Responded to: 9th June 2016
I wish to make a Freedom of Information request regarding the prescription of diamorphine to patients addicted to heroin. Please tell me:
1. How many people were prescribed with diamorphine in the following years: 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16
2. Please tell me, if known, how many of those people prescribed diamorphine subsequently overcame their heroin addiction.
3. If known, tell me how long each diamorphine prescription lasted for.
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