PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation (21 March 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS spending is allocated to drug and alcohol rehabilitation services.
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Answer
In the financial year 2017-18 the estimated total cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts for providing rehabilitation for drug and alcohol addiction is £572,000. The majority of drug and alcohol services fall under the remit of local authorities who are responsible for assessing local need and commissioning services to meet identified needs, including for drug and alcohol dependence, using the ringfenced public health grant.
Answered by:
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
29 March 2019
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