Drug use in the United Kingdom is among the highest reported in Western Europe and people who inject drugs (PWID) experience stark health inequalities, with increased morbidity and early mortality. This report explores infections, as well as associated risks and behaviours, among people who inject drugs in the UK to the end of 2019. It also presents preliminary data on the impact of COVID-19 on PWID and services in 2020.
Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, 2018
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This December 2019 update to the Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, produced by Public Health England, provides updated data to the end of 2018. The report says that there is early evidence for a reduction in chronic hepatitis C prevalence among injecting drug users, but that rates of new infection are unchanged, including amongst individuals who have recently started injecting.
