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Joe FitzPatrick has resigned as public health minister after facing mounting pressure and a vote of no confidence over drug deaths failings.
The Dundee City West MSP said he “agreed” he should leave government after Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats formally called for him to be sacked from the post on Friday.
Statistics from National Records of Scotland revealed this week that there were 1,264 drug-related deaths last year, a 6% rise, with Mr FitzPatrick’s home city of Dundee leading the way per head of population.