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NSP Outcomes tool
Over the last year or so I've come across a lot of people talking about developing tools for monitoring 'Outcomes' in needle programmes, but I've yet to see one that actually manages to work in real...
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Blue lights update
Here is an update article from Dr. Stephen Parkin about the issues of blue lights in public toilets. This is something he's wriiten about before on here and it's an important topic for harm reduction....
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Blue lights update
Here is an update article from Dr. Stephen Parkin about the issues of blue lights in public toilets. This is something he's wriiten about before on here and it's an important topic for harm reduction....
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A trip down the Silk Road
Some of you may have heard about a website called 'The Silk Road', well I'm lucky enough to know someone who has taken the time to not only have a very good look around the site, but also spend the...
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A trip down the Silk Road
Some of you may have heard about a website called 'The Silk Road', well I'm lucky enough to know someone who has taken the time to not only have a very good look around the site, but also spend the...
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Why I don't recommend the glute
Over the years the advice I've given to injectors has developed and changed. Sometimes this is because of new research, and sometimes it's just because I realise that there is better advice I could be...
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Why I don't recommend the glute
Over the years the advice I've given to injectors has developed and changed. Sometimes this is because of new research, and sometimes it's just because I realise that there is better advice I could be...
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Needle stick injury
If you work in drug services the chances are there's an A4 poster up somewhere telling you what do do if you, as a worker, are accidentally spiked with a used needle. You may even have read it once or...
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Needle stick injury
If you work in drug services the chances are there's an A4 poster up somewhere telling you what do do if you, as a worker, are accidentally spiked with a used needle. You may even have read it once or...
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Overdose bereavement support
International overdose awareness day was two weeks ago, but I'm still thinking though all the thoughts it's brought up for me. Every year thousands of people die leaving behind family and friends. But...
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Overdose bereavement support
International overdose awareness day was two weeks ago, but I'm still thinking though all the thoughts it's brought up for me. Every year thousands of people die leaving behind family and friends. But...
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Foot injecting
One of the exercises I do when I'm delivering safer injecting training looks at the most common injecting sites and their associated risks. People are usually quite good at putting the different sites...
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Foot injecting
One of the exercises I do when I'm delivering safer injecting training looks at the most common injecting sites and their associated risks. People are usually quite good at putting the different sites...
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Forget the great divide
At heart I'm a harm reduction kind of person. I've spent the last decade working in needle programmes, running a website that provides injecting advice and presenting sessions at conferences promoting...
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Forget the great divide
At heart I'm a harm reduction kind of person. I've spent the last decade working in needle programmes, running a website that provides injecting advice and presenting sessions at conferences promoting...
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The bad, the sad & the redeemed
Today I have another guest article from Matt Gleeson, He's previously written for this blog about use of the word Junkie in journalism. This time he's talking about the types of 'architypes' the media...
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The bad, the sad & the redeemed
Today I have another guest article from Matt Gleeson, He's previously written for this blog about use of the word Junkie in journalism. This time he's talking about the types of 'architypes' the media...
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PIED outcomes tool
Back in June I released the NSP Outcomes Tool This was an attempt to make a simple to use but flexable assesment/review tool that could be used in the relativly short time that most needle transactions...
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PIED outcomes tool
Back in June I released the NSP Outcomes Tool This was an attempt to make a simple to use but flexable assesment/review tool that could be used in the relativly short time that most needle transactions...
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Keep Calm & Carry...
Well it's finally happened, after a couple of years of talking about it (and having wonderful friends nag me) I've started designing Tshirts to help support the costs of running this site. The first...
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