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Alert
Check Your Kit (White Version)
3.5 MB
November 2, 2023
Check Your Kit (Black Version)
6.6 MB
November 2, 2023
Nitazene Alert Booklet Dec 2023_DIGITAL
1,015.1 KB
May 14, 2024
Nitazene Alert Poster Dec 2023_A4
1.0 MB
May 14, 2024
MDMAEcstasy update for users – SDFCrew joint briefing
55.5 KB
July 11, 2011
Xylazine Factsheet
2.9 MB
June 2, 2024
Bacterial Infections
What Workers Need to Know: Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus
5.3 MB
March 7, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - Brief Intervention
2.8 MB
March 10, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus Poster
4.3 MB
March 9, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus Postcard
3.1 MB
March 9, 2023
Let's Give Bacteria the Boot - Booklet for People who Use Drugs
5.3 MB
April 20, 2020
Infections in People Who Use Drugs - Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - What Workers Need to Know (Booklet)
1.4 MB
May 15, 2015
Anthrax and Heroin Users - What Workers Need to Know
472.0 KB
March 23, 2013
Botulism
Briefing
Conference Presentations
Redefining Drug Treatment for Mothers who use drugs, Anna Millington - Harm Reduction Mother 2 Mother
650.6 KB
September 20, 2024
Trends in drug use and harms from the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) - Dr Norah Palmateer - Public Health Scotland & GCU
743.2 KB
December 6, 2024
My Family, My Rights – Knowledge is Empowering, Kerry Storey & Marianna Marquardt - Scottish Families Affected By Alcohol and Drugs.
1.2 MB
November 7, 2024
Warm Handover from Hospital to Discharge, Linda Smith and Lisa Turnbull - Harm Reduction Team, NHS Lothian
255.9 KB
November 7, 2024
STRIVE - Co-located joint NHS third sector provision of early interventions for young people, Erin Lees & Katie Anderson - The Corner and Hillcrest Futures (Dundee).
1.5 MB
November 7, 2024
North Lanarkshire Crisis Outreach - A unique commissioned partnership service, Melissa Reid, Service Manager - Turning Point Scotland
570.1 KB
November 7, 2024
Increasing client engagement with therapy using a new call system, Susan Innes & Ro Bell - DAPL (Fife)
1.4 MB
November 7, 2024
Harm Reduction Support in a Community Hub, Graeme Callander - WithYou, Dundee
461.1 KB
November 7, 2024
Findings from Audit Scotland Report, Ray Buist & Jillian Matthew - Audit Scotland
662.8 KB
November 7, 2024
Families Campaign for Change A Learning Journey, Stephanie Morrison, Sandra Holmes & Susan Grant - Families Campaign For Change
1.2 MB
November 7, 2024
Aberlour Mother and Child Recovery Houses, A look at the biopsychological model of recovery, Karen Campbell & Natalie Douglas - Aberlour
1.8 MB
November 7, 2024
SDF Stop The Deaths Keynote Address, Alison Byrne - Deputy Director for Drugs Policy, Scottish Government
916.9 KB
September 20, 2024
What is drug checking telling us? Jason Wallace - Living Experience Engagement Senior Officer, SDF
3.9 MB
June 2, 2024
Recent drug-related deaths in Scotland, Dr Julie McAdam - Forensic Pathologist, University of Glasgow
123.3 KB
September 20, 2024
Introducing a Safer Drugs Consumption Facility for Glasgow, Dr Saket Priyadarsh - Associate Medical Director, GGC Alcohol & Drugs Service
2.5 MB
September 20, 2024
Harm Reduction - Saving Lives During Crises, Shelia Vakharia - Deputy Director of Research and Academic Engagement, Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
2.3 MB
September 20, 2024
Experiences of MAT, Learning & Considerations for Practice, Samantha Stewart - Senior Officer, Research and Peer Engagement Team, SDF
1.3 MB
September 20, 2024
Gabapentinoids: what happened in Northern Ireland: lessons for Scotland.Chris Rintoul - Head of Harm Reduction, Cranstoun
1.8 MB
June 2, 2024
Trends in drug use: gabapentinoids Vicki Craik - Public Health Intelligence Adviser, Public Health Scotland
5.3 MB
June 2, 2024
