DDN December/January 2023

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Navigating the festive season for those in recovery, sober or abstinent

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In this blog, the team from Turning Point's Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service explores the topic of sobriety during Christmas, focusing on those who...

Staff awards light up Forward’s winter season

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The Forward Trust’s Staff Awards (Winter) 2023 event once again highlighted incredible individual, team and cross-organisation achievements from this year. With over 65 nominations received,...

Via Harrow achieves micro-elimination of Hepatitis C

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VIA Harrow celebrate successfully reaching the impressive milestone of Hepatitis C micro-elimination in their service. NHS England has a target to eliminate the virus by...

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Majority of public behind ‘smokefree generation’ plans, says government

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Around 25,000 people have responded to the government’s consultation on creating a ‘smokefree generation’, with the majority of the public backing the plans, according...

Crisis talks

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For people who inject drugs, needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are a life-changing – and even life-saving – intervention. Being able to access clean...

Female Focus

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‘As 52 per cent of the population, sometimes our needs aren’t thought about in a specialised, specific way,’ Trevi chief executive Hannah Shead told...

Hear My Truth!

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‘Women and non-binary people are often excluded from services,’ said Aura Roig Forteza. ‘When they go to other services, such as mental health, they’re...

Body language

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Language matters when it comes to describing people with substance issues, hear delegates at this year’s NHS APA conference  ‘People with eating-related conditions are always...

Becoming Culturally Competent

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More than half of the population of Leicester is from a non-white background – something that hasn’t always been reflected in services, says Dilesh...