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Community stakeholders’ perceptions of the training, carriage and administration of naloxone by police in Scotland. (HR25) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P. (2025, April). Community stakeholders’ perceptions of the training, carriage and administration of naloxone by police in Scotland. (HR25). Presented at HR25: Harm Reducution International Conference 2025, Bogota, Columbia

Background

Scotland has been called, “Europe’s drugs deaths capital”. In 2020 in Scotland, drug-related deaths (DRD) were at an all-time high. There were 1,339 DRD, a rate 3.5 times higher than the UK average and the highest in Europe. Of all DRD... Read More about Community stakeholders’ perceptions of the training, carriage and administration of naloxone by police in Scotland. (HR25).

Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, December). Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. Presented at Naloxone in the Justice System, Scottish Health in Custody Network Webinar, Online

Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, September). Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. Presented at Policing, Public Health and Vulnerable People - Scottish Institute of Policing Research, Edinburgh

Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Murray, J., Aston, E., Jamieson, M., Speakman, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, March). Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. Presented at Drugs Research Network Webinar: ‘Drugs, Stigma and Emergency Services’, Online

This presentation explored selected quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. The data indicated that police officers in Scotland had a range of views about problem drug use, and people who use drugs (P... Read More about Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot.

Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P. (2023, June). Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update. Presented at Drugs Research Network Scotland - end of phase 2 conference, Glasgow

This presentation 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 overdos... Read More about Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update.

Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., & McAuley, A. (2023, May). Evaluating the training, carriage and administration of naloxone in Police Scotland. Presented at European Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) 2023, Umeå, Sweden

Developing a Collaborative Interprofessional programme, Challenges and Lessons Learned (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hislop, J., & Hillen, P. (2021, June). Developing a Collaborative Interprofessional programme, Challenges and Lessons Learned. Presented at University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2021: Curriculum as a site for Transformation, Edinburgh

In 2019 a new post-graduate, pre-registration, collaborative programme in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Social Work was developed at Edinburgh Napier University. The rationale for the programme was to prepare health and social care graduate... Read More about Developing a Collaborative Interprofessional programme, Challenges and Lessons Learned.

Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hislop, J., MacDonald, D., Yates, P., James, K., McLelland, C., Hillen, P., Goetzold, S., & McKay, E. (2019, May). Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland. Poster presented at World Confederation for Physical Therapy, Geneva, Switzerland

Background: The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act (2014) came into effect in April 2016 bringing in integration of adult health and social care services in Scotland. This integration has been described as being the most significant change... Read More about Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland.