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We investigated the circumstances and distribution of the 332 deaths identified within the observation window with a specific focus on overdose deaths (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0103) after a planned discharge, dropout and transfer between services.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Measurements<\/jats:title><jats:p>Crude mortality rates for overdose mortality 14 days, 28 days and more than 1 month after the end of treatment\/transfer for overdose mortality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 47 individuals who died from overdose after having been transferred between services, nine died during the first 2\u00a0weeks [crude mortality rate (CMR)\u00a0=\u00a0136.4, 95% confidence interval (CI)\u00a0=\u00a064.3\u2013243.1] and a further five died during the first month post\u2010transfer (CMR=\u00a079.5, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a044.2\u2013129.7). Of the 32 individuals who died from overdose after planned OST cessation, five died during the first 2\u00a0weeks (CMR\u00a0=\u00a0151.5, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a051.1\u2013319.0) and a further four died during the first month post\u2010discharge (CMR\u00a0=\u00a082.6, 95% CI\u00a0=\u00a038.4\u2013151.0).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the United Kingdom, opioid\u2010dependent people who are transferred to an alternative treatment provider for continuation of their opioid substitution therapy experience high overdose mortality rates, with substantially higher rates during the first month (especially during the first 14\u00a0days) following 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