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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 Caroline Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 2 February 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Drug Treatment Programmes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what average time a patient requiring (a) residential and (b) in-patient specialist drug treatment was on a waiting list for treatment in the last period for which figures are available.
Answer

The last period for which these figures are available is for the three months July to September 2005. The average waiting time for patients on a waiting list requiring residential drug treatment was 2.6 weeks, and 3.1 weeks for patients requiring in-patient specialist drug treatment.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44641; 442 c721W;442 c721W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Parliamentary Questions
Monday, 13 February 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Drugs Medical treatments Patients Misuse Rehabilitation Waiting lists
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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