Transcript Working with local authorities

Delivering effective needle and
syringe programmes:
Implementing NICE guidance
Working with Local Authorities: Planning Applications
for Needle Exchanges
Mandy Harling – Senior Implementation Adviser, NICE
NICE NSP guidance
Planning, needs assessment and community
engagement
NICE recommends
• LSPs, PCTs and D(A)ATS should
– Consult people who inject drugs when planning
NSPs
– Consult local communities
– Use this information to ensure NSP services meet
local need
– During consultations with local communities:
- promote the benefits of the service
- actively involve communities
NICE implementation approach
• Supportive environment
• Implementation tools
• Shared learning
• Evaluation
Issues raised by stakeholders
Community consultation
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Consultation may unfairly highlight presence of NSPs
Potential for resistance from local communities
Will the decision to proceed with the scheme be affected?
Who are the key leads that weight/make this decision?
Objections to new NSP may come via planning routes
NICE Implementation tool
Checklist for LA planning committees
• Awareness raising
• Summary of recommendations
• Background information:
– Prevalence
– Morbidity/mortality
– Service delivery
– Addressing Drug related litter
Further information
NICE website www.nice.org.uk/PH18