6. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Update on the Substance Misuse Delivery Plan 2019-22

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:20 pm on 25 January 2022.

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Photo of Lynne Neagle Lynne Neagle Labour 5:20, 25 January 2022

Thank you very much, Russell, and can I endorse your kind words about Kaleidoscope as well? We're very lucky in Wales to have some brilliant third sector organisations in this area. In relation to your comments about blood-borne viruses, I'm very happy to have a look at the target. I would need to do that, obviously, in partnership with the Minister for Health and Social Services, but I'm very happy to have those discussions. I would add that some of the things that we're doing already will make a significant contribution to improving things in that area. If you take the injectable buprenorphine, that's leading, obviously, to many fewer people who are injecting themselves on the streets in an unsafe way. So, we are doing things and taking initiatives that will contribute to that. But I'm very happy to have further discussions with the Minister for Health and Social Services about the target that you've referred to.