Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Wednesday, 2 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 4 March 2016. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 March 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Naloxone
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 17278, what progress Public Health England has made on investigating the use of Office for National Statistics data on drug-related deaths to assess the impact of increased naloxone availability; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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In October 2015 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency changed medicines regulations to widen the availability of naloxone. Public Health England provided advice on local implementation.
Drug poisioning deaths – which include drug misuse deaths – are published annually by the Office for National Statistics. These statistics are for deaths registered in each year.
Since there are often delays in registering drug-related deaths, it is likely to be some time before we can meaningfully assess what impact the wider availability of naloxone has made on the numbers of drug related deaths.
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- 29363
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- 2015-16
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- Death Misuse Naloxone
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