Freedom of Information Request: Hospital Admissions due to Psychedelics Consumption
Dear FOI Team,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). I’d like to request the following information:
1) How many times ‘microdosing’ psychedelic substances was included as a reason for admissions to your hospitals in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date.
2) How many times the consumption of psychedelic substances in any quantity was included as a reason for admissions to your hospitals in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date.
Such substances include but are not limited to:
-Magic Mushrooms (e.g. Psilocybin)
-MDMA
-LSD
-DMT
-Ayahuasca (e.g. Harmaline)
-Salvia
Please break this down by drug, year and patient age.
Please provide information in an Excel Spreadsheet.
If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me on [email address] or 0781 767 2203 and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request.
I would also be grateful if you could confirm receipt of this request at your earliest convenience.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Isobel Moseley
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CONFIDENTIAL
Our ref: FOI/1844
23/04/2024
By Email: [FOI #1121356 email]
Dear Isobel Moseley
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
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requesting information about FOI/1844.
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CONFIDENTIAL
Our ref: FOI/1844
22/05/2024
By Email: [FOI #1121356 email]
Dear Isobel Moseley
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached the
Trust's response.
Trust decisions in relation to the release of information that the Trust
holds are governed by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, the Data
Protection Act (DPA)/GDPR 2018 and other pieces of associated legislation.
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Enc. [FOI/1844.]
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