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: NHS initiatives have successfully reduced high-dose opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain by 20.35% against the 2021 baseline. Total costs for opioid drugs fell by 36% since 2015/16.

: The North East continues to record the highest rates of drug-related mortality (167.6 deaths per million), while London saw a sharp 32% increase in 2024. Treatment and Prescribing Trends Opioid crisis United K.pptx

: Fatalities linked to nitazenes (potent synthetic opioids) increased fourfold, from 52 in 2023 to 195 in 2024 . : NHS initiatives have successfully reduced high-dose opioid

: These prescribing reductions are estimated to have prevented between 841 and 910 deaths . Strategic Response and Government Initiatives Opioid crisis United K.pptx