People across Scotland can stay up to date with local drug treatment and pharmacy service changes during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Online tool shows COVID-19 service delivery updates for people in Scotland who use drugs
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17 Apr
Minister reacts to cuts to drug and alcohol service provision in response to COVID-19 pandemic
The Scottish Government Minister For Public Health, Joe FitzPatrick, and the Interim Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, have written
Read More16 Apr
Keep your skills up-to-date or learn some new ones with our free e-learning courses
Although face-to-face training has been suspended across the country, you can still develop your skills through our free to access
Read More02 Apr
UK Home Office to implement emergency measures on prescribing controlled drugs
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Home Secretary is seeking to relax the regulations on prescribing controlled drugs.
Read More02 Apr
Prison health services struggling to get people into drug treatment
The latest drug and alcohol waiting times for treatment in Scotland have been published and show that there is an
Read More31 Mar
People who inject drugs can ‘give bacteria the boot’ with new SDF booklet
SDF have published a new resource to highlight good hygiene practices for people who inject drugs in order to prevent
Read More31 Mar
Blog: Involving people and improving services with Barbara Zaman
Some of people who can provide the greatest insight into how services operate are the people who regularly access them.
Read More31 Mar
Foundations of Motivational Interviewing explored in new SDF e-learning course
Scottish Drugs Forum is pleased to announce the launch of a new e-learning resource aimed at assisting professionals who are
Read More25 Mar
COVID-19 – Information flyer for people who inject drugs
An information flyer has been designed which contains advice for people who inject drugs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. COVID-19
Read More19 Mar
Information and Resources on COVID-19
COVID-19 is new strain of coronavirus which is a type of virus that often causes flu like symptoms and can
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