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5,448 drug-related deaths were registered in 2023, the highest number since records began. The ONS published its annual report on drug...

10,048 deaths from alcohol-specific causes were registered in the UK in 2022, the highest number on record.

4,907 drug-related deaths were registered in 2022, the highest number since records began. The ONS published its annual report on drug...

International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign striving to stop drug-related overdose and the stigma around it.

The drug-related deaths recorded in 2021 have increased by 6.2% since 2020, making this the highest number since comparable records began.

Drug-related deaths have risen for the eighth year in a row according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A joint statement by Collective Voice, Adfam, the English Substance Use Commissioners Group and the NHS APA

2020 end of year message by our Chair, Danny Hames

The number of drug-related deaths has reached a record-high in England and Wales, as drug treatment services funding continues to decrease.

The five remaining NHS inpatient detox units (IPUs) in England could permanently close without urgent changes to the way they are funded.

NHS APA members, Inclusion, use in-house mental health expertise to support staff during Covid-19 pandemic.

Peter Burkinshaw from Public Health England, expert speaker panel for a live Q&A, and Danny Hames, Chair of NHS APA.

Watch Session 1 featuring Danny Hames, Dr Ed Day and Matthew Gaskell.

Over the last four years, the alliance has grown, has developed, and has changed. Now, it is has evolved. Watch our Chair explain more.

"In whatever form this takes, we would advocate for the maintenance of this specialist expertise in service of addictions..."

Over the last four years, the NHS Substance Misuse Provider Alliance has grown, has developed and has changed. Next, it is going to evolve.

A statement from our Chair, Danny Hames.