Trends in Treatment: Providing MAT for people with benzodiazepines dependency Trina Ritchie - Lead Clinician, GGC Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services
3.0 MB
June 2, 2024
Hydromorphone - injectable opiate substitute treatment Anna McVinish – St Vincents Hospital Drug and Alcohol Service, Australia
6.3 MB
June 2, 2024
Trends in harms as an indicator of drug trends: what can be done? Lynn Couper - Senior Learning & Development Officer, Emergency Responses, SDF
3.9 MB
June 2, 2024
What we are seeing in post mortem toxicology: issues in detecting new substances Hazel Torrance - Head of Forensic Toxicology, Scottish Police Authority
2.0 MB
June 2, 2024
Drug Early Warning System & Injecting Equipment Supply Kieran Whitford, Kira Watson, Suzie Gallagher - Drug Harm Reduction Team, Scottish Ambulance Service
3.9 MB
June 2, 2024
Decriminalisation
Executive Summary - Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
2.5 MB
March 2, 2023
Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
3.3 MB
March 4, 2023
Drug Deaths
Staying Alive in Scotland - Strategies to Combat Drug-Related Deaths - Full Report
1.2 MB
June 21, 2016
Naloxone Resource - Drug-Related Deaths - What You Should Know - Preventing overdose and other drug-related deaths - anthrax, hepatitis B and C and other blood-borne viruses (booklet)
607.6 KB
April 23, 2013
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone can be a Lifesaver - How to Deal with an Overdose Emergency
986.1 KB
April 26, 2013
Drug Related Deaths
Glasgow
Harm Reduction
Understanding the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Risk Behaviours of Defined At Risk Groups to Inform a Service Training Programme
2.6 MB
September 20, 2020
Anthrax and Heroin Users - What Workers Need to Know
472.0 KB
March 23, 2013
Ministerial Seminar on New Psychoactive Substances - SDF Presentation on Health Impacts of NPS
579.8 KB
April 15, 2013
Report on Scotland’s First Harm Reduction Café held in Glasgow
969.2 KB
November 19, 2013
Infections in People Who Use Drugs - Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - What Workers Need to Know (Booklet)
1.4 MB
May 15, 2015
Safer Injecting Basics for New Pyschoactive Substances
297.9 KB
March 20, 2018
The Control of Drugs - Issues in Harm Reduction Series
2.8 MB
April 28, 2018
HIV in Glasgow - Responding to an Outbreak - SDF Bulletin for World AIDS Day 2018
6.0 MB
January 21, 2019
Let's Give Bacteria the Boot - Booklet for People who Use Drugs
5.3 MB
April 20, 2020
What Workers Need to Know: Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus
5.3 MB
March 7, 2023
Self Care Advice Looking after your wounds at home
730.3 KB
May 20, 2021
Injecting Equipment Provision in Scotland - Good Practice Guidance
7.8 MB
October 20, 2021
HIV: What Workers Need To Know
1.6 MB
December 5, 2021
National Wound Care Guide
3.9 MB
February 15, 2022
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus Postcard
3.1 MB
March 9, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus Poster
4.3 MB
March 9, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - Brief Intervention
2.8 MB
March 10, 2023
Hepatitis
HIV
Injecting Equipment
Living Experience
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Executive Summary
1.1 MB
January 23, 2013
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Full Report
1.6 MB
January 23, 2013
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures- Scotland -Qualitative Report
540.3 KB
January 14, 2010
MAT
Mat Service Standards - Leaflet For People In Treatment
1.1 MB
June 2, 2023
Medication Assisted Treatment Service Evaluation of Peoples Experience of Accessing MAT in 6 Health Board Areas Across Scotland
2.1 MB
October 20, 2021
MAT - Evaluation of Current Practice - SDF Aug 2024
3.5 MB
August 19, 2024
MAT - Evaluation of Current Practice - SDF Aug 2024.Executive Summary
492.4 KB
August 19, 2024
Naloxone
Peer Naloxone Supply Project Report - Executive Summary
207.3 KB
March 8, 2023
