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[…] were very careful about language in our report, incidentally, opting after much discussion for ‘women involved in prostitution’). For example, the women we spoke to valued the harm reduction services that were targeted at them (needle exchange, condoms and ‘scripts’) but equally they spoke about their aspirations for a decent place to live, a ‘normal’ […]

[…] those interested in learning, there is plenty on offer. The site has an e-learning foundation programme, with all the necessary elements for good practice, such as assessment, harm reduction, treatment and care planning. There are even role-specific modules to enhance skills for prescribers, recovery workers and volunteers. All the content is developed by experienced workers […]

[…] after the pandemic’s restrictions, the report continues, although many services have retained some COVID-era innovations such as e-health provision. However, there is a need to scale up harm reduction services for people who inject drugs, with only four countries meeting WHO targets of providing 200 syringes per year per person and having 40 per cent […]

[…] people are killed on Europe’s roads each year, with alcohol estimated to be responsible for around a quarter of the deaths. EMCDDA has also recently published ‘ harm reduction overviews’ for all EU member states as well as Norway, Turkey and Croatia. Reports available at www.emcdda.europa.eu Tough love Parents who drink more are unlikely to […]

[…] needed to address the escalating drug crisis in the UK (Partner Updates, September 2023): Release, alongside EuroNPUD and other drug treatment service colleagues in the UK, have produced  harm reduction advice on nitazenes. (News, January 2023): Fentanyl behind 80% increase in New York’s overdose deaths Search the DDN archive for more on nitazenes, fentanyl and synthetic opioids. […]

[…] problem New psychoactive substances are a source of ‘increasing concern’ in prisons, according to a report from the prisons and probation ombudsman, with links to suicide, self- harm, violence, intimidation and debt. The document looks at 19 deaths in prison between April 2012 and September 2014, where the prisoner was ‘known, or strongly suspected, […]

[…] to lobby the UK government to introduce safer injection sites. ‘Drug deaths are preventable,’ said RCN Scotland Board member Greg Usrey. ‘Safe injecting services are about reducing harm and providing an opportunity for some of our most vulnerable to engage with services they might not access. We need to push for these facilities to […]

[…] mother and activist Kate’s involvement with the trauma of drugs in the family began when her daughter became addicted to heroin. She became a passionate advocate of harm reduction, and as a member of the Brighton Independent Drugs Commission, she added a mother’s perspective to the case for treatment over punishment. 11:40am: Tea Break 12pm […]

[…] where he’d been injecting. That was the first time I’d come into contact with anything like that.’ By chance, a friend was working with consultant psychiatrist and harm reduction pioneer Dr John Marks, and arranged for her to spend a week shadowing staff at his service. ‘I went to an outreach, family conferences, scripting sessions. […]

[…] consequences of different potential forms of regulation, with laissez-faire reforms likely to encourage large numbers of small producers and therefore potentially higher potency levels and consequent long-term harm.  Although the impacts on criminal justice and treatment costs would likely be ‘modest’ – at around £200-300m – the document estimates that the tax revenue from […]

[…] zone . - Open meetings with NUN and other organizations. - Live music . - Open mic ‘Soapbox’ area . - Drop -in suggestion wall . - Harm Reduct ion café . 2.00pm -3.30pm : Interactive session , chaired by Carole Sharma . - Several short service user (individual or group) presentations, demonstrating inspiring […]

[…] the event’s feedback has been negative, with talk of progressive nations giving in to hardline states like Russia (see news story page 5, and comment facing page). Harm Reduction International (HRI) and the STOPAIDS network of organisations even urged the UK government not to sign the joint ministerial statement adopted at the end of the […]

[…] social enterprise zone; alternative therapy zone; open meetings with NUN and other organisations; live music from The Shenanigans; open mic ‘Soapbox’ area; drop-in suggestion wall; video booth; harm reduction café. 2.00pm-3.10pm: Interactive session, chaired by Carole Sharma. Several short service user (individual and group) presentations, demonstrating inspiring personal stories of change and recovery. Microphones will […]

[…] receiving a one-to-one intervention with With You. They are provided with direct support, education on drugs and alcohol, information regarding the law, prevention of drug use and harm reduction advice. Once police receive confirmation of attendance from With You, the associated crime report is finalised as a ‘Community Resolution with Restorative Justice’. Read the full […]

[…] information system (LDIS) or professional information network (PIN), as well as testing. The information will then need to be shared with ambulance trusts as well as treatment, harm reduction and outreach services, and people who use drugs. ‘You should target messages at the audiences most likely to be at risk and the places you are […]

