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827876

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to raise awareness amongst GPs of the problems arising for patients suffering from the impact of long-term use of dependence forming medicines.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to undertake an evidence review to understand better the scope of the problem of prescribed drug dependence. The review will consider existing evidence and engage with a variety of stakeholders, with a view to capturing levels of awareness amongst both healthcare professionals and patients of the issues associated with prescription drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4927 HL4928 question first answered 05/02/2018 12:14:00 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

827877

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the training of GPs sufficiently covers the need to avoid prescribing dependence forming medicines for longer than the safe period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to undertake an evidence review to understand better the scope of the problem of prescribed drug dependence. The review will consider existing evidence and engage with a variety of stakeholders, with a view to capturing levels of awareness amongst both healthcare professionals and patients of the issues associated with prescription drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4926 HL4928 question first answered 05/02/2018 12:14:00 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

827878

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the training of doctors sufficiently covers the need to avoid withdrawing dependence forming medicines too quickly, given the adverse impacts on patients that can occur.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to undertake an evidence review to understand better the scope of the problem of prescribed drug dependence. The review will consider existing evidence and engage with a variety of stakeholders, with a view to capturing levels of awareness amongst both healthcare professionals and patients of the issues associated with prescription drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4926 HL4927 question first answered 05/02/2018 12:14:00 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

827874

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to mandate NHS England to commission services locally for patients who are suffering from the impact of long-term use of dependence forming medicines.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are supported by Public Health England to develop tailored responses to existing and emerging drug misuse in their area and, in conjunction with the National Health Service, to address specific concerns about addiction to prescribed and over the counter medicines.</p><p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to undertake an evidence review to better understand the scope of the problem of prescribed drug dependence. The review will bring together the best available evidence on prevalence and prescribing; the nature and likely causes of dependence or withdrawal among some people who continue to take these medicines; and effective prevention and treatment responses for each indication.</p><p>The Government is currently developing its approach to the mandate to NHS England for 2018-19, in light of the extra £2.8 billion to 2019/20 provided through the Autumn Budget to support the NHS. Both NHS England and Healthwatch England are involved in its development as statutory consultees.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/02/2018 12:17:45 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath