Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10459

Nitazenes: Birmingham

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) hospitalisations and (b) deaths from people using nitazenes in Birmingham; and what steps he is taking to reduce these numbers.

Answer

The number of hospital admissions in Birmingham due to the use of nitazenes is not collected.On 3 October 2024, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) published the research report, Deaths linked to potent synthetic opioids, providing in...

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