Needle Exchange Seminar Belfast City Hall Monday 24 th September 2018 Tuesday 4 th June 2019 Geraldine Duggan Belfast City Centre Management Agenda Welcome amp Introduction ID: 761889
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Needle Exchange Seminar Belfast City Hall Monday 24th September 2018 Tuesday 4 th June 2019
Geraldine Duggan Belfast City Centre Management
Agenda Welcome & Introduction- Belfast City Centre Management Context / benefits of needle exchange scheme for individuals & families / substitution programme- Public Health Agency (PHA) Multi-agency Approach / Support available- PSNI/ Welcome/ BCC / Belfast Trust / Extern SISS program/ Harm reduction/ Basic protection / Handling- Extern Question & Answers
Kelly Gilliland Public Health Agency (PHA) Injecting Drug Use in a Belfast Context
Belfast contextThere are currently 20 PHA/HSCB funded community pharmacy needle and syringe exchange services in Northern Ireland, four of which are in Belfast.Two of the services in Belfast have been in place for over 17 years with 2 new providers having come on board this year. In the last four years, the number of needle exchange visits by Belfast residents has gone up by 82%.
Role of NSESMain aim - to reduce the transmission of blood-borne viruses (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV) and other infections.Not just opioids (heroin), but also performance enhancing drugs (steroids), tanning agents, stimulants (cocaine), NPS ( mephedrone) …Crucially - a means of contact providing opportunities for harm reduction advice and support to help the person stop injecting.
Low Threshold ServicesAdvice onsafer injecting practicesminimising the harm done by drugs how to avoid and manage an overdoseInformation about safe handling and disposal of injecting equipmentAccess tohelp to stop drug treatment blood-borne virus testing, vaccination and treatment services other health and welfare services
PHA funded D&A Services (Belfast)Drug Outreach Team (DOT) BHSCTDrugs Accommodation Support Project (DASP) andAlcohol Housing Support Service (AHSS) both ExternStreet Injecting Support Service (SISS) and Dual Diagnosis Rough Sleepers Service both Extern (pilots, with other funders also)Step 2 services for those ready for help For young people (11-21/25yrs) Start 360/ASCERT and for adults (18+) Addiction NI
/drugsandalcoholni.info Belfast SHARPS Working Group BCC , BCCM, BDACT Connections, BHSCT, BPCSP, Extern, PHA, PSNI, Translink, Welcome Organisation Drug-related litter/cleansing responses Coordination and targeting of services Information sharing Sharing of learning and good practice
www.drugsandalcoholni.info
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Multi-Agency Support PSNI / Welcome Organisation / BCC / Belfast Trust / Extern
Caroline Ferguson PSNI- Crime Prevention Officer
Business Security Tips Reporting Crime
Reporting CrimeNon Emergency 101Emergency 999www.psni.police.uk Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111
Intruder Alarm & CCTV Systems NSI & SSAIB National Security Inspectorate (NSI) Security Systems & Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB)
Intruder Alarm BS EN 50131 & PD6662 Grade 1 would only be of interest in domestic properties (without an insurance requirement for an alarm system). Grade 2 would be most domestic properties and low risk commercial (e.g. florists)Grade 3 would be for high-risk domestics and most commercial properties (e.g. Newsagent with cigarette sales) Grade 4 would be for extremely high-risk domestic and higher risk commercial properties (e.g. bullion stores)
CCTV CCTV Systems BS EN 50132-7 The Operational Requirement for a system to detect, observe, recognise, and identify using a Rotakin target.
CCTV CCTV Detect 10% Observe 25% Recognise 50% Identify 100%
SIGNAGE SIGNAGE www.ico.gov.uk
Susan Duncan Welcome Organisation Life Saving Services
Richard Mc Lernon Belfast City Council- Safer City Coordinator
Lynsey O’NeillBelfast Health and Social Care TrustDrug Outreach Team (DOT)
Drug Outreach Team We are a Low Threshold High Tolerance Service open 9am- 5pm Monday to Friday. We work with people who are Intravenous drugs users and people who use strong Opiates. Individuals who meet the above criteria have to be known to The Drug Outreach Team or Community Addiction Team in order to get a referral for treatment. We work with people who tend not to access existing services and provide outreach to make our service more accessible and engage those service users who otherwise would not present. We work alongside partner agencies such as Treatment Services, homeless services, Housing, hostels and voluntary/ community sector service.
Referrals to Drug Outreach Referrals can be made in several different ways to DOT Self Referrals Through your GP Through any service already working with the person Through a friend We do have a referral form for professionals to complete and I will give our contact details at the end if you wish to contact us to get a referral form DOT has an open door policy
Contact Details The Drug Outreach Team GDP House 59 Durham Street BELFAST BT12 4GB Alana McCullough (Team Leader) 07714847337/ 02895 049521 Lynsey O’Neill (Deputy Team Leader ) 07738117360 / 02895 042469 Leanne McConnell (Outreach Worker) 07858925301/ 02895 041148 James McCreight (Outreach Worker) 07961494582 Aileen Keenan (Outreach Worker ) 07546517109 / 02895 044725 Zoe Campbell (Outreach Worker) 07546512965 / 02895 041063 Wilma Kennedy (Team Secretary ) 02895 046771 TEAM EMAIL FOR REFERRALS Alana. McCullough@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Natasha Connolly Extern Meeting people at point of need
SISS can be contacted for information and support around i nappropriately discarded injecting equipment and provide support to drug users in Belfast City Centre. Extern also have a Dual Diagnosis street team that responds to people with chronic mental health and addiction issues. Street Injecting Support Service- SISS