Written question asked by Mary Glindon (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 July 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 21 July 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Hepatitis: Disease Control
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support meeting the target in line with the World Health Organization’s Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis of distributing 200 sterile syringe and needle sets each year for each person who inject drugs.
- Answer
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Local authorities are responsible for assessing local needs and commissioning drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction services to meet these needs. This includes providing needle and syringe programmes in their areas.
Public Health England supports local authorities in their work of needs assessment and commissioning services by providing advice, guidance and data.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 75301
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Drugs Disease control Hepatitis Syringes
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- 2020-08-05 13:02:46 +0100
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