Guidance

Drug health harms: national intelligence

Briefings on the health harms associated with drug use based on presentations and discussions at the meeting of the national intelligence network.

Documents

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: August 2019

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: May 2019

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: December 2018

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: September 2018

National intelligence network on drug health harms briefing: July 2018

Details

These briefings for directors of public health, commissioners, drug treatment services and needle and syringe programmes provide information and intelligence on blood-borne viruses, bacterial infections, mental and physical health harms and drug-related deaths from meetings of the national intelligence network.

They aim to inform commissioning and service provision to improve local services.

For previous national intelligence network briefings, visit the UK Government Web Archive.

Published 5 July 2018
Last updated 13 January 2020 + show all updates
  1. Added January 2020 briefing.

  2. Added August 2019 briefing.

  3. Added May 2019 briefing.

  4. Updated with December 2018 briefing.

  5. Updated with September 2018 briefing.

  6. First published.