{"value":{"id":1662005,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-09-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","uin":"200500","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Naloxone.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4679,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In June 2022, The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published a report reviewing naloxone implementation in the United Kingdom, including the effectiveness of naloxone. The ACMD is the Government’s independent expert advisory body on drug-related issues and its report highlighted the importance of naloxone, providing evidence showing an association between administration of naloxone and a reduction of opioid overdose-related deaths.</p><p>The Government considers naloxone to be effective in reducing opioid overdose-related deaths and is working to widen access to, and increase the uptake of, this life saving drug.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Naloxone","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1662005","method":"GET"}]}