12th March 2024 Suspected drug deaths in Scotland rose 9.6% last year. Figures provided to the Scottish Government by Police
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Scotland’s Public Health Emergency Continues
Tag: Drug related deaths
24 Jun
Minister sets precedent invoking new powers in response to report on progress on implementation of MAT Standards
24 June 2022 The Minister for Drug Policy, Angela Constance, made a scheduled statement in Parliament yesterday afternoon and announced
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Over Ten Thousand Learners on SDF’s Overdose Prevention, Intervention, and Naloxone e-learning Resource
25 January 2022 Following the nationwide campaign promoting take-home naloxone, SDF’s e-learning resource Overdose Prevention, Intervention, and Naloxone has been
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‘The need for change is obvious and long overdue’ – David Liddell, SDF CEO
16th December 2020 1,264 drug-related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2019, according to statistics published yesterday by National Records
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1,264 people lost their lives to a preventable fatal drug overdose in 2019
15th December 2020 1,264 people tragically lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose in Scotland last year. The statistics,
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Drug-related deaths in England and Wales in 2019 highest since records began
Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have hit a record high, with 4,493 people tragically losing their lives as the
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UK Government rejects recommendations of cross-party inquiry into Scotland’s drug death crisis
The UK Government has been accused of a “wholesale rejection” of recommendations made in a cross-party group report on the
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Scottish homelessness deaths increase to more than double rate of England or Wales
The number of people experiencing homelessness who died in Scotland rose by 19% in 2018 in relation the previous year,
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England and Wales see 17% increase in preventable drug-related deaths in 2018
There were 2,917 people who died from an illicit drug overdose in England and Wales in 2018, a rise of
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Blog: Lack of access to treatment and prescribing practice contribute to drug death figures
On the 16th of July 2019 , it was announced that 1,187 people had died of a drug overdose in
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