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Safer Drug Consumption Facility

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle' and opened on Monday 13 January 2025.

Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and other partners have worked to develop the first Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) in Scotland and the United Kingdom.

SDCF - Background information

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle'

There are over 100 Safer Drug Consumption Facilities (SDCF) worldwide including Europe, North America and Australia.

SDCFs offer a compassionate, person-centred service which focuses on reducing the harms associated with injecting drug use and helps people access appropriate services to meet their needs.

SDCF - Service user information

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle' and opened on Monday 13 January 2025

Safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) are supervised healthcare settings where you can consume your own drugs, obtained elsewhere, under the supervision of trained health and social care professionals, in clean, hygienic and safe environments reducing the risk of overdose.

You will receive a compassionate service which focuses on reducing the harms associated with injecting drug use and will be given the opportunity, if desired, to access other support services. 

SDCF - Local communities

Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility is called 'The Thistle'.

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:

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!

Property Strategy

The consultation is now closed. The outcome of the consultation was reported to the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board on 8 November 2017.  The Report and Property Strategy are available.

Previous consultation text:

Healthcare Financial Management Association annual conference 2017

Information relating to the address and presentation on 'Grasping the nettle for change - the place of integration' given by David Williams, Chief Officer, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership.

David was addressing the Healthcare Financial Management Association annual conference who were meeting in Clydebank on Friday 27 October 2017.

IJB Performance Scrutiny Minutes

Draft Minutes21 November 2018

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