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
Month: December 2020
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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