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Caring and compassionate
[…] a variety of roles within services including providing specialist interventions in physical and mental health, leading on harm reduction initiatives for bloodborne viruses, needle exchange, provision of naloxone, and support with detoxification from alcohol and/or other drugs. Some nurses choose to study at Masters level, including addictions courses, but these are open to a […]
Safe from harm
[…] room, and people were supplied with individual disposal units, handed in at the end of the conference. A new feature of our service was the provision of naloxone, provided by Kaleidoscope drug services. We had more than 100 kits available for distribution, and offered training to those who needed it. We were also able […]
Home Affairs Committee calls for shift to ‘public health-based interventions’
[…] be legalised or regulated for non-medical use. Among the report’s other recommendations are a UK-wide, postal-based anonymous drug checking service, centralised funding for diamorphine-assisted treatment, a national naloxone programme for England, and more use of schemes to divert people away from the criminal justice system. Trauma-informed practices should be used by all police forces […]
Adfam / DDN Conference 2013 – Families First Programme
[…] highs – Club Drug Clinic – Becky Harris and Galit Haviv-Thomas Carers rights – Carer oragnisation talks about about Carers assessments etc. ( more to be announced) Naloxone, TBC on 18/9 2.50 – 3.10. Coffee break 3:10pm – Stigma – ‘speak out campaign’ – Lindsey Henderson 3.30pm – Jason Gough – My Recovery and […]
WDP launches newly refurbished recovery hub in West Berkshire
[…] sessions and visit a ‘marketplace’ to showcase different elements of the service, such as: alcohol awareness, BBV testing, needle exchange, employment support, and information and training around naloxone. There was also a stall about WDP’s Capital Card scheme, which enables service users to earn points by engaging in treatment and then spend points on […]
Urgent action needed to address lockdown ‘time bomb’, warns Adfam
[…] the same way they did in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, then reduced budgets for drug treatment could mean severe impact on vital areas like naloxone provision and prevention measures. ‘Vulnerable and marginalised groups, youth, women and the poor pay the price for the world drug problem,’ said UNODC executive director Ghada […]
Never a dull moment
[…] AUGUST Scottish drug-related deaths fall by 9 per cent, after two years of record high figures, with the Scottish Government pointing to the success of their take-home naloxone programme. Legislation finally comes into force allowing drug services to provide aluminium foil, and an all-party group of MPs calls for health warnings to be put […]
Gold standard
[…] a significant risk. The needle and syringe programmes provided by Humankind not only help save lives but also reduce Hepatitis C reinfection rates, provide the life-saving drug naloxone and offer an opportunity for our teams to begin conversations with people that can help connect them to further services and support. It is for these […]
DDN090209
[…] treatment. REGULARS 4 NEWS ROUND-UP More monitoring needed on overdose risk • No alcohol for under-15s • A third of people unaware of hep C risks • Naloxone pilot volunteers wanted • Alcohol death rate drops • Voices for Choices conference debates user involvement • News in brief 8 LETTERS AND COMMENT Trauma article […]
Safe Space
[…] The devolved Welsh government has harm reduction firmly embedded in its substance misuse strategy (Working together to reduce harm, 2008), which has led to a countrywide take-home naloxone scheme. It has also supported the set-up of Wedinos, a service to test substances to give individuals rapid and accurate information to reduce harms, and introduced […]
Making Inroads
[…] challenges with drugs, alcohol and/or mental health. Working in a hostel environment is a good time to talk about current drug or alcohol use and to offer naloxone and safety advice. If the opportunity presents itself there are a number of conversations to be had such as general health and weight, are they using […]
Make It Happen! programme
[…] harm reduction café, head and shoulder massages, taster sessions on auricular acupuncture, yoga class, film show, photo booth (all day). 1.45pm-3.00pm: ‘Perspectives’, chaired by Alistair Sinclair, UKRF Naloxone – Nigel Brunsdon, Injecting Advice and HIT Visible recovery – Lancashire User Forum (LUF) Hep C van – Jim Conneely, Hepatitis C Trust The case for […]
Who cares?
[…] they have in common? Extremely good access to opioid substitution therapy (OST). What else helps? Drug consumption rooms (DCRs), heroin-assisted treatment, measures to reduce homelessness, and take-home naloxone. What do I think killed Darren? People not seeing him as a person and services not seeing him as an individual – as well as the […]
Dorset Council residents continue to be supported for drug and alcohol use
[…] mentor programme in the South in 2009. This project became an accredited programme in 2011, as well as becoming the second service in England to offer postal naloxone through the web based NSPDirect service. REACH was also the first service to offer postal Dry Blood Spot Testing (DBST) in partnership with the NHSAlliance and […]
DDN0903
[…] and hospitals. At the moment if you have an overdose and get taken to hospital in Sandwell there isnât really any follow-up care â they give you naloxone to bring you out of it and pretty much send you on your way. Thereâs no referral process or anything like that, so weâre trying to […]
News in brief
[…] help services to respond more effectively and inform approaches to prevention, he said. The forum has also developed a new set of information materials for Scotland’s community-based naloxone programme, including posters, leaflets and booklets. Available at www.sdf.org.uk Ryan chair Ryan Campbell has been appointed as chief executive of KCA (UK). Previously development director at […]
Scottish drug deaths down by a fifth
[…] demands the urgent implementation of the full range of evidence-based practice and policy now,’ including monitoring changes in drug supply, including via drug checking services, maximising Scotland’s naloxone programme, implementing safer drug use facilities, widening access to treatment, and decriminalising possession. ‘Everyone seems to know that Scotland has an astonishing rate of drug-related deaths […]
Humankind sets out harm reduction minimum standards
[…] programmes and we want to change this. These services play a crucial role in reducing drug-related deaths and reinfection rates for hepatitis C, providing the life-saving drug naloxone, and providing a route into treatment services. They also provide our staff and volunteers with the opportunity to connect people with housing, primary health and other […]