[…] zone . - Open meetings with NUN and other organizations. - Live music . - Open mic ‘Soapbox’ area . - Drop -in suggestion wall . - Harm Reduction café . 2.00pm -3.30pm : Interactive session , chaired by Carole Sharma . - Several short service user (individual or group) presentations, demonstrating inspiring personal stories […]

[…] like to provide the evidence to support them. David Prentice, via email Give us a clue ‘There are figures on both sides of recovery and human rights/ harm reduction who share views and are looking for points of connection and trying to collaborate,’ says Mat Southwell in your interview (DDN, February, page 17). This may […]

[…] people,’ said health minister Dr Ayesha Verrall. ‘Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in New Zealand and causes one in four cancers. Smoking related harm is particularly prevalent in our Māori, Pacific and low-income communities. While smoking rates are heading in the right direction, we need to do more, faster to […]

[…] . - Open meetings with NUN and other organizations . - Live music . - Open mic ‘Soapbox’ area . - Drop -in suggestion wall . - Harm Reduction café . 2.00pm -3.30pm : Interactive session , chaired by Carole Sharma . - Several short service user (individual or group) presentations, demonstrating inspiring personal stories […]

[…] the creativity and calculated risk-taking that UKHRA, the Methadone Alliance, Exchange Supplies, NDUDA, Mainliners, HIT and Lifeline were utilising to tackle inequalities, challenge the status quo, pioneer harm reduction initiatives and reduce drug-related deaths… and we picked up the torch, carried it on, shared in the successes, learned from the mistakes and suddenly we had […]

[…] Tyrell, Addaction   ‘We will seize the opportunity’ ‘The treatment system will commit to you and DWP to do our best. The focus has been on crime, harm reduction, then recovery. Then there was the crash, and the agenda moved on. We will try to seize this opportunity to make this work.’ Paul Hayes, Collective […]

[…] and other organisations in the field including the Familes First conferences for Adfam. We also provide conference promotion, reporting and coverage including creating conference special magazines for the Harm Reduction International global events. Contact ian@cjwellings.com to find out more about working with DDN on your next event. Get Connected: DDN Conference issue, films and photos here! […]

[…] she added. Ed Day: A crucial step towards a ‘full continuum of care’ The plan would also be crucial to delivering a ‘full continuum of care from harm reduction, through engagement and behaviour change, to long-term recovery support’, said government recovery champion Dr Ed Day. ‘The clear timescales plot a road map to rebuilding the […]

[…] “cold turkey”, and to get the right support to stop using drugs and alcohol, safely.’ The charity’s advice focuses on health checks, offering prescribing services rooted in harm reduction to help individuals recover at their own pace, and one-to-one support with a recovery professional. Their ‘top tips for recovery in 2017’ include ‘Look after your […]

[…] cake makers extraordinaire! Also a charity working to support people affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol problems and physical and mental health needs: www.emergingfutures.org.uk neo360 provide comprehensive harm reduction monitoring and reporting solutions: neo360.co The Hepatitis C Trust is a charity dedicated to eliminating hepatitis C in the UK by 2030. Find information and support […]

[…] attention.’ The ‘process of change and recovery’ is likely to be a lengthy one, the document stresses, making it vital that a range of support – from harm reduction to help in exiting prostitution and support for ongoing recovery – are provided. The report looks at the kinds of interventions that work best, as well […]

[…] alcohol will only have a limited effect. There must be a renewed national focus on preventing people from drinking to hazardous levels. We would like to see more money put towards harm reduction and treatment services for alcohol, as well as a review of drinks marketing and a wider education programme.’ alcohol deaths Scotland Billy Henderson

[…] to legalise cannabis in 2018 (DDN, November 2018, page 4). Kennedy Stewart: Decriminalisation is a ‘groundbreaking step’ The province has also been increasing its residential rehab and harm reduction provision in response to Canada’s ongoing opioid crisis. Last saw more than 2,200 drug-related deaths in B.C., more than 25 per cent up on 2020’s figures […]

[…] numbers in treatment should be doubled so that 70-80 per cent of the people ‘who could benefit from treatment are actively engaged’, it says, while successful local harm reduction initiatives should be rolled out nationally, with increased investment for HIV and hepatitis testing for anyone with a history of injecting drugs. Services for women also […]

[…] planning and aftercare planning. To work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring adherence to all the clients’ clients’ policies and safeguarding principles. Deliver harm reduction advice, guidance and education, including delivery programme, brief and extended recovery interventions, blood-borne virus intervention, overdose prevention, including naloxone programmes. What you’ll need to succeed Must […]

