Reducing The Spread of Blood Borne Viruses During Covid-19
As part of an innovative initiative during lockdown, staff are utilising a mobile outreach van to deliver needle exchange to service users.
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Moving To A Digital Service During Lockdown - What Have We Learned?
"I can guarantee that we are now seeing people that we’ve never seen before, because of this new digital offer."
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Overdose Prevention Centres - Should We Support Them?
Entering a new phase of Covid-19, NHS APA asks: Should Overdose Prevention Centres be considered as a harm reduction approach in England?
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Covid-19 and Alcohol Dependency: Looking After Yourself During Lockdown
To help people who are struggling during lockdown, we have created a harm reduction guide for self-reducing alcohol intake at home.
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Find a New Happy Hour: Downloadable Campaign Resources
If you would like to show your support for our Find A New Happy Hour campaign, please download and share these resources.
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Delivering OST During The COVID-19 Crisis: How to set up a Programme in Your Area
Jon Shorrock and Will Haydock provide advice on setting up a programme in your area.
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Innovative Programme Ensures Service Users Receive OST Prescriptions During Pandemic
Innovative partnership work during the pandemic is a remarkable example of collaboration between service users, carers and organisations.
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Coronavirus: A Time to Bring Down Organisational Barriers
A statement from our Chair, Danny Hames.
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Work with us!
We are pleased to announce several exciting new job opportunities to work on NHS APA's Hepatitis C elimination programme.
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Inspiring Change: Greater Manchester’s Alcohol Exposed Pregnancy Programme
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership have launched an ambitious new programme to prevent children being harmed by alcohol
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What is Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
Despite high numbers potentially being affected, many people have not heard of FASD. As a result, it is often incorrectly diagnosed.
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Why should we be promoting Naloxone Kits?
Naloxone does not reduce drug use, but it is a key tool in the arsenal for reducing drug-related deaths.
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What to do if you think someone has overdosed.
Here is our guide on what to do if you think someone has overdosed.
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Understanding, Treating and Eradicating Hepatitis C
Despite it's prevalence, many people don't know what Hepatitis C is, or why it is so important to be tested for it.
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Understanding mental health issues is key to effective substance misuse services
Too often, substance misuse starts as an ill-advised coping strategy.
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Understanding Alcohol Abuse, Addiction and Dependency
Among many there is limited understanding of alcohol-related illnesses. Here's our guide to alcohol dependence, addiction and abuse.
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Five Principles For Designing Quality Substance Misuse Services Which Improve Lives.
What unites NHS APA is a belief that people deserve high quality services which can improve their lives.
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