Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3375

Drugs: Scotland

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Blair McDougall

LabourEast Renfrewshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to (a) improve drug addiction treatments and (b) reduce drug-related deaths.

Answer

As health is a devolved matter, each administration of the United Kingdom takes its own decisions on the provision of treatment and other action to address drug related deaths. Nonetheless, it is important that the four nations work together and share lea...

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