HC Deb 12 March 1993 vol 220 c753W
Mr. Kevin Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to address women's specific mental health needs and to minimise their drug dependency by ensuring that they are offered alternatives to drug treatment.

Mr. Yeo

Women's mental health needs, including alternatives to drug treatment, are addressed in the "Health of the Nation Key Area Handbook on Mental Illness" published in January and "First Steps for the National Health Service", which was published in November 1992, copies of which are available in the Library.