Webwatch – The Film and Alcohol Video Exchange (FEAD)
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Tag: Substance Misuse
ChildLine: Major rise is calls on parental drug and alcohol abuse
The number of children calling ChildLine to confide in a counsellor about their parents’ drinking and drug abuse has doubled in the past year, the charity has revealed. The 24-hour
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Hundreds of children being sent to substance misuse specialists
Children as young as four are among hundreds of youngsters being referred to specialist drug and alcohol treatment services in the UK. Charities have called for improved drugs education in
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Report: Medications in drug treatment – tackling the risks to children
Adfam has launched a major new report examining the dangers to children when their parents or carers are prescribed Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medications. Medications in drug treatment: tackling the
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Drugs & Alcohol National Occupational Standards launched
Skills for Health has launched the revised National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Drugs & Alcohol workers. The Standards were developed by Skills for Health as part of a UK Commission
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Report : It’s about time – tackling substance misuse in older people
DrugScope has launched a report on behalf of the Recovery Partnership, It’s about time: tackling substance misuse in older people revealing the extent to which problems among older people remain
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NICE Consultation: Interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable young people
A review is being undertaken to decide whether the public health guidance on ‘Interventions to reduce substance misuse among vulnerable young people’ (PH4) should be updated. All registered stakeholders are
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Poots hosts multi-agency meeting on Odyssey incident
Following the declaration of a major incident at the Odyssey Arena, Health Minister Edwin Poots has hosted a multi-agency meeting to look at preventative measures. The Minister called the meeting
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Legal high hospital admissions rise
Hundreds of people have been admitted to hospital across Scotland after taking so-called legal highs in the past five years, according to new figures. The problem, highlighted in a Scottish
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Northern Ireland drug deaths ‘different from rest of UK’
Drugs-related deaths in Northern Ireland are mostly linked to prescription drugs, unlike other regions of the UK, a study suggests. Whereas the vast majority of drug-related deaths in the UK
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