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0091FOI1920

FOI Ref: 0091FOI1920 

16th August 2019 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request: 

I would like to make an FOI request for information on the number of times doctors attempted to get patients treatment through the exceptional cases system in each of the last 5 years? (Exceptional cases as defined by this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40485724 ) Please could I also have the information for the number of times these were accepted?

Response: 

DATE

RECEIVED

APPROVED

01.08.14 - 31.07.15

1119

656

01.08.15 - 31.07.16

844

415

01.08.16 - 31.07.17

897

401

01.08.17 - 31.07.18

964

396

01.08.18 - 31.07.19

634

174

 

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