How many patients, addicted to heroin and treated with methadone, have successfully had their methadone prescriptions reduced to zero in ea…

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 17 Aug 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients, addicted to heroin and treated with methadone, have successfully had their methadone prescriptions reduced to zero in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 14 Sep 2005 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

This information is not held centrally.
The redesigned Scottish Drug Misuse Database will enable collection nationally of information about patients receiving methadone as well as other types of treatment.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-18502 by reference.