General practitioner engagement with the scottish national naloxone programme: a needs assessment project report appendices

The University of Aberdeen and NHS Health Scotland have launched a study funded by NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Government Drugs Policy Unit to identify facilitators and barriers for General Practitioners to engage effectively with the naloxone programme in Scotland. Questionnaires have been randomly sent to 10% of all general practitioners in Scotland. Results will aid the development of appropriate supportive information and training materials.

Naloxone is an opiate antidote which can temporarily reverse the effects of an opiate overdose; thus providing more time for an ambulance to arrive, treatment to be administered and possibly saving a life.

In 2005, the law in the UK was amended to permit emergency administration of naloxone by anyone. Since then, community addiction teams and harm reduction services have been training individuals in basic life support and naloxone administration, and supplying them with a ‘take-home’ naloxone kit.

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