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15 November 2023
29 November 2023
Message from Susanne Millar - Partnership Matters - November/December 2023
We’re now well into December with the festive season upon us, and it’s hard to believe that this is the last issue of Partnership Matters for the year!
13 December 2023
SDCF - Service user families information
Safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) are supervised healthcare settings where people can consume drugs, obtained elsewhere, in the presence of trained health and social care professionals, in clean and hygienic environments reducing the risk of overdose and infectious diseases whilst offering support and access to healthcare services.
SDCF - Local communities
Safer Drug Consumption facilities (SDCF) were first established in Switzerland in the 1980’s. There are now more than 100 of these facilities worldwide, which has resulted in extensive research and evaluation of the impact on local communities.
The general themes from this research show that following the opening of SDCFs: