Prescriptions for opioids 'fall by almost half-a-million over last four years’

Prescriptions for opioids 'fall by almost half-a-million over last four years’ Ps and pharmacists have helped slash prescriptions for potentially addictive opioid drugs by 450,000 in under four years, latest data suggests.

New figures published by NHS England show prescriptions for opioids fell from 5.68 million to 5.23 million between 2019/20 and the year ending November 2022. Evening Standard

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• Opioid prescriptions cut by almost half a million in four years as NHS continues crackdown NHS England