In 2022, NPIC received a total of 10,281 enquiries.

98.2% enquiries related to human poisoning. The busiest month was October and the busiest times of the day were from 4pm to 9pm.

Poisoning circumstances

• 59.5% enquiries related to accidental poisonings
• 22.6% enquiries were due to medication errors
• 13.1% enquiries were for intentional poisonings

Page 15 In 2022, paracetamol, ibuprofen and ethanol were the top three agents implicated in poisoning enquiries

Page 18. There were 170 enquiries relating to 10 categories of drugs of abuse. The main drugs of abuse included cocaine, heroin, cannabis / cannabinoids ecstasy and amphetamines. In many cases, more than one drug of abuse was involved.