Opioids: Overdoses
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people across the UK have been hospitalised for opioid overdoses.
Answered by Karin Smyth
NHS England publishes data on hospital admissions and related diagnosis information, including finished admission episodes due to opioid overdoses.
The total number of finished admission episodes in England relating to opium, heroin, or other opioids in 2023/24 was 6,582. Further data is available at the following link:
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