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Buprenorphine: County Durham

Commons · Question 31855 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of buvidal in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington constituency.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Mar 2025

Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol services according to local need, and this includes the provision of buprenorphine long-acting injections, including Buvidal. The Department funds local authorities to deliver drug and a...