Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It can very quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications. Key stats in 2020-21 report:

• Take home naloxone was supplied 1,666 times.
• Packs were used 256 times to attempt to reverse an overdose.
• The patient survived in 90% (231) of cases.
• On more occasions it was males (172) who overdosed. Females overdosed in 72 cases. In 12 cases gender was not recorded.
• In 71 cases use of other drugs besides heroin was reported.
• Other substances taken in addition to heroin were benzodiazepines (43 cases), alcohol (17 cases), pregabalin (15 cases), opioids including fentanyl, codeine, dihydrocodeine and oxycodone (6 cases), cocaine (6 cases), new psychoactive substances (5 cases) and methadone (1 case).