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967474

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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 secure funding for existing prescribed medicines withdrawal centres.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9968 HL9969 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967475

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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, if any, to increase the number of prescribed medicines withdrawal centres to cover the whole of England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9969 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967476

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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 will ensure that in establishing a 24 hour helpline for people affected by prescribed medicines addiction they will also ensure that adequate services are in place to refer patients to.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9968 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967478

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Benzodiazepines: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will establish a public inquiry into the harmful effects of prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence over the last 50 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9968 HL9969 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967473

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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 will ensure that members of Parliament and members of the House of Lords will have an opportunity to meet with Public Health England to discuss the review of prescribed medicines addiction before it reports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is open to engagement with hon. Members and noble Lords on this issue.</p><p>PHE is also in regular contact with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prescribed Drug Dependence, including presenting at the group’s meetings in Parliament. We expect that this contact will continue.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/09/2018 13:58:36 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967477

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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 the effectiveness of substance misuse services and, in particular, whether they may bring patients off the use of prescribed medicines too quickly leaving many in a damaged state.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) carried out an extensive review of the effectiveness of drug treatment in England. The review gives policy makers and local areas an objective assessment of what drug treatment outcomes are achievable, and compares outcomes in England to the evidence and to other drug treatment systems. <em>An evidence review of outcomes that can be expected of drug misuse treatment in England</em> is attached.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for substance misuse treatment and commissioning services to meet these needs. This includes making sure the services follow clinical guidelines in treating people who have dependence problems. The United Kingdom drug treatment clinical guidelines set out guidance for clinicians in managing withdrawal for patients from prescribed medicines.</p><p>PHE is undertaking a review of the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review will bring together the best available evidence on effective prevention and treatment of dependence, withdrawal and discontinuation syndrome for each drug category. The review is due to be published in spring 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/09/2018 13:57:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name Drug Misuse Treatment in England Evidence Review of Outcomes review.pdf title Drug Misuse Treatment in England Evidence Review
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath