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Needle Exchange Provision in Scotland: A Report of the National Needle Exchange Survey

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Appendix 1: Survey responses

DAT survey respondents

The following DATs participated in the DAT survey.

  • Aberdeen
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Angus
  • Argyll & Clyde
  • Ayrshire & Arran
  • Borders
  • Dundee City
  • East Lothian
  • Fife
  • Forth Valley
  • Glasgow
  • Highland
  • Lanarkshire
  • Midlothian
  • Moray
  • Orkney
  • Perth & Kinross
  • Western Isles
  • West Lothian

Non-respondents were: Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh City and Shetland.

Responses to the Services survey

Fifty-two non-pharmacy needle exchange facilities were identified in Scotland. Fifty of these were surveyed, and 45 responded. Respondents were located in the following NHS Board / DAT areas:

NHS Board / DAT

Number of services

Argyll & Clyde

4

Ayrshire & Arran

3

Borders

1

Dumfries & Galloway

3

Fife

3

Forth Valley

2

Glasgow

2

Grampian

1

Aberdeen

1

Aberdeenshire

3

Moray

1

Highland

2

Lanarkshire

5

Lothian

East Lothian

0

Edinburgh City

7

Midlothian

1

West Lothian

0

Shetland

1

Tayside

1

Angus

1

Dundee City

2

Perth & Kinross

1

Total

45

Notes to table
Responses from Fife, Forth Valley, Grampian, Lothian and Tayside include a police custody suite exchange.
The Midlothian service is based in Midlothian, but shared between Midlothian and East Lothian.

Responses to the pharmacy co-ordinator questionnaire

Pharmacy co-ordinators from all NHS Board areas in Scotland were surveyed, except the Western Isles (which had no pharmacy needle exchange scheme), and Dumfries & Galloway and Shetland (where pharmacy co-ordinators had not been identified. Responses were received from the pharmacy co-ordinators in:

  • NHS Argyll & Clyde
  • NHS Ayrshire & Arran
  • NHS Fife
  • NHS Grampian
  • NHS Glasgow
  • NHS Highland
  • NHS Lanarkshire
  • NHS Lothian
  • NHS Orkney
  • NHS Tayside

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