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NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/opioid-addiction

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NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/opioid-addiction
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2018-03-21T09:40:40.000Z (over 7 years ago)
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• Last Pushed: 2018-03-21T11:52:05.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:31:15.199Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: davidrhodes, drugs, health, nhs, ons, opioids
• Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43304375
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# NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction

![](https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/16622/production/_100428619_chart-opioid_deaths_060318-m1cfc-nc.png)

In March 2018 **David Rhodes** [reported](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43304375) on warnings from doctors that the NHS was fuelling an addiction crisis because of an increase in the prescribing of powerful painkillers.

## Get the data

* ONS: [Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales. Data are presented by cause of death, sex, age, substance(s) involved in the death, and by country and region](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoningenglandandwalesreferencetable) - [cahced version in this repo](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/opioid-addiction/blob/master/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoningenglandandwales.xls)

* Home Office: [Drug misuse: findings from the 2016 to 2017 CSEW](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/drug-misuse-findings-from-the-2016-to-2017-csew) - [cached copy in this repo](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/opioid-addiction/blob/master/drug-misuse-1617-tables.xlsx)

* NHS Digital: [Practice Level Prescribing in England: a summary](https://www.digital.nhs.uk/practice-level-prescribing-summary)

* OpenPrescribing

## Quotes and interviews

* Nicki Hari, UK Addiction Treatment, former opioid user

* Professor Jonathan Chick, Castle Craig Hospital, a rehabilitation clinic in Peeblesshire, Scotland

* Dr Luke Mordecai, University College London Hospitals

* Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman, Royal College of GPs

* Spokesman, NHS England 

## Visualisation

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/166DF/production/_100417819_chart-opioid_regions_060318-dp39v-nc.png)

* Bar chart: Number of death certificates that mention opioids

* Bar chart: Items prescribed per 1,000 residents, by NHS region