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Under this policy drug use remained low; there was relatively little recreational use and few dependent users, who were prescribed drugs by their doctors as part of their treatment. From 1964 drug use was decreasingly criminalised, with the framework still in place as of 2014 [update] largely determined by the Misuse of Drugs Act .
In July 2023, MHRA began a consultation to reclassify cough syrups containing codeine (an opiate) as prescription-only medicines, in response to a rise in recreational drug abuse cases since 2018. There were 277 serious and fatal reactions to medicines containing codeine in 2021, and 243 in 2022.
The COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium will deliver large-scale, rapid whole genome sequencing of the virus that causes the disease and £260 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to support vaccine development. [142] [143] In April, the UK Government launched a task force to help develop and roll out a coronavirus vaccine.
In January 2022, New Scientist reported Sky News-sourced speculation that, "within the coming weeks", the government was expected to announce plans to transition to treating COVID-19 as endemic in the UK. [162] Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in February 2022 that remaining restrictions would end in England, under a "Living with COVID" plan.
In March 2021, it was announced that the new agency would instead be called the UK Health Security Agency, [26] commencing on 1 April and led by Jenny Harries (formerly a regional director at PHE and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England). [27] The new UKHSA would focus on infectious disease control, particularly the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 2020 No.468 29 April 2020 To allow pharmacists to supply certain medicines during the pandemic without a prescription where the patient has been receiving a controlled drug as part of an ongoing treatment. [80]
Its terms of reference, [1] according to the Act, are as follows: . to keep under review the situation in the United Kingdom with respect to drugs which are being or appear to them likely to be misused and of which the misuse is having or appears to them capable of having harmful effects sufficient to constitute a social problem, and to give to any one or more of the Ministers, where either ...
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted the government emergency powers to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.The act allowed the government the discretionary power to limit or suspend public gatherings, to detain individuals suspected to be infected by COVID-19, and to intervene or relax regulations in a range of sectors to limit transmission ...