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Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes: Implementing NICE guidance

Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes: Implementing NICE guidance. Working with Local Authorities: Planning Applications for Needle Exchanges Mandy Harling – Senior Implementation Adviser, NICE. NICE NSP guidance Planning, needs assessment and community engagement.

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Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes: Implementing NICE guidance

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  1. Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes: Implementing NICE guidance Working with Local Authorities: Planning Applications for Needle Exchanges Mandy Harling – Senior Implementation Adviser, NICE

  2. NICE NSP guidance Planning, needs assessment and community engagement • LSPs, PCTs and D(A)ATS should • Consult people who inject drugs when planning NSPs • Consult local communities • Use this information to ensure NSP services meet local need • During consultations with local communities:- promote the benefits of the service- actively involve communities NICE recommends

  3. NICE implementation approach • Supportive environment • Implementation tools • Shared learning • Evaluation

  4. Issues raised by stakeholders Community consultation • Consultation may unfairly highlight presence of NSPs • Potential for resistance from local communities • Will the decision to proceed with the scheme be affected? • Who are the key leads that weight/make this decision? • Objections to new NSP may come via planning routes

  5. NICE Implementation tool Checklist for LA planning committees • Awareness raising • Summary of recommendations • Background information: • Prevalence • Morbidity/mortality • Service delivery • Addressing Drug related litter

  6. Further information NICE website www.nice.org.uk/PH18

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