Outputs (2)

‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England (2023)
Journal Article
Riley, F., Harris, M., Poulter, H., Moore, H., Ahmed, D., Towl, G., & Walker, T. (2023). ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00785-y

Background: Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT) is well evidenced internationally to improve health and social outcomes for people dependent on opioids who have not been helped by traditional treatment options. Despite this evidence base, England has bee... Read More about ‘This is hardcore’: a qualitative study exploring service users’ experiences of Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) in Middlesbrough, England.

More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment (2023)
Journal Article
Poulter, H., Walker, T., Ahmed, D., Moore, H., Riley, F., Towl, G., & Harris, M. (2023). More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 116, Article 104025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104025

Background. In 2020, Drug Related Deaths (DRD) in the United Kingdom (UK) reached the highest rate in over 25 years, with opioid related deaths doubling in the years from 2012 to 2015. Treatment systems are increasingly required to be innovative to e... Read More about More than just ‘free heroin’: Caring whilst navigating constraint in the delivery of diamorphine assisted treatment.