NHS Trusts: Alcoholic Drinks

(asked on 23rd October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS Employers paper, Alcohol and Drugs, whether NHS trusts in England are required to have policies on alcohol at work; which NHS trusts have introduced such policies; and when such policies were last reviewed.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 1st November 2017

It is the responsibility of each National Health Service employer to ensure that its staff are aware of the policies that are in place relating to drug and alcohol misuse. It is also its responsibility to make staff aware of the consequences of breaching these policies.

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