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IJB 8 November 2107 Item No 18 - Safer Drug Consumption Facility and Heroin Assisted Treatment

IJB PEC 27 September 2017 Item No 06 Safer Drug Consumption Facility Engagement Activity

IJB 21 June 2107 Item No 9 Safer Drug Consumption Facility and Heroin Assisted Treatment

IJB 31 October 2016 Item No 9 Safer Consumption Facility and Treatment Service Pilot

24 January 2018

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9 May 2018

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Listening to children, young people and their families

In Scotland, each local authority publishes a Children’s Services Plan every three years.

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:

University of Strathclyde launches Suicide Prevention Strategy with support from Glasgow City HSCP

The University of Strathclyde has launched a pioneering and compassionate Suicide Prevention Strategy, aiming to create a suicide-safer university community where prevention is embedded into everyday life, stigma is challenged and timely support is readily available for those in distress or bereaved by suicide.

Two of our residential care homes rated ‘very good’ in latest inspection

Two of our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Residential Care Homes have been praised in their most recent inspections carried out by the Care Inspectorate.

Riverside Care Home and Victoria Gardens Care Home each received a rating of ‘Very Good’ across all key areas during the unannounced visits in June and July 2025.