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Suspected drug deaths in Scotland: October to December 2023

Published: 12 March 2024
From: Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy, +1 more … Director-General Health and Social Care
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781836010197

This quarterly report presents Police Scotland management information to provide an indication of current trends in suspected drug deaths in Scotland.

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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 on 30 April 2024. In light of this, Scottish Government, together with partners, is considering the future of the ‘Suspected drug deaths in Scotland’ report.

The next annual drug misuse deaths Accredited Official Statistics publication from NRS is due to be released in Summer 2024.

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Email: HSCAnalysisHub@gov.scot

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