Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 May 2006. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 18 May 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Methadone
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been treated with methadone in each of the last five years; and how many of them were former prisoners.
- Answer
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Records taken from the National Treatment Agency's national drug treatment monitoring system give data on the number of people receiving all opiate substitutes, like buprenorphine and naltrexone, and not just methadone, as part of a drug treatment programme. These figures are available for the last three years only:
2003-04 2003-04 Number treated Specialist prescribing (secondary care) 53,676 General practitioner (GP) prescribing 9,151 Total 62,827 2004-05 2004-05 Number treated Specialist prescribing (secondary care) 48,818 GP prescribing 18,972 Total 67,790 2005-06 2005-06 Number treated Specialist prescribing (secondary care) 48,786 GP prescribing 21,577 Total 70,363 The Department does not hold information on how many of these were former prisoners.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 69408; 446 c1172-3W;446 c1171W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Methadone
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