Question follow-through · 36030
Heroin: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of patient outcomes for those undergoing heroin detoxification using Buvidal compared to Methadone.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of patient outcomes for those undergoing heroin detoxification using Buvidal compared to Methadone.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
No assessment has been made on patient outcomes for those undergoing heroin detoxification using buprenorphine long-acting injection, branded Buvidal, compared to methadone specifically. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is currently under...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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