Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Committee do consider the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024.Relevant document: 7th Report from - Speech Link
2: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) My Lords, in speaking for these Benches I would ordinarily speak from a health perspective. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) strategy, we are investing more than £2.8 billion over three years to support people through treatment and recovery - Speech Link
Jan. 15 2024
Source Page: Monetising the social benefits of reducing rough sleepingFound: this vision the strategy adopts a “whole system" four -pronged approach of prevention, intervention, recovery
Jan. 12 2024
Source Page: Co-design processes of National Care Service Bill: FOI releaseFound: name of the Chair: John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery
Found: The evidence provided in this submission is collected from existing research from Homeless Link, previous
Formal Minutes Jan. 09 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: psychiatry and Honorary Professor at University College, London, Dr Emily Finch, Co -chair of the Recovery
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has set targets for the (a) reduction of (i) drug and (ii) alcohol use and (b) number of people receiving treatment for related addictions.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government published a 10-year drug strategy in December 2021 which sets out three core priorities: cutting off drug supply, creating a world class treatment and recovery system, and achieving a generational shift in demand for drugs. The strategy aims to reduce crime, drug related deaths, harm, and overall drug use and is backed by significant new investment. The Government has invested an additional £780 million in drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, of which £532 million is dedicated to rebuilding local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England. The drug strategy includes a specific target of getting 54,500 more people in drug and alcohol treatment between 2022/23 and 2024/25. Success is being measured against a system of local and national outcomes frameworks. More information on the strategy is available at the following link:
Delivery of the drugs strategy is a cross-government priority; the Joint Combatting Drugs Unit (JCDU) is a cross-Government team, based in the Home Office, that was set up to coordinate the drug strategy delivery across all relevant Government departments. The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the JCDU to work to achieve the aims of the drug strategy.
No specific targets have been set for the reduction of alcohol use in England; however, the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low-risk drinking guidelines recommends that adults consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. According to the 2021 Health Survey for England, around 80% of adults in England drink within these guidelines. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is investing £27 million to establish alcohol care teams in the 25% of acute hospitals in England with the greatest need. These specialist teams identify alcohol dependent patients admitted to hospital for any reason, start them on specialist treatment as inpatients, and facilitate them into community-based substance misuse treatment upon discharge.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support people with (a) drug and (b) alcohol addictions.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government published a 10-year drug strategy in December 2021 which sets out three core priorities: cutting off drug supply, creating a world class treatment and recovery system, and achieving a generational shift in demand for drugs. The strategy aims to reduce crime, drug related deaths, harm, and overall drug use and is backed by significant new investment. The Government has invested an additional £780 million in drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, of which £532 million is dedicated to rebuilding local authority commissioned substance misuse treatment services in England. The drug strategy includes a specific target of getting 54,500 more people in drug and alcohol treatment between 2022/23 and 2024/25. Success is being measured against a system of local and national outcomes frameworks. More information on the strategy is available at the following link:
Delivery of the drugs strategy is a cross-government priority; the Joint Combatting Drugs Unit (JCDU) is a cross-Government team, based in the Home Office, that was set up to coordinate the drug strategy delivery across all relevant Government departments. The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the JCDU to work to achieve the aims of the drug strategy.
No specific targets have been set for the reduction of alcohol use in England; however, the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low-risk drinking guidelines recommends that adults consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. According to the 2021 Health Survey for England, around 80% of adults in England drink within these guidelines. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is investing £27 million to establish alcohol care teams in the 25% of acute hospitals in England with the greatest need. These specialist teams identify alcohol dependent patients admitted to hospital for any reason, start them on specialist treatment as inpatients, and facilitate them into community-based substance misuse treatment upon discharge.
Report Dec. 28 2023
Committee: Justice and Home Affairs CommitteeFound: We looked for the best rehabilitative services (treatment for addictions and mental ill health, tailored
Dec. 22 2023
Source Page: Consideration of barriers to research: part 2Found: th e HRA and study approval from the MHRA , to be exempt from the need to apply for a Home Office
Dec. 20 2023
Source Page: Community link workers and Adult Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing fund: FOI releaseFound: Sector Free Wheel North Free Wheel North £10,000.00 Glasgow Council for the Voluntar y Sector Freedom from