DDN March 2024

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DDN March 2024

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Strength in numbers

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As we respond to an increasingly complex health and social care landscape, a renewed approach to partnership working can enable us to address people’s...

Suspected Scottish drug deaths up by 10 per cent

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There were 1,197 suspected drug deaths in Scotland last year, according to police figures – a 10 per cent increase on 2022. Almost three...

Testing the limits

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In 2023, our Stayin’ Alive campaign stated that drugs are changing, and this is even more true in 2024. A range of drugs across...

How is Turning Point supporting people to Swap to Stop?

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Turning Point's Hammersmith & Fulham service explains what the Swap to Stop scheme is and what it offers to people in the London Borough...

Inspiring Inclusion by challenging gender stereotypes

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This year's theme for International Women’s Day is #inspireinclusion. It’s a call to action to challenge stereotypes, call out gendered assumptions and actions, and...

More women encouraged to feel empowered and seek support for drug...

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On International Women's Day, national charity WithYou urges women to come forward for free confidential advice and support with drugs and alcohol Women and men's experience...

A flying start

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‘When I phone an ambulance, if I say “heart attack” I can get one out in four minutes,’ says Derek Monaghan. ‘If I say...

‘Extreme drug-related violence’ taking its toll on Europe, say EMCDDA and...

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Extreme drug-related violence in Europe is ‘putting a strain on local communities and society’, says a new report from EMCDDA and Europol. The  vastly profitable...

Government to introduce vaping tax

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A new excise duty on vaping products will be introduced from 2026, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced in his spring budget. The move is to...

Working models

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Since 2019, Via’s award-winning Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Into Work service has supported people with experience of drug or alcohol issues into sustainable...

Care for another?

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Earlier this year the University of Bedfordshire and Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a report on alcohol policy and practice in care homes. Funded...

DDN March 2024

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‘We’re at a pivotal point... there’s a lot to do.’The vice chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners says that addiction involves many...

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