Illegal drugs in the UK—we need better screening and surveillance

  1. Rob Moore, principal clinical scientist,
  2. Rebecca Wood, clinical scientist
  1. Royal Sussex County Hospital, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton and Hove, UK
  1. robert.moore8{at}nhs.net

We agree with the concerns raised by Eastwood and Schlossenberg about the changing drug landscape in the UK.1 There is a need in healthcare for a functional surveillance system to identify emerging threats.

Regrettably, the availability of analytical toxicology services in the NHS is exceptionally disparate. Apart from a few very specialist laboratories, a significant amount of …

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