Medical Exemptions for PCR Test

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Dear NHS England,

It states on the Government website, there are medical exemptions for the PCR tests. You do not state what these medical conditions are.

Please state the medical conditions that deem you exempt from PCR tests.

As well as confirming that we can lawfully refuse swabs up the nose, and instead swabs can be used in the mouth, or manually giving DNA samples from the nose or mouth to the swab without contamination (for those with Anxiety, Cleithrophobia, Haphephobia etc.)

I would also like to know, why you have not responded to the previous FOI request put in pertaining to these same queries.

Regards,

Lewis Schwarz

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Sent: 2021-05-20, 00:31
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Medical Exemptions for PCR Test

Dear NHS England,

It states on the Government website, there are medical exemptions for the
PCR tests. You do not state what these medical conditions are.

Please state the medical conditions that deem you exempt from PCR tests.

As well as confirming that we can lawfully refuse swabs up the nose, and
instead swabs can be used in the mouth, or manually giving DNA samples
from the nose or mouth to the swab without contamination (for those with
Anxiety, Cleithrophobia, Haphephobia etc.)

I would also like to know, why you have not responded to the previous FOI
request put in pertaining to these same queries.

Regards,

Lewis Schwarz

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