Links to further information
England
- Public Health England (PHE). Guidance: providing take-home naloxone for opioid overdose (updated July 2017)
- Public Health England (PHE). Guidance: health matters: preventing drug misuse deaths (updated September 2017)
Scotland
- The Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO). Drug misuse: treatment for drug misuse (updated December 2018)
- Bird S, et al. Effectiveness of Scotland's National Naloxone Programme for reducing opioid-related deaths: a before (2006–10) versus after (2011–13) comparison. Addiction 2016;111(5):883-891
- Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF). Take-home naloxone
Wales
- Public Health Wales. Substance misuse – drugs & alcohol (updated February 2018)
- Public Health Wales. Harm reduction Database Wales: take-home naloxone 2015-2016
Northern Ireland
- Health, Social Services and Public Safety. New strategic direction for alcohol and drugs 2006-2011 (updated April 2010)
- Shorter, GW and Bingham, T. An evaluation of the take-home naloxone programme in Northern Ireland: consultation with service users and service providers. HSC Public Health Agency Northern Ireland. February 2016 (updated October 2017)
United Kingdom
- Department of Health and Social Care, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and Public Health England. Guidance Widening the availability of naloxone (updated 18 February 2019)
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). Naloxone: a review (updated May 2012)
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). Report on reducing opioid-related deaths in the UK (updated December 2016)
- Department of Health and Social Care. Drug misuse and dependence. UK guidelines on clinical management (updated December 2017)