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Addictions: Health Services

Commons · Question 18982 · Tabled 15 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken in relation to plans announced in the July 2024 Drug and Alcohol Workforce Plan for a national Centre for Addiction.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 2 Sep 2026

The Department and NHS England have been working on a drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce transformation programme since 2022. The 10-year strategic plan for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce, published in 2024, sets out ...