Peer Naloxone Supply Project Report
646.6 KB
March 8, 2023
Check Your Kit (White Version)
3.5 MB
November 2, 2023
Check Your Kit (Black Version)
6.6 MB
November 2, 2023
Providing Emergency Help to someone having an overdose: Your Experiences
1.1 MB
May 19, 2022
My first 48 hours out - My First 48 Hours Out - Guidelines for naloxone provision upon release from prison and other custodial settings
2.4 MB
July 18, 2018
Naloxone Resource - Drug-Related Deaths - What You Should Know - Preventing overdose and other drug-related deaths - anthrax, hepatitis B and C and other blood-borne viruses (booklet)
607.6 KB
April 23, 2013
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone can be a Lifesaver - How to Deal with an Overdose Emergency
986.1 KB
April 26, 2013
Naloxone Resource - Business Cards for local services that offer naloxone training & supply in their area
94.8 KB
April 27, 2013
Naloxone Resource - I made the call that saved my life
1,016.9 KB
April 29, 2013
Naloxone Resource - I Saved My Best Friends Life
1.7 MB
April 25, 2013
Naloxone Resource - I Saved My Son's Life
1.4 MB
April 25, 2013
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone Saved My Life
1.3 MB
April 14, 2013
New Psychoactive Substances
Safer Injecting Basics for New Pyschoactive Substances
297.9 KB
March 20, 2018
Understanding the Patterns of Use, Motives and Harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland
2.2 MB
May 20, 2024
Ministerial Seminar on New Psychoactive Substances - SDF Presentation on Health Impacts of NPS
579.8 KB
April 15, 2013
MDMAEcstasy update for users – SDFCrew joint briefing
55.5 KB
July 11, 2011
Older People Who Use Drugs
Senior Drug Dependants and Care Structures - Recommendations at the EU level for services and responses
178.9 KB
August 10, 2010
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures Scotland - Guidelines for Service Response
243.9 KB
April 21, 2010
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures- Scotland -Qualitative Report
540.3 KB
January 14, 2010
Legal and Financial Framework for the Care of Senior Drug Dependents in Scotland
248.7 KB
April 4, 2009
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
601.8 KB
March 21, 2009
Older Drug Users in Scotland - professionals' views
862.8 KB
August 28, 2008
Senior Drug Dependents & Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
601.8 KB
April 21, 2008
Drugs & Poverty Literature Review - 2007 - written by SDF in association with the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams
428.2 KB
March 23, 2007
Oral Health
Overdose
Peer
Policy
Staying Alive in Scotland - Strategies to Combat Drug-Related Deaths - Full Report
1.2 MB
June 21, 2016
Drugs & Poverty Literature Review - 2007 - written by SDF in association with the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams
428.2 KB
March 23, 2007
Senior Drug Dependents & Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
601.8 KB
April 21, 2008
Older Drug Users in Scotland - professionals' views
862.8 KB
August 28, 2008
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
601.8 KB
March 21, 2009
Legal and Financial Framework for the Care of Senior Drug Dependents in Scotland
248.7 KB
April 4, 2009
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures- Scotland -Qualitative Report
540.3 KB
January 14, 2010
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures Scotland - Guidelines for Service Response
243.9 KB
April 21, 2010
Senior Drug Dependants and Care Structures - Recommendations at the EU level for services and responses
178.9 KB
August 10, 2010
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Full Report
1.6 MB
January 23, 2013
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Executive Summary
1.1 MB
January 23, 2013
SDF Briefing for MSPs - Scottish Parliament Debate on The Scottish Government response to The Independent Expert Review of Opioid Replacement Therapies
1.2 MB
November 21, 2013
