Monthly Archives: April 2011

Email from Dr June Raine, Vigilance & Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to John Perrott (21 April 2011)

Dear Mr Perrott Thank you for your email dated 7 April 2011, sending me a link to the latest information provided by Professor Ashton. We note with interest the information contained in the supplement from Professor Ashton, however, this does … Continue reading

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Email from Mary Heaton, Customer Service Centre, Department of Health to Barry Haslam (11 April 2011)

Dear Mr Haslam, Thank you for your emails of 18 (two), 19 and 20 March about the prevalence of benzodiazepine addiction.  I have been asked to reply. Information on the use of drugs such as benzodiazepines, evidence regarding their effects … Continue reading

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Email from John Perrott to Dr June Raine, Vigilance & Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and Anne Milton, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health (07 April 2011)

I have provided a link below to Professor Ashton’s latest supplement to her manual providing evidence of long-term/permanent damage caused by benzodiazepines including functional damage, intolerance to other medication even after recovery and relapse under future stress. The Ashton Manual Supplement, … Continue reading

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Letter from Tracy Sutton, Customer Service Centre, Department of Health to John Perrott (04 April 2011)

Dear Mr Perrott Thank you for your letter of 11 March to Anne Milton about the licensing of Ativan (lorazepam). I have been asked to reply on Ms Milton’s behalf. As you make a number of points, I shall address … Continue reading

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Email from John Perrott to Mary Heaton, Customer Service Centre, Department of Health (03 April 2011)

Dear Ms Heaton, Further to my email of 31st March 2011 I have now received a “response” to my letter regarding the drug Ativan; in his email, also of 31st March, Matthew Fluck for the Department merely referred me back to the MHRA … Continue reading

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Email from Deepa Shah, Freedom of Information Team, Department of Health to John Perrott (01 April 2011)

Our ref: DE00000598273 Dear Mr Perrott Thank you for your email of 3 March to Lynwen Paddy about her response of to your complaint (our ref: 580395com). You mention that question 3 of your complaint was not addressed in the response you … Continue reading

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Email from John Perrott to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (01 April 2011)

Dear Sir/Madam, I have now exhausted the Department of Health’s internal complaints procedures. They have now informed by email that the matter is closed and that they will no longer respond to my letters (copy of email below). They have given me no … Continue reading

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