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Drugs: Rehabilitation

Volume 507: debated on Friday 12 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of patients treated by the NHS for drug addiction and resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency were no longer addicted at the end of their treatment in each of the last five years. (321439)

Information is not available in the format requested. National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) data are not collected at the Castle Point constituency level. The NDTMS data available for adults in Essex completing drug treatment free from dependency are as follows:

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Total patients in treatment during the year

2,266

2,590

2,839

3,055

Treatment completed free of dependency

129

168

577

813

Percentage completed free of dependency

6

6

20

27

Note: Data prior to 2005-06 are not robust enough to be reported at local drug action team level.