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Drugs: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with substance use issues can access specialist inpatient detox treatment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
10 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with substance use issues can access specialist inpatient detox treatment.

  2. 10 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol treatment services according to local need as part of their public health responsibilities, and this includes the provision of inpatient detoxification services.In line with recommendati...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Craniocervical Instability: Health Services

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NHS: Palantir

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General Practitioners: Contracts

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NHS: Drugs

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Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

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NHS: Databases

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NHS: Databases

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Palliative Care: Children

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Hospices: Children

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children’s hospices reducing services due to funding levels.

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Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement that vape shops cannot operate near schools.