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Written question asked by Lord Patel of Bradford (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 January 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 January 2015. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Monday, 26 January 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Heroin and Morphine: Death

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the 32 per cent rise in the number of deaths from heroin or morphine abuse between 2012 and 2013; and how many of the 765 people who died as a result of heroin or morphine abuse in 2013 had left drug treatment in the month that preceded their death.

Answer

At this stage it is not possible to draw any definitive conclusions about a longer-term trend in deaths from one year’s data. Public Health England is currently analysing the data to better understand the reasons for the increase.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4170
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Death Misuse Rehabilitation Heroin Morphine
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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