[…] Lose the opportunity to be with others with the same shared experiences of life? When people lose their sense of belonging? The answer: negative thoughts, relapse, self- harm, overdose, suicide and death. Read the article at www.phoenix-futures.org.uk ———– DDN magazine is a free publication self-funded through advertising. We are proud to work in partnership […]

[…] and not shared with others. You can use our free needle exchange services to ensure you have safe and sterile equipment. We even provide injecting advice and harm reduction techniques. Try to be more aware of how much alcohol you’re drinking and stay within the recommended 14 units of alcohol per week. Alcohol abuse can […]

[…] need to acknowledge that ‘drug policy approaches dominated by strict law enforcement practices’ perpetuate the spread of hepatitis C by exacerbating marginalisation and undermining people’s access to harm reduction and treatment services, according to a report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The negative impact of the war on drugs on public health: the […]

[…] done — we must continue our comprehensive testing programme to sustain micro-elimination status and strive towards complete elimination of hepatitis C going forward which includes strengthening our harm reduction provision and reaching more people. ‘I would like to thank the North Somerset team and our partners who have achieved micro-elimination; the impact they’ve had is […]

[…] needed to address the escalating drug crisis in the UK (Partner Updates, September 2023): Release, alongside EuroNPUD and other drug treatment service colleagues in the UK, have produced  harm reduction advice on nitazenes. (News, January 2023): Fentanyl behind 80% increase in New York’s overdose deaths Search the DDN archive for more on opium, nitazenes, fentanyl and synthetic […]

[…] drugs service in Leicester) at the Leicester UKRF event, which marked the end of a Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland recovery week which encompassed art exhibitions, flashmobs, a harm reduction café, drama, walks, open days and a picnic.  The Umbrella Café, a dry bar, launched in Manchester on 5 September and they’ve been putting on really […]

[…] lounge, a fitness suite, and large gardens with an orchard.   Key interventions delivered at both clinics: • clinical assessment • pre-rehab support • supervised detoxification • harm reduction interventions • keywork support • recovery care planning • therapeutic recovery programme • counselling • family support • aftercare planning • continued aftercare and support groups […]

[…] need to scale up needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution therapy (OST) to keep pace with growing need, according to HRI’s latest Global state of harm reduction report. Out of more than 150 countries where injecting drug use is reported, nearly 70 still do not provide NSP – with no new countries establishing […]

[…] have ‘meaningfully assessed’ the unintended consequences of an enforcement-based approach, which also include diversion of funding from health and stigmatisation of drug users. A new report from Harm Reduction International (HRI), meanwhile, states that millions of dollars in international funding for drug enforcement is going to countries with ‘extremely poor’ human rights records that are […]

[…] 7pm on the night of the 22 June some of the speakers, delegates, exhibitors, and the DDN team are meeting for an informal catch up and ‘ harm reduction cafe’ in the Shakespeare Inn, B3 1JJ If you are in town the night before the conference we hope you will join us. The DDN Team […]

[…] to recovery strategy, that for too long the debate in Scotland has centred on whether the primary aim of treatment for people who use drugs should be harm reduction or abstinence.’   So if a truce has been called in parliament for now, are the press likely to lose interest in their anti-methadone campaign? ‘Clearly the […]

[…] years, a time of inflation,’ said president of the Federation of Independent Retailers, Hussan Lal. ‘However over 80p is over the top. We welcome any reduction in harmful levels of drinking. It undoubtedly blights many lives. However we feel that, as Public Health Scotland has suggested, this scheme can only be part of the […]

[…] skills and the motivation to do well. It emphasises the argument reiterated in our letters page and in FDAP conference presentations – that It’s not about reducing the options to ‘either harm reduction or abstinence’, but about making sure we have both, at the time the individual is ready – and this can not be emphasised enough in a climate of fear […]

[…] care about their clients and who communicate and work together to deliver the needs identified by the individual patient across the whole spectrum of treatment – from harm reduction to supporting abstinence. Steve Brinksman is a GP in Birmingham and clinical lead of SMMGP. www.smmgp.org.uk. He is also the RCGP regional lead in substance misuse […]

[…] population, and this allows for their lives to be seen as expendable. This has to end – we must recognise that stigma kills.’ One of the posters features harm reduction activist and regular DDN conference volunteer Lee Collingham. ‘I was losing friends and going to funerals. They were poorly attended and the word heroin was omitted […]

