Services Database Needle Exchange and Harm Reduction Service (Tower Hamlets Area)
Service ID
108836
Description
The needle exchange and harm reduction scheme aims to reduce the potential harms caused by high-risk injecting behaviour by delivering a consistent and comprehensive approach, focused on facilitating access to safe injecting equipment, providing harm reduction advice and signposting drug users to structured treatment in Tower Hamlets. This is delivered by
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- Offering a confidential, non-judgemental service
- Providing access to safe injecting equipment to injecting drug users and steroid users residing in Tower Hamlets
- Facilitating the return and safe disposal of used injecting equipment
- Providing testing, information and referrals to blood borne virus services in the aim of reducing the spread of blood borne viruses and HIV
- Providing essential harm reduction advice including information about overdose and the availability of naloxone
- Signposting and referring clients to Reset Drug & Alcohol Treatment Service [1]
- Signposting and referring clients to sexual health services across the borough
Location of service
North East London LPC
Commissioner
Local Authority (LA)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Service type
Needle & syringe programme
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
Not known.
Comments
This service is available in the Tower Hamlets area only.
