Our evaluation of Police Scotland's naloxone pilot has been nominated as a finalist for 'Research Project of the Year'!
@enuhealthsocial Andrew McAuley Police Scotland Prof Liz Aston Dr Jennifer Murray Nadine Dougall Inga Heyman Elizabeth Speakman SIPR @scelph The Herald Glasgow Caledonian University SHLS

Please join us at GCU on 30 April when our Prof Andrew McAuley will give his Professorial lecture 👏 👏👏Book here👇🏻

📢Save the date! Our annual conference is scheduled for 5 June 2024 in Edinburgh. More details to come!

Superb presentation to our Subject Group of Allied Health & Social Care Sciences ENU Health & Social Care by Dr Anna Bak Klimek 👇

Contributing to the growth & development of CPD opportunities we can offer with & for health & social care practitioners!

Peter Hillen

#MustBeNapier

New Social Work post available at Edinburgh Napier University jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_webre…

1,051 people died as a result of a drug overdose in Scotland in 2022.

Although less than last year, today’s announcement from NatRecordsScot is a reminder of the work that still needs to be done to address drug-related deaths.

Very exciting job opportunity Scottish Drugs Forum to support peer #naloxone provision across the country.
We especially encourage people who use (or have previously used) drugs to apply for this position 💛
sdf.org.uk/jobs/

Our latest study in The Lancet Public Health examined the extent to which opioid-agonist therapy (OAT) in Scotland is protective against drug-related deaths (DRD) and how this effect has varied over time thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

THREAD on key findings 👇

Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Social Justice and Social Security Committee Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership Aberlour Children's Charity Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs @AConstanceSNP Scottish Government Support @kirstensdf #stopthedeaths - addressing punitive approaches, introducing drug consumption rooms and developing drug checking facilities, and the need for 'bold, brave, substantial changes' @scotparl Criminal Justice Committee Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Happening today...

Peer-to-peer #naloxone programmes have transformational potential, says SDF: bit.ly/3Tcmzln #Overdose

👋In 2021, SIPR, Police Scotland and The SPA funded 5 grants aiming to research 'Seldom Heard Communities'.

🎊We are proud to announce our Community Impact Event on April 26 which will showcase this research to the public!

Interested? Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/seldom-heard…

Expert quits Home Office drug panel over 'political vetting' theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Delighted to announce the publication of our findings from the Naloxone pilot in Police Scotland in 2021: rdcu.be/c5XB9. Grateful thanks to our PI: Peter Hillen and other co-authors: Prof Liz Aston Dr Jennifer Murray Nadine Dougall Inga Heyman Andrew McAuley. Our research

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