Hi
I have an excellent key at the moment supported by a doctor who is totally against enforced/coerced abstinence and will ask about these rumors during my next review in early Jan.
There is a new national drug strategy due to published in March 2016. However, the government's own advisory body published another report concerning OST and recovery in October, again warning against the introduction of time-limited treatment. Due to NICE and other clinical guidelines, withdrawing the option of long-term methadone/bupe treatment would be, not only detrimental to health and a threat to life, but open to legal challenge.
With public health funding being slashed and a new drug strategy on the horizon, this is a worrying time for anyone on a prescription. We hope, once again, that the evidence (not to mention common sense) will prevail.
Jack