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Wrong table included in health department FOI says minister 

The information was made public following a Freedom of Information request

​The health minister says he would have liked to be consulted by Treasury before his department's Financial Plan for 2023/24 was released. 

Lawrie Hooper claims the wrong table had been inserted in the report - which was handed over in July last year. 

The information was made public following a Freedom of Information request by researcher Andrew Martin. 

Cost-saving measures including introducing prescription charges, ceasing surgical procedures on patients with a body mass index over 30 and introducing charges for all face-to-face and home GP appointments, were some of the things recommended by Manx Care and supported by DHSC.

But Mr Hooper says it's not the case: 

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