The APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence has today published a Declaration of Support for a national 24 hour helpline and accompanying website. The declaration is signed by numerous medical bodies and charities, including: The BMA The Royal College of Psychiatrists The Royal College of GPs The Royal College of Physicians The Royal Society for Public […]
APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence publishes proposal for national helpline
The APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence has today published its proposal for a national helpline to help patients affected by prescribed drug dependence. The full report can be downloaded from this link.
MPs and peers present case for national prescribed drug helpline to Public Health England
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence (APPG for PDD) met at Westminster on 15 March in order to lobby Public Health England for a national 24 hour helpline to help patients withdraw from opioid painkillers, tranquilisers and antidepressants. Parliamentarians who attended included Paul Flynn MP (chair), Sir Oliver Letwin MP, […]
Summary and slides from recent meeting of APPG on opiate painkiller dependence
Paul Flynn MP, chair of the APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence, opened the meeting whose focus was on the problem of opiate painkiller (OP) dependence. APPG Secretariat member Harry Shapiro, introduced the topic, characterising the situation as a ‘public health disaster’ which is killing hundreds of people a year and ruining the lives of millions […]
Minutes now available of the AGM of the APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence held 19/10/16
Minutes of the AGM held on 19 October 2016 can be found here.
APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence joins BMA call for a national helpline
The APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence met on 19 October in the House of Lords to discuss the issue of dependence upon opioid painkillers. The APPG heard how prescriptions of opioid analgesics have increased by over 500% since 1991. The British Pain Society, who attended the meeting, said: ‘We do not know what the scale […]
AGM and meeting on opioid painkiller dependence to be held on 19 October 2016
The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence will be held at Westminster from 2.30pm – 4.30pm on Wednesday October 19th. The first half hour of the meeting will be the AGM of the APPG for PDD. This will be followed by a 1.5 hour meeting on the theme of opioid […]
Minutes of the APPG for PDD held on 11 May 2016
Minutes from the meeting of the APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence held in the House of Commons on 11 May 2016 are now available. These can we viewed via the Minutes section of this website.
Video now available of recent Westminster event on link between rising prescribing and disability
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence held an event on 11 May 2016 at Westminster to discuss evidence of the link between the rise in disability claimants and the record level of antidepressant prescribing. The video of the event can be seen below:
Minutes of the APPG for PDD held on 24 Nov 2015
Minutes from the meeting of the APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence held in the House of Commons on 24 Nov 2015 are now available. These can we viewed via the Minutes section of this website.