Fewer than 700 community pharmacies sign up to provide hepatitis C testing Exclusive: Data from NHS England have revealed that 662 pharmacies have registered to deliver the Hepatitis C Antibody Testing Service in its first year.…
Community pharmacy pilot provides hundreds of take-home naloxone kits in one year Exclusive: The naloxone pilot, set up by charity Turning Point, in Somerset and Wakefield has reported providing more than 330 kits to patients in its first year.…
Investigation: should liquid morphine be reclassified? Several concerns have been raised about the risk of overdose and death from oral morphine sulphate solution over the past few years, but they have gone unheard.…
‘Unprecedented’ rise in drug overdoses in England linked with synthetic opioid Public Health England has issued a National Patient Safety alert warning of a sharp rise in drug overdoses, which have resulted in 16 deaths around the country.…
Pharmacists could supply and administer naloxone as part of new drugs strategy, says government The proposals come as deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales rose by almost 4% in 2020, at 4,561 compared to 4,393 in 2019.…
Scotland logs highest number of drug-related deaths on record in 2020 Data also show that people living in most deprived areas of Scotland were 18 times more likely to die from a drug-related condition than those in the least deprived.…
Naloxone kit supply may have saved almost 1,400 lives in 2020, report finds There has been a large increase in the uptake of take-home naloxone kits in Scotland, and the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opioids is likely to have saved many lives.…
Government promises £14m in 2021/2022 for frontline services to tackle high drug death rate In a debate with Scottish ministers, drugs policy minister Angela Constance reiterated the importance of getting people immediate treatment and support that will prevent fatal overdose.…
Drug users to access same-day treatment under new Scottish government standards The Drug Deaths Taskforce has developed ten new standards to allow for accessible drug treatment across Scotland.…
Rise in antihistamine-related deaths prompts call for move to POM status Researchers found that the proportion of drug-related deaths where first-generation antihistamines were detected “significantly increased” between 1999 and 2019.…
