Substance Misuse - Harm Reduction Service

The aim of the service is to set up local clinics to provide screening, vaccination and wound care to reduce the physical harm from injecting drug misuse.

• Vaccinations for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A. Screening for HIV, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A available and referral for treatment
• Screening and vaccination and information provision within specialist prescribing and GP deputising services for families/carers
• Daily Clinics in different locations, (current provision focused towards: Salvation Army, Archer project, St Anne's, and needle exchange facilities. Clinics, on a set day, at each base, which will be reviewed dependant on service user need - contact the service for more details.
• Provision for families and Carers drop-in available - contact the service for more details.
• Referral between other services to ensure support and treatment is received by appropriately qualified staff (including referral to other departments in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital/Northern General Hospital/Jessops).
• Outreach to Sheffield residential rehabilitation facilities to offer harm reduction services including Blood Bourne Virus screening, vaccination and wound care.
• Outreach to probation to offer service users harm reduction provision.

Harm Reduction Service leaflet Click here to download the file

Please see our leaflet for team details and where to find us for drop-in clinics.

This page was last updated on 3rd August 2011