[…] have also been notable successes, such as lower rates of HIV among drug users than in other comparable European countries. The Commission’s job will be to highlight what works – obviously harm reduction measures in this case – as well as what doesn’t. The new charity has already involved a diverse body of expertise – including some that normally comment on policy, […]

[…] accounts for approximately half the difference in life expectancy between society’s richest and poorest. There are still 7.3m adult smokers in England and ‘smoking and its associated harms continue to fall hardest on some of the poorest and most vulnerable’, the document states. Among the plan’s other commitments are to improve data collection on […]

[…] quote Professor Sir John Strang’s comments that this could be a ‘game-changer’ in opiate addiction treatment. A further study, published by Neale, Tompkins and Strang in the Harm Reduction Journal (April 2019), supports the idea that these prolonged-release formulations could be beneficial to patients ‘who wanted to avoid thinking about drugs and drug-using associates, wished […]

[…] stigma. The pragmatic response to the shortage of needle and syringe programmes (p20) shows that swift and certain collaborative action is effective in carving a path to harm reduction. So let’s be just as clear about our one-to-one treatment obligations, including challenging any suggestion of coercive control (p10). When there’s a crisis headlined by an […]

[…] this has been the shift – the joint working of organisations, rather than “us and them”.’ All that has gone alongside a recognition of the value of harm reduction, she says, as well as ‘looking much more at self-help and supporting people to make changes themselves, rather than telling them to make changes. It’s a […]

[…] alcohol dependence can both strengthen relationships and reduce problematic drinking, says Kate Thompson. Although behavioural couples therapy has been recommended in NICE guidance since 2011 for ‘ harmful drinkers and people with mild alcohol dependence who have a regular partner who is willing to participate in treatment’, counselling and therapy that focuses on the […]

[…] . 4 0 – 1.00pm Session two , Conference Hall PARTNERSHIP WORKING Peer power – a story of co - production Cranstoun ’s team share their dynamic harm reduction initiatives . Alistair Bryant describes the PACK s peer team’s naloxone distribution and Luke O’Neil explains how they used innovative tech to create BuddyU p . […]

[…] up simply rebuilding the treatment system of the past. That system did not effectively meet the needs of women. We need to create a new system of harm reduction, treatment and recovery for the future, which puts the needs of women at its heart. Women are central to local communities and families and are hugely […]

[…] held to raise further funds. Feedback from the event was that it was an enjoyable evening and an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of addiction while highlighting harm reduction, with an alcohol-free bar upstairs as well as alcohol for those who wished to drink safely. This worked really well, with no reported incidents of drunkenness […]

[…]             Read the Magazine: Virtual Magazine Version | PDF Version Magazine Features NEWS FOCUS Does a preoccupation with binge drinking mean health is being overlooked? HARM REDUCTION SAVED MY LIFE The ACMD regards naloxone as an intervention that saves lives – yet it remains prescription only. David Gilliver hears from a service that’s […]

[…] ‘crazy waste of money’, surely politicians must listen (page 6). These are not isolated voices: the Royal Society for Public Health is among many organisations to back harm reduction initiatives such as consumption rooms and heroin-assisted treatment as a move towards evidence-based policy. Police officers were among the stakeholders to come together at a recent […]

[…] Newsnight (DDN, January, page 13). It just served to denigrate Eliot Albers and INPUD as a whole, who are not just pushing for legalisation but also bring harm reduction work to countries where drug users are arrested, imprisoned and executed for possessing small amounts of drugs and also just for possessing drug-taking paraphernalia. Peter Simonson, […]

[…] and parenting charities debated issues at a recent seminar and learnt from innovative schemes (page 12). Gary Rees shows determination to improve communication between prisons and makes progress in healthcare and harm reduction through the innovative ‘Sparcle!’ network, on page 10. Finally, amid reports of how crystal meth is devastating America, the Home Office reclassified the drug this week. How worried should […]

[…] seeking abstinence can be the most effective way of overcoming their problem, but for many others this could lead to serious consequences and an approach focusing on harm reduction will be more suitable. Indeed, individuals who are not quite ready to be abstinent would benefit from being prescribed a substitute medication for as long as […]

[…] forward-looking partners, achieving, and growing together developing a world class treatment & recovery system that Bradford deserves.’ New Vision Bradford will include a range of support including harm reduction, care coordination, clinical and psychosocial therapeutic interventions. Create Strength Group will provide support for people who become abstinent to create a lived experience-led recovery community for […]