Services Database Pharmacy Based Needle & Syringe Exchange (Worcestershire Area)
Service ID
44145
Description
The service provides managed access to sterile needles and syringes, sharps containers and associated materials (including citric acid and swabs), in exchange for the return of used injecting equipment wherever reasonably practicable.
Location of service
Herefordshire & Worcestershire LPC
Commissioner
Local Authority (LA)
Method of commissioning
Local Authority contract
Source of funding
Local Authority (LA)
Service type
Needle & syringe programme
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date:
End date:
Status
Ongoing
Training
All pharmacists who provide or supervise the service have completed the most recent version of the Substance User and Misuse open learning programme delivered by the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE). It is also preferable that pharmacists have completed the Opioids course through the CPPE.
Comments
This service is available in the Worcestershire area only.
