Decision details
Community Opioid Overdose Management Programme (Take Home Naloxone)
Decision Maker: Delegated Decisions - Officers
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
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To approve variation to the council’s contract with Addaction to provide an Opioid Overdose Management Programme. |
Decision:
THAT: (all recommendations to be in bold)
(a) Approval is given for £5K to be added to the 2016/17 budget to cover the intial training, publicity and supply costs; and
(b) Approval for £2K to be added to the budget for the subsequent 2 years of the contract to cover, ongoing, training (including refresher sessions), publicity and (re-)supply of Naloxone.
(c) The contract with Adaction is vaied to include provision of an Opioid Overdose Management Programme at a total cost of £9K.
Reasons for the decision:
The availability of Take Home Naloxone will reduce the number of opioid overdose deaths and support Herefordshire’s move towards recovery based substance misuse interventions.
Alternative options considered:
The only alternative is not to run the programme with the risk that there will not be a reduction in deaths from opioid overdose.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Publication date: 21/03/2017
Date of decision: 17/03/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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