Written question asked by Dai Davies (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 15 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 May 2007. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 14 June 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department has conducted comparative research on the cost to the NHS of treating the effects of addiction to alcohol and tobacco.

Answer: The Department, in partnership with the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA), published Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers in November 2005. Models of Care was informed by the review of the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems commissioned by the NTA. Both publications have been placed in the Library and are available at:"www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Healthandsocialcaretopics/Alcoholmisuse/Alcoholmisusegeneralinformation/DH_4130659""www.nta.nhs.uk/publications/documents/nta_review_alcohol_problems_fullreport__2006_alcohol2.pdf"The Health Technology Assessment Programme, part of the Department's National Institute for Health Research, is currently supporting two studies looking in part at the cost effectiveness of therapies designed to help people stop smoking. These are:"a systematic review of the effectiveness and an economic analysis of cut down to quit with nicotine replacement therapies; and""relapse prevention in NHS stop smoking services: a review of current practice, potential effectiveness and cost effectiveness."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 138180; 461 c1297W
Session: 2006-07
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 07/1430
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Alcoholic drinks Misuse
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk