-19 figures
- DOH/2021 - 012 - Available beds
- DOH/2021 - 0011 - Mental Health waiting lists
- DOH/2021 - 0009 - PCR Testing
- DOH/2021 - 0008 - New Variant of Covid 19
- DOH/2021 - 0007 - Senior Executive Job Evaluations
- DOH/2021 - 0006 - Pfizer and Astra/Zeneca Vaccines
- DOH/2021 - 0005 - COVID 19 testing and results by individual age in the category 0-19 years old for the year 2020
- DOH/2021 - 0003 - ICU Units
- DOH/2021 - 0002 - Number of emails sent to Health Minister
- DOH/2021 - 0001 - Adverse reaction to Covid-19 vaccine