Scottish Drugs Forum and all the trainees on the Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) would like to thank everyone who
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Thank you from the Addiction Worker Training Project
Category: SDF News
13 Sep
Testing Week Scotland an opportunity to speak to people at risk of HIV/hepatitis C
As part of Testing Week Scotland, Scottish Drugs Forum are encouraging service planners and providers who may come into contact
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‘Hepatitis See’ reducing stigma campaign recognised in The Lancet medical journal
The Hepatitis See campaign, led by Hepatitis Scotland for World Hepatitis Day, has been recognised in an article published in
Read More08 Sep
£20 million funding boost and ‘overhaul’ of Scotland’s drug strategy announced
The Scottish Government has published A Nation With Ambition, its programme for 2017-18. This includes a £20 million pound investment
Read More23 Aug
Scottish Drugs Forum upcoming training dates
There are places available for a number of upcoming SDF training courses taking place across Scotland, which are free to
Read More23 Aug
Funding boost for new drugs research network in Scotland
Research into the impact of the use of drugs on people and society in Scotland is set to benefit from
Read More17 Aug
UK’s first ever Naloxone Peer Training and Supply group celebrates launch
Scottish Drugs Forum’s National Naloxone Programme has held an awards ceremony to mark the launch of the UK’s first Naloxone
Read More15 Aug
Scottish drug-related deaths figure totals 867 – a rise of 23% since 2015
The figures relating to drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2016 have been published this morning (15th August) by the National
Read More02 Aug
Seeing employment as an opportunity to flourish in Rotterdam
Chris Messenger, who manages Scottish Drug Forum’s Addiction Worker Training Project, recently took part in an information sharing and study
Read More27 Jul
Scotland’s drug strategy to be refreshed
Scotland’s drug strategy is to be “refreshed” as Scotland continues to face significant challenges including rising numbers of drug-related deaths.
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