Bibliography: Domestic Policy Issues

Officials from each of the 4 nations have reviewed the Council’s advice carefully and set out work underway to address each of the recommendations below (Department of Health & Social Care)

This edition of Health Matters focuses on the scale of rough sleeping in England, the causes and consequences of rough sleeping (including the links with poor physical and mental health, prevention and effective interventions) and relevant calls to action (Public Health England)

The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group

The Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group (CDPRG) exists to educate and inform the debate around drug policy reform. We are here to act as a forum where all parts of the debate can interact based on the evidence

The government’s response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report

Opioid related deaths in England and Wales are considerably higher than the OECD average. Addressing opioid dependence, misuse and overdoses in the UK requires policy coordination across health, social and criminal justice systems (CDPRG)

This briefing is based on a meeting of the national intelligence network (NIN) on the health harms associated with drug use (PHE)

Contents section (Parliament, UK)

Despite the rescheduling of medicinal cannabis, very few prescriptions have been issued. One of the many reasons for this is because of the gaps in the evidence base (Parliament, UK)

Commissioning national clinical assessments of cannabis-based medicinal products in the management of chronic disease (Centre for Medicinal Cannabis)

The central aim of this study was to establish a statistical profile of the extent and nature of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) in Scotland

Safe housing key to tackling homeless drug misuse, says ACMD report

In development [GID-NG10124] Expected publication date: 21 October 2019 (NICE)

Inquiry launched on Monday 4 February 2019. The closing date for written submissions was Monday 18 March 2019 (Parliament UK)