Northern Ireland (NSES) Needle and Syringe Exchange Service
The Needle and Syringe Exchange Service is a free, confidential service for people who inject drugs. The program is designed to help reduce the spread of blood borne viruses by offering access to free, sterile injecting equipment and safely disposing of used needles and syringes.
Key resources:
NSES scheme and providers
The leaflet provides a detailed overview of how the scheme operates and includes contact details for all participating pharmacies and other providers involved in the Needle and Syringe Exchange Service scheme and providers across Northern Ireland.
Additional resources (services, suppliers, training)
Exchange Supplies
A unique social enterprise that works to improve the harm reduction response to drug use by developing innovative products Needles | Syringes | Swabs | Other injecting equipment
NSP Direct - order injecting equipment online
Now available across Northern Ireland and can be accessed using any postcode. This is a free, confidential service which discreetly delivers injecting equipment directly to your door. Access to this is at https://www.exchangesupplies.org/nspdirect
Community Addiction Services
Further information on Community Addiction Services and other PHA commissioned drug treatments can be found on https://www.drugsandalcoholni.info
PHA support
Any queries regarding the Needle and Syringe Exchange Service should be directed to adele.dunn@hscni.net
Training
Needle and syringe exchange activity - quarterly reports
The quarterly report summarises the regional needle and syringe exchange activity alongside anonymous, non-identifiable client data across Northern Ireland followed by a breakdown by each Health and Social Care Trust.
The data has been collated using a new online database, Neo360 Harm Reduction Information System, that became operational across all NSES sites on 1 December 2022.
Click here to access the latest NSES quarterly report and its archive.
Needle and syringe exchange service - annual reports
This report summarises data that is collected on the operation of the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES). Each report relates to a twelve-month period.
The anonymised data is collected by the 14 pharmacies and 1 Trust-based service that participate in the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES) which was introduced in April 2001.
Click here to access the latest NSES annual report and its archive.
Conferences
Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service Conference: Enhancing Needle Exchange
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 | 9.30am – 4.00pm
Dunsilly Hotel, 20 Dunsilly Road, Antrim BT41 2JH
More details here NSES conference 2024 agenda
Click here for free registration: https://tinyurl.com/NSESC24