Question follow-through · 119856
Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the routine use of digital consultations in community drug and alcohol treatment services.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the routine use of digital consultations in community drug and alcohol treatment services.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
As part of our shift from analogue to digital, the Department has provided guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services on maintaining a balance between digital, or remote, and in-person interventions. This guidance is available to view at the followi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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