Have Your Say: Expanding the use of naloxone
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 13th August 2021
Government consultation open until 28th September
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The Department for Health and Social Care are seeking views on changing the access to naloxone by expanding the list of services and individuals that can give it out without a prescription or other written instruction.
This includes pharmacists.
Pharmacists and other professionals such as paramedics, nurses and police officers would be eligible to “hold and give” naloxone in a drive to tackle drug-related deaths
Naloxone, a prescription-only medicine, can currently be administered by anyone during an emergency. However, only commissioned drug treatment services are currently able to “obtain and supply” naloxone without a prescription or another written authorisation, outside of an emergency.
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