Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69085

Drugs: Misuse

Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 4 August 2025

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the potential impact of (a) diamorphine assisted therapy, (b) safe consumption rooms and (c) other drug harm reduction services on the level of ambulance ca

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Harm reduction measures are vital and can have an impact on preventing overdoses, reducing the spread of infections, and engaging people into drug treatment. However, most of these outcomes would not be seen in ambulance data. The Department does not coll...

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