A scoping exercise has been carried out by the Scottish Government to establish the number of residential rehabilitation beds for
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Scoping exercise determines number of residential rehabilitation beds in Scotland
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22 Dec
SDF welcomes new Scottish Government post of Minister for Drug Policy
22nd December 2020 On Friday 18th December it was announced that there would be a new Scottish Minister for Drug
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Mindfulness and creative writing as a support in these challenging times – SDF offers new support to frontline service providers
Updated 21 December 2020 Scottish Drugs Forum is to deliver sessions of mindfulness practice and creative writing to support workers.
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New ‘bite-size’ courses on motivational interviewing available to book
18th December 2020 Scottish Drugs Forum have launched five new ‘bite size’ courses on motivational interviewing. Motivational interviewing (MI) is
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‘HIV, Heroin and Harm Reduction’ – Dr Roy Robertson on the Drugs Uncut podcast
18th December 2020 The latest episode of ‘Drugs Uncut’ – the Scottish Drugs Forum podcast – has been published and
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‘The need for change is obvious and long overdue’ – David Liddell, SDF CEO
16th December 2020 1,264 drug-related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2019, according to statistics published yesterday by National Records
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1,264 people lost their lives to a preventable fatal drug overdose in 2019
15th December 2020 1,264 people tragically lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose in Scotland last year. The statistics,
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‘HIV: Preventable and Treatable’ e-learning course launched to mark World AIDS Day
1st December 2020 A new e-learning course on HIV has been launched by Scottish Drugs Forum to mark World AIDS
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ACMD advises that GHB and GBL should be reclassified as Class B
GHB and the closely related substance GBL should become classified as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act
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Consultation workshops on the implementation of the new MAT Standards for Scotland
Consultation workshops for clinicians and other stakeholders are being held on the implementation of the new Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
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