Decision details

Addiction to Medicines

Decision Maker: Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common)

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Board will be provided with an information report to highlight the current situation regarding the misuse of illegal drugs, prescribed and over the counter medication.

Decision:

The Board:

 

(i)  Noted the report;

 

(ii)  Noted that a further report would be presented to the Board in early 2017 on the outcome of the Public Health England pilot; and

 

(iii)  Requested that an interim report be presented to the Substance Abuse Sub-Group to give an indication of the number of people addicted to over the counter opiate based medication in the Borough and also if any data was emerging in regard to the prevalence of addiction to non opiate based pain relief medication, such as paracetamol and ibuprofen.

Report author: Glynis Rogers

Publication date: 10/12/2015

Date of decision: 08/12/2015

Decided at meeting: 08/12/2015 - Health & Wellbeing Board and ICB Sub-Committee (Committees in Common)

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