World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is held every year on the 28th of July. It is a day to re-focus attention
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Hepatitis C treatment is now so easy – Why has it been so difficult for so many people to access and complete treatment?
Category: SDF Blog
12 Jun
Brand new naloxone window stickers will be popping up across Scotland any day now!
The window clings with the well-known ‘save someone’ logo will be provided to local naloxone leads who will distribute to
Read More20 May
Blog: Mikk’s Wee Blog – Drug Treatment and Testing Orders
Our Erasmus+ Trainee from Estonia, Mikk Oja, has written a second installment of his ‘Wee Blog’ which contains reflections on
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Blog: Mikk’s Wee Blog – The importance of Peer Research and asking the right questions
Scottish Drugs Forum were delighted to have an Erasmus+ Trainee from Estonia from October 2019 to March 2020 support and
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Blog: Involving people and improving services with Barbara Zaman
Some of people who can provide the greatest insight into how services operate are the people who regularly access them.
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SDF statement on proposals by community activists to establish a supervised drug consumption facility
Services that offer witnessed drug consumption to people who inject drugs help protect people from the risks of public injecting.
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Increasing access to life-changing opportunities with SDF’s Colin Pomeroy
Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) has been running since 2004. In that time, the unique initiative
Read More06 Aug
Blog: Poverty is the root of Scotland’s fatal drug overdose crisis
Scottish Drugs Forum’s CEO, David Liddell, was recently invited to write a guest blog post for The Poverty Alliance. The
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Blog: Lack of access to treatment and prescribing practice contribute to drug death figures
On the 16th of July 2019 , it was announced that 1,187 people had died of a drug overdose in
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‘I’m in my early sixties and it’s an age range which has a lot more to offer than we’re led to believe’ – Carol’s Views on volunteering at SDF
For Volunteers’ Week 2019, we’re recognising and celebrating the fantastic work our volunteers do by sharing some stories from our
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