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This section of the site has been created to enable practitioners
in the field to share policies, protocols, and other useful documents
with colleagues. Documents are usually posted as a result of questions
or debate on the ukhra email discussion groups.
These documents have been provided by workers and organisations
in the interests of sharing knowledge and improving service provision.
The information is provided on the basis that the source will be
acknowledged by organisations who make use of it, and that improvement
and alterations will be made available to others via this website.
If you have a document suitable for sharing on this site, or one
that you have amended, please click
here to send us an email to tell us about it.
Inclusion on the site does not constitute an endorsement by NNEF,
nor do any of the contents necessarily reflect the views of NNEF
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Medway Community Safety Partnership and Kent Drug and Alcohol Action Team have developed a well designed, and comprehensive harm reduction assessment form, which they offer here for free download to inform the work of other services. To download a pdf of the form, click here. |
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Torbay's young people's needle exchange policy by Safer Communities Torbay and CheckPoint Under 18s Drug and Alcohol Service has been posted to the website by NNEF planning group member Helen Wilks.
To download a pdf of the 76 page policy and guidance document, click here. |
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Summary report written by Danny Morris from DASH, Hereford, outlining the operation of Herefordshire (DASH) Needle Exchange Scheme, with reference to national service delivery expectations and recent national and international research and evidence base supporting the requirements for a comprehensive delivery of needle exchange and associated harm reduction interventions for drug users.
It considers requirements for enhanced delivery that, by building on its locally developed platform, would play a significant role in reducing the prevalence of Blood Borne Virus transmission amongst injecting drug users (IDU's) in Herefordshire.
Word file, to download, click here. |
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Victoria State Needle and Syringe Programme Policy. Pdf file, to download, click here. |
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The Queensland State Needle and Syringe Programme Policy. pdf file, to download, click here.
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Australian Salvation Army Needle and Syringe Programme Policy, Proceedures
and Resrouce Manual, submitted by Andy Hart. To download word file, click here.
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Insurance has become a major issue for needle exchanges. Kerry Thompson, head of services at Exeter Drugs Project has written a briefing paper based on their experiences, to read it, click here. |
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