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The freedom of information request revealed that some clinics in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Nottingham, Brighton and Hove, Doncaster and Norfolk are either facing closure or having to reduce their opening hours, with the closure of three clinics in Suffolk in April meaning patients are having to travel further to access services, while a popular clinic for students operating out of the Cripps Health Centre, on Nottingham University campus, lost its funding in March.
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