JBD request
8 May 2026
What assessment informed the patient position?
The request sought DHSC’s role, recognised patient cases and consequences.
Read the complete exchangeWhat informed the
patient assessment?
DHSC says it holds relevant information. Its cost refusals leave the source and substance of that assessment undisclosed.
DHSC response
8 June 2026
Relevant information held; disclosure refused on cost grounds.
The complete supplied reply retains the request and the department’s estimate and explanation.
Read the complete exchangeRefined JBD request
19 June 2026
A narrower question about the specific assessment.
The refinement focused on the basis of the low-likelihood and narrow-circumstances assessment and its source records.
Read the complete exchangeDHSC response
20 July 2026
Information held; the narrower question still produced no disclosure.
The reply repeated general health and enforcement reasons while recognising that they did not directly answer the assessment request.
Read the complete exchangeWhat the exchange establishes
This is a held-information refusal, not an answer saying that no assessment existed. The research question is what informed the assessment and how the patient consequences were considered.
The June refinement matters: the narrower question still did not produce disclosure. The complete documents let readers distinguish what JBD asked from the general explanation the department supplied.
What remains open
The information underlying the assessment has not been disclosed through these exchanges. The current report asks Government to produce it and explain the choice to impose the additional patient offence.
Read the detailed source analysis