Buprenorphine
(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has allocated additional funding to substance misuse services as a result of the increase in the cost of prescribing buprenorphine.
This question was answered on 25th October 2018
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly meets with Cabinet colleagues to discuss a range of topics. The Government has committed £16 billion in funding to local authorities over the current five-year spending review period to tackle public health issues, which includes alcohol and drug treatment services, and there are no plans to increase funding further at this time.