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Request Refernce:  276986   
Request Date:  08 Jun 2005
To whom it may concern I am ?????? at BDF Newlife, UK children''s charity and spoke earlier to ?????? regarding this request. Would it be possible to have details on dispensed Folic Acid (400 micrograms)and Folic Acid (4 and 5 milligrams) to women, if possible between the ages of 16 and 45 within the UK, for the year 2004. This is an attempt to ascertain the amount of dispensed Folic Acid to women prior to conception and during pregnancy.

Status: Complete

Response Date:  16 Jun 2005

Under the Act, we are not required to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available on the internet from the Department of Health?s web-site, the address of which is (http://www.publications.doh. gov.uk/prescriptionstatistics/index.htm). The information is contained in the Prescription Cost Analysis reports listed there. This information will not, however, identify sex or age of the patients as this information is not currently captured in the electronic systems.




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