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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Subject to the parameters below please kindly provide the most up to date list of medicines, treatments and services that are no longer available on our NHS or let us know who may hold this information under Section 16. The discontinue date for each item would also be appreciated.

Parameters: ONLY items that were once available on the NHS

Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Hart
Stop UK lies and Corruption.

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See also our request to NHS England:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...

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Dear Ms Hart,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1420218).

Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

Thanks for your response.

Our goal is to obtain a list of medicines, treatments and services that were once available on the NHS that have since been dropped due to the view that people can instead pay for these on a private basis. Some people refer to this as 'backdoor privatisation'.

You have requested a timescale. We request you provide them from 2010 onwards.

You have requested an elaboration on 'services and treatments’.

An example of treatments:
Acute sore throat,Excessive sweating (Hyperhidrosis), Head lice, Mild to moderate hay fever/seasonal rhinitis, Nappy rash, Minor conditions associated with pain, discomfort and/fever. (e.g. aches and sprains, headache, period pain, back pain), treatments that require a GP referral.

An example of services:
Addiction services, Eye test services, Eating disorder services,Congenital heart disease services, Hearing test services, Mental health services, Pulmonary hypertension services, Services that require a GP referral,
Sexual Health Services, Specialist pain management services, Vascular services.

Let me know if you require any further information.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Hart
for Stop UK lies and Corruption.

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Ms Hart,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1422085).

Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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For public reference - NHS England did not have the information either
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...