Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Rehabilitation
Commons · Question 73180 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support partnerships between (a) local pharmacies and (b) drug and alcohol support charities to deliver harm reduction services in (i) Fylde and (ii) Lancashire.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Sep 2025
Many community pharmacies provide locally commissioned services aimed at reducing harm from the misuse of alcohol and drugs. This includes supervised consumption of opioid substitution treatment medicines like methadone, needle and syringe programmes, and...