Drugs: Misuse
Commons · Question 69085 · Tabled 18 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the potential impact of (a) diamorphine assisted therapy, (b) safe consumption rooms and (c) other drug harm reduction services on the level of ambulance ca
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 4 Aug 2025
Harm reduction measures are vital and can have an impact on preventing overdoses, reducing the spread of infections, and engaging people into drug treatment. However, most of these outcomes would not be seen in ambulance data. The Department does not coll...