Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: October to December 2022

5. Next update

Public Health Scotland (PHS) compile a Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) Quarterly report of drug-related indicators in order to inform action to prevent drug harms and deaths. In January 2023, PHS added suspected drug deaths to their set of RADAR indicators, presenting weekly data on suspected drug deaths from Police Scotland. PHS will now publish data on this indicator quarterly, with the next publication due for release in April 2023. In light of this, Scottish Government, together with partners, will consider the future of the 'Suspected drug deaths in Scotland' report.

The next annual drug misuse deaths National Statistics publication from NRS is due to be released in Summer 2023.