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Feb 14, 2023
Visit to Harper House, Saltcoats
I was pleased to meet with Kerry McGhee, Registered Residential Services Manager, at Harper House in Saltcoats to hear about the...
Oct 20, 2022
SNP Government invests £65 Million to Support for Drugs Services
Drug support services are benefitting from a £65 million boost to drive down the number of drug deaths each year. Life-saving...
Nov 16, 2021
Free phone Line launched to help prevent Drug Deaths
The SNP Government has launched a free anonymous phone service for North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Glasgow, with trained staff stay on...
Jul 30, 2021
Ambulance Paramedics issue Life-saving Drug Overdose Kits
Almost two thirds of Scotland’s ambulance paramedics have now been trained in supplying Take-Home Naloxone (THN) to people who may...
May 28, 2021
Applications Open for £18 million of Drugs Services Provision
Four separate funds - worth a total of £18 million - to support improvements to drugs services have now opened for applications from...
Jan 20, 2021
First Minister pledges More than £250 million to help cut Drug Deaths
First Minster Nicola Sturgeon MSP has announced an additional £250 million, in the form of £50 million for each of the next five years,...
Jan 7, 2021
Naloxone Take-home Kits distributed across Scotland to People at Risk of Overdose
Take-home Naloxone will be given to people at high risk of accidental overdoses, in a move designed to reduce the number of drug deaths....
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