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Opioids: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local Combating Drugs Partnerships in raising awareness of (a) synthetic opioids and (b) how to respond when witnessing an opioid overdose; and w
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 46 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local Combating Drugs Partnerships in raising awareness of (a) synthetic opioids and (b) how to respond when witnessing an opioid overdose; and w
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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5 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued planning guidance for local areas to help them respond to incidents caused by potent synthetic opioids. The guidance enables local partners to rapidly understand the scale of the synthetic opioid ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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