Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 17439
Alcoholism and Drugs: Death
Tabled: 2 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024
Question
Paul Davies
Labour — Colne Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce death rates from (a) alcohol, (b) drugs and (c) suicide in (a) the North and (b) coastal regions.
Answer
A vital part of delivering the Health Mission shift to prevention will be action to reduce the number of deaths due to alcohol and drug use, especially in deprived areas. In England, rates of drug poisoning and drug misuse deaths have a marked north-south...
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