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Heart health

CVD deaths increase: Pharmacy has a role to play, says negotiator

Negotiator responds to BHF finding that excess deaths have shot up since pandemic began

23 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Record number of UK alcohol-related deaths since records began

Data from the Office for National Statistics revealed there were 9,641 deaths in 2021

08 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Cancer & palliative care

Preventable risk factors account for nearly half of all cancer deaths

Cancer deaths due to preventable risk factors rose by 20.4 per cent over the last decade.

23 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

LGA chair wants naloxone expansion after record number of drug deaths

Drug misuse accounted for 3,060 of 4,859 drug poisoning deaths last year

04 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Substance misuse

Start trialling injecting facilities to drive down drug deaths, says RPS

There were 4,561 drug-related deaths in England and Wales and 1,339 in Scotland last year.

13 Dec 2021 , 1 Min Article

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‘Dramatic’ increase in DOAC use could prevent 5,000 deaths

New agreement with manufacturers will help hundreds of thousands more patients access DOACs.

23 Nov 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Substance misuse

Clinical briefing: Opioid deaths

What needs to be done to reduce the harm caused by opioid dependency?

20 Aug 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Drug deaths in England and Wales highest on record

There were 4,561 drug poisoning deaths in 2020, a 3.8 per cent rise on 2019.

03 Aug 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Drug deaths in Scotland hits highest number since records began

The Scottish government said 1,339 people died from drug misuse in 2020.

30 Jul 2021 , 1 Min Article