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Written question asked by Humfrey Malins (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 January 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 6 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Drug Treatment

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on training of general practitioners in dealing with substance misuse in each of the last five years.
Answer

It is not possible to identify the amount of mainstream funding or local pooled treatment budget money used specifically for the support and training of general practitioners in dealing with substance misuse. However, since 2001 the Department has funded a national primary care certificate course for substance misuse, which is delivered by the Royal College of General Practitioners. This funding has amounted to as follows:

£ million
2001–02 1.8
2002–03 1.2
2003–05 0.7
2005–06 1.5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44640; 442 c973W;442 c973W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Parliamentary Questions
Monday, 13 February 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Drugs General practitioners Medical treatments Misuse Rehabilitation Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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