Funding for drug and alcohol services
Dear NHS England,
1. Are you aware of significant cuts in funding to drug and alcohol services?
2. What information can you provide on these cuts?
Yours faithfully,
Dr Derrett Watts
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Dear Dr Watts,
Thank you for your communication dated 16 June 2018.
NHS England has assessed your communication as a request under the Freedom
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Dear Dr Watts,
Re: Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-056651)
Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 16 June
2018.
Your exact request was:-
“1. Are you aware of significant cuts in funding to drug and alcohol
services?
2. What information can you provide on these cuts?”
NHS England does not hold recorded information in relation to this
request.
You may wish to contact specific local authorities who are responsible for
Drug and Alcohol services. You can find Local Authority contact
information on the Local Council website at the following web link:
o [1]https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
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Social Care directly. We have included their contact information below for
your reference:
Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit
Department of Health and Social Care
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NS
Contact form: [2]http://www.info.doh.gov.uk/contactus.nsf...
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Freedom of Information
Corporate Communications Team
Transformation and Corporate Operations Directorate
NHS England
PO Box 16738
REDDITCH
B97 9PT
Tel: 0300 311 22 33
Email: [7][NHS England request email]
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