Meetings

 

An open National Needle Exchange Forum meeting was held on Friday 4th April 2008 at Enterprise Park Conference Centre, Derby.

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The following powerpoints presented at the meeting are available for download:

 The NTA harm reduction, record keeping and good practice
Trevor McCarthy, Paul Hammond and Tim Murray NTA

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Interventions with crack cocaine users
Nigel Brunsdon, Needle Exchange Worker, Phoenix Futures, Derby.

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Recent findings about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs in needle exchange: the implications for practice
Martin Chandler, Inter Agency Drug Misuse Database (IAD) Manager, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Needle Exchange and The Mental Capacity Act
Pauline Rigby, NNEF Co-Chair and Social Worker/Dual Diagnosis, Powys Social Services.

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An open National Needle Exchange Forum meeting was held on Friday 7th July 2007 at the BVSC - the Birmingham Centre for Voluntary Action, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham.

From 10 am with the meeting proper running from 10.30 to 4pm (with coffee/tea and lunch breaks).

 

The following powerpoints presented at the meeting are available for viewing/download:

Pauline Rigby (NNEF co-chair).
Introduction.
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Annette Dale-Parerra, Director of quality, NTA.
NTA Overview.
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Dima Abdulrahim, NTA.
Findings of a survey of needle exchanges in England Lead author:
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Damian McLarens
Water for injections

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Date: October 13th 2005
Venue: There will be an NNEF meeting the day before the National Conference on Injecting Drug Use on 13th October 2005 at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London.

 

Agenda:

1.00 - 1.30pm
Feedback from the UKHRA consultation on harm reduction in the UK
- Monique Tomlinson/Neil Hunt

NHS Logistics national agreement for needle exchange packs in England
- Jonathan Edwards
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2.15 - 2.45pm Coffee break

2.45 - 3.15pm Needle exchange waste disposal
- Wendy Rayner (Enviros consulting)
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3.15 - 4.00pm Regional roundup/open forum

 

Minutes of NNEF meetings:

 

NNEF AGM on 25th February 2005

Meeting on 1st April 2004