Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2015 registrations
Summary
This bulletin presents the latest update on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales by cause of death, sex, age and substances involved in the death. A backseries of data from 1993 is also included in this publication.
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Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.
| Access granted to | Organisation | | :— | :— | | Analyst | Department of Health | | Briefing Officer - Drugs Policy Team | Department of Health | | Deputy Director - Healthy Behaviours | Department of Health | | Economic Adviser | Department of Health | | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation | Department of Health | | Press Officer | Department of Health | | Private Secretary | Department of Health | | Private Secretary | Department of Health | | Secretary of State for Health | Department of Health | | Senior Press Officer | Department of Health | | Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Health | Department of Health | | Programme Manager | Public Health England | | Senior Communications Officer | Public Health England | | Chief Medical Officer | Welsh Government | | Deputy Director, Substance Misuse Policy | Welsh Government | | Minister for Social Services and Public Health | Welsh Government | | Statistician | Welsh Government | | Statistician, Head of Health Statistics and Analysis | Welsh Government | | Head of Drug Strategy Team | Home Office | | Press Officer | Home Office | | Research Officer | Home Office | | Head of Substance Misuse Policy | Public Health Wales |