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Drugs: Misuse

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 15 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of patients treated by the NHS for drug addiction in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk were no longer addicted at the end of their treatment in each of the last three years. (286274)

The number and percentage of people treated by the national health service for drug addiction in the East of England and Suffolk is shown in the following table.

2005-062006-072007-08

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Eastern region

Completed treatment

793

19

856

21

1,620

32

Total discharged

4,232

100

4,052

100

5,047

100

Suffolk

Completed treatment

98

19

81

19

138

29

Total discharged

522

100

424

100

481

100

Notes:

The data covers adults-only as young people are not considered to be drug-dependent; adults are defined as over 18s; the data is for all those who completed treatment and are therefore assessed as being no longer dependent on drugs; and the data covers all specialist drug treatment, not just NHS.

Source:

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.