Report on Scotland’s First Harm Reduction Café held in Glasgow
969.2 KB
November 19, 2013
SDF Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol 2023
148.6 KB
November 1, 2023
Understanding the Patterns of Use, Motives and Harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland
2.2 MB
May 20, 2024
Older People with Drug Problems in Scotland Addressing the Needs of an Ageing Population
2.9 MB
June 17, 2017
Older People with Drug Problems in Scotland A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Health and Social Support Needs
1.5 MB
June 17, 2017
The Control of Drugs - Issues in Harm Reduction Series
2.8 MB
April 28, 2018
A Drugs Strategy for Scotland - SDF response to the Scottish Government proposal to refresh Scotland's existing strategy
1.2 MB
November 11, 2018
SDF submission to the Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry on 'The Use and Misuse of Drugs in Scotland'
1.1 MB
May 20, 2019
Staying Alive in Scotland
4.3 MB
November 21, 2019
Moving Beyond People-First Language A glossary of contested terms in substance use
1.0 MB
October 20, 2020
Drug-related deaths in Scotland -MSP Briefing
1.5 MB
January 20, 2021
Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
3.3 MB
March 4, 2023
Executive Summary - Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
2.5 MB
March 2, 2023
Research
Executive Summary - Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
2.5 MB
March 2, 2023
Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
3.3 MB
March 4, 2023
Providing Emergency Help to someone having an overdose: Your Experiences
1.1 MB
May 19, 2022
Medication Assisted Treatment Service Evaluation of Peoples Experience of Accessing MAT in 6 Health Board Areas Across Scotland
2.1 MB
October 20, 2021
Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - Learning Needs Report
989.3 KB
September 20, 2021
Understanding the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Risk Behaviours of Defined At Risk Groups to Inform a Service Training Programme
2.6 MB
September 20, 2020
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Executive Summary
1.1 MB
January 23, 2013
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Full Report
1.6 MB
January 23, 2013
Sexual Health
HIV: What Workers Need To Know
1.6 MB
December 5, 2021
Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - Learning Needs Report
989.3 KB
September 20, 2021
Understanding the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Risk Behaviours of Defined At Risk Groups to Inform a Service Training Programme
2.6 MB
September 20, 2020
HIV in Glasgow - Responding to an Outbreak - SDF Bulletin for World AIDS Day 2018
6.0 MB
January 21, 2019
Scottish Needle Exchange Workers Forum (SNEWF) report on Chemsex
556.8 KB
June 2, 2015
Staff Development
Training
Delivering Alcohol, Drugs and Multiple Risk Training and Workforce Development Across Glasgow City
6.3 MB
May 12, 2023
2022 Report: Delivering Alcohol, Drugs and Multiple Risk Training and Workforce Development Across Glasgow City
3.3 MB
July 12, 2022
SDF Learning and Development in MI Practice Guide
293.4 KB
December 4, 2024
Trauma
Trends
Wound Care
What Workers Need to Know: Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus
5.3 MB
March 7, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - Brief Intervention
2.8 MB
March 10, 2023
Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus Postcard
3.1 MB
March 9, 2023
National Wound Care Guide
3.9 MB
February 15, 2022
Wound-Advice-What-workers-need-to-know-Digital
2.6 MB
May 14, 2024
Self Care Advice Looking after your wounds at home
730.3 KB
May 20, 2021
Let's Give Bacteria the Boot - Booklet for People who Use Drugs
5.3 MB
April 20, 2020
Infections in People Who Use Drugs - Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Aureus - What Workers Need to Know (Booklet)
1.4 MB
May 15, 2015
Wound-Advice-Poster
3.1 MB
June 2, 2024
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