Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation

Hillen, Peter; Speakman, Elizabeth; Dougall, Nadine; Heyman, Inga; Murray, Jennifer; Jamieson, Michelle; Aston, Elizabeth; McAuley, Andrew

Abstract

This report describes the independent findings of an evaluation of a Police Scotland test of change (pilot) of the carriage and administration of naloxone as an emergency first aid measure to persons suspected of experiencing an opioid overdose. The pilot was conducted between March and October 2021 in three test areas in Scotland: Falkirk, Dundee City and Glasgow East, and subsequently extended to include police officers in Caithness, custody officers in Falkirk and community officers in Stirling.

Citation

Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., …McAuley, A. (2022). Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation. Edinburgh: Drug Deaths Taskforce, Scottish Government

• Report Type: Research Report
• Acceptance Date: Feb 10, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Feb 17, 2022
• Publication Date: Feb 17, 2022
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 3, 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh Napier University
• Keywords: police, naloxone, drug related deaths, public health, opioids
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2850176
• Publisher URL: https://www.sipr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Naloxone-in-Police-Scotland_Final_9.2.22.pdf