Services Database Take Home Naloxone (Derbyshire County Area)

The primary aim of this pharmacy service is to contribute to a reduction in drug related deaths

(DRD) within Derbyshire by:

a. increasing awareness of overdose risk and the role of naloxone to people at risk of

overdose, and offer, and supply THN.

b. providing education about overdose awareness and what to do in emergency situations,

including how to use THN.

c. providing a convenient supply of replacement THN following emergency use or expiry

date.

d. supporting other relevant harm reduction initiatives (such as needle and syringe

exchange).

e. promoting the role that pharmacies can play in helping to reduce DRD.

Service Eligibility

Only Pharmacies that are currently commissioned by Derbyshire County Council to provide the

Supervised Consumption of Methadone or Buprenorphine service and/or Needle and Syringe

Exchange and are eligible to deliver the Community Pharmacy Naloxone Service. This is

because under regulations that came into force in October 2015 (1), people working in or for

drug treatment services can, as part of their role, supply naloxone, for use to save a life in an

emergency opioid overdose, without a prescription. Under these regulations, pharmacies that

are commissioned by local authorities (2), to provide needle and syringe programmes, or drug

opioid substitution treatments, are permitted to issue naloxone without prescription.