Prescription Drugs: Misuse

(asked on 24th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136107 on Prescription Drugs: Misuse, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the increase in deaths caused by the consumption of an excess of prescription drugs being the primary cause.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 29th October 2018

The Government is concerned by the increase in deaths related to the misuse of prescription opioids. The Department has commissioned a review of prescription drug dependence from Public Health England to help understand the scope of the problem. The review will provide a strong evidence base for future policy development in this area.

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