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Substance Misuse Treatment Framework – Needle Exchange Implications for planning and practice

Substance Misuse Treatment Framework – Needle Exchange Implications for planning and practice. Carry Burton North Wales Needle Syringe Programme & Harm Reduction Service Manager Office Tel: 01244 818513 April 2011. Needle Exchange Service Framework 2005. Prevent transmission of BBVs

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Substance Misuse Treatment Framework – Needle Exchange Implications for planning and practice

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  1. Substance Misuse Treatment Framework – Needle Exchange Implications for planning and practice Carry Burton North Wales Needle Syringe Programme & Harm Reduction Service Manager Office Tel: 01244 818513 April 2011

  2. Needle Exchange Service Framework 2005 • Prevent transmission of BBVs • Preventing the sharing of injecting equipment • Limit sexual transmission of viral infections • Attracting people into treatment • Reduce drug-related death and prevent overdose

  3. Service Framework for NSP in Wales 2011 • Response to service user need • Response to international evidence • Response to national guidance and examples of best practice

  4. Updated WAG Guidance WAG Service Framework 2011 • Part of the Harm Reduction Compendium • Over-arching view of harm reduction principles across Wales • BBV prevention testing and treatment • OD prevention • Safer injecting • Sexual health • Etc

  5. Service Models • Statutory and voluntary service provision • Pharmacy • Community Drug Teams • Outreach/mobile unit • Vending Machine • Police custody suites • Hospitals • Secondary distribution/peer-led • Etc

  6. Paraphernalia Sharps boxes Alternatives to injecting(foil/UYB) Safer injecting advice Safer sex advice Wound care/ antibiotic prescribing Hep B vaccinations DBS Testing Break the Cycle Not JustNeedles & Syringes

  7. Range of Equipment Provided

  8. PHARMACY NSP PACKS

  9. NSP & Young People • 16-17 year olds • Under-16s

  10. The Way Forward • Look at existing service provision • Highlight gaps • Use research as examples of good practice to help develop services • Use WAG guidance to make recommendations for service development

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