Media coverage
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Media coverage
Title GPs prescribe more opioids for pain in poor Northern areas, study reveals Media name/outlet Various Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 14/01/19 Description English patients living in poorer areas are likely to be prescribed more opioids by their GPs, according to a study led by University of Manchester and University of Nottingham researchers.
The research also shows how smoking, obesity and depression are all associated with more prescribing of the drugs for problems such as lower back pain and arthritis.
The study, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy today, is a snapshot of 2015 data from the Office of National Statistics’ Index of Multiple Deprivation and a NHS Digital’s database of about 7,000 GP practices.
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/gps-prescribe-more-opioids-for-pain-in-poor-northern-areas-study-reveals/
Covered in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/14/gp-prescribe-more-opioid-drugs-pain-poorer-areas-england
Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/15/overworked-gps-flinging-opioid-painkillers-patients-busy-properly/
Also Mirror and ExpressURL https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/gps-prescribe-more-opioids-for-pain-in-poor-northern-areas-study-reveals/ Persons Li-Chia Chen, Teng-Chou Chen
Media contributions
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Title GPs prescribe more opioid drugs for pain in poorer areas of England Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet BBC Radio Lancashire Media type Radio Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 15/01/19 Description 17:20 Producer/Author Brett Davison URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06wh923?fbclid=IwAR3Q8R1BJ5_r_2MHkbtS_xqszULKouiaSvhYGiP4Q_bXLrL3O9RXciLJhEw Persons Li-Chia Chen
Keywords
- opioids
- medicine
- health divide