February 19, 2009

new NICE guidance promoting the benefits of needle and syringe programmes

Speakers:
Prof Mike Kelly, Public Health Excellence Centre Director, NICE
Dr David Sloan, member, Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee
Dr Mathew Hickman, Chair of the Hepatitis C Prevention Working Group, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published new public health guidance which aims to reduce blood borne viruses through the provision of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs). This briefing, run in collaboration with NICE, outlined the benefits of such programmes and the background to the issue.