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